Oral history interview with Lyle Spencer [electronic resource], 1983.

Biographical Note

Businessman.

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Chicago and La Mesa, California; assistance in development of Spencer Foundation; management of family trust; boards̀ decision making process, philosophy behind grant awards; sale of Science Research Associates to International Business Machines.

Subjects

• Endowment of research.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Grossner, Isabel S., interviewer.
• International Business Machines Corporation.
• Interviews
• Oral histories
• Science Research Associates.
• Spencer, Lyle M.--Interviews.
• Spencer, Lyle Manley, 1911-1968.
• Spencer Foundation.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Spencer Foundation, 1995