This month in history (18 years ago)
Lee C. Bollinger was elected the 12th president of the university at a special meeting of the Board of Regents on Nov. 12, 1996. Accepting the position, Bollinger quoted 18th-century British political theorist Edmund Burke on his philosophy of the progression toward love of country and of mankind: “‘To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections,’” Bollinger said, quoting the political theorist. “Burke’s idea of the spiraling importance of affections, beginning with our feelings toward our ‘platoon’ makes our love for Michigan intelligible and consequential, a matter of public service,” he added.
— The University Record
