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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Such a big research program, in which the grants received don't meet enough of the overhead costs, cannot go on forever. That's why the Medical School's new dean, George P. Berry, is quite busy these days reorganizing the School's money-raising activities in the hope of encouraging more gifts that have no restrictions attached. It will be quite a job to woo such contributions, for there is no romance in giving money that merely greases the wheels...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

...Nominees are: Nathaniel C. Berkowitz, Ian W. Cadenhead, William J. DeMuth, Christopher P. Fearson, Walter Gilbert, Edward W. Judson, Jerome H. Levenson, Herbert M. Lobl, Rex N. MacAlein, Jery H. Miller, Roger H. Morris, Thomas F. Powers, Jerome S. Rice, Michael L. Riesner, Malcolm D. Rivkin, Ralph W. Walton, Walter E. Wolf, and Michael G.Yamin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Noise Absent as Smoker Election Campaign Begins | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

Free Rein. Hilton runs his sprawling empire with the help of a crack team which includes Executive Vice President Robert P. Williford, 49, who started as a desk clerk in 1931; Vice President James B. ("J.B.") Herndon Jr., 50, who was the first manager of the Albuquerque Hilton; Vice President Spearl ("Red") Ellison, 36, who started as a $5-a-month bellhop; Vice President Joseph P. Binns, 43, a relative newcomer to the corporation, who managed the Stevens before Hilton took over. Hilton's son Nick, 23, is learning the ropes from them (his other sons by his first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOTELS: The Key Man | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Pain, Counterpane. In Chicago, Bedding Manufacturer Joseph P. Fanning attributed the boom in bed sales to the possibility that "people are going to bed to escape domestic and international complications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 12, 1949 | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Perfect Crime. In Electra, Texas, while P. H. Loftin was standing on a street corner someone stole his hat off his head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 12, 1949 | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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