TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wells,Herman B.
TI  - Being lucky: reminiscences and reflections 
SN  - 9780253006165
AV  - LD2516 1938.W44 
U1  - 378/.111 
PY  - 1980///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Wells, Herman B.
KW  - Indiana University
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Biography
KW  - fast
KW  - College presidents
KW  - Indiana
KW  - Présidents et recteurs d'université
KW  - Biographies
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Educators
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - EDUCATION
KW  - Higher
KW  - General
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes index; 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; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - 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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