Lawrence A. Cremin was Frederick A. P. Barnard Professor of Education
at Teachers College and president of the Spencer Foundation at the tim
e of his untimely death, at the age of sixty-four, in September 1990.
A former president of Teachers College, Columbia University, and a pro
lific author, Cremin played a leading role in many professional, gover
nmental, and philanthropic organizations. This memoir, written by two
of Cremin's former students and colleagues, details his life and caree
r.