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A life on the Middle West's never-ending frontier / Willard L. "Sandy" Boyd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boyd, Willard L. (Willard Lee), 1927- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boyd, Willard L. (Willard Lee), 1927-.
- Boyd, Willard L.
- University of Iowa--Presidents--Biography.
- University of Iowa.
- University of Iowa--History.
- College presidents--Iowa--Biography.
- College presidents.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (309 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Autobiography of Willard L. Boyd, former president of the University of Iowa"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- My forebearers come to the Middle West
- Growing up in the 1930s
- Coming of age during World War II
- Back to school in a postwar world
- The Midwestern State University
- Studying, practicing, and teaching law
- Building community at the University of Iowa
- Vanishing into administration
- Turbulent times
- The buck stops here, 1969/1981
- The colleges, 1964/1981
- The big ten
- Advocating for diversity, 1963/1981
- The Field Museum of Natural History
- Advocating for cultural and civic institutions
- The university serving the state
- People, not structures, make a great university
- Our never-ending frontier.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-60938-652-3
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