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Contents

Foreword by Mark S. Schlissel vii

RootsMystery Above the Pillars 3Augustus Woodward 7“A Creation of My Own” 15An Uncommon Leader 25Radical New Thinkers 31University of Michigan— Flint 36University of Michigan— Dearborn 37

PersonalitiesProfessor White’s Trees 41Wallenberg at Michigan 51Star Faculty 61Driven to Perfection 69“Dear Aunt Ruth” 79A Quiet Pioneer 83First in Class 91Remembering Bo 101

MomentsThe 1913 Lectern 109Robert Frost in Ann Arbor 111Drake’s 117Dewey, Truman and ISR’s Pollsters 121JFK at the Union 127Earth Day Eve 133Madonna Slept Here 139

A Third Century of Michigan Ambition 142Authors 143Story Credits 144

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Always Leading, Forever Valiant: Stories of the University of Michigan, 1817–2017 Edited by Kim Clarke https://www.press.umich.edu/9364578/always_leading_forever_valiant University of Michigan Press, 2017