Oral history interview with Vincent A. Mai, 2012
Oral history interview with Vincent A. Mai, 2012
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- Name
- Mai, Vincent A (Interviewee)
- Grele, Ronald J (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Vincent A. Mai, 2012
- Abstract
- Election to the Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees in 1994; shared similar interests with Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Corporation: poverty, income inequality, individualism, responsibility of upper class, early childhood education, Africa; current involvement with Children's Television Workshop; influences: James A. Johnson, David A. Hamburg, Newton N. Minnow, Rockefeller family, J ohn C. Whitehead, Sam Nunn, Laurence Alan "Larry" Tisch, David F. Swensen, Martin L. Leibowitz, D. Ellen Shuman, Geoffrey T. Boisi, Geraldine P. Mannion, Admiral William A. Owens, Thomas H. Kean; memories of Carnegie Corporation Pocantico retreat in 1995; membership on search committee that found Vartan Gregorian; travel to South Africa with Vartan Gregorian; role and dynamics of the Carnegie Corporation Investment Committee; management of the Carnegie endowment before and after the financial crisis of 2008; differences in leadership and interests of David Hamburg and Vartan Gregorian.
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Subjects
- Education, Higher--Africa; Libraries--Africa; Philanthropists; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--Political activity; Endowments; Gregorian, Vartan; Mai, Vincent A; Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 35 pages + index; 1 digital video file (80 min.)
- Note (Biographical)
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cranemere Holdings.
- Note
- Interviewed by Ronald J. Grele on September 18, 2012.
- Note (Provenance)
- Gift of Vincent A. Mai
- Note (Copyright)
- Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2013.
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 10511614
- Also In
- Carnegie Corporation of New York Digital Archive
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-52jq-2638
- Related URLs
- Transcript
- Available digital content for this interview.