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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After losing to Lehman in the 1984 gubernatorial contest, Moses was appointed to his present task of coordinating the city park and parkway systems by Mayor La Guardia. He is also head of the Triborough Bridge and Henry Hudson Parkway Authorities, and a member of the New York World's Fair Commission...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROBERT MOSES IS CHOSEN AS 1939 GODKIN LECTURER | 3/3/1939 | See Source »

Robert Moses, Ph.D., New York City's scholarly Park Commissioner, will be the Golden Lecturer this spring, it was announced by the University yesterday. He will speak on April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROBERT MOSES IS CHOSEN AS 1939 GODKIN LECTURER | 3/3/1939 | See Source »

Under the terms of the lecture foundation, which was established in 1903 in memory of Edwin L. Godkin, editor of the New York Evening Post and The Nation, the speaker must deal with some aspect of "the essentials of free government and the duties of the citizen." Recent Godkin lecturers, include Walter Lippmann and Heinrich Bruening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROBERT MOSES IS CHOSEN AS 1939 GODKIN LECTURER | 3/3/1939 | See Source »

Moses entered the employ of New York City immediately thereafter, and has served it continuously. Although the work which he has pursued most consistently and to which he owes his popularity is in parks and city improvement, his positions have been many and varied...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROBERT MOSES IS CHOSEN AS 1939 GODKIN LECTURER | 3/3/1939 | See Source »

Teagarden has a new band; and since this is to be one of his first jobs, no really accurate information as to the band's performance can be obtained. However, this reviewer heard the rehearsals in New York and thought that it showed signs of being a really great organization. Charley Spivak, formerly Bob Crosby's ace trumpet man, Ernic Cacares, whose sax playing aroused so much comment in New York at Nick's, and Allan Reuss, formerly with Goodman (guitar) are all playing with the band. And Mr. Teagarden himself, known to the trade as "Big Gate," is going...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 3/3/1939 | See Source »

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