David Pierpont Gardner is a member of the National Academy of Education and the American Philosophical Society and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Public Administration. He is the author of The California Oath Controversy (California, 1967) and coeditor of Higher Education and Government (1979). He served as president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation from 1993 to 1999 and as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the J. Paul Getty Trust from 2000 to 2004. Vartan Gregorian is President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and former President of Brown University.

"There is no doubt that this memoir will be central to understanding the story of American higher education and the evolution of the University of California in particular. The testimony of an articulate, perceptive, and intelligent person who has played so many key roles in the history of those institutions is of incalculable value. It is accurate to describe David Gardner as an eagle among presidents. This memoir will give the reader a fascinating view of the extraordinary skill and scope of his flight." - Jack W. Peltason, President Emeritus of the University of California; "David Gardner's memoir has a liveliness and a sense of reality - how it really was and how it really felt." - Clark Kerr, President Emeritus of the University of California"

David Pierpont Gardner is a member of the National Academy of Education and the American Philosophical Society and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Public Administration. He is the author of The California Oath Controversy (California, 1967) and coeditor of Higher Education and Government (1979). He served as president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation from 1993 to 1999 and as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the J. Paul Getty Trust from 2000 to 2004. Vartan Gregorian is President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and former President of Brown University.

"There is no doubt that this memoir will be central to understanding the story of American higher education and the evolution of the University of California in particular. The testimony of an articulate, perceptive, and intelligent person who has played so many key roles in the history of those institutions is of incalculable value. It is accurate to describe David Gardner as an eagle among presidents. This memoir will give the reader a fascinating view of the extraordinary skill and scope of his flight." - Jack W. Peltason, President Emeritus of the University of California; "David Gardner's memoir has a liveliness and a sense of reality - how it really was and how it really felt." - Clark Kerr, President Emeritus of the University of California"

David Pierpont Gardner is a member of the National Academy of Education and the American Philosophical Society and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Public Administration. He is the author of The California Oath Controversy (California, 1967) and coeditor of Higher Education and Government (1979). He served as president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation from 1993 to 1999 and as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the J. Paul Getty Trust from 2000 to 2004. Vartan Gregorian is President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and former President of Brown University.

"There is no doubt that this memoir will be central to understanding the story of American higher education and the evolution of the University of California in particular. The testimony of an articulate, perceptive, and intelligent person who has played so many key roles in the history of those institutions is of incalculable value. It is accurate to describe David Gardner as an eagle among presidents. This memoir will give the reader a fascinating view of the extraordinary skill and scope of his flight." - Jack W. Peltason, President Emeritus of the University of California; "David Gardner's memoir has a liveliness and a sense of reality - how it really was and how it really felt." - Clark Kerr, President Emeritus of the University of California"