Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Mary Ingraham Bunting : oral history, 1978.
Creator: | Bunting-Smith, Mary Ingraham, 1910-1998. | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 282 leaves. Tape 5 reels. | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteScientist, college president.
Scope and ContentsFamily background, education: Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn; Vassar, 1931; University of Wisconsin School of Agriculture, PhD 1934; instructor at Bennington and Goucher, 1936-37; marriage to Henry Bunting, M.D., 1937 (d.1954); research assistant in microbial genetics, 1938-40, lecturer and researcher 1948-55, Yale; instructor, Wellesley 1946; dean, Douglass College, 1955-60; balancing career and motherhood; American Council on Education and National Science Foundation; equal opportunities for women in education, science, medicine and government; president, Radcliffe College, 1960-72: development of Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study, undergraduate and graduate part-time study program, student activists, closing of Radcliffe Graduate School and Harvard, Radcliffe Program in Business Administration, co-ed housing, merger of Harvard-Radcliffe; member Atomic Energy Commission, 1964-65, and Population Council; development of Continuing Education Program at Princeton, 1972-75.
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