Being lucky : reminiscences and reflections /
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 th...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
c1980.
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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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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 493 p., [9] leaves of plates ) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| ISBN: | 9780253006165 0253006163 1283548526 9781283548526 9786613860972 6613860972 |