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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 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.