"Education is, however, an extremely interesting and complex institution provided because society has discovered that, if it is to preserve itself and advance, it must spare the time and the people necessary to provide our young people with an understanding of their heritage. But education doesn't take place within institutions. It takes place only within individuals. It is something we cannot buy. It is something that records in the registrar's office do not measure."
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"Commencement Address". University of Vermont. June 15, 1958. University of Vermont Alumni Magazine. July 1958. 39 (1): 17.
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Carl Borgmann
Carl Williams Borgmann (June 3, 1905 – November 29, 1998) was an American chemical engineer, academic administrator at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Nebraska, president of the University of Vermont (UVM), and director of science and engineering for the Ford Foundation.
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