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...Caspersen was a prominent player in the New Jersey Republican Party and the former CEO of Beneficial Corp, a major consumer lending company. His contributions to Harvard include chairing a record-breaking Law School capital campaign that raised $476 million and endowing a wing of the new Northwest Corner Building with the largest single donation in the Law School’s history. Caspersen, 67, had been battling kidney cancer before his death on the grounds of a golf club in Westerly, Rhode Island near his summer home. He is survived by his wife Barbara, four sons, and grandchildren...
...five “Big Belly” recycling and trash stations—located at the south-side entrance of the Science Center, Holworthy Gate, Holyoke Gate, the northwest entrance of Grays Hall, and Boylston plaza—replaced two non-compacting trash and recycling bins in the Yard...
...related but deeper fear is that Iran has the means to make life exceedingly unpleasant for Pakistan should it side with Tehran's enemies. Already struggling with a militant campaign that has ravaged the northwest and the tribal areas and terrorized major cities, Pakistan, analysts say, can ill-afford a revival of sectarian violence that plagued the country during the 1980s, when Saudi-backed Sunni militant groups clashed with Iranian-backed Shi'ite ones as part of a regional proxy war. Says Ayesha Siddiqa, an independent security analyst: "It isn't just Iraq, Lebanon and Afghanistan where Iran can create...
...warm and engaged generosity to Harvard Law School and its work.” Even after his death, Caspersen’s presence will continue to be felt in the North Yard. Two endowed professorships in Caspersen’s and his corporation’s name remain. The Northwest Corner Building, an ambitious building project which he helped fund, will contain a wing named after him. In addition, the room in Langdell Library that contains the School’s rare book and art collection bears his name. “Finn Caspersen once said that Harvard Law School...
...violence is flaring up again. And suddenly it's not just Chechnya. Neighboring Dagestan and Ingushetia are hotbeds of instability, as are North Ossetia and, to the immediate northwest, Kabardino-Balkaria, with seemingly random shootings, bombings, kidnappings and armed conflicts among rebels, Islamic separatists, local militia and Russian troops...