@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt5hhn6z.8, ISBN = {9780965074384}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5hhn6z.8}, abstract = {Betty Hollow has set vividly the social and historical context for Ohio University when Charles Ping became president, and Jim Bruning has outlined concisely the major themes of Ping’s presidency and the processes he created for their accomplishment. This allows me the opportunity to present a more personal take on the man and the times and to revisit and revise similar remarks I contributed to Florence Clark Riffe’s history of the Ping years:A Philosophy of Community: Ohio University in the Ping Years, 1975–1994.I have known Charlie Ping for almost forty years. We have been friendly adversaries, fellow}, author = {Sam Crowl}, bookauthor = {Charles J. Ping and Samuel Crowl and Doug McCabe}, booktitle = {A Conversation about Ohio University and the Presidency, 1975–1994}, pages = {18--24}, publisher = {Ohio University Press}, title = {INTRODUCTION}, year = {2013} }