Oral history interview with Leonard Rieser, 1996.

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Oral history interview with Leonard Rieser, 1996.

Leonard Rieser discusses his career from 1952 to 1992 at Dartmouth College as Sherman Fairchild Professor in the Sciences, emeritus, and founding director of the John Sloan Dickey Endowment for International Understanding.

Sound recordings: 5 sound cassettes (ca. 60 min. each)Transcript: 82 leaves.

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The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case was held on April 9, 1969, in the Court of Claims, Washington, D.C.; the celebration also commemorated the career of Daniel Webster, the advocate who defended the case before the Supreme Court. During the ceremony Justice Earl Warren, Senator Thomas J. MacIntyre, and Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey spoke before an audience of legislators, jurists, historians, and alumni....

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