Word: yorke
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Last Thursday, I attended former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s timely and stimulating lecture on banking reform. Spitzer exhibited a thorough understanding of the causes of the recent financial crisis and laid out a convincing case for robust regulation of America’s troubled banking system. Among other things, he concluded that the sheer size of American banks was a major contributor to the financial crisis and continues to present a systemic risk to the economy...
...Harvard Club of New York boasts a similar aesthetic. “It looks more formal with the panelled walls and the animal heads,” says Nicole M. Parent ’93, President of the Harvard Club of New York (and, incidentally, the club’s first female president). She continues, “But we are really trying to move into the modern...
...clubs in Boston and New York City run their own clubhouses, complete with dining rooms, event venues, gyms, and accommodations for out-of-town Harvardians. Boston even has a downtown location in addition to its main clubhouse...
...Boston and New York clubs are unusual in that we have a clubhouse, so there is an undercurrent element of the club, that we actually run a business,” says Thomas H. Mattox ’82, Treasurer of the Harvard Club of New York...
...businesses operating in a time of financial pressure, Harvard clubs in Boston and New York seize opportunities to remain pertinent. In order to achieve this goal, they hope to combat the recession by expanding membership. There seems to be two distinct routes. In New York, the Harvard Club requires that potential members have significant ties to the university, as outlined on their Web site. For example, an applicant could be a Harvard graduate or a faculty member of the University. In Boston, however, these membership requirements expanded to include partner schools such as Bryant University and Holy Cross. Membership expansion...