BAR HARBOR — The Marianne Edwards award, Friends of Acadia’s highest honor, was presented to Sheridan Steele, superintendent of Acadia National Park, at FOA’s annual meeting July 8. While Steele probably qualified for this award in each of his 12 years as superintendent, the award is particularly appropriate this year, said FOA President David MacDonald. …
David Rockefeller’s belief that individuals and nations with great wealth and power have a moral obligation to improve the world and the lives of people was honed by the example of his grandfather and father, his mentors in graduate school, his war experience, his international travels and his work experience at Chase National Bank. And …
Much to David Rockefeller’s surprise, his mother, a pacifist, told him that the United States had to be involved in World War II to protect “our way of life, and that men who were eligible ought to do their duty by enlisting.” After discussing with his wife what he called an “unsettling conversation” with his …
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