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1. Oral history interview with Anne Firor Scott 2000
Scott, Anne Firor, 1921-2019
- Name: Scott, Anne Firor, 1921-2019 (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2000
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Abstract: Family and youth, Athens, Georgia; education: A.B. in History, University of Georgia, 1941; work at IBM; M.A. in Political Science, Northwestern University, 1944; National League of Women Voters, employee, 1944-1947; effects of World War II on women i n academia; PhD dissertation on Southern progressives in National Congress, Radcliffe College, 1958; Professor at the University of North Carolina, 1959-1960 and at Duke University, 1961-1980; Chairman of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women in N.C., 1964-1968; writes The Southern Lady, 1970; career focus on women's history and race; Carnegie Board of Trustees, 1976-1984; relationships with Alan Pifer and David Hamburg; issues: Retreats, grant giving and project effectiveness, Agenda Committee, staff/trustee relations; reads extensively from personal journal and includes excerpts at end of interview.
2. Oral history interview with David Z. Robinson 1998
Robinson, David Z., 1927-
- Name: Robinson, David Z., 1927- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1998
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Abstract: Childhood: Montreal; Harvard University: A.B., 1946, A.M., 1947, Ph.D. Chemical Physics, 1949; Americans for Democratic Action, Vice President of Cambridge chapter; Assistant Director for Research Study, Baird Associates, 1949-1959; Office for Naval R esearch, London, 1959-1960; member of the Optical Society to the International Commission for Optics; Office of the Scientific Advisor to the President, Science Advisory Committee, Communications Satellite Act, Air Traffic Control, White House-Kremlin hotline, liaison to the Ramsey Panel, liaison to National Science Foundation, 1961-1967; Vice President for Academic Affairs, New York University, student activities during Vietnam War era, 1967-1970; Vice President, Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1970-1980; Board of Trustees of City University of New York, 1976-1981; Executive Vice President of Carnegie Corporation, 1981-1985; Executive V.P. Treasurer, Carnegie Corporation, 1988-1997; Director, Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, Government, 1988-1997; panel member, President's Science Advisory Committee on Hijacking; member, Naval Research Advisory Committee; member, Governor Hugh Carey's Task Force of Higher Education; reminiscences of colleagues.
3. Oral history interview with Eleanor Lerman, 2012
Lerman, Eleanor, 1952-
- Name: Lerman, Eleanor, 1952- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2012
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Childhood in Bronx and Rockaway, New York: discussion of personal writing and goal to become a writer; first job at Carnegie Corporation of New York as editorial assistant; leaving Carnegie Corporation in 1985; return in 1999; carryover of technical s kills from Carnegie Corporation to other organizations and companies; professional development; supportive environment at Carnegie Corporation; mentorship of Avery B. Russell; importance of precision in writing; work at American Lung Association: early use of computers, discussion of change in technology; legacy of Andrew Carnegie; impact of McKinsey & Company report; work as ghostwriter for Vartan Gregorian; support for individual scholarship; impressions of dedication of staff; leadership of Susan R. King; national influence of Carnegie Corporation: integrity of organization, incubation of ideas; evaluation of success in philanthropy; role of public affairs department at Carnegie Corporation: range of publications, purposes and readership; trustee activities; influence of events on corporation work: September 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina, 2008 recession; centennial celebration; institutional memory and identity; work with writers at Carnegie Corporation; importance of Carnegie Corporation to personal and professional life.
4. Oral history interview with Geraldine P. Mannion, 2012
Mannion, Geraldine P., 1955-
- Name: Mannion, Geraldine P., 1955- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2012
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Transition from leadership of David A. Hamburg to Vartan Gregorian: hiring and interaction of new staff, development of new grant review process, clash of workplace cultures, management of funds; work on immigration reform: impact of September 11, 200 1, founding of Four Freedoms Fund, impact of NumbersUSA in 2007, four-pillar strategy for advocacy, Carnegie Corporation goals and nonpartisanship, current collaborations; Carnegie Corporation connection with unions; organization of programs and grants; idea of philanthropic freedom; evolution of U.S. Democracy and Special Opportunities Fund; impressions of Alan J. Pifer; influence of people and other foundations on grantmaking; need for short- and long-term planning in philanthropy; discussion of voter registration: importance of registration, nonpartisanship, existing problems; political power of grantees; need for improved civic education; campaign finance reform; civic integration and engagement of immigrants; Carnegie Corporation collaboration with Muslim organizations; need for education about cultural differences; influence of personal background: parents' emigration from Ireland to England, emigration with family from England to New York, childhood in Brooklyn and Bronx; importance of immigrant community; importance and difficulty of naturalization; personal career path: education, job as program secretary at Rockefeller Foundation, training and need for improved training programs, benefits of working in philanthropy, value of being a generalist; impact and legacy of current work; discussion of how grantees are chosen; evaluation of program success: experience at Rockefeller and Ford foundations, outcome and usefulness, purpose of evaluation, metrics for evaluation; grantmaking: funding needs of nonprofits, project and program grants, general support, comparison of conservative and liberal foundations' strategies, long-term commitment to issues; relationship with trustees: impressions of past chairs, recollection of board discussions, recent meeting on immigration, impressions of board and board members; current state of philanthropy: discussion of Gates Foundation, employee turnover and experience.
5. Oral history interview with Helene L. Kaplan, 2012
Kaplan, Helene L., 1933-
- Name: Kaplan, Helene L., 1933- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2012
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Transition from leadership of David A. Hamburg to Vartan Gregorian as president of Carnegie Corporation: impressions of David A. Hamburg, hiring of Vartan Gregorian, changes in structure and style of Carnegie Corporation, changes in board of trustees; recollections of site visits in South Africa; leadership of D. Ellen Shuman; trustee involvement in investments; Carnegie Corporation relationship with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; relationship with other Carnegie institutions; discussion of philanthropic programs: immigration, Islam Initiative, journalism; ideas about the future of philanthropy: role of wealth, emerging problems, trends in private and political goals of foundations; impressions of Vartan Gregorian; left and returned to board of Carnegie Corporation; goals of Vartan Gregorian; hiring of David A. Hamburg: goals of David A. Hamburg, consultations with staff; presidential search committee: leadership of James A. Johnson; women on staff of Carnegie Corporation; comparison of nonprofit and for-profit boards; change in Carnegie Corporation investment practices; connection with other Carnegie institutions; public roles of board; criticisms of Carnegie Corporation; board procedures; increased appointments since 2003; relationship between foundations and governments; discussion of elitism.
6. Oral history interview with Jorge Balán, 2013
Balán, Jorge, 1940-
- Name: Balán, Jorge, 1940- (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Jorge Balan begins by discussing his educational background and early career: his undergraduate sociology studies at the University of Buenos Aires in the 1960s; doctoral studies in Texas; teaching jobs in Mexico, New York, and Brazil; and return to A rgentina in 1973. Balan then discusses the development of his interest in educational reform, his work for the Ministry of Education in post-dictatorship Argentina in the 1980s-90s, and returning to the U.S. to work for the Ford Foundation in 1997. Balan goes on to detail his involvement in the ten-year Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA) project during his tenure at the Ford Foundation, outlining the initiation of the project by Vartan Gregorian and the Carnegie Corporation of New York and discussing the goals and challenges by the initiative. Topics include coordination between multiple philanthropic foundations, budgeting and partitioning grants, dealing with diverse educational systems across many different African countries, building networks of researchers to develop fields like science and agriculture, and working to create professional opportunities for African women. Balan concludes by discussing how his involvement in PHEA impacted his views on higher education and comparing issues of higher education in Africa to those in Latin America and the U.S.
7. Oral history interview with Joyce L. Moock, 2013
Moock, Joyce Lewinger
- Name: Moock, Joyce Lewinger (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Early education and eventual involvement with Peace Corps in Malawi; decision to study anthropology and comparative education in graduate school at Columbia University; travel to Africa with Rockefeller Foundation funding to evaluate university develo pment: Rockefeller's history funding universities, comparison of university model; hiring at Rockefeller and supervision of program at for social science research fellows: editing of books on research topics; prevalence of agricultural research; origins of Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA): collaboration with Patricia L. Rosenfield to propose partnership to Vartan Gregorian and Sir Gordon R. Conway, meetings with Ford Foundation staff in Nairobi, vision to invest in human capital, eventual inclusion of MacArthur Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Kresge Foundation; grantwork of PHEA: difficulty in balancing priorities of different foundations, Rockefeller's focus on health, Carnegie's focus on universities, development of internet communications technology; speculation on next generation of faculty at African universities and new classroom technologies; revitalization of human capital programs at Rockefeller subsequent to PHEA; contribution to evaluation on Carnegie's role in PHEA program run by Arabella Advisors
8. Oral history interview with Karl Brown, 2013
Brown, Karl
- Name: Brown, Karl (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Karl Brown begins by discussing his childhood and undergraduate computer science studies at Stanford University, early career in the automotive industry, and subsequent graduate studies and fellowship work at Columbia University’s School of Internatio nal and Public Affairs. Brown then discusses his coming to work for the Rockefeller Foundation and early involvement in the foundation’s Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) project. Brown continues by discussing his work with the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) working group of the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA) initiative. Brown discusses his primary role in subsidizing and developing fiber optic networks at African universities, specifically VSATs (very small aperture terminals), the parallels between the structure of internet connectivity on the African continent and those of colonial railway systems, and the importance of broadening fiber optic cable networks within Africa in promoting Pan-African communication and self-determinism. Brown also discusses his involvement in a PHEA e-learning initiative done in cooperation with the South African Institute for Digital Education (SAIDE). Brown concludes by discussing the Rockefeller Foundation’s relations with other foundations involved in PHEA, including the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Ford Foundation, and touching on the Rockefeller Foundation’s current and future work in Africa following the end of the PHEA initiative in 2007.
9. Oral history interview with Thomas H. Kean, 2013
Kean, Thomas H.
- Name: Kean, Thomas H. (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2013
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Path to position on board of Carnegie Corporation of New York: work on topic of education during governorship; McKinsey & Company report; involvement of trustees in grantmaking; process of hiring Vartan Gregorian as president of Carnegie Corporation: search committee, impressions of Vartan Gregorian, comparison with David A. Hamburg; communication: board involvement in policy, national and international presence; role of board chairman; comparison with other nonprofit boards; work as chair of 9/11 Commission: influence of Carnegie leadership experience, advantage of background outside national security; return to Carnegie board in 2005; board involvement in investments; development of trustee ethics code; second term as chairman: reorganization of committees, discussion of meeting structure; centennial celebration: reconnection with Carnegie family and Carnegie institutions; personal and organizational philosophy of risk in grantmaking; program review under Vartan Gregorian: staff turnover, Carnegie legacy, history; education programming: collaboration with Gates Foundation, importance of teacher education and recognition, racial and economic inequality in American school systems, special program for New York City schools; democracy programming: efforts to increase voter registration, importance of civic education; Islam Initiative; impact of Carnegie Corporation; future of philanthropy.
10. Oral history interview with Vartan Gregorian 1999
Gregorian, Vartan
- Name: Gregorian, Vartan (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1999
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Abstract: Early career: president of New York Library, positions at University of Pennsylvania and Brown University; work with Carnegie Corporation of New York: early contacts with Carnegie, president of Carnegie (stating in 1998), reasons for choosing Carnegie over other offers, leadership philosophy, discussion of role as president of Carnegie, concern with understanding of history, memories of early advice and proposals, comparison of Carnegie with other leadership roles, ideas of accountability and dissemination, recommendations of McKinsey and Company consultant firm on reorganization of Carnegie, changes to structure and management of Carnegie, suggestions on foundational cooperation and experimentation, concern with lack of historical knowledge in American culture, suggestions of better higher education for journalists and educators, emphasis on importance of libraries and museums, concerns about wealth disparity in the United States.
11. Oral history interview with Vincent A. Mai, 2012
Mai, Vincent A
- Name: Mai, Vincent A (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 2012
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Abstract: Election to the Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees in 1994; shared similar interests with Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Corporation: poverty, income inequality, individualism, responsibility of upper class, early childhood education, Af rica; current involvement with Children's Television Workshop; influences: James A. Johnson, David A. Hamburg, Newton N. Minnow, Rockefeller family, John C. Whitehead, Sam Nunn, Laurence Alan "Larry" Tisch, David F. Swensen, Martin L. Leibowitz, D. Ellen Shuman, Geoffrey T. Boisi, Geraldine P. Mannion, Admiral William A. Owens, Thomas H. Kean; memories of Carnegie Corporation Pocantico retreat in 1995; membership on search committee that found Vartan Gregorian; travel to South Africa with Vartan Gregorian; role and dynamics of the Carnegie Corporation Investment Committee; management of the Carnegie endowment before and after the financial crisis of 2008; differences in leadership and interests of David Hamburg and Vartan Gregorian.
12. Oral history with Jerome S. Bruner 1999
Bruner, Jerome S. (Jerome Seymour)
- Name: Bruner, Jerome S. (Jerome Seymour) (Interviewee)
- Format: oral histories
- Date: 1999
- Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Abstract: Establishment of Center for Cognitive Studies [Center] at Harvard University through Carnegie Corporation of New York [Carnegie] grant; faculty perception of Center's activities; explanation of Center's research aims; emphasis on pedagogy by research center's leadership; close professional relationships with other researchers receiving Carnegie funding; Center's research topics during first five years: relationship between language and thought, visual perception, cognitive development; publication of Studies in Cognitive Growth; application process for Carnegie grant renewal; Carnegie responsiveness to changes in Center's financial needs; Center's later years: creation of a general education curriculum in cognitive psychology, research on cultural deprivation and early childhood development; implementation of experimental preschool program in Italy; role of Carnegie in fostering community education initiatives