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Being Lucky: Contents

Being Lucky

Contents

CONTENTS

To Begin . . .

Preface to the Reprinting

Why I Wrote Being Lucky and What Was Edited Out

Preface to the Complete Edition (Gary Dunham)

Preparation for the Presidency

1 Growing Up in Jamestown and the County Seat

2 Widening Horizons

3 What It Was Really Like

4 Country Bank Failures

5 Reopening, Reconstruction, and Reform

6 Apprenticeship in Academic Administration

Addressing Freshman Business Students

7 The Fate of a Noncandidate

The Presidency

8 A Few Observations on Collegial Administration

9 How to Succeed without Really Trying

10 Money, Money, But Never Enough

Vignette of J. Paul Getty

11 The Private Sector: Indiana University Foundation

They Made a Difference

12 Academic Freedom and Tenure

Addressing the A.A.U.P.

An Interesting Sidelight

13 To Make Room for the Future

14 Student and Alumni Relationships

A Message from Santa Claus

15 Culture to the Crossroads

16 The University Looks Abroad

Vignette of the King of Thailand

17 Academic Ferment

The Lilly Influence

National and International Service

18 A Trip and a New Awareness

19 A Glorious Experience in the Springtime of My Career

20 With Clay in Occupied Germany

Vignette of John Foster Dulles

21 One World or None

Vignette of Wendell Willkie

22 An Unusual Mission to the U.S.S.R.

23 Education and World Affairs

Vignette of Harold Macmillan

24 The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

25 The American Council on Education and an Introduction to International Associations

26 The Educational Policies Commission

27 The Roots of PBS

28 Trying to Do One’s Share

29 With My Hat on the Back of My Head

Vignette of the King of Kings, Lion of Judah, Emperor of Ethiopia

Vignette of the Shah of Iran

Beyond the Presidency

30 The Summing Up

31 The University Chancellor

32 Epilogue

Appendix

A. Chronology

B. Traditional Rite at Freshman Convocation

C. Time on Wells

D. Taking the Arts to the People

E. Telegrams from General Lucius Clay

F. Directors, Indiana University Foundation, 1980

G. Indiana University 150th Birthday Fund Subscriptions

H. Message to the University Community, November 1, 1968

I. Indiana University Technical-Assistance Projects

J. Special Commissions and Committees

K. “All’s Wells That Ends Well”

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