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The professor emeritus of history at Princeton University is joined by her colleague and fellow historian David Cannadine to discuss her recently published biography of William G. Bowen.
From the publisher: In "Changing the Game: William G. Bowen and the Challenges of American Higher Education," Nancy Weiss Malkiel examines how a visionary university and foundation president tackled some of the thorniest problems facing higher education from the time that he became Princeton’s president in 1972 at the age of 38.
As provost and then president of Princeton University, William G. Bowen (1933–2016) took on the biggest and most complex challenges confronting higher education. Later, as president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, he took his vision for higher education to a larger arena. Drawing on deep archival research and hundreds of interviews, Malkiel argues that Bowen was the most consequential higher education leader of his generation.
Nancy Weiss Malkiel is professor emeritus of history at Princeton University, where she was the longest-serving dean of the college, overseeing the university’s undergraduate academic program for 24 years. She is the author of “Keep the Damned Women Out: The Struggle for Coeducation," among other books.
David N. Cannadine is Dodge Professor of History, Emeritus at Princeton University and General Editor of the "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography." He is one of the world's best-known historians and historical biographers, and an expert on Churchill and political leadership, and was President of the British Academy from 2017 to 2021. The author or editor of 30 books, including "Mellon: An American Life" and an upcoming release exploring the Ford Foundation, David Cannadine is also a regular broadcaster on radio and television.
