Educator and Author. He was the president of Wayne State University in Detroit from 1978 to 1982, where he crafted student-exchange agreements with universities in Germany, Poland, Israel and Costa Rica. Under his leadership, Wayne State became the second university in the U.S. to establish scholarly exchanges with the Chinese Academy of Science. Before that he was president of Union College in Schenectady, New York. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University of Rochester and served in an Army intelligence unit during World War II. Later, he earned his doctorate from Northwestern University. He published several books about medical history including his latest published in 2002, "Iconoclast," an account of Abraham Flexner who was a pioneer in the field of medical education.
Educator and Author. He was the president of Wayne State University in Detroit from 1978 to 1982, where he crafted student-exchange agreements with universities in Germany, Poland, Israel and Costa Rica. Under his leadership, Wayne State became the second university in the U.S. to establish scholarly exchanges with the Chinese Academy of Science. Before that he was president of Union College in Schenectady, New York. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University of Rochester and served in an Army intelligence unit during World War II. Later, he earned his doctorate from Northwestern University. He published several books about medical history including his latest published in 2002, "Iconoclast," an account of Abraham Flexner who was a pioneer in the field of medical education.
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