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The guardian poplar : a memoir of deep roots, journey, and rediscovery / Chase Nebeker Peterson ; foreword by Cornel West.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peterson, Chase N.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peterson, Chase N.
- University of Utah--Presidents--Biography.
- University of Utah.
- Harvard University--Professional staff--Biography.
- Harvard University.
- Physicians--United States--Biography.
- Physicians.
- College presidents--Utah--Biography.
- College presidents.
- Cancer--Patients--United States--Biography.
- Cancer.
- Latter Day Saints--United States--Biography.
- Latter Day Saints.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- When Barney Clark received the Jarvik-7 artificial heart in 1983 and Cold Fusion came under fire in 1989, Chase Peterson, as the University of Utah president, was inevitably pulled into these campus events.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""An Appreciation""; ""Preface: An Interesting Case""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part 1: The Sun Rises in the Pioneer West""; ""1. "The Lord Was Right": Peterson and Geddes Immigrants""; ""2. "There Is Always a Way": Nebeker and Hulme Immigrants""; ""3. Zero to Fifteen: Growing Up in Logan""; ""Part 2: The East, a Second Dawn""; ""4. Concord: Middlesex School, a New Culture""; ""5. Harvard College: A Unity of Faith and Reason, Intellect and Culture""; ""6. Harvard Medical School: Professional Rigor""
- ""7. Yale Residency to Utah Practice:Thirty-six Hours on, Twelve off, to Live Happily Ever After""""Part 3: From Utah, Back to Boston""; ""8. Harvard College Admissions: Rich in the Particulars""; ""9. Harvard University Vice Presidency: Alumni and Development, and Faith Revisited""; ""Photo Gallery""; ""Part 4: Back to the West, a Second Sunset""; ""10. Utah Medical Sciences: Max, Brigham, and a Favoring Culture""; ""11. University of Utah: "Why Did They Make You President?"""; ""12. "They Will Only Laugh at You": Cold Fusion""
- ""13. "What Am I Now?": Medicine, Teaching, Practice, and Sick Myself""""14. The Matter of Home""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60781-998-8
- OCLC:
- 810933894
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