As I Recall

Calvin Rampton was an influential leader is a period when there was a considerable move in American federalism that saw the states emerge from the underfunded, ineffective, subordinate, and dependent subgovernments they, or most of them, had been for fifty years. Most of them have become sources of creative and innovative leadership, staffed with a professional civil service, vigorous in advancing the opportunities of their people. It was a time when education was moved to the top of the public agenda in most states. It was a time of revival of federalism. Those who will be concerned in the future with making state governments more effective, with strengthening American life by enhancing our unique concept of federalism, will find Governor Calvin Rampton's own account of these times a rewarding source for their understanding -- Terry Sanford, United States Senate, from Foreword