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Fritz Marti : immigrant : a biographical memoir / Judith Baumrin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baumrin, Judith, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marti, Fritz, 1894-.
- Marti, Fritz.
- Immigrants--United States--Biography.
- Immigrants.
- Philosophers--United States--Biography.
- Philosophers.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (100 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, Inc., 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Fritz Marti (1894-1991) came from Switzerland, where he had completed his doctorate in philosophy, to The University of Oregon, Eugene, in 1923. He was a serious, committed scholar in the tradition of German Idealism. The book is about his search for intellectual freedom in America. He was part of the evolution of higher education in the United States in the 20th Century and taught at colleges and universities across the country such as Oregon, Goucher, Maryland, Chicago and Notre Dame. He became passionate about the role of a college education. In 1947 he and his wife Gertrude Austin establis
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Family History""; ""Winterthur""; ""Bern""; ""2 Military Service""; ""Infantry""; ""Motor Corp""; ""3 Zurich""; ""Medicus""; ""Note""; ""4 Search for a Job""; ""5 Oregon""; ""6 Going East""; ""Goucher""; ""University of Maryland""; ""7 Washington D.C.""; ""Gertrude Austin""; ""Gertrude and Fritz""; ""Notes""; ""8 Chevy Chase""; ""Invitation to Chicago""; ""University of Maryland: Overview""; ""University of Chicago""; ""Notes""; ""9 Brinklow""; ""10 Ohio""; ""Berglihof""; ""11 Fritz Marti""; ""Appendix""
- ""Bibliography""""Sources""; ""References""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 3, 2015).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Baumrin, Judith. Fritz Marti : immigrant : a biographical memoir.
- ISBN:
- 0-7618-6598-5
- 0-7618-6599-3
- OCLC:
- 910102741
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