Oral history interview with Pat Koch Thaler, 1994.

Biographical Note

Educator.

Scope and Contents

Childhood and early education, Newark, New Jersey and Brooklyn, New York; B.A., English, Brooklyn College, 1953; M.A., School Guidance, Bank Street College and Sarah Lawrence College, 1972; marriage to Alvin Thaler, 1956; Marymount Manhattan College: director of continuing education, 1978- ; recollections of immigrant parents and family life during childhood; reflections on brother Edward I. Koch's political career as Congressman and New York City mayor: early signs of potential for leadership and leaning toward public service, campaign image compared with true image, devotion to job, unsuccessful run for governor, involvement in political campaigns.

Subjects

• Educators--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Koch, Ed, 1924-2013.
• New York (N.Y.). Mayor.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Thaler, Pat Koch--Interviews.
• Zane, Sharon, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1994.