Temple University : 125 years of service to Philadelphia, the nation, and the world / James W. Hilty ; foreword by Ann Weaver Hart ; additional research and illustrations editing by Matthew M. Hanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hilty, James W.

Contributor:

Hanson, Matthew M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temple University--History.

Temple University.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 308 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Temple University's alumni number over a quarter million, and include entertainment legend Bill Cosby and Shirley Tilghman, the first woman president of Princeton University. One of every eight college graduates in the Philadelphia area received their degrees at Temple. Temple Owls are everywhere! Temple University: 125 Years of Service to Philadelphia, the Nation, and the World, by noted historian and Temple professor James Hilty offers the first full history of Temple University.

Contents:

Contents; Key to School and College Abbreviations; Temple University Board of Trustees; Foreword by President Ann Weaver Hart; 1. The Man, the Speech, the "Temple Idea"; 2. Growing Pains, 1907-1928; 3. Depression and War, 1929-1945; 4. Middle Passage, 1945 -1965; 5. Vehicle for Social Change, 1965 -1982; 6. Temple's Ambassadors; 7. Multiversity and Globalversity, 1982-2009; 8. From Sidewalk Campus to Urban Village; 9. Access to Excellence; Chronology; Acknowledgments and Notes on Resources; Illustration Sources; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781439900215

1439900213

OCLC:

648711433