Milton Konvitz (Ph.D. '33) embodied the spirit of Cornell University. An authority on civil rights and human rights, and constitutional and labor law, he served on the Cornell faculty for 27 years, holding dual appointments at the Law School and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. This section includes the foreword by Robert B. McKersie and the prologue in four chapters: (1) The Making of a Scholar; (2) Civil Rights; (3) Fundamental Liberties; and (4) Judaic and American Ideals.