The 100 Most Notable Cornellians

by Isaac Kramnick, Glenn C. Altschuler, R. Laurence Moore

Book Overview

"Cornell is unique among American research universities and in the Ivy League.... It aspires to the ideals of Ezra Cornell, who founded an institution 'where any one person could find instruction in any study.'... Cornell has played a distinctive role in democratizing higher education, while helping to shape the American university's post-Civil War commitment to useful service to American society and to the world. The undergraduate experience has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801439582
• ISBN13: 9780801439582
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher