"The Gee Years chronicles the tenure of E. Gordon Gee, eleventh president of The Ohio State University, from the closely held search process to his departure. The twelfth volume in the history of The Ohio State University, it includes the personal and public life of Gee. When Ohio State President Gordon Gee lost his beloved wife, Elizabeth, to cancer in 1991 and became a single parent, he not only carried on, but led the university through some of its most exhilarating but most contentious times. By 1996, he was so popular, private polls said he could run for Ohio governor, and win--on either ticket. When he, and his new bride, Constance Bumgarner Gee, left instead for Brown University in January 1998, they left behind a stronger Ohio State and a string of stories about power brokers, politicians, and just plain Buckeyes. Populated by such figures as Les Wexner and George Voinovich, Andy Geiger and John Cooper, Bernadine Healy and John Glenn, "The Gee Years is "inside baseball," written by a member of Gee's inner circle, his communications director. From the board room to the press box, from fundraisers to sit-ins, this is the story of a singular academic leader and more than seven years in the history of the complex university he headed.

A History of Ohio State University: The Gee Years, 1990-1997

Biographies & Memoirs

BAROWAY, MALCOLM

Professionals & Academics

Ohio State University Press

The Gee Years chronicles the tenure of E. Gordon Gee, eleventh president of The Ohio State University, from the closely held search process to his departure. When Gee lost his beloved wife, Elizabeth, to cancer in 1991 and became a single parent, he not only carried on, he carried the university through some of its most exhilarating but contentious times. By 1996, he was so popular, private polls said he could run for Ohio governor--and win--on either ticket. When he, and his new bride Constance Bumgarner Gee, left instead for Brown University in January 1998, they left behind a stronger Ohio State and a string of stories about power brokers, politicians, and just plain Buckeyes. Populated by such figures as Les Wexner and George Voinovich, Andy Geiger and John Cooper, Bernadine Healy and John Glenn, The Gee Years is "inside baseball," written by a member of Gee's inner circle, his communications director. From the board room to the press box, from fundraisers to sit-ins, this is the story of a singular academic leader and more than seven years in the history of the complex university he headed.

THE GEE YEARS, 1990-1997: HISTORY OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

This book is the story of two amazing passages - one of an idea, the other of a man - and how they came together to bring about one of the most socially significant Supreme Court decisions in recent history. 
The first story traces the history-making Cleveland Voucher Program from its intellectual inception in 1992 to its approval by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 2002. 
Things may never be the same again for the education establishment in the US. The highest court in the land, by upholding the Cleveland Voucher Program, has finally allowed competition with the established public school system for the taxpayers' dollar. Failing public schools and dysfunctional systems are no longer safe from competition. The children of the working poor and the economically disadvantaged need no longer be sentenced to snake pit schools. 
The parallel story is that of Dave Brennan, who shepherded the Cleveland Voucher Program from its scratch-paper beginnings to its vindication by the nation's highest court. It traces Dave's own passage from highly successful manufacturing entrepreneur to educational advocate. 
VICTORY FOR KIDS is a must-have for all taxpayers...not just those interested in educational issues and the government's involvement in education. You don't have to be a parent to care about this seminal case. 
"I thank God for Dave Brennan because he has the passion to stand up and push something that he believes in; and those are the people who really make a difference today in this nation." - Senator George Voinovich, Ohio

Victory for Kids: The Cleveland School Voucher Case

Education & Teaching

Brennan, David

Schools & Teaching

New Millenium

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