Stanford in turmoil
Subtitle: campus unrest, 1966-1972
By: Richard W. Lyman.
Publisher: Stanford General Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780804760799
Subjects: Stanford University -- History -- 20th century; Stanford University -- Students; Stanford University -- Presidents; Student strikes -- California -- Stanford -- History -- 20th century; Student movements -- California -- Stanford -- History -- 20th century
Description: This text is a rare insider's look at one school's experience of dramatic political unrest during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It provides a unique perspective on the events that roiled the campus during this period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Sterling-Terman era; title: Early Vietnam stirrings, Dean Allen's departure, David Harris's arrival, and Stanford's first sit-in; title: How I became provost; title: The stage is set; title: The Martin Luther King Jr. crisis; title: The first Old Union sit-in; title: Classified research, SRI, and the coming of Ken Pitzer; title: AEL, Encina, and calling the police; title: Ken Pitzer's departure; title: My presidency begins, and the Franklin Case is initiated; title: The Franklin Case and after; title: Trying to make sense of the campus unrest.