John Sloan Dickey: A Chronicle Of His Presidency Of Dartmouth College
Widmayer, Charles E.
(University of New England Press, 1991)
This study of Dickey covers his presidency of Dartmouth College from 1945-1970. He aspired to have Dartmouth educate men for a lifetime of fulfillment & service. During his administration he challenged students, faculty & administrators alike to make a commitment to the "liberating arts." Key events: the Great Issues Course; refounding of the Dartmouth Medial School; establishment of the Hopkins Center & student dissent in the sixties.
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