Author: Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226303837
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Provides a detailed account of the founding of the University of Chicago in 1891 throught the first twenty-five years. The university had the support of John D. Rockefeller and William Rainey Harper who helped with procurement of funds, recruitment of faculty, construction of buildings, student life and the problems of continuing growth.