Word: resignation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Author of a new book on the Skokie case, entitled Defending My Enemy, Neier had intended to resign last fall as executive director. After 15 years in the A.C.L.U., he admits, "I'm combat weary." But he postponed his exit a year to see the A.C.L.U. through the Skokie crisis. Internal wrangling, which forced Washington Director Charles Morgan Jr. and Legal Director Melvin Wulf out of the organization, has added to the strain on Neier. So has the revelation that union officials passed along information about its membership to the Federal Bureau of Investigation during the 1950s...
...lunch on Tuesday, the day before the Annapolis graduation, there was speculation among some of his advisers on how the address would be interpreted in the press. One suggested a pool on the subject, which led another to propose, jokingly, that the official getting the most credit should then resign. In the end, the address went through a mere three drafts compared with six or seven versions for previous important speeches Carter has made...
...recreational vehicle parks, Venture Out in America Inc. About $100 million was invested in high-technology companies, with dreary results; none came up with anything promising. When in 1974-75 reports came out that Gulf had made huge illegal payments to U.S. and foreign politicians, Dorsey was forced to resign, and McAfee, a big, bluff, humorous technician, was brought in from the company's Canadian subsidiary...
Until President Bok took on Harvard's presidency in 1971, the University had only one vice president. Bok reorganized the central administration and appointed four vice presidents. Peterson is now the fourth of the original four appointees to resign...
...Alvin F. Poussaint, associate professor of Psychiatry, will resign his position as director of Student Affairs at the Medical School this summer in order to devote more time to writing and research...