Oral history interview with J. Myron Atkin [electronic resource], 1983.

Biographical Note

University dean; interviewee b. 1927.

Scope and Contents

Spencer Foundation Seed Grant Program at University of Illinois and Stanford University: proposals, choice of awards, evaluation of research; Thomas James' influence at Stanford School of Education and the Spencer Foundation; Spencer Foundation grants compared to those from other foundations.

Subjects

• Atkin, J. Myron.--Interviews.
• College administrators--Interviews.
• Education--Research.
• Endowment of research.
• Endowments.
• Grossner, Isabel S., interviewer.
• Interviews
• James, H. Thomas (Henry Thomas), 1915-2016.
• Oral histories
• Spencer Foundation.
• Stanford University.