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...Preston K. Munter, current director of the Law School Health Services in Pound Hall, said that Cass was very devoted to Harvard and to UHS. Cass also had an interest in pharmacology and for a time owned a private firm specializing in pharmacological research, Munter said...
...actors, like his sense of humor, is just off center and right on target. It gives all the performers (especially Goodman, who becomes tomorrow's star with his endearing turn as Louis) plenty of room to expand their characters from stereotypes into the deft cartoonery of a postmodern Preston Sturges stock company...
...executives to know their way around Washington. On that score, Honolulu Federal Savings & Loan should be a winner. Its new owner is H.F. Holdings, an investment firm founded by William Simon, 58, who was Treasury Secretary under Presidents Nixon and Ford. Simon has named another old Washington hand, Preston Martin, as chairman of H.F. Holdings. Martin, 62, served as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board from March 1982 until March of this year...
...tough negotiator who will disarm his strongest adversary and tenaciously protect his investments. To his 22,000 employees, the name Tisch is synonymous with an unerring ability to control any cost, expose any extravagance. From such talents a fortune has been forged: along with his brother, Loews President Preston Robert (Bob) Tisch, Larry has amassed a tidy family nest egg estimated at $2 billion...
...actually amounts to a return to halcyon days of yore is debatable. The return of Paley provides a powerful symbol of continuity at the tradition-minded network. But Tisch, though a respected executive, has no experience in broadcasting. As equal partner in Manhattan- based Loews Corp. with his brother Preston Robert, Tisch controls holdings in hotels, tobacco and insurance worth an estimated $17.5 billion. His CBS appointment immediately raised the question of how he would balance the demands of public service and the bottom line. On that score Tisch offered quick words of reassurance. "I'm really wearing two hats...