From VPI to State University : President T. Marshall Hahn Jr. and the Transformation of Virginia Tech, 1962-1974

by Strother, Warren H.; Wallenstein, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780865547872
• ISBN10: 0865547874
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr

Author Biography

Peter Wallenstein has taught history at Virginia Technical Institute and State University since 1983.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Foreword	xv
Warren H. Strother
Prologue	1	(4)
Convergence---A Man and a School	5	(18)
Launching a Presidency	23	(22)
Let There Be a University	45	(26)
Three Rs of a University Faculty	71	(24)
Looking for Money---Alumni and Development	95	(16)
President Hahn and State Policy, 1962-1965	111	(22)
Athletics to Advance Academics, 1962-1967	133	(18)
Crisis over the Corps of Cadets, 1964	151	(18)
Transition in Student Policy, 1962-1966	169	(18)
The 1966 Virginia General Assembly	187	(20)
Getting Around and Getting Away	207	(10)
Construction Everywhere	217	(22)
Administration---Personalities and Personnel	239	(22)
Alumni Reconciliation and University Development	261	(18)
University Governance---Toward a Faculty Senate	279	(10)
Changes in Student Population and Student Policy, 1966-1974	289	(24)
Intercollegiate Athletics at a State University, 1967-1974	313	(16)
Boundaries and Connections---VPI and Community Development	329	(18)
Marshall Hahn, Virginia Tech, and a Wider World	347	(24)
Centennial	371	(20)
Epilogue	391	(14)
Appendix 1. Enrollment Data	405	(1)
Appendix 2. Graduation Data	406	(1)
Appendix 3. Members of the Board of Visitors	407	(2)
Bibliography	409	(14)
Index	423