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The Education of a University President. By Marvin Wachman, with a forward by James W. Hilty. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2005. xvi, 206p. Illustrations, index. $29.95.)
      In this autobiographical narrative, Marvin Wachman recounts his endless effort to learn more about life in an ever-changing world. In six chapters the eighty-eight-year-old educator recounts his unshakable, six-decade odyssey through the presidencies of four colleges and universities and the executive leadership of several nonprofit organizations. Dr. Wachman's aim is to convince his readers that America's "educational system has played a major role in fostering the unique dynamism of our society and government" (p. xvi). He does so admirably. His book has been compared to The Education of Henry Adams, which, in 1907, also offered wise insight into human experience. . . .
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