University builder : Edgar Odell Lovett and the founding of the Rice Institute / John B. Boles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boles, John B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lovett, Edgar Odell, 1871-1957.

Lovett, Edgar Odell.

Rice University--Presidents--Biography.

Rice University.

William M. Rice Institute.

College presidents--Texas--Biography.

College presidents.

William M. Rice Institute--History.

History.

Presidents.

Texas.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 295 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge, La. : Louisiana State University Press, [2007]

Summary:

Rice University, one of America's preeminent institutions of higher education, grew out of the vision, direction, and leadership of one man: Edgar Odell Lovett (1871?1957). University Builder is the fascinating story of this extraordinary educator and the unique school he created. Widely acknowledged, almost from its founding in 1912, as one of America's best universities, Rice is distinguished as both the smallest and the youngest institution in the top tier of American universities. In telling the tale of Lovett and his innovative, enduring vision for Rice, John Boles provides both a compelling biographical narrative and a refreshing new view of American higher education in the first half of the twentieth century.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Dual Beginnings 1

Chapter 2 Farewell to Princeton 30

Chapter 3 The Grand Tour 56

Chapter 4 The Launching of the New University 81

Chapter 5 Academic Administration in Peacetime and War 111

Chapter 6 Steadying the Course in the Roaring Twenties 146

Chapter 7 Confronting the Great Depression 180

Chapter 8 War, Stress, Change, and Promise 212

Chapter 9 Full Circle: Retirement, Transition, Renewed Momentum 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-281) and index.

Local Notes:

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.

ISBN:

9780807132753

0807132756

OCLC:

82367850