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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boles, John B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge, La. : Louisiana State University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Dual Beginnings; CHAPTER TWO: Farewell to Princeton; CHAPTER THREE: The Grand Tour; Illustrations; CHAPTER FOUR: The Launching of the New University; CHAPTER FIVE: Academic Administration in Peacetime and War; CHAPTER SIX: Steadying the Course in the Roaring Twenties; CHAPTER SEVEN: Confronting the Great Depression; CHAPTER EIGHT: War, Stress, Change, and Promise; CHAPTER NINE: Full Circle: Retirement, Transition, Renewed Momentum; Acknowledgments; Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V.

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