Oral history interview with Robert J. Seman, 2012
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- Name
- Seman, Robert J (Interviewee)
- Grele, Ronald (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Robert J. Seman, 2012
- Abstract
- Born in Yonkers, NY to Catholic family; education and career: received his BA from Mercy College in finance, first job as cost accountant at manufacturing firm, worked in the water department of the City of Yonkers, budgeting systems as North Central Bronx Hospital, invited to work at the Rockefeller Foundation, hired as controller at Carnegie Corporation of New York; comparison between the leaders hip of David A. Hamburg and Vartan Gregorian; comparison between Rockefeller Foundation and Carnegie Corporation; development of Investment Committee; Carnegie colleagues: Edward M. Sermier, D. Ellen Shuman; management of endowment and administrative costs before and after the 2008 financial crisis; differences in accounting across programs: domestic and international programs, working with auditors; promotion to vice president; future of Carnegie Corporation.
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Subjects
- Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--Political activity; Endowments; Gregorian, Vartan; Seman, Robert J; Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 39 pages. + index; 1 digital audio file (132 min.)
- Note (Biographical)
- Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, Carnegie Corporation of New York.
- Note
- Interviewed by Ronald Grele on March 28, 2012.
- Note (Provenance)
- Gift of Robert J. Seman
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 11291629
- 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/d8-9ms6-1b41
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.