Word: rotenberg
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Despite all the blandishments, some prominent software firms chose to ignore the show, while others complained that it failed to attract enough computer dealers. But even before last week's exhibits were packed up, Jonathan Rotenberg, 20, the founder of the Boston Computer Society and co-organizer of the show, was already working up plans for next year. He hopes to have another software extravaganza in New Orleans plus one in Los Angeles. His confident prediction: "We will be mobbed." -By Philip Elmer-DeWitt. Reported by Michael Moritz/New Orleans
...Lisa A. Rotenberg '81, Carter's state campus coordinator, found some solace in that result despite his disastrous showings in virtually every other state. "I'm fabulously happy about Massachusetts," she said, adding quickly, "but obviously, the national trends aren't going well...
Talking to people is what got Rotenberg her position as college coordinator--and responsibility for 54 Commonwealth campuses. She was discovered at the start of the fall term in the crowd of pre-law and pre-political students who flocked to Government 154, "The American Presidency." A Carter campaigner who remembered her as an intern in the Vice President's office two years ago asked Rotenberg is she wanted to take charge of the President's effort at Harvard. At first she was uncertain, but when Rotenberg arrived at Carter headquarters in Boston, she ran into another co-worker, this...
Although she supported Kennedy in the primary, Rotenberg did not hit the stump for him because, as she says, she did not want to alienate her White House contacts. "I've always been a Kennedy person and a flaming liberal," she explains, "but I didn't think he'd win, so I held out to see what would happen...
Working for "the best man" has forced Rotenberg to cut down her class schedule. She has taken a reduced course load, including an independent study project on the election process. When she leaves Harvard in June, she says she may work for a campaign consulting firm or the State Department. Eventually, however, she's headed for politics...