Northwestern University: A History is a resplendent guide to the origins and development of this university. Writer and critic Jay Pridmore offers the definitive chronicle of Northwestern s establishment from its founders struggle to erect a campus in the wilderness on Lake Michigan s western shore to its contemporary status as an institution of the highest order with three thriving campuses, esteemed faculty and students, and a leading endowment.
Accompanied by a wealth of color photographs, ephemera, and archival material, Northwestern University: A History brings to the fore the storied traditions and contributions of the administrators, faculty, and alumni who built Northwestern into the world-class institution it is today.
Originally penned to commemorate the university s sesquicentennial, this new edition charts Northwestern s evolution in the years of Henry Bienen s presidency (1995 2009) and offers a new foreword by current president Morton O. Schapiro. Northwestern University: A History captures the rich panoply of the institution s rise to the first ranks of scholastic excellence and will delight students, their families, and alumni alike."