Oral history interview with Thomas A. Troyer, 2000
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- Name
- Troyer, Thomas A., 1933-2022 (Interviewee)
- Magat, Richard (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Thomas A. Troyer, 2000
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Thomas A. Troyer : oral history, 2000
- Abstract
- Childhood in Omaha, Nebraska; education at Harvard University and University of Michigan Law School; service with Colorado Air National Guard; work at the Department of Justice; work on civil rights policy in office of Attorney General; study of tax policy at Office of the Treasury; corporate reorganization law; effects of taxation on foundation income; involvement with Carnegie Corporation; member ship on Carnegie board of directors; role of foundations in student ransom case; Carnegie's direction under Bud Taylor's leadership; policy decisions concerning South Africa; previous experiences at the Stern Fund; family conflicts on the Stern board of directors; establishment of National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; Carnegie Corporation's relationship with US Congress; effects of tax legislation on domestic foundations; conflict resolution activities of Carnegie Corporation; influence of partisanship on foundations; future of non-profit institutions in US
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
- Subjects
- Tax lawyers; Endowments--United States; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--Taxation--United States; Endowments--Officials and employees; Troyer, Thomas A., 1933-2022; Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 37 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Lawyer
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
- Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit
- Interviewed by Richard Magat on November 8, 2000
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 7585001
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-myem-s711
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.