President. it is a privilege to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Abe Sachar. the first president and chancellor emeritus of Brandeis University. who died at age 94 Abe Sachar was an advocate. scholar. author. educator. and extraordinary American. In 1948. beginning with 107 students. 13 faculty members. and three empty buildings at the site of a former medical college in Waltham. MA. he created a worldrenowned university that has made brilliant contributions to scholarship. learning. and tolerance in America. The story of his achievement in leading Brandeis University to such eminence is unparalleled in the modern history of American higher education. Abram L. Sachar was born in 1899 in New York City to immigrant parents. His mother had been born in Jerusalem and his father in Lithuania. He served with the U.S.
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