Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Lloyd N. Morrisett : oral history, 1999.
Creator: | Morrisett, Lloyd, 1929- | Project: | Carnegie Corporation project. Pt. 2. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | transcript 41 leaves. videorecording 2 videocassettes (101 min.) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteEducator; Television producer.
Scope and ContentsEducation: University of California at Los Angeles, undergraduate studies, psychology; Yale University, Ph.D., psychology; University of California at Berkeley: professor, psychology, 1956-1958; association with Carnegie Corporation, 1959-1969: executive assistant, promotion to vice president; philosophy of communications technology in early childhood education: children's television programming, development of Sesame Street, cooperation with Ford Foundation, Office of Education; president, John and Mary Markle Foundation, 1969; chairman, Children's Television Workshop, 1969-present; role of private philanthropy in American life; reminiscences of colleagues.
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