Latest news with #TedCarter
BBC News
3 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Caerphilly World War Two veteran turns 100 on D-Day anniversary
An RAF veteran has said he would not change a thing about his life as he celebrated his 100th birthday on the anniversary of 'Ted' Carter from Caerphilly turned 19 on D-Day, 81 years ago on 6 June was deployed in India at the time, a memory he described as "wonderful".Reflecting on becoming a centenarian, Mr Carter said he had had "a very, very happy life". "I think we should all live a peaceful, happy life, helping people as much as we can, give back as much as we can," he said. After leaving school at 16, Mr Carter joined the railway and said his father told him "you won't make much money"."I didn't want to work anywhere else," he initially worked in the signal boxes, then "on the trains",When he was called up to serve in the war effort, he did not want to join the Army."And I couldn't swim, so I thought the air force was best for me," he four-and-a-half years, he served in the Royal Air Force as an engineer, working on Wellington and Lancaster bombers."You had to learn in six months what in peace time would take you three years."Reflecting on the conflict, Mr Carter said: "I think, I hope, the world has got a better place."All we want is a quiet, peaceful life." When he left the RAF, he joined what is now Great Western to Wales in 1946, home became the cottage he shared with his late wife met as teenagers, and married aged 22 and 23."I'm so glad I met Margaret when she was 15," he said."We had 61 years of a lovely life together."With savings of £380, they spent £320 on their cottage in Bedwas and £11 on solicitors fees and went on to raise three children there – Paul, Sharon and fact, the letter he recently received from the King, marking his big birthday, was actually his second correspondence from a monarch, having also had one for his 60th wedding anniversary from Elizabeth II. "[Our dad] taught us to be hard working, kind," said added: "He's been an exceptional human being. He's terrific."At 98, Mr Carter was still regularly seen tending to his beloved garden at the cottage, particularly its orchard with pear, apple and plum trees."We grew everything," he now lives at Castle View care home in Caerphilly, where staff and residents threw him a birthday party."All my life I've had very good luck and health. What can you ask for more than that?"If I had to do it all over again I wouldn't change it."
Mint
05-05-2025
- Automotive
- Mint
What it takes to win—or lose—in a meeting with Trump
When Ohio State University President Ted Carter visited the White House last month, he brought President Trump and Vice President JD Vance a promise that his school would help redefine the future of higher education. 'Ohio State is not the enemy,' Carter said he told Vance. When executives from BMW, Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz met with Trump last month in an effort to peel back automotive tariffs, they said they would push to open factories in the U.S., people with knowledge of the meeting said. And when Amazon CEO Andy Jassy recently talked to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles about tariffs, he also offered to help Trump fix the operations and finances of the U.S. Postal Service. Amazon declined to comment. Companies and institutions are honing a playbook for approaching an unpredictable president. They are showing up prepared to flatter, play ball on the Trump agenda and give him something in return for sparing them from economic pain or executive orders. Since taking office in January, Trump and his senior aides have deployed executive power to punish enemies with tariffs and other diktats. That has spurred a range of chief executives and other leaders to plead their case directly to Trump. 'There is a lot of fear. I've never seen anything like it,' said Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, who has emerged as a Trump critic at a moment when many of his peers are sprinting to the White House. 'It's a fear of retribution.' The president is far more accessible than many of his predecessors and is often happy to take meetings directly, especially with chief executives he has seen quoted in newspapers or on television, according to people who have interacted with the White House. His staff, lobbyists say, aren't as ideological about some policy issues, and many aren't longtime government hands with fixed views. Lobbyists and trade groups working with chief executives are coaching clients that it is best to bring data and specifics to meetings with the president or his staff. In particular, showing a tariff could hurt a red state or area is a popular pitch. As one GOP strategist who has coached clients put it: Make the case that you will have to lay off people in Ohio versus in a blue state like Massachusetts. Others have promised Trump the possibility of an announcement, such as jobs, that will benefit him politically. Another tactic is to appear on Fox News just before planning to meet with him or White House staff, some lobbyists say. Some have contributed millions to his super PAC or his presidential library fund. When oil executives came to the White House to see Trump earlier this year, one of the top goals was to secure exemptions on tariffs. For much of the hour in the Cabinet Room, executives praised Trump, thanking him at length and vowing to help his administration, an attendee said. At the end of the meeting, Trump said he would do 'zero' tariffs on the industry, and they thanked him again, the attendee said. The BMW, Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz executives who met with Trump last month came to the White House in explainer and dealmaker mode. They told Trump it is nearly impossible to secure parts for German cars outside of Germany, and talked extensively about how the tariffs could hurt their businesses, the people with knowledge of the meeting said. The companies also said they would push to open U.S. factories. About a week later, Trump decided to reduce tariffs on parts, giving the automakers a needed reprieve. The automakers didn't respond for comment. Cabinet officials and aides with reporters at the White House in March, when oil company CEOs met with President Trump. After a White House event with business leaders this past week, Trump took a handful of chief executives into the Oval Office—where drugmakers said they would keep making announcements on bringing manufacturing and jobs back to the U.S. if they are spared from Trump's tariffs, industry and White House officials said. So far, the industry has avoided the tariffs. White House spokesman Harrison Fields called Trump the business community's strongest ally and said he had unlocked $6 trillion in investments. 'President Trump actively engages with business leaders, listens to their concerns, and works to secure deals that benefit America and its people,' he said. Institutions that haven't been the focus of Trump's policies are using time with the president to insulate themselves from any future changes. In mid-April, the day Harvard rejected the White House's demands that would require federal-government oversight of admissions, hiring and the ideology of students and staff, Ohio State's Carter had come to Washington with the Buckeyes football team, celebrating their victory in the 2025 college football national championship. In the Oval Office, he reminded Trump that they had met seven years prior. Later that day, in a private meeting with Vance—an Ohio State alumnus—Carter said he wanted to work with the White House. 'We want to be part of this conversation about why the future of higher education can be reimagined, redefined through an institution like Ohio State,' Carter said he told Vance. Carter said he believed Trump and Vance were receptive to his argument though they didn't have specific requests. The White House didn't respond to a request for comment on the meeting. Some of the world's most powerful business leaders have come up empty-handed from such visits. When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his advisers came into the Oval Office in February and sought a deal to avoid an antitrust trial, Trump seemed interested and told his aides to work it out. 'Let's get it done,' he said, according to a person familiar with the meeting. In another meeting in March, more particulars were discussed, and Trump still seemed interested in the deal. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, right, at President Trump's inauguration. Meta lobbied unsuccessfully to avoid the antitrust trial that began last month. But later, aides brought in some of Meta's critics to block the deal. Meta's aides had flooded the White House with calls, but aides said it seemed to backfire. Eventually Trump decided against a deal. Lawyers at WilmerHale sought to avoid Trump's ire. After learning they were to be targeted with an executive order, prominent members of the firm repeatedly called White House lawyers and other Trump advisers, people familiar with the matter said. They argued they were a bipartisan firm that had even represented former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and Trump family members in the past. The lawyer Trump wanted to target, former special counsel Robert Mueller, had retired in 2021. WilmerHale took down most mentions of him from the firm's website. White House staff listened, but eventually Trump signed the order. The firm has sued the White House. When the American Beverage Association came to the White House seeking to avoid the administration's cutting soda from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, it brought polling data that showed Trump's supporters didn't like restrictions. 'Important to the Trump Republican Party are Americans without college degrees, 71% of whom support the purchase of soft drinks and other beverage products using food stamps,' the group wrote in a memo given to the White House and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. They met with numerous Trump advisers, people familiar with the matter said. The head of Coca-Cola had even brought Trump a commemorative inaugural Diet Coke. But the administration allowed states to cut soda from food stamps. Write to Josh Dawsey at Maggie Severns at and Lindsay Ellis at First Published: 5 May 2025, 06:58 AM IST
Axios
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Axios
Scoop: Revoked Ohio State student visas restored
A dozen Ohio State students have had their visas restored after the Trump administration revoked them. Why it matters: The 12 international students had their visas revoked in March without warning or explanation, making their legal status in the U.S. uncertain. Catch up quick: Ohio State president Ted Carter said in a statement that the university was not "formally notified" and was not told why the visas were revoked. The latest: OSU spokesperson Ben Johnson confirmed to Axios on Wednesday that Student and Exchange Visitor Program records for all 12 students have been restored, and the university has notified the students. Driving the news: Last week, the Justice Department announced in court that the visa decisions had been reversed for students with minor legal infractions on their records. The decision came amid dozens of court cases and restraining orders issued by judges across the country. OSU student Ahwad Sultan, one of the few Columbus students to speak on the visa issue publicly, was one of the cases. His visa has been restored. The big picture: Ohio State is one of dozens of universities being investigated for alleged antisemitism tied to campus protests.
Business Journals
25-04-2025
- Health
- Business Journals
Dr. Kimryn Rathmell named CEO of OSU James Cancer Hospital
By submitting your information you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and User Agreement . Join the Columbus Business First to unlock even more insights! "Her exceptional caliber of leadership and visionary approach to cancer research and care exemplifies our firm commitment to excellence,' OSU President Ted Carter said in a statement. The former director of the National Cancer Institute has been named the new CEO of the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Dr. Kimryn Rathmell starts May 27, pending trustee approval, according to a press release. "Her exceptional caliber of leadership and visionary approach to cancer research and care exemplifies our firm commitment to excellence,' OSU President Ted Carter said in the release. GET TO KNOW YOUR CITY Find Local Events Near You Connect with a community of local professionals. Explore All Events "Ohio State exists to make our state and nation better, and our cancer program is one of the many ways we live up to that commitment," Carter said. "Having a leader like Dr. Rathmell at its helm will ensure we continue to improve and save the lives of Ohioans who are impacted by cancer.' expand Ohio State University's James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, part of Wexner Medical Center. Doug Buchanan | CBF Rathmell stepped down on President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day after leading the NCI, part of the National Institutes of Health, since December 2023. She launched an initiative to target early-onset cancer and focused on improving equitable research and access to care for rural and other underserved communities. Before the federal institute, Rathmell was professor of medicine and biochemistry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, where she also was physician-in-chief and chair of the Department of Medicine. Previously she was on faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. One of 57 federally designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers nationwide, the James is the state's only standalone cancer hospital. Its 10-year-old main tower will add critical care beds with the 2026 opening of the new main University Hospital tower. An outpatient cancer complex that opened on west campus in 2023 has Central Ohio's first proton therapy center and is seen as key to driving more outpatient volume. "I'm energized by the collaborative leadership across the health system and university, the commitment of the faculty, staff and trainees, as well as by Ohio State's ambitious vision of creating a cancer-free world,' Rathmell said in the release. "Ohio State is a place that embraces the excitement of possibility and takes bold steps in advancing biomedical breakthroughs that provide hope and healing." Dr. David Cohn, the hospital's medical director, has been interim CEO of the James since the 2022 retirement of Dr. William Farrar. Cohn will remain on the hospital's leadership team, a spokeswoman said, along with Dr. Raphael Pollock, Comprehensive Cancer Center director. Medical Center CEO John Warner cited Rathmell's "impressive track record" and ability to increase OSU's prominence for cancer care and research. 'Dr. Rathmell's reputation as a nationally renowned physician-scientist and kidney cancer expert is matched only by her extensive experience and prestigious leadership roles in academic medicine and public service,' Warner said in the release. Rathmell earned a doctorate in biophysics in 1996 and medical degree in 1998 at Stanford University. She also earned a master's degree in healthcare management from Vanderbilt in 2022. Her research has focused on kidney cancer. At Ohio State she will hold the first Jeri Block and Robert Schottenstein Distinguished Chair in Cancer, pending trustee approval. A $10 million gift from the couple created the university's largest-ever endowed chair. Bob Schottenstein is CEO of Columbus-based M/I Homes Inc. and was a longtime OSU trustee; he currently serves in one of the public seats on the Wexner Medical Center board.
Axios
10-04-2025
- Politics
- Axios
OSU doesn't know why student visas were revoked
Nearly a dozen international students at Ohio State have had their visas revoked without warning or explanation, and the university says it doesn't know why. Why it matters: The revocations come amid a broad effort by the Trump administration to penalize international students over pro-Palestinian activism at universities across the country. Now, non-protesters are reportedly being targeted. Catch up quick: In March, the Dispatch reported that five OSU students had visas revoked, along with others studying at Cincinnati and Kent State. The OSU count has now reached 11, WOSU reports. What they're saying: President Ted Carter said in a statement Tuesday that the university was not "formally notified" of the federal government's actions and has not been told why the visas were revoked. "While we recognize that visa decisions are the authority of the U.S. government and Ohio State plays no role in these decisions, I share a strong desire for clarity around these actions." Between the lines: A lawyer representing some of the students reportedly said they are being advised not to speak to the media or identify themselves. The big picture: Elsewhere, a student at Emerson College in Massachusetts and a doctoral candidate at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, neither of whom partook in protests or had any criminal record, were among those stripped of their visas, Axios Boston reports.
