16. The Administrator

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Prologue 1
6. 1. The Early Years 3
7. 2. Kean Comes of Age 27
8. 3. In the Service of His Father 48
9. 4. Kean Finds His Calling 61
10. 5. The Precocious Freshman 87
11. 6. The Institutional Reformer 112
12. 7. In the Minority But Not in the Wilderness 132
13. 8. The Making of the Governor, 1981 156
14. 9. A Truncated Transition 181
15. 10. Kean Settles In 196
16. 11. Building New Jersey Pride 219
17. 12. The Education Governor 252
18. 13. Kean and the Arts 258
19. 14. Kean the Environmentalist 280
20. 15. The Politics of Inclusion 294
21. 16. The Administrator 312
22. 17. The Reelection of the Governor, 1985 330
23. 18. The Storm over the Wilentz Case 347
24. 19. Kean Reforms Welfare 359
25. 20. The Man with the Message 368
26. 21. Citizen Kean 386
27. 22. Chairing the 9–11 Commission 405
28. Epilogue 443
29. Interviews 451
30. Notes 455
31. Index 525
32. About the Author 559