Johnson, Howard W. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Memoir of a former MIT President, as well as professor, corporate director, and advisor to American government agencies and to museums and foundations. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262276313 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Johnson, Howard Wesley,-1922-2009.<br/>Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Presidents-Biography.<br/>Massachusetts Institute of Technology-History.<br/>College presidents-Massachusetts-Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T171.M49 J62 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>378.744/4 B