Oral history interview with John O'Keefe 1984
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- Name
- O'Keefe, John (Interviewee)
- Grele, Ronald J (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with John O'Keefe 1984
- Abstract
- Vocational advisor, Veteran's Administration, 1946-1950, impressions of Science Research Associate (S.R.A.) test materials; employment by S.R.A. as salesman, upstate New York territory, 1950; relocation to corporate headquarters, Chicago IL, as assistant sales manager, 1955; field sales manager for Ohio; regional sales director for Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, western Pennsylva nia; work in project management with various centrally scored testing programs; experiences as Test Department troubleshooter; head of Special Products Division; development of reading lab; desexing Kuder tests; S.R.A. buyout by International Business Machines, 1964, shift in emphasis from educational testing products to textbook publication; growing frustration, early retirement, 1971; impressions of Lyle Spencer, Edith Maris, Don Parker, Dr. Fritz Kuder.
- Collection Name
- Spencer Foundation project
- Subjects
- Sales personnel; Educational tests and measurements; Educational publishing; Sales management; O'Keefe, John; Spencer, Lyle Manley, 1911-1968; Science Research Associates
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1984
- Note (Biographical)
- Educational testing specialist.
- Note
- Interviewed by Ronald J. Grele on July 12, 1984.
- Digitzed from analog recordings: Original available in the Columbia Center for Oral History, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries
- Note (Provenance)
- John O'Keefe, Gift 1989
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13506888
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-7aey-0512
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.