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Can Jim Wood Help the Getty Trust Live Up to Its Potential?

Hosted by Warren Olney Mar. 12, 2007
Late last year, Jim Woods took over the Getty Trust, in the aftermath of bad management by Barry Munitz and in the midst Italian legal action over allegedly stolen antiquities.  We talk with Woods about restoring a tarnished institution.  Also, the big fire in Orange County is under control, but what are we in for during what's predicted to be the driest fire-season on record?

Late last year, Jim Woods took over the Getty Trust, in the aftermath of bad management by Barry Munitz and in the midst Italian legal action over allegedly stolen antiquities.  We talk with Woods about restoring a tarnished institution.  Also, the big fire in Orange County is under control, but what are we in for during what's predicted to be the driest fire-season on record?

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Warren Olney

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Frances Anderton, Karen Radziner, Katie Cooper

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