Speaking for Myself: The Personal Reflections of Vernon R. Alden, University President, Corporate Director, International Entrepreneur [Hardcover]

Vernon R. Alden (Author)

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The book has charm and warmth, and Alden represents an interesting American type: an English-literature major with a graduate degree in business whose career divided almost evenly between business and academia. -- The Boston Globe, David Mehegan

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Ohio Univ Libraries (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965074323
• ISBN-13: 978-0965074322
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,377,755 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars a fascinating review of an interesting life, August 26, 2001

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Robert Glidden, current president of Ohio Uni... (Athens, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speaking for Myself: The Personal Reflections of Vernon R. Alden, University President, Corporate Director, International Entrepreneur (Hardcover)

Vernon R. Alden, a multifacited person and scholar, left an enduduring legacy at Ohio University. As president he aspired to build a university of national prominence, and he pursued those aspirations with a passion. He helped to forge the institution that many of us know today - a beautiful cosmopolitan campus born out of his international influence, his sense of style, and his ability to get things done. You will enjoy reading Vern Alden's thoughts and recollections. Prepare to do so with a smile, appreciating his enormous accomplishment and penatrating personality.

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent look at an outstanding man, May 6, 2010

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Metatron "SeraphimIncarnate" (Brookline, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speaking for Myself: The Personal Reflections of Vernon R. Alden, University President, Corporate Director, International Entrepreneur (Hardcover)

Vernon Alden has led a remarkable life. He sums up this journey in "Speaking for Myself". Beginning with humble roots, as a ministers son, he began to create his legacy in the Great Depression. A self made man, Vernon Alden is one of the few men who have achieved dramatic success and who have remained true to their ideals, living an un-compromised life. So many bow to the pressures of the corporate world, leading to choices of a lower nature. Dr. Alden has remained free of blemish and this memoir refreshingly, humbly and honestly relates this.
I highly recommend this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars a fascinating review of an interesting life, August 26, 2001

By 

Robert Glidden, current president of Ohio Uni... (Athens, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speaking for Myself: The Personal Reflections of Vernon R. Alden, University President, Corporate Director, International Entrepreneur (Hardcover)

Vernon R. Alden, a multifacited person and scholar, left an enduduring legacy at Ohio University. As president he aspired to build a university of national prominence, and he pursued those aspirations with a passion. He helped to forge the institution that many of us know today - a beautiful cosmopolitan campus born out of his international influence, his sense of style, and his ability to get things done. You will enjoy reading Vern Alden's thoughts and recollections. Prepare to do so with a smile, appreciating his enormous accomplishment and penatrating personality.