Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Robert J. Rutman, circa 1988-1996
Creator: | Rutman, Robert J., 1919-2020 | Project: | Arguing the World oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | video file : digital preservation master, mxf files | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteBiochemist
Scope and ContentsYouth; family trade union background; Progressive Party 1948; joins Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) 1949; inactive; limits of CP participation, influence, attraction; House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) investigation; testimony, use of Fifth Amendment, consequences; Jefferson University Medical School (Philadelphia) firing, actions of administration, reactions of neighbors. Cancer research University of Pennsylvania, loss of career opportunities
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by Joseph Dorman
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