Frank fackenthal (10 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Ex-Library. First edition. Hardcover. Text is clean, binding is strong. Pale blue-gray board cover with blue cloth spine, gold lettering.

Condizione: Good. 1949. No Edition Remarks. 87 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Grey paper covered boards with blue cloth to spine. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Panel of dust jacket stuck to rear free endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. …

full leather, top edge gilt. 8vo. full leather, top edge gilt. (viii), 87, (3) pages. A collection of address of Fackenthal, who served as Acting President of Columbia University. Inscribed by the author on the title page in ink. Some rubbing to spine ends and hinges, else very good. Published for Columbia University Press by George Grady Press of New York, designed by Rudolph Ruzicka.…

Condizione: Very good. - Over 50 words typed on his 9-3/8 inch high by 8 inch wide "Columbia University / in the City of New York / Secretary of the University" stationery. Frank D. Fackenthal convey's Columbia University President Butler's reply to American impresario and lecture agent James B. Pond's invitation to serve on the committee welcoming Maurice Maeterlinck to America. Fackenthal writes "President Butler asks me to say in reply to your letter of December 10 that he will be very glad to serve on the honorary reception committee for Maurice Maeterlinck". Signed "Frank D. Fackenthal". The letter is folded for mailing and there is a small piece out from the top left corner. Very good. The American academic administrator Frank Diehl Fackenthal (1883-1968) had a long association with Columbia University. Starting as the University's chief clerk in 1906, he was elevated to the position of secretary in 1910 and subsequently served as the institution's provost from 1937 through 1948. In both of these latter capacities, he was the de facto administrator of the Pulitzer Prize from its inception. Despite Butler's opposition, he served as the University's acting president following Nicholas Murray Butler's retirement in 1945 until Dwight D. Eisenhower took over in 1948. He developed far ranging plans for the University that might have addressed the problems which led to the 1968 Columbia University Protests but were eschewed by his successors. He was successful in establishing the School of General Studies and the graduate level School of International Affairs and the Harriman Institute. After retiring from the University, he served as educational consultant to the Carnegie Corporation and president of Columbia University Press and remained a trustee of numerous institutions.James B. Pond, the American impresario and lecture agent who headed the J.B. Pond Lyceum Bureau, brought the great Belgian poet Maurice Maeterlinck to America for a series of lectures. The first lecture took place at Carnegie hall on January 2nd, 1920. Unfortunately Maeterlinck failed to carry out his intention to lecture in English because of his labored "phonetic" English. He declared his intention to continue his lectures in French and have the translation read by another person. As a result, the lecture tour was a failure and lawsuits ensued on both sides. …

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. The Greater Power and Other Addresses | Frank Diehl Fackenthal | Buch | Englisch | 2020 | Columbia University Press | EAN 9780231935463 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…