Reminiscences of Amyas Ames : oral history, 1981.

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Reminiscences of Amyas Ames : oral history, 1981.

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Ames family background; parents' careers; childhood in Boston; Harvard University, AB, 1928, MBA, 1930; impressions of Harvard Business School education; marriage; analyst for Stone and Webster, 1930-1932; sales manager, later partner, Kidder, Peabody, 1932-1962; expansion of investment banking business; administrative officer, War Shipping Administration, 1942-1944; president, Investment Bankers Association, 1962-1969; relationship of IBA to Securities Exchange Commission; chairman, Lincoln Center, 1969-1981: formation, Avery Fisher donation, fundraising, fiscal policies, government funding, constituent companies, future plans for Lincoln Center.

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

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