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Upstart: Friends, Foes & Founding a University
Ed Walsh
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Description for Upstart: Friends, Foes & Founding a University
hardcover. Ed Walsh, son of a Cork butcher, was a young man in a hurry when he returned to Ireland in 1970 to set up an institute of education when Limerick wanted a university. This inspiring, frank and often funny memoir, by a passionate educational leader, vividly describes the making of the first new university established in the Republic of Ireland. Num Pages: 240 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 990. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ with some minor wear but remains good
Ed Walsh returned to Ireland in 1970 to blunder into setting up an institute of education. He found a decaying mansion on a riverside site, gathered talented young people and secured funding from the World Bank and European Investment Bank to build what became the University of Limerick. Along the way, Ed made powerful enemies as he challenged official cant, traditional academics and clerical humbug. This is an inspiring, frank and often funny memoir by a passionate educational leader.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, Ireland
ISBN
9781848891234
SKU
KTJ8039102
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Ed Walsh
Ed Walsh, founding president of the University of Limerick, retired in l998 after a 28-year term. He is a Freeman of Limerick City and member of the New York Academy of Sciences. Holder of five honorary doctorates and a graduate of the National University of Ireland, he has Masters and Doctorate qualifications from Iowa State University. A chartered engineer, registered ... Read more
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