Crossing Boundaries: Beirut and Beyond

xiv, 142 pp. "A former faculty member at State University College at Brockport, New York, Rosa La Sorte Rich chronicles her four years in Beirut, Lebanon. There she established the first Health and Physical Education program for women at the American University of Beirut. During the 1967 six-day Arab/Israeli war, she was the only woman on a committee with seven men to plan the successful evacuation of 5000 Americans in 24 hours. Her experiences as she crossed professional, cultural and personal boundaries were unique and sometimes risky."--rear wrapper