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The Gold and the Blue, Volume Two - A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949-1967, Political Turmoil (Hardcover)
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The Gold and the Blue, Volume Two - A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949-1967, Political Turmoil (Hardcover)
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The "Los Angeles Times "called the first volume of "The Gold and
the Blue ""a major contribution to our understanding of American
research universities." This second of two volumes continues the
story of one of the last century's most influential figures in
higher education. A leading visionary, architect, leader, and
fighter for the University of California, Clark Kerr was chancellor
of the Berkeley campus from 1952 to 1958 and president of the
university from 1958 to 1967. He saw the university through its
golden years--a time of both great advancement and great conflict.
This absorbing memoir is an intriguing insider's account of how the
University of California rose to the peak of scientific and
scholarly stature and how, under Kerr's unique leadership, it
evolved into the institution it is today.
In Volume II: "Political Turmoil, "Kerr turns to the external and
political environment of the 1950s and 1960s, contrasting the
meteoric rise of the University of California to the highest
pinnacle of academic achievement with its troubled political
context. He describes his attempts to steer a middle course between
attacks from the political Right and Left and discusses the
continuing attacks on the university, and on him personally, by the
state Un-American Activities Committee. He provides a unique point
of view of the Free Speech Movement on the Berkeley campus in the
fall of 1964. He also details the events of January 1967, when he
was dismissed as president of the university by the Board of
Regents.
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