Leon Botstein
February, 1971
In June of 1970, New Hampshire's Franconia College startled the academic world by announcing that its new president would be a bespectacled, long-haired youth named Leon Botstein. At 23, he became the youngest man in the history of American education to hold such high office. "The trustees were concerned with my qualifications, not my age," says Botstein. "The appointment was quite a surprise and I vowed at least two things on hearing the news: that I would put as much effort into...
