Chapter 1 Remembering Walt: From the Arts Quad to the Beacon Theatre
Journal: Cornell University Press eBooks
Year: 2024

The vibe inside Broadway's Beacon Theatre on April 25, 2006, felt like an opening night, but the evening actually marked the curtain call for Walter LaFeber's remarkable forty-seven-year run teaching US diplomatic history far above Cayuga's waters. 1 The setting was familiar to anyone who had heard Walt lecture over the years-a table, a podium, and a blackboard with a brief outline chalked in his distinctive scrawl.More than 2,500 friends, colleagues, and former students had gathered in the Beac