Oral history interview with Amy Gutmann, 2013.

Biographical Note

University President.

Scope and Contents

President of University of Pennsylvania. Early awareness as child of immigrants in the United States; emergence of interest in civil rights and justice issues; philosophical influence of John Rawls and Michael Walzer; ability to make more significant impact as an administrator than as scholar: founding of the Center for Human Values at Princeton University, serving as president of University of Pennsylvania; development and attributes of Penn Compact; importance of Carnegie Corporation's legacy; personal resonance of Carnegie's commitment to education and immigration; Carnegie Corporation grantmaking: support of systemic and coalition-building strategies in education, value of sustained commitment to philanthropic issues, ability to garner widespread support around immigration reform; Carnegie Corporation board: collaborative interactions; Vartan Gregorian's role as convener; constructive interplay and refinement of ideas; selection as winner of Academic Leadership Award Grant and students' use of funds to apply knowledge; hope that Carnegie Corporation grantmaking will affect change in the future in the areas of domestic K-12 education and immigration reform.

Subjects

• Carnegie Corporation of New York.
• Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--Political activity.
• Civil rights.
• College presidents--Interviews.
• Education, Higher.
• Endowments.
• Gregorian, Vartan.
• Gutmann, Amy, 1949---Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Princeton University. University Center for Human Values.
• Ryan, Michael T., interviewer.
• University of Pennsylvania.

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