Brandeis University: A Host at Last
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In this engaging account, the first president of Brandeis tells how many formidable obstacles to launching a new university without initial capital endowment or any hope of alumni support for at least... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0874515858
ISBN13:9780874515855
Release Date:October 1995
Publisher:Brandeis University Press
Length:370 Pages
Weight:1.28 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Fascinating history of Brandeis University
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This book is an interesting history of Brandeis University written by its first President. I attended Brandeis from 1968-1972 and remember seeing Dr. Sachar often doing his research in the library there. He was a kind, very "grandfatherly" figure. He explains why and how Brandeis came to be, how the school attracted many scholars who had fled occupied Europe, and how it rose to prominence in a very short period of time. He has separate chapters on each of the major departments, and devotes a fair amount of space to some of its most famous professors, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Leonard Bernstein. Overall, a well-written, interesting volume.
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