Word: whitney
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bottom of the fourth the varsity already had a 2-0 lead, the result of A1 Martin's homer in the third. With two out, a 3-2 count and Dick Shima on third, Milkman Martin leaned into a high fastball served by sophomore lefthander John Whitney and belted it over the running track into the left field stands...
Finished with his excursion into Brownie's schooldays, Fulbright began probing into Reid's business affairs-and those of the Herald Tribune, owned for years by the Reid family, but recently taken over by U.S. Ambassador to Britain John Hay Whitney. Did Reid think he had "worked" his way up to his position as publisher? Well, he had worked on general assignment for a year, been responsible for the Trib's European edition for six years. Had not the paper lost $800,000 last year? Reid admitted it was "in the red." Asked Fulbright sarcastically: "In view...
Opportunities to continue teaching are open to those retired professors who do not wish to remain in Cambridge. 'Many colleges and universities are more than willing to accept an emeritus professor from Harvard as a guest lecturer. Recently, the John Hay Whitney Foundation established a program for retired scholars in the humanities which pays professors an average of $7,500 a year to teach at small liberal arts colleges all over the country. This plan enables the small, less heavily endowed colleges to acquire the services of a great scholar whom they might not otherwise be able to afford...
...five futuristic representations above open a CRIMSON series on Radcliffe's next president. Whitney Darrow, Jr., known for his New Yorker cartoons, outdid himself (and the other cartoonists who will follow) by producing five separate visions of the future standard-bearer of Harvard's skirt...
...Buffalo Bill") Cody and his Wild West show, was so fascinated that she went backstage to ask the colonel if she could sketch some of his mustangs. It was the beginning of a lifelong interest in the West, which persisted even after her marriage to Financier Harry Payne Whitney. She sculpted a monumental statue of Buffalo Bill, in 1924 donated it to the town of Cody, along with 40 acres of land, as the nucleus of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Five years ago her son, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney,* donated $250,000 to build the new gallery, which in effect...