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1 online resource (xiii, 493 p., [9] leaves of plates ) |
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Machine generated contents note: Preparation for the Presidency -- 1. Growing Up in Jamestown and the County Seat -- 2. Widening Horizons -- 3. What It Was Really Like -- 4. Country Bank Failures -- 5. Reopening, Reconstruction, and Reform -- 6. Apprenticeship in Academic Administration -- 7. Fate of a Noncandidate -- Presidency -- 8. Few Observations on Collegial Administration -- 9. How to Succeed without Really Trying -- 10. Money, Money, But Never Enough -- 11. Private Sector: Indiana University Foundation -- 12. Academic Freedom and Tenure -- 13. To Make Room for the Future -- 14. Student and Alumni Relationships -- 15. Culture to the Crossroads -- 16. University Looks Abroad -- 17. Academic Ferment -- National and International Service -- 18. Trip and a New Awareness -- 19. Glorious Experience in the Springtime of My Career -- 20. With Clay in Occupied Germany -- 21 |
| Summary |
In this absorbing autobiography, Herman B Wells, the legendary former president of Indiana University, recalls his small-town boyhood, the strong influence of his parents, his pioneering work with Indiana banks during the Great Depression, and his connection with IU, which began as a student when the still provincial school had fewer than 3,000 students. At the end of his 25-year tenure as president, IU was a university with an international reputation and a student body that would soon exceed 30,000. Both lighthearted and serious, Wells's reflections describe in welcome detail how he appro |
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Includes index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Wells, Herman B
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Wells, Herman B fast |
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Indiana University -- Presidents -- Biography
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Indiana University fast |
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College presidents -- Indiana -- Biography
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College presidents -- Indiana -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Educators.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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College presidents
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Presidents
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Indiana
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021700620 |
| ISBN |
9780253006165 |
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0253006163 |
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1283548526 |
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9781283548526 |
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9786613860972 |
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6613860972 |
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