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基本説明
With a foreword by David Halberstam. James Freedman was the fifteenth president of Dartmouth College from 1987 to 1998.
Full Description
James Freedman, the fifteenth president of Dartmouth College, began life in a struggling middle-class Jewish family in a provincial industrial New Hampshire town. By the time of his death from cancer in March 2006, he was one of the most celebrated educational leaders of his generation, perhaps of the twentieth century. Finding the Words is Freedman's account of the first twenty-seven years of this astonishing trajectory in a life made difficult by depression, but sustained throughout by a love of books and learning, a life that would transform the culture of American higher education. His mother's fierce and bruising ambition instilled in him an overwhelming drive to leave his mark upon the world. His father, a revered high-school English teacher who was timid outside the classroom, introduced him to the rich world of literature--and also passed on to him his doubts and insecurities. Freedman retraces his intellectual formation as a student, educator, scholar, and leader, from his early?obsession with book collecting through his undergraduate years at Harvard and his professional training at Yale Law School.
This same passion for language and ideas defined Freedman's leadership at Dartmouth, where he deftly countered lingering anti-Semitism, fought entrenched interests to open the way for women and minorities, reformed and revitalized the curriculum, and boldly reconceived the school's campus. This moving and inspiring book vividly depicts the formative years of a man nourished by lifelong learning, whose rise from humble beginnings to heights of achievement will serve as a model for generations to come.
Contents
Foreword by David Halberstam ix Publisher's Preface xvii Acknowledgments xix Chapter 1: Prologue 1 Chapter 2: Family 6 Chapter 3: Manchester 51 Chapter 4: Growing Up 72 Chapter 5: Central High School 104 Chapter 6: A Passion for Collecting 121 Chapter 7: The Fifties 136 Chapter 8: Harvard College 147 Chapter 9: Teachers and Teaching (1) 210 Chapter 10: Harvard Law School and the Union Leader 238 Chapter 11: Yale Law School 270 Chapter 12: Teachers and Teaching (2) 301 Chapter 13: Epilogue 317 Index 323
