[MGSA-L] New Publication: Anatolia College by W. McGree

[George Baloglou]

I would like to mention here my Anatolia College postings of twenty years
ago, based on excerpts from George White's* "Adventuring With Anatolia
College" and collected at http://oswego.edu/~baloglou/anatolia/college.html
(a site still visited about twice per day). [Three years ago I was informed
that White's book was translated into Turkish in 1997.]

*George White was the grandfather of a colleague of mine at the Mathematics
Department at SUNY Oswego, where I taught from 1988 to 2008.

On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 9:58 PM, Roland Moore <rolandmo at pacbell.net> wrote:

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> *From:* Bill McGrew <billmcgrew6 at gmail.com>
> *Date:* May 10, 2015 at 12:31:00 PM MDT
> *To:* Roland Moore <rolandmo at pacbell.net>
> *Subject:* *New Publicatiocn*
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> *Dear Dr. Moore:*
>
> *Upon the recommendation of S. Victor Papacosma, I request that MGSA *
> *include *
> *in its upcoming **announcements the recent publication of my book: *
> *"Educating *
> *Across **Cultures: **Anatolia College in Turkey and Greece" **(Rowman &
> Littlefield). *
> *Please allow me to provide a brief description.*
>
> *This account chronicles a remarkable American educational undertaking
> that*
> *spanned **two continents and survived three wars. It began with
> Anatolia's*
> *Boston-based founders, who initially hoped to bring Calvinist
> Christianity to*
> *the diverse peoples of the Ottoman Empire but gradually shifted their
> emphasis*
> *to educational goals. While seeking to enrich the lives of the
> inhabitants of Asia*
> *Minor and beyond from the College's campus south of the Black Sea,
> Protestant*
> *educators also encountered rampant ethnic strife and the loss of many
> students*
> *and staff. Most remarkable was the pursuit on horseback across Turkey's
> plains*
> *by two American women in 1915 to save some fifty Armenian girls
> otherwise *
> *destined **to perish at the hands of the Turks. Renewed violence
> following World *
> *War I **forced Anatolia to relocate from Turkey to Thessaloniki, the
> major city in *
> *northern Greece.*
>
> *The book follows Anatolia over the subsequent decades as it embraced a *
> *society experiencing an often-violent trajectory, including the Nazi
> occupation*
> *and seizure of its campus followed by civil war. Nevertheless, the
> College *
> *succeeded in restoring its **spacious campus to become one of the finest
> in *
> *Greece, and in drawing **students from all regions through generous
> scholarships. *
> *Close collaboration **between Greek and American educators in merging
> the rich *
> *Hellenic cultural **legacy with the strongest features of American
> instruction *
> *enabled Anatolia to **become today one of Greece's most outstanding
> institutions *
> *at both the school **and college levels.*
>
> *The author, who holds a doctorate in modern Greek and European history
> from*
> *the University of Cincinnati, served for 25 years as President of
> Anatolia. His*
> *earlier work includes "Land and Revolution in Modern Greece, 1800-1881,
> the *
> *Transition in the Tenure and Exploitation of Land from Ottoman Rule to*
> *Independence" (Kent State University Press). *
>
> *I should note that Dr. John Iatrides wrote the Introduction, whereas
> Peter Allen,*
> *Peter Bien and Stanley Aschenbrenner have provided laudatory
> commentaries. *
>
> *Thank you for your cooperation.*
>
> *William (Bill) McGrew*
>
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Γιώργος Μπαλόγλου -- Θεσσαλονίκη

http://www.oswego.edu/~baloglou (1988 - 2008)

http://crystallomath.wordpress.com (2009 - )
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