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This digital document is an article from Science and Its Times, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 589 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work. Essays on people, theories, discoveries, and concepts are combined with overviews, bibliographies of primary documents, and chronological elements to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life. Entries represent people and developments throughout the world, from about 2000 B.C. through the end of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Robert Maynard Hutchins, George Wells Beadle, Hanna Holborn Gray, William Rainey Harper, Hugo F. Sonnenschein, Edward H. Levi, Harvey A. Carr, Max Mason, Don Michael Randel, Lawrence A. Kimpton, Ernest Dewitt Burton, Harry Pratt Judson, John T. Wilson. Excerpt:Don Michael Randel (born December 9, 1940) is a prominent American musicologist , the fifth president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , and a member of the editorial board of Encyclopaedia Britannica . He has previously served as the twelfth president of the University of Chicago , as Provost of Cornell University , and as Dean of Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences . In his academic work, Randel specializes in the music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance . Among musicologists, he is particularly known for his publications on Mozarabic chant, Arabic music theory, and Panamanian folk music. He has served as editor of the third and fourth editions of the Harvard Dictionary of Music , the Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music , and the Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians . He is a triple alumus of Princeton University , having earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in musicology there. On July 1, 2000, Randel succeeded Hugo F. Sonnenschein as President of the University of Chicago. As President, Randel led the Chicago Initiative, a $2 billion capital campaign to solidify the University's financial footing. He also worked to strengthen the academic work of the University in many areas, from humanities and arts to physical and biological sciences , and he drove efforts to build stronger ties with community and regional organizations. In 2005, Randel received a $500,000 award from the Carnegie Corporation of New York in recognition of these efforts. On July 26, 2005, Randel announced th... ... Read more