Oral history interview with James Bryant Conant, 1967
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- Name
- Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978 (Interviewee)
- Grossner, Isabel S (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with James Bryant Conant, 1967
- Abstract
- Early impressions of Carnegie Corporation while president at Harvard University, 1933-1934; election to board of Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1935; early development of Educational Testing Service (ETS), serving on National Research Council Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning, 1938-1939; appointment to National Defense Research Committee, 1940; ETS Committee on Testing; debate regarding Harvard pensions, 1945-47; travels to Australia; Russian Research Center; 1947-1949; establishment of College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), 1952; leaving Carnegie to serve as United States High Commissioner for Germany, 1953; return to United States; Carnegie Corporation grants for study of education; THE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL TODAY, 1957-1967. Impressions of Frederick P. Keppel, Walter A. Jessup, Irwin Stewart, George Biebel.
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Subjects
- Diplomats--United States; College presidents; Universities and colleges--Entrance examinations; Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Harvard University; Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; Educational Testing Service; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning; College Retirement Equities Fund
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 93 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- President, Harvard University; Trustee, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; United States Ambassador to West Germany, 1955-1957.
- Note
- Interviewed by Isabel S. Grossner on April 5 and 13, 1967.
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13028010
- 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-vf76-mp29
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.