Reminiscences of William Theodore De Bary : oral history, 1987.

Biographical Note

Educator, sinologist.

Scope and Contents

Childhood and family background, New Jersey; Columbia College, 1937-1941; Far Eastern Studies, Harvard University; naval intelligence, Hawaii, 1941-1946; growth of Asian Studies in America; establishment of East Asian studies at Columbia; chair, Department of Chinese and Japanese at Columbia, 1960-1966; Horcae Carpentier Professor of Oriental Studies, 1967; student movements and faculty involvement, 1968; executive committee of the faculty; establishment of University Senate; commercialization of the University; disciplinary policies at Columbia; provostship, 1971-1977; retrenchment of academic programs; budget deficit and fundraising; importance of undergraduate education; views on tenure system and programs of study abroad; value of general education and core curriculum; history of Reid Hall; General Education seminars, 1972-1978; Society of Fellows; Columbia-Barnard relationship; athletic programs; affirmative action in the 1970s; Columbia investment in Morningside Heights; John Mitchell Mason professorship; impressions of China, before and after revolution.

Subjects

• Affirmative action programs.
• Asia--Study and teaching.
• China--History--20th century.
• College administrators--Interviews.
• College sports.
• Columbia University--Strike.
• Columbia University.
• De Bary, Wm. Theodore, 1919-2017.
• Educators--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Mason, John T., 1909-1998, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Military intelligence.
• Oral histories.
• Sinologists--Interviews.
• Universities and colleges--Administration.
• Universities and colleges--Curricula.
• Universities and colleges--Faculty.
• Universities and colleges--Finance.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1988.