An improbable life : my sixty years at Columbia and other adventures

An improbable life : my sixty years at Columbia and other adventures / Michael I. Sovern.

Columbia University began the second half of the twentieth century in decline, bottoming out with the student riots of 1968. Yet by the close of the century, the institution had regained its stature as one of the greatest universities in the world. According to the New York Times,?If any one person...

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Main Author: Sovern, Michael I. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Sovern, Michael I.
Columbia University > Presidents > Biography.
Columbia University > History.
Columbia University
College presidents > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
EDUCATION > Higher.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
College presidents
Presidents
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword by Walter F. Mondale; Foreword by Lee C. Bollinger; 1. A Shared Story; 2. Riot; 3. Rebuilding; 4. Aftermath; 5. Condoms and Wrinkle Cream; 6. Becoming a Dean; 7. Litigating: Tuskegee and the Supreme Court; 8. Provost; 9. Building an Administration; 10. Beginnings; 12. Columbia College; 12. Columbia Law School; 13. Minnesota; 14. Coming Home; 15. Publishing and Moonlighting; 16. Climbing Out of a Hole; 17. Ceremonies; 18. Doing the Right Thing: Coeducation, Charter Revision, and Columbia Football; 19. The Pulitzer Prizes.
  • 20. Reagan Versus Mondale21. Disappointing My Peers: Divestiture and Earmarks; 22. City Corruption and Columbia Unrest; 23. A Sabbatical Leave and a Return to Celebrations; 24. Remembering Malcolm X and Working with the Community; 25. International Guests, Anniversaries, Dedications, and a New Campaign; 26. Closing a School; 27. Salman Rushdie at Risk; 28. Hail and Farewell; 29. The Last Year; 30. A Backward Glance; 31. There Is Life After a Presidency; 32. Shubert-a Great Gig; 33. Almost a Justice; 34. Sotheby's; 35. America's Challenge; 36. What Next?; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.

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