Brandeis University: A Host at Last - Softcover

In this engaging account, the first president of Brandeis tells how many formidable obstacles to launching a new university without initial capital endowment or any hope of alumni support for at least a generation were overcome; how academic goals were drafted, distinguished faculty recruited, and chairs endowed; and how a dilapidated campus was expended into a well-organized plant of some 90 buildings. In this revision of the 1976 edition, Abram L. Sachar expands the scope of his commentary and imbues it with a critical depth and objectivity that comes from 20 additional years of active involvement in the service of the university.

ABRAM L. SACHAR was Chancellor Emeritus of Brandeis University until his death in July 1993 at the age of 95. One of the pioneers of the Hillel Foundation, he also wrote The Course of Our Times (1972) and the best-selling A History of the Jews (1930).