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From the barrio to Washington : an educator's journey / Armando Rodriguez as told to Keith Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rodriguez, Armando M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School principals--United States--Biography.
- School principals.
- Hispanic American school principals--Biography.
- Hispanic American school principals.
- Politicians--United States--Biography.
- Politicians.
- Hispanic American politicians--Biography.
- Hispanic American politicians.
- Rodriguez, Armando M.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Rodriguez recalls his inspirational journey from his childhood as a poor immigrant to the highest levels of the department of education under four presidents.
- Contents:
- The Early Years, 1921-34
- Junior and Senior High School, 1934-40
- An Immigrant, an Emigrant, and a Soldier, 1940-43
- The Girl from Across the Street, 1944-45
- A Civilian Again, 1945
- A College Man, 1946-49
- A Teacher, an Administrator, and Almost a Politician, 1949-62
- A Political Animal, 1962-66
- Help from the Anglos
- Working for Lyndon, 1968
- Travels with Randolph Hearst, 1969-70
- Coping with Washington Society and Its Politics, 1971-73
- President of East Los Angeles College, 1973-78
- Back to the Seat of Power, 1978-8315
- Retirement Doesn't Mean Not Working, 1983-2001
- Capitalists in the Soviet Union, 1988-2001
- Christy and Roddy
- My Final Retirement (So Far), 2006-7.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283636643
- 1283636646
- 9780826343833
- 082634383X
- OCLC:
- 827208290
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