Author: (SMITH, Rhoten A.)
Title: A New University: The Inauguration of Rhoten A. Smith As Sixth President of Northern Illinois University
Description: DeKalb, Northern Illinois University Press, 1968. Hardcover. Oblong 12mo. Black cloth with silver stamping, pictorial cloth over boards slipcase. 62pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/near fine. First edition, tight and handsome. Speechifying from the likes of then-Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz, Governor Samuel H. Shapiro and other notables -- oh yes, and Smith's inaugural address. Smith (1921-2003), president of N.I.U. from 1967 to 1971, was an outspoken equal opportunity educator and is remembered for joining students in a Vietnam War protest. .

Keywords: Illinois & Midwest Education


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