Brandeis University: The Pledge

Abram L. Sachar

1948

[ . . . ] I look upon this humble beginning as a potentially significant step. It is the first nonsectarian university which becomes the corporate responsibility of the Jewish community in America. Jews have been very generous as individuals. Some of their contributions have been responsible for important research, distinguished chairs, impressive…

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Abram L. Sachar

1899–1993

Abram L. Sachar was the first president of Brandeis University, a position that followed his original vocation as a historian. Born in New York City to immigrant parents, he became director of the National Hillel Foundation while teaching at the University of Illinois. At Brandeis, he was a visionary with grandiose plans—he had an “edifice complex,” some noted—who devoted two decades to expanding the campus, faculty, and student body. All the while, he produced a steady flow of highly admired scholarship.

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