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161. Oral history interview with Robert Joseph Wert, 1967
Wert, Robert Joseph, 1922-
- Name: Wert, Robert Joseph, 1922- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Graduate student, Stanford University; Carnegie Corporation staff, 1954-59; relations with college and unversity administrators; programs; report on education in the South; relations with other foundations and with Carnegie affiliates; "The American S helf"; Committee on Education; return to Stanford. Impressions of various Corporation officers.
162. Oral history interview with Robert L. Hughes, 2013
Hughes, Robert
- Name: Hughes, Robert (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Robert Hughes begins by discussing his education and early career as a lawyer; coming to work at New Visions for Public Schools; the creation of the New Century High Schools initiative in 2001 as a means to enact change in New York City public high sc hools; and the process of proposing the project to a consortium of three funding foundations (the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Open Society Institute). Hughes then discusses the specific role of the Carnegie Corporation in the New Century High Schools project; his work with the Carnegie Corporation’s Vice President, National Program, and Program Director for Urban Education, Michele Cahill; the project’s goals of improving schools at the system level and creating new educational models; the focus of the Gates Foundation on funding small schools; and the role of philanthropic organizations in impacting government agencies. Hughes continues by discussing the development of the Scaffolded Apprenticeship Model (SAM); New Visions’ transition towards becoming a partnership support organization (PSO); and the role of philanthropic organizations in supporting PSOs. Hughes also discusses the importance of personalization in education; New Visions’ shift towards work with charter schools; how the Carnegie Corporation’s support of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education has impacted the next phase of the New Century initiative (New Century II); improving high school graduation rates; and the future of education in the face of increasing globalization and adoption of digital technologies.
163. Oral history interview with Robert Legvold, 2013
Legvold, Robert
- Name: Legvold, Robert (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: This interview with Robert H. Legvold begins with a discussion of the narrator's early life and academic background, including professors who had a major impact on him. Lengvold then describes work on the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Confl ict and research projects regarding the post-Soviet republics that he worked on with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Next, Legvold discusses the state of relations between the NATO and Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Legvold evaluates the activities of other foundations, U.S.-Russia relations under the administration of George W. Bush, President Obama's 2009 visit to Moscow, and his speech on relations with Russia. Legvold then discusses lobbying in Congress on Russia policy. Legvold offers his views on where American and Russian interests diverge, the reset with Russia under the Obama administration, and the effects of the war in Afghanistan on U.S.-Russian relations. Interviewer Myron Farber asks about Vladimir Putin's rise to power and his role in post-Soviet Russia. Legvold discusses how the West and post-Soviet Russia perceive the concept of democracy differently and how that impacts relations between the two. The discussion ends on the topic of nuclear weapons and the working of the Carnegie-endowed Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative.
164. Oral history interview with Robert MacDonald Lester, 1967
Lester, Robert M. (Robert MacDonald), 1889-1969
- Name: Lester, Robert M. (Robert MacDonald), 1889-1969 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Detailed account of operations, personnel policies, relationships of Carnegie Corporation, 1926-1954. Impressions of Andrew Carnegie, Walter A. Jessup, Devereux Josephs, Nicholas Murray Butler, Frederick Keppel, and many other prominent educators and public figures.
165. Oral history interview with Roberta M. Capers, 1967
Capers, Roberta M
- Name: Capers, Roberta M (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Arts adviser for Carnegie Corporation, 1926-34; studies in Europe, 1925-26, College arts sets, arts fellowships; Metropolitan Museum; American Federation of Arts; museum programs; chairman of Arts Department, Tulane College. Impressions of Frederick K eppel, Morse Cartwright, Robert Lester, and other Corporation officials.
166. Oral history interview with Robertson Dwight Ward, 1968
Ward, Robertson Dwight, 1905-
- Name: Ward, Robertson Dwight, 1905- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1968
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Invited to become Carnegie Corporation treasurer while employed at American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), 1935; involvement as recording officer of committee to re-evaluate financial management of Carnegie organizations, 1936-1938; departure from Carnegie, 1942. Discussion of the expansion of the Carnegie Joint Investment Office with growth of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA); shifting of Carnegie investments to J.P. Morgan & Co; the Carnegie Corporation’s relationship with the Home Trust Company. Impressions of Frederick P. Keppel, Herbert C. Lee, R.C. Leffingwell, Samuel S. Hall Jr.
167. Oral history interview with Rookaya Bawa, 2011
Bawa, Rookaya
- Name: Bawa, Rookaya (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2011
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Early life in South Africa; marriage at age sixteen; one of ten people of color allowed to go to a white university; graduate education in England; member of black faculty at South Africa universities; work in libraries for South African Department of Education; mother of two girls; hired by Carnegie to develop a model library program in Africa; work in the field in Africa; importance of technology to African libraries; utilizing partnerships with local governments to ensure completion and sustainability of libraries; the library as safe space; development of library collections; inefficacy of mobile libraries; building of inter-library research commons; methods of activating interest in public libraries; choosing which libraries to work with; training public librarians; digitization of collections; benefits to philanthropy of hiring specialists or generalists; leadership of and disagreements with Vartan Gregorian; return to South Africa to care for ill daughter; future position as executive director of the academic library at University of Johannesburg; impressions of New York City; continuing role as consultant for Carnegie.
168. Oral history interview with Ruby Takanishi 1999
Takanishi, Ruby
- Name: Takanishi, Ruby (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1999
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
169. Oral history interview with Ruth B. Mandel 1999
Mandel, Ruth B
- Name: Mandel, Ruth B (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1999
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
170. Oral history interview with Sam Nunn, 2013
Nunn, Sam
- Name: Nunn, Sam (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Co-Chairman of Nuclear Threat Initiative. Ambition to serve as U.S. Senator and consideration to run for U.S. President; reflections on David A. Hamburg's support of Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI); proposing Risk Reductions Centers to President Rona ld W. Reagan; Hamburg's role in supporting research on weapons nonproliferation; recollections of negotiations amidst fall of the Soviet Union: meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev about safety of nuclear arsenal, public protests, respect for Gorbachev's leadership; vision and development of Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program; Hamburg's invitation to join Carnegie Corporation board; serving on Carnegie Corporation board under Vartan Gregorian: respect for Hamburg's legacy; relationship of weapons nonproliferation to protection of intelligentsia in Russia and Eurasia; development of NTI and partnership with Henry A. Kissinger, George P. Shultz, William J. Perry; importance of "going to zero" and steps outlined to achieve that goal; challenges posed by current Russian leadership.
171. Oral history interview with Samuel Stickney Hall, Jr., 1967
Hall, Samuel Stickney, 1894-1984
- Name: Hall, Samuel Stickney, 1894-1984 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: Father's role in teacher's insurance program of Carnegie Foundation; Assistant Teasurer, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, 1919; investment officer for Carnegie philanthropies, 1921-40; impressions of Mrs. Andrew Carnegie and various associa tes.
172. Oral history interview with Sara L. Engelhardt 1997-1998
Engelhardt, Sara L
- Name: Engelhardt, Sara L (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1997-1998
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Abstract: (Sara Engelhardt (née Lawrence) b. 1943-); Childhood and early education; influence of father's career as a journalist, mother's leadership in community work; education: Wellesley College, B.A., English, 1965; Teachers College, Columbia University, master's degree in higher education; professional career in philanthropy: Carnegie Corporation of New York [Carnegie]: general duties as writer and researcher; program officer for philanthropy and non-profit organizations, women in higher education; assistant to corporate secretary, corporate secretary and grants administrator 1975-1987; reflections on culture of Carnegie in the 1960s and 1970s: generalist orientation of program officers, move from a formal culture to an informal one with an increased atmosphere of openness; reflections on leadership of John Gardner and his appreciation of Carnegie's role in shaping national policy; reflections on subsequent presidents including Alan Pifer and David Hamburg; reflections on gender issues and women's roles at Carnegie: reminiscences of Florence Anderson, Margaret Mahoney and Barbara Finberg in their leadership roles; restrictions of Carnegie charter on international grant-making; reflections on significant grants in field of women in higher education; role as working mother, encounters with sexism; policies and procedures regarding grant-making, archiving of and disposal of grant documentation; comparison of Carnegie to other foundations, changing landscape of American philanthropy: reflections on Charles Feeney and Atlantic Philanthropies; president, Foundation Center; differences among private and non-profit foundations; repercussions of Tax Reform Act; reminiscences of colleagues.
173. Oral history interview with Scott D. Sagan, 2013
Sagan, Scott Douglas
- Name: Sagan, Scott Douglas (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
174. Oral history interview with Shibley Telhami, 2013
Telhami, Shibley
- Name: Telhami, Shibley (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Youth: education system in Haifa, parents' lives impacted by war, reflections on parenting after his mother's death, religion and language in new state of Israel, remembrances on Suez Crisis and 1967 Arab-Israeli War, left Israel for the United States in 1970; attended Queens College; first impressions of New York; studied mathematics, religion and philosophy at University of California Berkeley; 1973 Yom Kippur War reignited interested in politics, war and peace; student of Kenneth N. Waltz; taught at Berkeley, Princeton University, Swarthmore College, University of Southern California, Ohio State University, Cornell University, University of Maryland; selected for Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship where he worked with Congressman Lee H. Hamilton and Thomas R. Pickering of the United Nations; impact of Al-Jazeera on Middle East socialization; development of ten year program to poll six Middle Eastern countries funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York; challenges and methodology of polling in Middle East; results of polling analysis; briefed the White House and State Department; thoughts on how to influence policy makers and change the world; fluid identity of being an Arab-American in the United States
175. Oral history interview with Stephen Henry Stackpole, 1967
Stackpole, Stephen Henry, 1911-
- Name: Stackpole, Stephen Henry, 1911- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1967
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Abstract: First contacts with the Carnegie Corporation, 1935; member of Corporation staff from 1940: impressions of office and employees; Army duty, 1940-45; educational testing program, 1946; Corporations's Commonwealth program, 1946-67: travel grants, selecti on of grantees, political complications, book sets, college and university programs, Anglo-American collaborations in Africa; African education program at Teachers College; evaluation of Commonwealth program; impressions of Frederick Keppel, Charles Dollard, John Gardner, Alan Pifer, and others.
176. Oral history interview with Stephen Henry Stackpole 1998
Stackpole, Stephen Henry, 1911-
- Name: Stackpole, Stephen Henry, 1911- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1998
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Abstract: Childhood: born Andover, Massachusetts, son of school minister; Harvard University: A.B., history, 1933; teacher, Governor Dummer Academy, 1933-1935; secretary for President James Conant, Harvard University, 1935-1937; assistant dean, Harvard Universi ty, 1937-1940; administrator, Carnegie Corporation, 1940; participant, Commonwealth program; participant, Association for Teacher Education in Africa; shifts in Carnegie administration; economic, political problems at African universities; participation in African Studies Association; Carnegie salaries; reminiscences of colleagues.
177. Oral history interview with Stephen J. Del Rosso, 2012
Del Rosso, Stephen
- Name: Del Rosso, Stephen (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2012
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Birth and early years: upbringing and schooling in Quincy, Massachusetts; education: Tufts University, London School of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania; early work and career: Presidential Management Intern Program, Nat ional Aeronautics and Space Administration, Foreign Service; tenure with the Foreign Service: Washington, D.C., Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Iran-Contra affair, George P. Schultz (Secretary of State), Cold War; family: wife, two children; work at Pew Charitable Trusts: grantmaking, work with Carnegie Corporation of New York with Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict; tenure at Chicago Council on Foreign Relations: meeting Vartan Gregorian; Carnegie Corporation of New York: Vartan Gregorian, McKinsey & Company, The International Peace and Security Program, Andrew Carnegie, Avoiding Nuclear War program, David A. Hamburg, North Korea, Russia (former Soviet Union), Iran, Track II diplomacy, Patricia L. Rosenfield, The Price of Peace, New Dimensions of Security, Deana Arsenian, September 11, States at Risk program, International Peace and Security program, Dynamics of Global Power subprogram, China, Arab Awakening, MacArthur Foundation, Gates Foundation, responsibility to protect (R2P), Council on Foreign Relations, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Foreign Affairs, Nuclear Threat Initiative and Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.
178. Oral history interview with Susan Hockfield, 2013
Hockfield, Susan
- Name: Hockfield, Susan (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: 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 Gradua te School of Arts and Sciences, provost; Massachusetts Institute of Technology: president and professor of neuroscience; invited to join Carnegie Corporation 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.
179. Oral history interview with Susan L. Woodward, 2013
Woodward, Susan L., 1944 September 6-
- Name: Woodward, Susan L., 1944 September 6- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Early life: born in New York, raised in Minnesota where family lives, theme of family's interest in improving public education studying public education; university education: undergraduate studies at the University of Minnesota, work with Student Pro ject for Amity among Nations, early interest in African political development, visit to Yugoslavia and Croatia, doctoral studies at Princeton University, Professor Harry H. Eckstein, study of Serbian areas in Croatia; career in academia: positions at Northwestern University, Mount Holyoke College, Williams College, Yale University teaching comparative politics, political theory and international, theme of women in academia in recruitment, tenure, prejudice and authority in the classroom, theme of insularity in academic scholarship and policy-oriented research; research on Eastern Europe: John D. Steinbruner, visiting fellowship at the Brookings Institution, writing of the boom Balkan Tragedy, Slovenian and Croatian independence, work with the United Nations Protection Force of Croatia to asses Yugoslavia; work with Carnegie Corporation: Vartan Gregorian, Simon Chesterman, project connecting young academics, project connecting foreign state experts with locals, research on the role of women in peacebuilding, Alejandro Bendan̋̋a; theme of mediating and managing projects: supporting young academics, getting academic research to policymakers; contemporary events: conflict in Syria, peacebuilding and statebuilding after military intervention and impatience with lengthy processes.
180. Oral history interview with Susan R. King, 2013
King, Susan
- Name: King, Susan (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Susan King begins by discussing her childhood and education; network news journalism career in the 1970s-80s at CBS, ABC and NBC; and positions as the Executive Director of the Family and Medical Leave Commission of the U.S. Department of Labor and as the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at HUD (United States Department of Housing and Urban Development) under the (Bill) Clinton administration. King then discusses her role as Vice President for External Affairs at the Carnegie Corporation of New York: coming to work at the Carnegie Corporation in 1999; revitalizing the Carnegie Corporation’s internal publications; her thoughts on Vartan Gregorian and on changes made to the Carnegie Corporation under his tenure as President; the Carnegie-Knight News21 project, and her thoughts on journalism education and the future of the journalism field. King further discusses her role and responsibilities at the Carnegie Corporation: working with Vartan Gregorian, the Carnegie publications Carnegie Quarterly, Carnegie Review, and Carnegie Results, the Carnegie Corporation’s increasing reliance on commissions and consulting firms during her tenure, the Carnegie Corporation’s reaction to the September 11th attacks, and the Islam Initiative and Gregorian’s book, Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith. Finally, King discusses topics including her experience as a woman in journalism and dealing with age and appearance-based discrimination in the industry; spearheading an initiative to combat sweatshop exploitation of workers during her tenure with the U.S. Department of Labor; her involvement with inter-foundation partnerships, including organizing a meeting of New York’s major charitable foundations to coordinate relief fundraising in the weeks following September 11th; and Columbia University’s role in spearheading the Carnegie-Knight News21 journalism education initiative.