The Making of the University of Michigan 1817-1992

by Peckham, Howard H.; Steneck, Margaret L.; Steneck, Nicholas H.

• ISBN13: 9780472095940
• ISBN10: 0472095943
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr

Summary

Within three decades of its refounding in Ann Arbor in 1837, the University of Michigan became the largest and arguably most progressive university in the United States. By century's end, its influence in higher education stretched from coast to coast- from Cornell to Stanford- and touched professional, graduate, and undergraduate education. At the end of the twentieth century, the University of Michigan continues to rank among the nation's leading universities, setting the standard for higher education in the twenty-first century. Howard Peckham's history of the University of Michigan was published in 1967 to help celebrate the University's 150th anniversary. This new edition by Margaret and Nicholas Steneck continues Peckham's broad coverage of the University of Michigan through its 175th anniversary, covering the administrations of Robben Fleming, Harold Shapiro, and the beginning of the presidency of James Duderstadt. The Stenecks have also reformatted and edited the earlier Peckham chapters to turn The Making of the University of Michigan into an accessible and engaging book to read or to browse, covering all aspects of campus life, from sports and students to the coming and going of faculty, administrators, and regents, with over seventy-five photos carefully integrated into the text. Margaret and Nicholas Steneck are historians at the University of Michigan who currently teach a large and popular undergraduate lecture course on the history of the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

Preface to the 175th Anniversary Edition	ix
Preface to the Sesquicentennial Edition	xi
Founding in Detroit	1	(16)
Fulfillment in Ann Arbor	17	(18)
The University Idea of President Tappan	35	(24)
The Biggest in the Land	59	(18)
Angell: The First Phase	77	(22)
Angell: The Golden Years	99	(28)
Hutchins and World War I	127	(28)
The Burton Boom	155	(22)
President Little Embattled	177	(16)
Ruthven and the Depression	193	(32)
The University at War	225	(20)
Hatcher and the Challenges of the Cold War	245	(22)
The 1960s: A Decade of Change	267	(22)
Maintaining the Edge of Excellence	289	(36)
Opportunity from Adversity	325	(32)
Epilogue: Preparing for the Twenty-First Century	357	(6)
Bibliographic Note	363	(6)
Photo Credits	369	(4)
Name, Building, and Campus Index	373	(15)
General Index	388