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Hilty James W |
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Temple University [[electronic resource] ] : 125 years of service to Philadelphia, the nation, and the world / / James W. Hilty ; foreword by Ann Weaver Hart ; additional research and illustrations editing by Matthew M. Hanson |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2010 |
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1 online resource (319 p.) |
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Monografia |
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Contents; Key to School and College Abbreviations; Temple University Board of Trustees; Foreword by President Ann Weaver Hart; 1. The Man, the Speech, the "Temple Idea"; 2. Growing Pains, 1907-1928; 3. Depression and War, 1929-1945; 4. Middle Passage, 1945 -1965; 5. Vehicle for Social Change, 1965 -1982; 6. Temple's Ambassadors; 7. Multiversity and Globalversity, 1982-2009; 8. From Sidewalk Campus to Urban Village; 9. Access to Excellence; Chronology; Acknowledgments and Notes on Resources; Illustration Sources; Index |
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Temple University's alumni number over a quarter million, andinclude entertainment legend Bill Cosby and Shirley Tilghman, the first woman president of Princeton University. One of every eight college graduates in the Philadelphia area received their degrees at Temple. Temple Owls are everywhere!Temple University: 125 Years of Service to Philadelphia, the Nation, and the World, by noted historian and Temple professor James Hilty offers the first full history of Temple University. Lovingly written and beautifully designed, it presents a rich chronicle from founder Russell Conwell's |
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