University Builder : Edgar Odell Lovett and the Founding of the Rice Institute /

Rice University, one of America's preeminent institutions of higher education, grew out of the vision, direction, and leadership of one man: Edgar Odell Lovett (1871?1957). University Builder is the fascinating story of this extraordinary educator and the unique school he created. Widely acknow...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Boles, John B.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baton Rouge, La. : Louisiana State University Press, 2007.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Lovett, Edgar Odell, > 1871-1957.
William M. Rice Institute.
Rice University.
William M. Rice Institute > History.
Rice University > Presidents > Biography.
Presidents.
College presidents.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Presidents et recteurs d'universite > Texas > Biographies.
College presidents > Texas > Biography.
Texas.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Rice University, one of America's preeminent institutions of higher education, grew out of the vision, direction, and leadership of one man: Edgar Odell Lovett (1871?1957). University Builder is the fascinating story of this extraordinary educator and the unique school he created. Widely acknowledged, almost from its founding in 1912, as one of America's best universities, Rice is distinguished as both the smallest and the youngest institution in the top tier of American universities. In telling the tale of Lovett and his innovative, enduring vision for Rice, John Boles provides both a compell.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (344 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780807135228

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