Kotlikoff's State of the University applies perspective of history
October 18, 2024
October 18, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 18 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
When Andrew Dickson White introduced the bill establishing Cornell University to the New York State Legislature in February of 1865, it was, he would later write, "a signal for war."
"The nonsectarian university was attacked as 'godless;' Ezra Cornell's character was assassinated in local papers across the state," said Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff in his first State . . .
When Andrew Dickson White introduced the bill establishing Cornell University to the New York State Legislature in February of 1865, it was, he would later write, "a signal for war."
"The nonsectarian university was attacked as 'godless;' Ezra Cornell's character was assassinated in local papers across the state," said Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff in his first State . . .