Research Catalog

Title

From VPI to state university : President T. Marshall Hahn, Jr. and the transformation of Virginia Tech, 1962-1974 / Warren H. Strother and Peter Wallenstein.

Author

Strother, Warren H., 1925-

Publication

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

Wallenstein, Peter.

Description

xix, 444 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Hahn, T. Marshall 1926-
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-422) and index.

Contents

Convergence, a man and a school -- Launching a presidency -- Let there be a university -- Three r's of a university faculty -- Looking for money, alumni, and development -- President Hahn and state policy, 1962-1965 -- Athletics to advance academics, 1962-1967 -- Crisis over the corps of cadets, 1964 -- Transition in student policy, 1962-1966 -- The 1966 Virginia General Assembly -- Getting around and getting away -- Construction everywhere -- Administration, personalities, and personnel -- Alumni reconciliation and university development -- University governance, toward a faculty senate -- Changes in student population and student policy, 1966-1974 -- Intercollegiate athletics at a state university, 1967-1974 -- Boundaries and connections-VPI and community development -- Marshall Hahn, Virginia Tech, and a wider world -- Centennial.

Call Number

JFE 04-12623

ISBN

0865547874 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004009088

OCLC

55085710

Author

Strother, Warren H., 1925-

Title

From VPI to state university : President T. Marshall Hahn, Jr. and the transformation of Virginia Tech, 1962-1974 / Warren H. Strother and Peter Wallenstein.

Imprint

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 2004.

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-422) and index.

Added Author

Wallenstein, Peter.

Research Call Number

JFE 04-12623