A COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS: INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY 1930-80 Princeton Univ.

Description: A COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS: INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY 1930-80 Princeton Univ. POB#56683 TITLE: A community of scholars : the Institute for Advanced Study : faculty and members 1930-1980 AUTHOR: Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). PUBLISHER: Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University, Institute for Advanced Study DATE: 1980DESCRIPTION: xxiii, 549 p. ; 28 cm. CONDITION NOTES: FINE. Missing dust jacket. Light sunning to spine. Light handling. BINDING: Full blue buckram..A directory of faculty, directors, and members of the institute. Each name includes brief data and papers. What's interesting about the directory is the broad association of scholars from various disciplines who came together in one place. This copy was owned by UC Trustee Norton Simon who saw it as an example for the University of California to emulate in places such as Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. .Includes bibliographical references. Mostly a directory of scholars and their tenure with the institution. .PROVENANCE: Estate of Jennifer Jones. 2011 Sale. .Norton Winfred Simon (1907-1993) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was at one time one of the wealthiest men in America. He spent his later years serving in philanthropic and non-profit roles, acting as a regent on the boards of the University of California and Reed College, as well as the Los Angeles Music Center, the California School of Professional Psychology, and the Institute for Advanced Study. Simon amassed a significant art collection that is housed in the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California. After his death in 1993, Simon's second wife, actress Jennifer Jones, remained an emeritus of the Museum until her death in 2009. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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