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Oral history interview with Patricia L. Rosenfield, 1998.

Creator: Rosenfield, Patricia L.
Project: Carnegie Corporation project. Pt. 2.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :transcript: 239 pages sound recording: 7 sound cassettes videorecording: 4 videocassettes
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Foundation Administrator

Scope and Contents

Childhood in New York; father's experience as philanthropist; education: undergraduate at Bryn Mawr College, doctorate at Johns Hopkins University; involvement in student government; advanced studies of epidemiology; employment with New York City Department of Human Resources; doctoral research on development in pre-revolutionary Iran; employment as lecturer in public health at Johns Hopkins University; research on schistosomiasis; employment with World Health Organization in Cameroon; emergence of AIDS epidemic; employment with Carnegie Corporation of New York ; development of public health initiatives at National University of Ghana; Carnegie endowment of Mexican public health programs; frustration with lack of cooperative staff members; personality conflicts with other administrators; racial conflicts within Carnegie administration; need to strengthen collections of African university libraries; implementation of CD-ROM technology at University of Zimbabwe; coordination of Zimbabwean farming communities program; failure of African Academy of Sciences; women's advocacy programs in South Africa; efficacy of Preventing Deadly Conflict Program; interest in economics and land-use planning; results of Afrikaaner poverty study on South African race relations; lack of international credibility associated with being American.

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Copyright for Sessions 1-4 held by Patricia Rosenfield and Session 5 of interview by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2022. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York hold non-exclusive licenses to enable library activities

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