A memoir that many readers will learn from and enjoy!In his book, AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM: REFLECTIONS OF A STATE COLLEGE PRESIDENT, Nathan Weiss brought to life a presidential career that not only transformed an academic institution, but also a presidential style and academic philosophy.THE STREETS OF NEWARK TO THE HALLS OF ACADEMIA: AN AMERICAN STORY is a memoir that takes the reader back to the experiences of a son of immigrant parents, brother, soldier, teacher, an athlete, and finally, a professor and academic administrator. Growing up in a Jewish working-class family during the Great Depression in Newark, New Jersey, the author brings to life an archetypal American story of a young boy"s struggle to rise above poverty and discrimination. In this memoir, the author not only allows the reader to experience the family"s bout with unemployment and a brother"s deteriorating health, but also intersperses humor and remembrances of familial love, gridiron passion, World War II...