Written by a Princeton professor in 1942, this book profiles eighteen prominent alumni of the university, including Woodrow Wilson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Foster Dulles. Thorp explores the various paths these individuals took in life, highlighting the impact of their Princeton education. This is a fascinating glimpse into the lives of some of the most accomplished Princeton graduates of the early 20th century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of ...
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Written by a Princeton professor in 1942, this book profiles eighteen prominent alumni of the university, including Woodrow Wilson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Foster Dulles. Thorp explores the various paths these individuals took in life, highlighting the impact of their Princeton education. This is a fascinating glimpse into the lives of some of the most accomplished Princeton graduates of the early 20th century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Add this copy of The Lives of Eighteen From Princeton to cart. $9.00, good condition, Sold by Prairie Archives rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1946 by Princeton Univ. Press.
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Good condition. Illus., slight darkening to text, slight scuffing and wear to boards and to top and bottom spine edges Eighteen eminent graduates of Princeton, including James Madison, Woodrow Wilson, William Paterson, Samuel Kirkland, Benjamin Rush, Samuel Stanhope Smith, Henry Lee, Philip Lindsley, George Mifflin Dallas, Charles Hodge, Parke Godwin, John Sharpenstein Hager, Francis Preston Blair Jr., Joseph Henry, Paul Elmer More, David Graham Phillips, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Good. ix, [3], 356 pages. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Part of DJ pasted to fep. Cover has some wear and soiling. Willard Long Thorp (1899? 1992) was an economist and academic who served three US Presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower as an advisor in both domestic and foreign affairs. He helped draft the Marshall Plan and was also prominent in business and education. He was Assistant Secretary of State under Truman for Economic Affairs 1946? 1952; A Member of the U.S. delegation serving as special adviser on economic matters at the Paris Peace Conference of 1946; special adviser on economic matters at the New York meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers in 1946; and American representative to the United Nations General Assembly, 1947? 48. He came under great strain during the McCarthy 'witch-hunt' investigations into alleged Communists 1950? 1954 and eventually resigned, becoming a professor at Amherst College again instead. The lives of these eighteen Princetonians have been written by twenty others from Princeton, graduates, sometime student sin the Graduate School, past and present members of the Faculty. The eighteen are: William Paterson, Samuel Kirkland, Benjamin Rush, Samuel Stanhope Smith, Henry Lee, James Madison, Philip Lindsley, George Mifflin Dallas, Charles Hodge, Parke Goodwin, John Sharpensten Hager, Francis Preston Blair, Jr., Joseph Henry, Woodrow Wilson, Paul Elmer More, David Graham Phillips, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Among the contributors was Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker.
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