Then in came a letter -- a real postal letter signed in antediluvian ink , mailed from San Antonio at the cost of an old-fashioned stamp -- from Jacques Barzun , the revered emeritus professor from Columbia University who published his masterpiece , '' From Dawn to Decadence , '' in 2000 , when he was 92 .
Jacques Barzun /business/person/company Columbia University
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