found: Commager, H. S. The past, present, and future of American higher education, c1978 (a.e.) p. 13 (John R. Silber; became president of Boston U., 12/17/70)
found: Dir. Amer. scholars, 1982 (Silber, John Robert; b. 8/15/26)
found: His Straight shooting, c1989: t.p. (John Silber)
found: New York times WWW site, Sept. 27, 2012 (John R. Silber; b. John Robert Silber, Aug. 15, 1926, San Antonio; d. Thursday morning [Sept. 27, 2012], Brookline, Mass., aged 86; transformed a faltering Boston University into one of the nation's leading private schools in a volcanic 25-year presidency that promoted innovation, crushed opposition, and made him America's highest-paid educator and one of its most divisive)
Silber, John, 1926-2012
