Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS V
3. CONTENTS VII
4. ILLUSTRATIONS IX
5. BACKGROUND AND EARLY INFLUENCES 3
6. THE COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATE 20
7. LAW SCHOOL AND BUSINESS 35
8. EUROPEAN ADVENTURES 51
9. IN WARTIME RUSSIA 62
10. ON DUTY IN WASHINGTON 78
11. VICISSITUDES OF BUSINESS 106
12. ALUMNUS EXTRAORDINARY 123
13. FAMILY MATTERS 149
14. A NEW HOPE 159
15. ELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF AMHERST 176
16. TIME OF TRANSITION 194
17. THE PRESIDENT AND THE FACULTY 217
18. KING AND THE UNDERGRADUATES 237
19. KING AS AN ADMINISTRATOR 262
20. FLOOD AND WIND AND WAR 286
21. RETIREMENT 304
22. THE CLOSING YEARS 320
23. AVE ATQUE VALE 331
24. APPENDIX I: MEMORIAL ADDRESS BY CHARLES W. COLE, PRESIDENT OF AMHERST COLLEGE, ON MAY 1, 1951, IN JOHNSON CHAPEL, AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS 347
25. APPENDIX II: MINUTE ADOPTED AT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HELD ON JUNE 9, 1951 351
26. APPENDIX III: MINUTE ADOPTED BY THE FACULTY OF AMHERST COLLEGE 354
27. INDEX 357