Introduction: iconic leaders of higher education / Roger L. Geiger
Tarnished icon: William Smith and the College of Philadelphia / Roger L. Geiger and Nathan M. Sorber
Memories of Mary: changing interpretations of the founder in the secularization process of Mount Holyoke Seminary and College, 1837-1937 / Andrea L. Turpin
College presidents, public image, and the popular press: a comparative study of Francis l. Patton of Princeton and Seth Low of Columbia, 1888-1902 / Joby Topper
The making of a celebrity President: John Erskine and the Juilliard School / Katherine Chaddock
Building an icon: the rise and fall of John G. Bowman, chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, 1921-1945 / Christian K. Anderson
Encounters with genius loci: Herman Wells at/and/of Indiana University / James H. Capshew
Clark Kerr's early career, social science, and the American University / Ethan Schrum
The "host at last": Abram Sachar and the establishment of Brandeis University / Nancy Diamond.
Iconic leaders in higher education. ISBN 9781412818599. Published by Transaction Publishers in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.