Being lucky : reminiscences and reflections / Herman B Wells.

By:

Wells, Herman B

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1980.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 493 p., [9] leaves of plates )Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780253006165
0253006163
1283548526
9781283548526
9786613860972
6613860972

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Being luckyDDC classification:

378/.111

LOC classification:

LD2516 1938.W44

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Preparation for the Presidency -- 1. Growing Up in Jamestown and the County Seat -- 2. Widening Horizons -- 3. What It Was Really Like -- 4. Country Bank Failures -- 5. Reopening, Reconstruction, and Reform -- 6. Apprenticeship in Academic Administration -- 7. Fate of a Noncandidate -- Presidency -- 8. Few Observations on Collegial Administration -- 9. How to Succeed without Really Trying -- 10. Money, Money, But Never Enough -- 11. Private Sector: Indiana University Foundation -- 12. Academic Freedom and Tenure -- 13. To Make Room for the Future -- 14. Student and Alumni Relationships -- 15. Culture to the Crossroads -- 16. University Looks Abroad -- 17. Academic Ferment -- National and International Service -- 18. Trip and a New Awareness -- 19. Glorious Experience in the Springtime of My Career -- 20. With Clay in Occupied Germany -- 21.

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Summary: In this absorbing autobiography, Herman B Wells, the legendary former president of Indiana University, recalls his small-town boyhood, the strong influence of his parents, his pioneering work with Indiana banks during the Great Depression, and his connection with IU, which began as a student when the still provincial school had fewer than 3,000 students. At the end of his 25-year tenure as president, IU was a university with an international reputation and a student body that would soon exceed 30,000. Both lighthearted and serious, Wells's reflections describe in welcome detail how he appro.

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In this absorbing autobiography, Herman B Wells, the legendary former president of Indiana University, recalls his small-town boyhood, the strong influence of his parents, his pioneering work with Indiana banks during the Great Depression, and his connection with IU, which began as a student when the still provincial school had fewer than 3,000 students. At the end of his 25-year tenure as president, IU was a university with an international reputation and a student body that would soon exceed 30,000. Both lighthearted and serious, Wells's reflections describe in welcome detail how he appro.

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