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Book

A history of Wayne State University in photographs

Call Numbers

  • 378.774 A813 (CEN)
  • H 378.774 A813 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2009.

Physical Description

xii, 288 p. : ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.

Contents

  • Introduction: a brief history of Wayne State University / by Charles K. Hyde
  • Beginnings: the medical college, 1868-1913
  • The college at Cass and Warren, 1913-32
  • A young university, 1933-49
  • Establishing an identity, 1950-64
  • Change and preservation, 1965-79
  • The path to renewal, 1980-97
  • A view toward the future, 1998-2007
  • Appendix A: Wayne State University presidents
  • Appendix B: timeline of major events at Wayne State University.

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