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education: a missionary for liberal arts
By KARIN FISCHER | THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION | SEPT. 7, 2014
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — From an early age, Leon Botstein's life was shaped by two powerful forces: fascism and education. His parents fled Nazi persecution in Poland and, after World War II, settled in the United States. Mr. Botstein's mother and father eventually joined the faculty of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York, leaving an indelible impression on their young son. "My family owes everything to the dynamism of American universities," he says.
Today, Mr. Botstein is president of Bard College, and his past has influenced the liberal-arts institution's singular approach to international engagement.
