Earning My Degree: Memoirs of an American University President

Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 18
INTRODUCTION. Fiat Lux......Page 22
1. Youth and Lessons Learned......Page 28
2. The Apprenticeship Years......Page 51
3. Serving the University of Utah......Page 93
4. A Nation at Risk......Page 125
5. Back to the Blue and Gold......Page 179
6. The Workings of the Universityand the Crucial First Year......Page 211
7. The University on the Move......Page 247
8. Bumps and Barriers Along the Way......Page 284
9. The Public and Diplomatic Life......Page 329
10. Tragedy and Tribulation......Page 374
EPILOGUE. Years of Renewal and Personal Reflections......Page 415
APPENDIX 1. UC’s Long-Range Planning Estimates for 1988–2006 by Campus......Page 430
APPENDIX 2. Text of the Regents’ Action on the Separation of David P. Gardner as President of the University of California, in Special Session, April 20, 1992......Page 434
APPENDIX 3. David S. Webster and Tad Skinner’s “Rating PhD Programs: What the NRC Report Says ... and Doesn’t Say” on the UC System......Page 438
APPENDIX 4. University History Series, Regional Oral History Office......Page 440
APPENDIX 5. Education, Professional Activities, Honors, and Awards,with Bibliography of David P. Gardner......Page 442
APPENDIX 6. Samples of Articles about or Conversationswith David P. Gardner, 1983–1992......Page 449
Notes......Page 450
Credits......Page 466
Index......Page 468