Reminiscences of Alan J. Pifer : oral history, 1997-1998.

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Reminiscences of Alan J. Pifer : oral history, 1997-1998.

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Alan Jay Parrish Pifer, b. 1921. Childhood in Massachusetts; education : Groton School, Harvard University, 1940-1941, 1945-1947, B.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge University 1947-1948; executive secretary, Fulbright Commission, London, England, 1948-1953; Carnegie Corporation: management of African program, 1953-1963, vice president, 1963-1965, acting president, 1965-1967,president 1967-1984; presidential initiatives: inclusion of women and minorities in the foundation, educational television, creation of Second Carnegie Inquiry on Poverty in Southern Africa, civil rights interests, Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education; reflections on foundation work: scope of grant-making, program budgeting and funding, hiring and appointments, relationship with staff, trustees and other foundations, accountability and evaluation, risk-taking, responsibility to public, influence of Carnegie family; public profile; personal commitment to political transformation in Southern Africa; post-Carnegie career: evolving view of foundations, advisory role, work on social issues of elderly and minorities; reminiscences of colleagues.

transcript: 2 v. (310 leaves)sound recordings: 13 sound cassettes (852 min.) : analog.sound recordings: 5 sound cassettes (331 min.) : digital.videorecording: 1 videocassette (160 min.)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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