Part 1 - The Institute Libraries - Institute for Advanced Study

Mr. Roughton was an elder statesran. He had been president
of the Corning Glass Company, his family's enterprise, when he decided
to enter the public service. He served two tenus in Congress, after
which he becane Amxican Arrbsssador to Germany (1922-1925) as President
Hardingk appointee, and to England (1925-1929) as President Coolidge's.
He and Dr. Flexner had met in Gemany and England; they were warm friends.
Governor Lehman was a partner in kkan Brothers, Bankera. He
went into politics and uss elected krLa.cratic Lieutenant-Governor of
Nev York in 1928. Fie was re-elected in 1930, and then elected Governor
Ear four years (1932-19361, which were followed by years of distfnguished
semice fn the United States Senate.
Ur, Straus, whose career was ent ireLy with R. H. Nacy and
Company, was trustee of New York University and the Neu York Public
Library. F? was President of Bambergeris,
Despite.the differences in the interests, ages, qualities and
pursuits of this group, they were knit together,by a strong camnan pur-
pose -- to help the Director in every way possible to echieve a great
success fn his effort to create optimum conditions for advanced study,
Nevertheless, Flexner had reason to feel that the burden was his to an
uncomfortable extent. His fmgination, which had not failed him during
his years with the General Education Board, was still lively. How,
however, he had no Gates to breathe fire into his reports to the Trustees,
or to influence the donors with confident suppofl. %re uaa no Buttrick,
with his, humor and his sense of timing, who dared to believe and to say,