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William Roy DeWitt Wallace (/ d ə ˈ w ɪ t / də-WIT; November 12, 1889 – March 30, 1981), publishing as DeWitt Wallace, was an American magazine publisher. Wallace co-founded Reader's Digest with his wife Lila Bell Wallace , publishing the first issue in 1922.
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (2004) is a history book written by Jack Weatherford, Dewitt Wallace Professor of Anthropology at Macalester College. It is a narrative of the rise and influence of Mongol leader Genghis Khan and his successors, and their influence on European civilization. Weatherford provides a different slant ...
Macalester College (/ m ə ˈ k æ l ɪ s t ər / mə-KAL-iss-tər) is a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.Founded in 1874, Macalester is exclusively an undergraduate four-year institution with an enrollment of 2,142 students in the fall of 2023. [4]
Jack McIver Weatherford (born in 1946) is the DeWitt Wallace Professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota. [1] He is best known for his 2004 book, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. [2] In 2006, he was awarded the Order of the Polar Star, [3] and the Order of Genghis Khan in 2022, Mongolia’s two highest national ...
The existing 29,700-square-foot Wallace Library is over 50 years old. The new youth library wing adds 25,000 square feet, bringing the new facility to 55,430 square feet.
He is the DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography, and director of the Food, Agriculture & Society Program at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. [1] His research interests include tropical agriculture, food security, and development policy. He is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed articles, as well as twelve books. [2]
David Bressoud – former President of the Mathematical Association of America; Dewitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics; Diane Glancy; Duchess Harris; Hubert Humphrey – U.S. Senator from Minnesota, U.S. Vice President, U.S. presidential candidate; Marlon James – Jamaican novelist and winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize
He decided on a move to Macalester College in 1994, where he was DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics. [2] Since 2005 he has written a monthly online column for MAA titled "Launchings" that focuses on the CUPM (Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics) Curriculum Guide .