The Golden Calves
“He had the backing of the powerful chairman, which might have been sufficient for any other position on the staff, but even docile trustees have a way of showing surprising independence when it comes to the selection of a chief executive officer, and Mark had to contend with what the second ranking board member, Peter Hewlett, termed his “academic nudity." Mark had a B.A. from Bowdoin, where he had majored in history of art, but no master’s or doctor’s degree. After college he had gone into adv...ertising and from there into a public relations firm, and it was as a rising young officer in charge of fund-raising for the Museum of North America that he had first come to the attention of Sidney Claverack.
Working congenially together, the two had managed to double the institution’s endowment, and Claverack, delighted with the man he now chose to regard as his protégé, had contributed his own money to make possible Mark’s employment as “assistant director in charge of development”MoreLess
Working congenially together, the two had managed to double the institution’s endowment, and Claverack, delighted with the man he now chose to regard as his protégé, had contributed his own money to make possible Mark’s employment as “assistant director in charge of development”MoreLess
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