I once invited a famous physicist to Mexico, where I was at a research
institute, to give lectures in his field. He did make a prideful point that
of all the top schools, of the caliber of the Ivy League, Cornell was not
founded as a Christian college. He gave the credit to White. Moorad
---Original Message-----
From: Joel Cannon <jcannon@jcannon.washjeff.edu>
To: asa@calvin.edu <asa@calvin.edu>
Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 8:05 AM
Subject: More on AD White. (fwd)
>Interestingly, White was the first President of Cornell University,
>and Carl Sagan cited his book (Broca's Brain p. 333) as support in
>advancing Sagan's truth versus darkness view of science and religion.
>
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--- >Joel W. Cannon | (724)223-6146 >Physics Department | >Washington and Jefferson College | >Washington, PA 15301 | > > >
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