Address of Edgar Finley Shannon [manuscript] 1973 March 22. 1973.

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Address of Edgar Finley Shannon [manuscript] 1973 March 22. 1973.

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Mr. Shannon's address "A college education : what for?" given at a Phi Beta Kappa convocation at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., stresses the need for a basic philosophy of higher education that emphasizes the educational over the economic benefits of a college degree.

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Shannon, Edgar Finley, 1918-1997

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President Emeritus of the University of Virginia. From the description of Remarks at the funeral of Clifton Waller Barrett, 1991 November 11 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647829572 Fourth President of the University of Virginia; graduated from Washington and Lee University; Rhodes Scholar, Merton College, Oxford, PhD; U.S. Naval Officer, WWII; Central Intelligence Agency; Domestic Activities Investigating Committee; established Foundation for Ex...

Phi Beta Kappa. Virginia Gamma, Washington & Lee University (Lexington, Va.)

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