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Author Link, William A

Title William Friday : Power, Purpose, and American Higher Education
Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (511 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Introduction; PART I. Drawn to Power; 1. The Barefoot Son of the Mayor of Dallas; 2. The Winds of War; 3. Ascent to Power; PART II. Defender of the Purpose; 4. The Roaring Lions of Reaction; 5. The Wolf's Taking Over; 6. Restructuring the University System; 7. This Is Bill Friday Country; 8. The East Carolina Challenge; PART III. The Dilemmas of Power; 9. The Adams Court; 10. Queen Elizabeth in the Baltimore Orioles Dugout; 11. The Chasm May Be Narrow, but It Also Runs Deep; 12. Walking Backwards into the Eighties; Conclusion: The Second Education of William Friday; Notes
Summary Few North Carolinians are as well known or as widely respected as William Friday. Although he has never run for elected office, the former president of the University of North Carolina has been prominent in public affairs for decades and ranks as one of the most important American university presidents of the post-World War II era. In this comprehensive biography, William Link traces Friday's long and remarkable career. Friday's thirty years as president of the university, from 1956 to 1986, spanned the greatest period of growth for higher education in American history, and he played a cr
Bibliography BibliographyAcknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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Subject Friday, William C. (William Clyde)
SUBJECT Friday, William C. (William Clyde) fast
Subject University of North Carolina (System) -- Presidents -- Biography
SUBJECT University of North Carolina (System) fast
Subject Presidents
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Genre/Form Biographies
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ISBN 9780807863008
0807863009