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1. Oral history interview with Bruce M. Alberts, 2012
Alberts, Bruce
- Name: Alberts, Bruce (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2012
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: (b. 1938); Trustee at Carnegie Corporation of New York from 2001-2009; currently emeritus professor of biochemistry and biophysics at University of California San Francisco; childhood: born in Illinois, attended New Trier High School, influential assi gnment to discover how a television works; formal education: Harvard University, BA 1960, PhD 1965; edited science textbook; influences: James Watson, Governor Richard W. Riley, Governor Jim Hunt, Michele Cahill, Deborah Meier, David A. Hamburg, Vartan Gregorian, Sam Nunn; development of Science Education Partnership in San Francisco; elected president of National Academy of Sciences in 1993; chaired Genome Committee in 1987; development of national education standards; involvement with Carnegie Corporation in 1990s on "Years of Promise" report; invited to become a trustee at Carnegie Corporation; interplay between board members and staff; development and efficacy of programs: Small Schools movement, Teachers for a New Era, Taking Science to School, Next Generations Science Education Conceptual Framework, Opportunity Equation, Strategic Education Researcher Program; role and dynamics of the board of trustees on grant-making; involvement with Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; perspective on importance and failures of science education; comparison between No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top; travels: with Carnegie to Egypt and South Africa for libraries programs, Pakistan as science envoy for Barack Obama, India and China for Science Magazine; ethics and joys of foundation giving.
2. Oral history interview with Christopher Callahan, 2012
Callahan, Christopher
- Name: Callahan, Christopher (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2012
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Dean and University Vice Provost, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University. Early Life and Background: New York City, Long Island, New York; Early Education: Boston University; Career in Journalism: Associ ated Press; Early Career in Higher Education: University of Maryland, Harvard Kennedy School; Mid-Career in Higher Education: Arizona State University, The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Michael M. Crow, Phoenix, Arizona, Tempe, Arizona, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Vartan Gregorian, Susan R. King, John and James L. Knight Foundation, Alberto Ibargü̈en, Columbia University, News21, University of California, Berkeley, Cronkite NewsWatch, Leonard Downie, Jr., Jacqueline Petchel; Observations of News Industry: Walter L. Cronkite Jr., Thomas W. Chauncey, USA Today, Allen H. Neuharth, Gannett Company, The New York Times, Washington Post, racial and gender diversity in newsrooms, Federal Communications Commission, InsideClimate News, ProPublica, Pulitzer Prizes, Cable News Network.
3. Oral history interview with Frank Sharry, 2013
Sharry, Frank
- Name: Sharry, Frank (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Discussion of Irish and Italian immigrant background; undergraduate experience and activism at Princeton University; work for American Council for Nationalities Service in Singapore: experience at refugee camps in Indonesian islands, recollection of l ater encounter with refugee family in U.S.; work at Centro Presente in Cambridge, Mass. beginning 1986: sense of immigrant rights as life's work, effects of 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, discussion of problems with system including employer sanctions, need for temporary protected status for refugees including Salvadoreans; position as executive director of National Immigration Forum starting in 1990; success of lobbying in Congress through 1990s; impressions of Geraldine P. Mannion; effects of September 11, 2001 on immigration policy debate; positive outlook for immigration reform in 2005-2006; involvement in 2007 "Grand Bargain": bipartisan backroom negotiations, reactions from right and left, factors in failure of bill, impressions of Edward M. Kennedy; founding of America's Voice Education Fund in 2008: four pillars of policy change, need for focus on media and communications, role of funding from Carnegie Corporation of New York and Geraldine P. Mannion; partnership with local and national organizations; challenge of anti-immigration groups; call for reform legislation in 2010; passage of harsh state laws against undocumented immigrants and subsequent Supreme Court ruling in 2012; discussion of status of undocumented immigrants at time of interview: need for path to citizenship, public perception, policies under Obama administration; discussion of 2012 presidential election: successful activism of DREAMers, importance of Latino vote; elements of ideal comprehensive immigration reform bill: path to citizenship, citizenship verification at point of hire, improvements to legal immigration system; predictions for future victory.
4. Oral history interview with James "Jim" Baxter Hunt, Jr., 2012
Hunt, James B., 1937-
- Name: Hunt, James B., 1937- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2012
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Four-term governor of North Carolina from 1977-1985, 1993-2001; invited to join Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees; interest in early childhood education; development and efficacy of programs: Smart Start, Teachers for a New Era, Small Schools movement, charter schools, Opportunity Equation; influential colleagues at Carnegie Corporation: Thomas H. Kean, Admiral James B. Watkins, Sam Nunn, Governor Richard W. Riley, Michele Cahill, Bruce Alberts, Vartan Gregorian, Carnegie Corporation staff; current involvement with Hunt Institute for Education Leadership and Policy; Carnegie Corporation goals under leadership of Vartan Gregorian; role of risk in education reform; evaluation methods for student, teacher and school; comparison of design and efficacy of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top programs; Carnegie Corporation goal to help regain American international prominence in education and immigration reform.
5. Oral history interview with Michael Waldman, 2013
Waldman, Michael, 1960-
- Name: Waldman, Michael, 1960- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Career beginnings: Columbia College graduate, New York University Law School, Public Citizen's Congress Watch; William J. Clinton Administration: joined Clinton presidential campaign, appointed as Special Assistant to the President for Policy Coordina tion on campaign finance reform, President Clinton's Director of Speechwriting; history of presidential speechwriting from Abraham Lincoln to William J. Clinton; William J. Brennan Jr. and the development of the Brennan Center for Justice: pushing for institutional reform in United States democracy; progressive versus conservative theories of immigration; relationship with Carnegie Corporation as Brennan Center funder; history of campaign finance reform in the United States: Tillman Act of 1907, Buckley v. Valeo, McCain-Feingold legislation of 2002, McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Citizen's United, Political Action Committees and SuperPACs; Brennan Center and voter rights: history of voting rights in the United States, National Voter Registration Act, Help America Vote Act, early voting, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act; importance of the Carnegie Corporation in establishing the legitimacy of the Brennan Center.
6. Oral history interview with Nancy Tate, 2013
Tate, Nancy
- Name: Tate, Nancy (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Early Life and Education: upbringing in Menlo Park, California, acceptance to Stanford University; Early Career: Washington, D.C., Campus Commission on Campus Unrest, Office of Economic Opportunity, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Environ mental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government Performance and Results Act, William J. Clinton Administration; Mid-Career Appointment: League of Women Voters, Voters Education Fund, protecting brand and name recognition, operation staffed largely by volunteers, former sponsorship of presidential debates and contemporary misunderstandings, publications: Empowering the Voters of Tomorrow, Impact on Issues, slogans: "Power the Vote" and "Running and Winning", nonpartisanship, Elisabeth MacNamara, Nancy M. Neuman, work toward National Voter Registration Act also known as Motor Voter; Tax Status: Internal Revenue Service, 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) status; Early Suffrage Movement: American Women's Suffrage Association, National American Women Suffrage Association, Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt, first League president Maud Wood Park; 2000 Presidential Election: George W. Bush v. Albert A. Gore, opposition to the Electoral College, opposition to Citizens United; Barack H. Obama II Administration: advocacy for Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, advocacy for DISCLOSE Act, voter registration efforts and ID requirements; Collaboration with Information Technology Companies
7. Oral history interview with Phillip A. Griffiths, 2013
Griffiths, Phillip, 1938-
- Name: Griffiths, Phillip, 1938- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Early education and study of mathematics at U.S. Naval Academy; academic career at University of California Berkeley, Princeton University, Harvard University, Duke University; Institute for Advanced Study (IAS): description as a postdoctoral universi ty, interest in improving K-12 education, completion of Opportunity Equation report, growing interest in science education throughout U.S.; discussion of quality of math and science education in the U.S.; inclusion of practical application in Common Core; development of Next Generation Science Standards; 100Kin10 program and importance of teacher preparedness; concern expressed by teachers over meeting higher standards in classrooms; origin of Science Inititative Group (SIG) at IAS; focus of SIG on Africa through Regional Initiative in Science Education in Africa: outreach to African scientific community, cultivating next generation of African academics; importance of Carnegie Corporation funds to support science education domestically and globally.
8. Oral history interview with Ralph J. Cicerone, 2013
Cicerone, Ralph J
- Name: Cicerone, Ralph J (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Ralph Cicerone begins by outlining the National Academy of Sciences’ core mission as a non-profit organization focused on providing scientific information to the federal government and the potential conflicts inherent in this mission. He then discusse s the issue of climate change at length, including scientific findings, geopolitical aspects, possible solutions, and the role of scientists and politicians in addressing the issue. Cicerone then discusses his early education and career: childhood in Western Pennsylvania; studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); founding the Department of Earth System Science at the University of California at Irvine in 1995; and appointment to the National Academy of Sciences in 2005. Cicerone concludes by discussing his position as a member of the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s joint commission on science education, his thoughts on his current position as a Carnegie Corporation trustee, the Carnegie Corporation’s role as an organization in promoting education, and the future of science education as a whole.
9. Oral history interview with Richard W. Riley, 2012
Riley, Richard W. (Richard Wilson)
- Name: Riley, Richard W. (Richard Wilson) (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2012
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Career: Governor of South Carolina from 1979-1987, chairman of state Democratic Party, chairman for Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton's campaigns for presidency, U.S. Secretary of Education during Clinton administration, possible Supreme Court nomination (1994); problems in education in South Carolina; efficacy of Education Improvement Act; role of race and poverty in education reform; close relationship with Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, including during the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal; development and efficacy of programs: Common Core Standards, Carnegie Corporation of New York commission on early childhood education, Head Start Program, Opportunity Equation, Small Schools movement, charter schools, teaching effective teachers, online education, evaluation methods for student, teacher and school; influential colleagues at Carnegie Corporation: David Hamburg, Vartan Gregorian, Thomas H. Kean, Thomas R. Pickering, Michele Cahill, Bruce Alberts; comparison of design and efficacy of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top programs; ethics of foundation giving; current involvement with KnowledgeWorks Foundation of Cincinnati; benefits of being on the Carnegie Corporation Board of Trustees.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Oral history interview with Susan Shirk, 2013
Shirk, Susan L
- Name: Shirk, Susan L (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Reminiscences of meeting Zhou Enlai in 1971; reflections on China's changing role in the world; impact of Chinese market reforms; importance of grant from Carnegie Corporation for the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and Northeast Asia Coo peration Dialogue; origins, development and efficacy of Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue: China, North Korea; nuances of Track II diplomacy; economic visits by the North Koreans to the United States; impact of Track II diplomacy on socialization of China into cooperative behavior and norms; resistance of North Korea to engage in discussions; 2012 Leap Day agreement with North Korea; Track II diplomacy as trust building.
14. Oral history interview with Thomas R. Pickering, 2012
Pickering, Thomas Reeve, 1931-
- Name: Pickering, Thomas Reeve, 1931- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2012
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Career in Foreign Service 1959-2000: important contemporary people and documents, personal career path; association with Boeing Company 2001-2006; presidency of the Eurasia Foundation 1996-1997; trustee of Carnegie Corporation of New York beginning in 2003: prior philanthropic experience; interests and activities of trustees on board; leadership of Vartan Gregorian; role of Carnegie Corporation as grantmaking foundation; legacy of Andrew Carnegie: libraries in personal history; relationship between advancing knowledge and influencing public policy; evaluation of success in philanthropy; cooperation between foundations; co-chairmanship of Century Foundation report on Afghanistan: discussions of possibility for political settlement, role of U.S., role of Pakistan, attitude of Taliban; U.S. negotiations with Iran over nuclear weapons: attitude of U.S. and Iranian governments, critique of Kenneth N. Waltz, role of Israel in conflict and negotiations, political obstacles; Carnegie support for nuclear nonproliferation: treaties with Russia, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Track II negotiations: North Korea; Responsibility to Protect initiative; application of initiative in Syria: comparison with other countries, predicted outcome; involvement in Iran-Contra affair; advocacy of qualified veto in UN Security Council; ambassadorship to Russia: impressions of Boris N. Yeltsin; current condition of Russia: reelection of Vladimir V. Putin in 2012, popular movement for political change, role of Carnegie-supported programs; criticisms of Guantanamo Bay and extraordinary rendition; discussion of foreign policy principles and methods; value of Carnegie Corporation board service in personal life.