Holding the Center : Memoirs of a Life in Higher Education.
Johnson, Howard W.
Holding the Center : Memoirs of a Life in Higher Education. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (355 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Holding the Center -- Memoirs of a Life in Higher Education -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Growing Up in South Chicago during the -- Depression -- College and Going to War -- The University of Chicago after the War: -- Student and Faculty Member -- Becoming a Part of the Massachusetts -- Institute of Technology -- The School of Industrial Management -- Becomes the Sloan School -- Early Years as President of MIT -- Grim Years for the Nation and -- the Universities -- Education in the Midst of Turmoil: The -- Close of a Presidency -- Chairing the MIT Corporation and Other -- Challenges -- Boston s Museum of Fine Arts -- in a New Era -- MIT Goes On -- Coda: A Note for Students on Leadership -- Sources -- Registry of Names -- Index -- Picture Credits.
Memoir of a former MIT President, as well as professor, corporate director, and advisor to American government agencies and to museums and foundations.
9780262276313
Johnson, Howard Wesley,-1922-2009.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Presidents-Biography.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology-History.
College presidents-Massachusetts-Biography.
Electronic books.
T171.M49 J62 1999
378.744/4 B
Holding the Center : Memoirs of a Life in Higher Education. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (355 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Holding the Center -- Memoirs of a Life in Higher Education -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Growing Up in South Chicago during the -- Depression -- College and Going to War -- The University of Chicago after the War: -- Student and Faculty Member -- Becoming a Part of the Massachusetts -- Institute of Technology -- The School of Industrial Management -- Becomes the Sloan School -- Early Years as President of MIT -- Grim Years for the Nation and -- the Universities -- Education in the Midst of Turmoil: The -- Close of a Presidency -- Chairing the MIT Corporation and Other -- Challenges -- Boston s Museum of Fine Arts -- in a New Era -- MIT Goes On -- Coda: A Note for Students on Leadership -- Sources -- Registry of Names -- Index -- Picture Credits.
Memoir of a former MIT President, as well as professor, corporate director, and advisor to American government agencies and to museums and foundations.
9780262276313
Johnson, Howard Wesley,-1922-2009.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Presidents-Biography.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology-History.
College presidents-Massachusetts-Biography.
Electronic books.
T171.M49 J62 1999
378.744/4 B