doi:10.7916/d8-3rn0-6d09Reminiscences of William Rockefeller, 1979Rockefeller, William, 1918-1990oral historiessound recordingssound recording - nonmusicalLawyersLaw--United StatesFund raisingMusic--United StatesCultureUnited States Intellectual life 20th centuryRockefeller, William, 1918-1990Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)Lincoln Center for the Performing ArtsChildhood, education at Yale University and Columbia University Law School, 1948; naval officer training program 1941-1946; legal career; board member, president and chairman of Metropolitan Opera Association from 1947: move to Lincoln Center, management problems, 1970s and death of Göran Gentele, restructuring of artistic and business hierarchy, role of Schuyler Chapin, labor relations, finances, fund raising, problems with press and New York City authorities