Upbringing in Chappaqua, New York; early research: neuroanatomy laboratory at University of Rochester, dissertation at National Institutes of Health; work at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Yale University: professor of neurobiology, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, provost; Massachusetts Institute of Technology: president and professor of neuroscience; invited to join Carnegie Corp oration of New York Board of Trustees; interest in education: online classes, integrated disciplines, updated K-12 teaching; Carnegie Corporation: venture-like funding, breakdown of complicated education issue, high-level partnerships, risky innovation; immigration reform and academic diplomacy; influential colleagues: James D. Watson, Vartan Gregorian.
Education; Neurobiology; Scientists; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--Political activity; Endowments; Hockfield, Susan; Gregorian, Vartan; Carnegie Corporation of New York
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Origin Information
2013
Physical Description
37 pages + index; 1 digital audio file (76 min.)
Note (Biographical)
President Emerita of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Note
Interviewed by Sarah E. Dziedzic on June 20, 2013.
Note (Provenance)
Gift of Susan Hockfield
Note (Copyright)
Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2013.
Language
English
Library Location
Oral History Archives at Columbia, Columbia University