Simpsons Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
2596
AUTHOR:
James A Perkins, President, Cornell
QUOTATION:
The acquisition of knowledge is the mission of research, the transmission of knowledge is the mission of teaching and the application of knowledge is the mission of public service.
ATTRIBUTION:
From Stafford Little Lectures at Princeton, quoted in NY Times 3 Nov 66