"In this illuminating memoir, Marvin Wachman reflects on his six-decade odyssey in American higher education.... The organizing theme of Wachman's memoir is his continual effort to learn in an ever changing world, to become educated to its nuances and shifting boundaries, transforming social trends and political reverberations, all with respect to the challenges posed to American higher education and, therefore, also to him personally.... Wachman has demonstrated through his own example that all of us, university presidents included, must never stop learning."—James W. Hilty, from the Foreword
"Wachman emerge[s] from [his] memoir as [a] highly accomplished yet modest leader who demonstrate[s] that [he is a] worthy role model for future generations of college presidents and administrators. General readers and specialists will benefit from the lessons learned and shared by [this] distinguished university president."—ForeWord