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...twist on Lysistrata, the ad is the idea of Judith E. Smith '70, Phyllis A. Koshland '71, and Margaret N. Gordon '70, who intend it to demonstrate both support of the SDS-sponsored Harvard Draft Union and opposition...
...comforts people," says a Knopf editor, William Koshland. "It appeals to the bereaved. Tens of copies are sold when someone dies." A distant relative of the author once speculated that the book is bought by young men for the purpose of "seducing women" by quoting it. Seventeen magazine, noting Prophet's popularity, quoted a teenage-girl reader to the effect that "it is unique and just right for clearing cobwebs and refueling weary souls." In a word, it seems to provide a philosophy for the somewhat immature, a creed for the vaguely well-meaning, a consolation for those...
...industry from the bottom (he started as a mechanic) before he joined Convair in 1947, became executive vice president in 1952. ¶Walter A. Haas Jr., 42, vice president of San Francisco's famed Levi Strauss & Co., stepped up to president, succeeding his uncle (by marriage), Daniel E. Koshland, 65. Haas represents the fourth generation of Strausses to run the 108-year-old firm that has made "Levi's" a synonym for all blue jeans. Son of Board Chairman Walter A. Haas, he graduated from Harvard Business School ('39), started as a $100-a-month factory worker...
...Levis were strictly work pants when Haas took over; he introduced "Levis for Ladies" in the 19303, hit the big time when bobby-soxers and college coeds adopted them as a uniform. Current sales: more than 10 million pairs a year. Succeeding Haas as president is Daniel E. Koshland, 63, also a San Franciscan, who joined the company in 1922, has served as vice president and treasurer. ¶ James David Zellerbach, 63, president of Crown Zellerbach Corp., was elected chairman of the nonprofit, privately sponsored Committee for Economic Development. He succeeds Meyer Kestnbaum, president of Hart Schaffner & Marx...
...years. Exile Mann got his idea for Decision last year, spent six months selling it to rich U. S. friends. Some of his backers: Edgar Kaufmann Jr. of Pittsburgh's Kaufmann department stores; Lawyer Louis Nizer, who lately published a book. Thinking On Your Feet; Mrs. Marcus Koshland of San Francisco; Father Thomas Mann. A Czech citizen, in the U. S. on a visitor's permit, Klaus Mann gets no salary for his editorial labors, is not an officer of Decision, Inc. His only pay is for his articles...