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Being lucky : reminiscences and reflections

Author
Wells, Herman B.
Title
Being lucky : reminiscences and reflections / Herman B Wells.
Format
Book
Published
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1980.
Description
xiii, 493 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
URL
<Contributor biographical information> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1401/80007493-b.html <Publisher description> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1401/80007493-d.html
Notes
Includes index. I-UNIVLIB: Copy 8: Autographed by Herman B. Wells.
Contents note
  • Preparation for the presidency
  • Growing up in Jamestown and the county seat
  • Widening horizons
  • What it was really like
  • Country bank failures
  • Reopening, reconstruction, and reform
  • Apprenticeship in academic administration
  • The fate of a noncandidate
  • The presidency
  • A few observations on collegial administration
  • How to succeed without really trying
  • Money, money, but never enough
  • The private sector : Indiana University Foundation
  • Academic freedom and tenure
  • To make room for the future
  • Student and alumni relationships
  • Culture to the crossroads
  • The university looks abroad
  • Academic ferment
  • National and international service
  • A trip and a new awareness
  • A glorious experience in the springtime of my career
  • With Clay in occupied Germany
  • One world or none
  • An unusual mission to the U.S.S.R.
  • Education and world affairs
  • The Carnegie Foundation for the advancement of teaching
  • The American council on education and an introduction to international associations
  • The educational policies commissions
  • The roots of PBS
  • Trying to do one's share
  • With a hat on the back of my head
  • Beyond the presidency
  • The summing up
  • The university chancellor
  • Epilogue.
Subject headings
Wells, Herman B. Indiana University--Presidents--Biography. College presidents--Indiana--Biography.
ISBN
0253115566 9780253115560

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