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Candies, Movies, London
Joseph P. Kennedy '12, head of the Maritime Commission who is currently reported to be slated for the London Ambassadorship, eked out expenses while at Harvard by selling candy on an excursion steamer.
The youngest bank president in the United States at twenty-eight, Kennedy moved from shipping to movies, and was appointed head of the Securities Exchange Commission at its outset four years ago.
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