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Giving It All Away The Story of William W. Cook and His Michigan Law Quadrangle / by Leary, Margaret A.

Table of Contents: “…-- 1920-27 : a bad diagnosis, researching a new book, the opening of the lawyers club, Dean Bates's endless missteps, the final break with blooming grove, law quad politics bedevil the wise-hearted men at Michigan, Clarence Cook Little arrives in Ann Arbor -- 1928-30 : agonizing over the fate of Port Chester, President Little's appalling lapse, an exasperated Regent Murfin picks up his pen, Cook takes command and resolves to finish the law quad, a funeral is held in Port Chester, Trustee Creighton makes mischief -- 1931-35 : a whole lot of litigation, Creighton obfuscates and delays, Regent Murfin continues as hero, Myrtle White miraculously reappears, Ida's suit settles, Hutchins Hall opens, dedication day for the law quadrangle, the Port Chester lawsuit ends in Michigan's favor -- The fate of everyone else.…”
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Giving It All Away : The Story of William W. Cook and His Michigan Law Quadrangle / by Leary, Margaret A.

Table of Contents: “…-- 1920-27 : a bad diagnosis, researching a new book, the opening of the lawyers club, Dean Bates's endless missteps, the final break with blooming grove, law quad politics bedevil the wise-hearted men at Michigan, Clarence Cook Little arrives in Ann Arbor -- 1928-30 : agonizing over the fate of Port Chester, President Little's appalling lapse, an exasperated Regent Murfin picks up his pen, Cook takes command and resolves to finish the law quad, a funeral is held in Port Chester, Trustee Creighton makes mischief -- 1931-35 : a whole lot of litigation, Creighton obfuscates and delays, Regent Murfin continues as hero, Myrtle White miraculously reappears, Ida's suit settles, Hutchins Hall opens, dedication day for the law quadrangle, the Port Chester lawsuit ends in Michigan's favor -- The fate of everyone else.…”
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