Oral history interview with Warren M. Christopher, 1999
Abstract
(b. 1925); United States Secretary of State 1993-96; Carnegie Corporation of New York [Carnegie] board of directors 1987-90, chairman 1990-92: impressions of Carnegie board, calculated risks of grant-making, involvement in programs for childhood education and preventing deadly conflict, role of president David A. Hamburg; influence of Carnegie Commission reports and activities on policymakers; impo rtance of philanthropic interest in foreign affairs; challenges facing new foundations; evaluation of foundation work; relationship of philanthropy, government and academia; interest in education and public service; personal highlights of association with Carnegie
Lawyers; Cabinet officers--United States; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--Political activity; Endowments; Christopher, Warren; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Report of the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Origin Information
1999
Physical Description
21 pages
Note (Biographical)
Lawyer, politician
Note (Funding)
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Note
Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
Interviewed by: Sharon Zane, Nov. 17, 1999
Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit
Note (Provenance)
Gift of Warren M. Christopher
Note (Copyright)
Copyright held by The Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2005.
Language
English
Library Location
Oral History Archives at Columbia, Columbia University