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A life on the Middle West's never-ending frontier /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyd, Willard L. (Willard Lee), 1927- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Boyd, Willard L. > (Willard Lee), > 1927-
University of Iowa > Presidents > Biography.
University of Iowa > History.
College presidents > Iowa > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.