William Friday

power, purpose, and American higher education

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Author

William A. Link

Publication

1995 - University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

123,500 words, Guess

Page Count

494 pages

Identifiers

Internet Archivewilliamfridaypow00link
ISBN-100807821675
ISBN-139780807821671
Goodreads4723312
Library of Congress Control Number94005723

and 3 more

OCLC Control Number29877346
Better World Books9780807821671
Open LibraryOL1082142M

Classifications

DDC378.1/11
DDCB
LCCLD3942.7.F75 L56 1995

and 1 more

LCC94-5723 [LD]

Description

Few North Carolinians have been as well known or as widely respected as William Friday (1920-2012). The former president of the University of North Carolina remained prominent in public affairs in the state and elsewhere throughout his life and ranked as one of the most important American university presidents of the post-World War II era. In the second edition of this comprehensive biography, William Link traces Friday's long and remarkable career and commemorates his legendary life. Friday's thirty years as president of the university, from 1956 to 1986, spanned the greatest period of growth for higher education in American history, and Friday played a crucial role in shaping the sixteen-campus UNC system during that time. Link also explores Friday's influential work on nationwide commissions, task forces, and nonprofits, and in the development of the National Humanities Center and the growth of Research Triangle Park. This second edition features a new introduction and epilogue to enrich the narrative, charting the later years of Friday's career and examining his legacy in North Carolina and nationwide.

First Sentence

WILLIAM Clyde Friday was born on July 13, 1920, in Raphine, Virginia, a Shenandoah Valley village so small that it did not merit mention in that year's federal census as as incorporated town.

Excerpt

WILLIAM Clyde Friday was born on July 13, 1920, in Raphine, Virginia, a Shenandoah Valley village so small that it did not merit mention in that year's federal census as as incorporated town.