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Stanford University president Donald Kennedy, who last fall took a lot of heat from Congress for the school's management of indirect costs associated with federally sponsored research grants, is headed for the very venue from whence the heat arose. After stepping down as president this coming August, Kennedy--in January 1993--will become the first faculty member in residence at Stanford's new environmental internship and tutorial program at its satellite campus in Washington, D.C. David Danelski, who directs the Washington campus, says that this transitional position for Kennedy, who headed the Food and Drug Administration under President Carter, will allow him to get back into the Washington loop.

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