The G.I. Bill,formally known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944,was a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans. The original G.I. Bill expired in 1956,but the term "G.I. Bill" is still used to refer to programs created to assist American military veterans.
Andrew Dickson White was an American historian and educator who co-founded Cornell University,one of eight Ivy League universities in the United States,and served as its first president for nearly two decades. He was known for expanding the scope of college curricula. A politician,he had served as New York state senator and was later appointed as U.S. ambassador to Germany and Russia.
Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes was the ninth president of Cornell University from 1977 to 1995.
Willard Dickerman Straight was an American investment banker,publisher,reporter,diplomat and by marriage,a member of the Whitney family. He was a promoter of Chinese arts and investments,and a major supporter of liberal causes.
Peter Joachim Katzenstein FBA is a German-American political scientist. He is the Walter S. Carpenter,Jr. Professor of International Studies at Cornell University. Katzenstein has made influential contributions to the fields of comparative politics,international relations,and international political economy.
Thomas Wade Jones is senior partner of TWJ Capital LLC. Previously he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Citigroup Inc.'s Global Investment Management from 1999 to 2004. He joined Travelers Group as vice chairman in 1997 and served as chairman and chief executive officer of Smith Barney Asset Management until October 1998. Prior to joining Travelers Group,Jones served as vice chairman of TIAA-CREF,the largest pension system in the United States,from 1995 to 1997,president and chief operating officer from 1993 to 1997,and chief financial officer from 1989 to 1993. From 1982 to 1989 Jones served as senior vice president and treasurer of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Charles Clark "Chip" Marshall III is a political activist,and was a member of the prominent anti-Vietnam War group,the Seattle Liberation Front,defending himself in the trial pro se. He ran for Seattle City Council in 1975 and 1977,but was unsuccessful. Since then,he helped to develop Issaquah's Klahanie community.
Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca,New York. The university was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White. Since its founding,Cornell has been a co-educational and nonsectarian institution. As of fall 2023,the student body included over 16,000 undergraduate and 10,000 graduate students from all 50 U.S. states and 130 countries.
Leon Fink is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. A historian,his research and writing focuses on labor unions in the United States,immigration and the nature of work He is the founding editor of Labor:Studies in Working-Class History,the premier journal of labor history in the United States.
Simon E. Gikandi is a Kenyan Literature Professor and Postcolonial scholar. He is the Class of 1943 University Professor of English at Princeton University. He is perhaps best known for his co-editorship of The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature. He has also done important work on the modern African novel,and two distinguished African novelists:Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩwa Thiong'o. In 2019 he became the president of the Modern Language Association.
Isaac Kramnick was an American political theorist,historian of political thought,political scientist,and the Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government at Cornell University. He was a subject-matter expert on English and American political thought and history.
Fredrik Logevall is a Swedish-American historian and educator at Harvard University,where he is the Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and professor of history in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He is a specialist in U.S. politics and foreign policy. Logevall was previously the Stephen and Madeline Anbinder Professor of History at Cornell University,where he also served as vice provost and as director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. He won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book Embers of War:The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam. His most recent book,JFK:Coming of Age in the American Century,1917-1956 (2020),won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
Cornell University’s School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions provides educational opportunities on the Cornell campus,online,and around the world during Summer Session,Winter Session,and throughout the academic year. Offerings include courses for undergraduates,programs for high school students,extramural study,professional programs,study tours for adults,and weeklong summer programs for adults,youth,and families on the Cornell campus.
Willis Ray Gregg was an American meteorologist and chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau who made major contributions to aviation.
George Joseph Hecht was the founder and publisher of Parents magazine and owner of FAO Schwarz. He is often credited with creating the parenting advice industry through his many publications.
David B. Goodstein was the publisher of The Advocate and an influential spokesperson on behalf of LGBT people and causes.
Clara Kalnitsky Seley was an American artist and sculptor.
Mary Fainsod Katzenstein is an American political scientist. She is the Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor of American Studies,Emerita at Cornell University. She specializes in prison reform in the United States,the history of American feminist activism,and the politics of India.
Howard Bagnall Meek was an American professor who founded Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. He began teaching hotel management at Cornell during 1922,when the subject was part of the university's agricultural college,which operated its home-economics school,rather than a separate unit within the university.
The Kings County Colored Mens Association of Brooklyn,New York,in the United States,was a Reconstruction-era political advocacy group. The group,seemingly led by Rev. A. N. Freeman,held regular meetings and debates,elected convention delegates,and endorsed candidates,namely Ulysses S. Grant for president. In 1866 the group met to discuss the progress of civil rights legislation and the conversation turned to the allegiances of President Andrew Johnson.
I am opposed to President Johnson. He is in my way,and in the way of my people,and I don't believe he means to do us justice ... Do you recollect how David prayed for his enemies? I believe he prayed they might be sent to hell...I didn't pray to have Andy Johnson sent to hell. I prayed that he might be taken out of my way;and I thought if the Lord sent him to hell,it would be on his own responsibility. [Laughter]
