Part 2 of a two-part series based on a conversation between Walter Hauser, now Professor Emeritus of History, and Leah Zahler that took place on Tuesday, February 21, 1995.
Questions are in boldface type .
I came here in 1960 largely because I was deeply impressed with the then-new president, Edgar Shannon. I mentioned this recently to Mr. Shannon at a basketball game. And everything Edgar Shannon said he was going to do, he did. This included supporting what we were doing on India. The other important person who attracted me to Virginia was a colleague in the History Department, Edward Younger, an American diplomatic historian who was a strong voice for internationalizing the curriculum in the department and in the university.