Lessons from the Big Guys: What I Learned from Servant Leaders Jack Eckerd, Bill Lee, Hugh McColl, and Adolph Rupp (Education Titles) [Hardcover]

Billy O. Wireman (Author), Dick Goode (Foreword), Bob Whalen (Foreword)

Book Description

Series: Education Titles | Publication Date: August 15, 2004

This is the story of how a kid born during the Great Depression in Quicksand, Kentucky, became, in his day, the youngest college president in America, and of how he learned to lead. But this is not really a story about that kid, but rather about his four extraordinary teachers. The story begins in 1957 when Wireman meets the master of basketball, Adolph Rupp, who launches Wireman's leadership odyssey. The journey continues for more than forty years with three other mentors: Jack Eckerd, the king of retail; Bill Lee, the world's nuclear engineer; and Hugh McColl, America's premier banker. Here, Wireman shows us how his four "big guys" excelled and inspired others around them to succeed as well.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This fine book makes a good read, and offers a window into the lives of four interesting individuals." -- Jim Hunt, former Governor of North Carolina

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Billy O. Wireman was born in Quicksand, Kentucky, and raised outside of Louisville. He studied at Georgetown College of Kentucky, served in the U.S. Marine Corps, and then did graduate study at the University of Kentucky, where he was also an assistant basketball coach under Adolf Rupp. Wireman earned a doctorate in education from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody School of Education and in 1960 joined the faculty of Florida Presbyterian College (now Eckerd College), in St. Petersburg, Florida. He rose to dean, vice president, and then president. In 1978, he became president of Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he served until his retirement in 2002.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 159 pages
• Publisher: New South Inc (August 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588380866
• ISBN-13: 978-1588380869
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,479,572 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)