Reminiscences of Daniel C. Matuszewski : oral history, 1999.

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Reminiscences of Daniel C. Matuszewski : oral history, 1999.

Childhood in Chicago, Polish family background; education: undergraduate at Loyola University Chicago, graduate at University of Washington and Moscow University; interest in international politics; teaching experience in Soviet studies at Rutgers University; administrative experience with International Research and Exchanges Board; description of academic exchange programs between United States [US] and Soviet Union [USSR] during Gorbachev Administration; role of Carnegie Corporation of New York in funding exchange programs; establishment of and leadership in International Foundation for the Survival and Development of Humanity; difficulties coordinating joint US-USSR programs; role of technological development in fall of USSR; changes in structure of foundations operating in Russian Federation; role of private sector donors in foundation administration.

transcript: 91 leaves.sound recordings: 3 sound cassettes (182 min.) : digital.

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Scholar; foundation executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Daniel C. Matuszewski : oral history, 1999. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 269257136 ...