Word: stillman
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...John S. Stillman '40, a New York lawyer, disagrees. He says that its father's main interest was Black Rock, and that Ernest Stillman would be "very upset" to find that Harvard wants to violate that trust...
...general who handled the Black Rock case before Mann, said he has found no conclusive evidence to back either the claims of either of the brothers. As a result, Graber said, the office is now just trying to reach a reasonable settlement based on inconclusive evidence about what Ernest Stillman really wanted. Graber also said the office is soliciting advice from New York residents about what it would take to maintain the forest...
Over the last year, four New York parties, the Scenic Hudson, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, the Stillman Forest Committee and John Stillman, have urged the State Attorney General not to allow the Harvard to leave the forest without a permanent endowment, a measure not specified in the sale to Golden...
George Gowen, chairman of the Scenic Hudson, said, "There is so much tangible evidence that Stillman wanted his money to be used primarily for Black Rock. I am satisfied the documents show that the forest and the endowment went hand in hand...
Gowen said that unless the practice of silviculture and the maintenance money available from Stillman's Black Rock Trust Fund could be assured by Golden, then Harvard would be shirking its responsibility...