Oral history interview with Kenneth George Holland 1967
Abstract
Early involvement with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1932-1933; American Council on Education; American Youth Commission, 1935-1940; early planning of Fulbright program and the Fulbright Act, 1946; serving as permanent U.S. representative of UNESCO in Paris; becoming president of Institute of International Education 1948-1950; survey of international exchange programs; ten-year Carneg ie Grant to IIE, history of the IIE; IIE foundation grants and government contracts; expansion of IIE and purchase of new headquarters; the African-American Institute (AAI); Tom Mboya and Kennedy Airlift scholarships for Kenyan students; African Scholarship Program of American Universities; the American Council on Education’s Africa Liaison Committee, 1956-66. Impressions of Charles Dollard, John W. Gardner, Pendleton Herring, Robert M. Lester.
Students, Foreign--United States; African students--United States; Fulbright scholarships; Educators; Endowment of research; Holland, Kenneth George, 1907-1977; Carnegie Corporation of New York; American Council on Education. American Youth Commission; Institute of International Education (New York, N.Y.); Unesco
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Origin Information
1967
Date
1967
Physical Description
43 pages
Note (Biographical)
Department of State; President, Institute of International Education.
Note
Interviewed by Isabel S. Grossner on October 20, 1967.
Note (Copyright)
Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1987.
