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...Medical School for 40 years and Dean of the Medical School for 15 years. According to Christopher Barreca, chair of the Board of Trustees, “the Board has full confidence in [Chobanian’s] ability as a leader, a teacher and a bridge builder...
...unassuming Michigan road builder named Bob Thompson sold his construction company for $442 million, an amount he and his wife Ellen believed was far more than they needed for retirement. His first act, which received national attention, was to distribute $128 million to his employees; about 80 became instant millionaires. Then Thompson decided to donate most of the rest of his money to public education, preferably in Detroit. After doing some research, he offered $200 million to build 15 small, independent public high schools in the inner city. A few weeks ago, Thompson withdrew his offer after the Detroit Federation...
...problems. The '90s were plague years in Los Angeles--riots, earthquake, recession--and a risky new classical-music hall looked like the last thing a threadbare city wanted. When it seemed as if the project would founder entirely, Richard Riordan, then mayor, brought in Eli Broad, billionaire home builder, financier and all-purpose Los Angeles power broker, to head a $175 million fund-raising campaign to get the thing finished. (In the end, it cost $274 million...
...unassuming Michigan road builder named Bob Thompson sold his construction company for $442 million, an amount he and his wife Ellen believed was far more than they needed for retirement. His first act, which received national attention, was to distribute $128 million to his employees; about 80 became instant millionaires. Then Thompson decided to donate most of the rest of his money to public education, preferably in Detroit. After doing some research, he offered $200 million to build 15 small, independent public high schools in the inner city. A few weeks ago, Thompson withdrew his offer after the Detroit Federation...
Boeing might not have much time to prove it. The world's most prolific aircraft builder's commercial division is struggling in the worst aviation downturn in history and has laid off 35,560 of its 93,000 workers since Sept. 11, 2001. And although the division has remained profitable (it earned $2 billion on sales of $28 billion in 2002; Boeing had $54 billion in total revenues), this year it is expected to account for less than half the company's overall sales. Boeing makes six aircraft models, but airlines these days buy only two of them--the short...