Many institutions have indeed sprung from seeds planted by one uniquely creative individual, but leadership itself is far broader than that and far more complex, whether one speaks of education or politics or any other sphere of human endeavor, including leadership of a college or a university. ("On Leadership" in Leaders on Leadership: The College Presidency, eds., James Fisher and Martha W. Tack, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1988, p. 9)
David Gardner with (from left): UC Presidents Emeriti David Saxon, Clark Kerr, Charles J. Hitch, and
Acting President (1967) Harry W. Wellman, UC Berkeley, March 1991.
Photo: Peg Skorpinski
Publications and Speeches
Publication
“Managing the American University,” International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 9, #1 (March, 1985), 5-12. Based on speech delivered at 9-3-1984 “Managing the American University,” Seventh General Conference, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France
Speeches
9-25-1987--Business-Government Relations Council of the Business-Higher Education Forum, “American Leadership at Home and Abroad: The Bicentennial Challenge,” Hilton Head, South Carolina
Related Publication
- "On Leadership" in Leaders on Leadership: The College Presidency, eds., James Fisher and Martha W. Tack (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1988), 9-12.
11-19-2005—“The California System: Governing and Management Principles and Their Link to Academic Excellence” David Dodds Henry Lecture, University of Illinois, Chicago, published 2007, University of Illinois.