Oral history interview with Robertson Dwight Ward, 1968
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Robertson Dwight Ward : oral history, 1968
Abstract
Invited to become Carnegie Corporation treasurer while employed at American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), 1935; involvement as recording officer of committee to re-evaluate financial management of Carnegie organizations, 1936-1938; departure from Carnegie, 1942. Discussion of the expansion of the Carnegie Joint Investment Office with growth of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (T IAA); shifting of Carnegie investments to J.P. Morgan & Co; the Carnegie Corporation’s relationship with the Home Trust Company. Impressions of Frederick P. Keppel, Herbert C. Lee, R.C. Leffingwell, Samuel S. Hall Jr.
Executives; Corporate treasurers; Endowments--Officials and employees; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations; Portfolio management; Ward, Robertson Dwight, 1905-; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Home Trust Company