An improbable life : my sixty years at Columbia and other adventures / Michael I. Sovern.
2014
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An improbable life : my sixty years at Columbia and other adventures / Michael I. Sovern.
Published
[New York] : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Call Number
LD1239 .S68 2014
ISBN
9780231167628 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231167628 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231537056 (e-book)
0231167628 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231537056 (e-book)
Description
xviii, 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)842879002
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
xi
Foreword / Walter F. Mondale
xiii
Foreword / Lee C. Bollinger
xvii
1.
A Shared Story
1
2.
Riot
5
3.
Rebuilding
18
4.
Aftermath
39
5.
Condoms And Wrinkle Cream
43
6.
Becoming A Dean
47
7.
Litigating: Tuskegee And The Supreme Court
60
8.
Provost
70
9.
Building An Administration
81
10.
Beginnings
86
11.
Columbia College
95
12.
Columbia Law School
103
13.
Minnesota
116
14.
Coming Home
123
15.
Publishing And Moonlighting
129
16.
Climbing Out Of A Hole
140
17.
Ceremonies
151
18.
Doing The Right Thing: Coeducation, Charter Revision, And Columbia Football
158
19.
The Pulitzer Prizes
164
20.
Reagan Versus Mondale
169
21.
Disappointing My Peers: Divestiture And Earmarks
173
22.
City Corruption And Columbia Unrest
179
23.
A Sabbatical Leave And A Return To Celebrations
184
24.
Remembering Malcolm X And Working With The Community
191
25.
International Guests, Anniversaries, Dedications, And A New Campaign
196
26.
Closing A School
202
27.
Salman Rushdie At Risk
204
28.
Hail And Farewell
208
29.
The Last Year
215
30.
A Backward Glance
220
31.
There Is Life After A Presidency
223
32.
Shubert---A Great Gig
229
33.
Almost A Justice
239
34.
Sotheby's
242
35.
America's challenge
262
36.
What Next?
269
Acknowledgments
271
Notes
273
Index
277