[lbo-talk] Greg Shotwell on labor leaders and OWS

SA s11131978 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 31 17:41:09 PDT 2011


On 10/31/2011 8:37 PM, SA wrote:


> As to who pays for it, my Cornell stipend is called the John M. Olin
> fellowship. If the name doesn't ring a bell, look it up!

Actually, I just looked it up myself and found a detail I didn't know before:


> The fund was largely inactive until 1969, when John M. Olin was
> disturbed by a building takeover at his alma mater, Cornell
> University. At the age of 80, he decided that he must pour his time
> and resources into preserving the free market system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Olin_Foundation

SA



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