From VPI to State University : President T. Marshall Hahn Jr. and the Transformation of Virginia Tech, 1962-1974,9780865547872

From VPI to State University : President T. Marshall Hahn Jr. and the Transformation of Virginia Tech, 1962-1974

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ISBN13: 9780865547872
ISBN10: 0865547874
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-07-01
Publisher(s): Mercer Univ Pr
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Author Biography

Peter Wallenstein has taught history at Virginia Technical Institute and State University since 1983.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Foreword xv
Warren H. Strother
Prologue 1(4)
Convergence---A Man and a School
5(18)
Launching a Presidency
23(22)
Let There Be a University
45(26)
Three Rs of a University Faculty
71(24)
Looking for Money---Alumni and Development
95(16)
President Hahn and State Policy, 1962-1965
111(22)
Athletics to Advance Academics, 1962-1967
133(18)
Crisis over the Corps of Cadets, 1964
151(18)
Transition in Student Policy, 1962-1966
169(18)
The 1966 Virginia General Assembly
187(20)
Getting Around and Getting Away
207(10)
Construction Everywhere
217(22)
Administration---Personalities and Personnel
239(22)
Alumni Reconciliation and University Development
261(18)
University Governance---Toward a Faculty Senate
279(10)
Changes in Student Population and Student Policy, 1966-1974
289(24)
Intercollegiate Athletics at a State University, 1967-1974
313(16)
Boundaries and Connections---VPI and Community Development
329(18)
Marshall Hahn, Virginia Tech, and a Wider World
347(24)
Centennial
371(20)
Epilogue 391(14)
Appendix 1. Enrollment Data 405(1)
Appendix 2. Graduation Data 406(1)
Appendix 3. Members of the Board of Visitors 407(2)
Bibliography 409(14)
Index 423

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