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Reminiscences of Alan Pifer : oral history, 1967.

Creator: Pifer, Alan J.
Project: Carnegie Corporation project.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :Transcript 273 pages Sound recording 4 reels
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Foundation executive.

Scope and Contents

Introduction to the Carnegie Corporation; Commonwealth program: Ashby Commission, travels, especially in Africa; vice president, Carnegie Corporation, 1963-67: relationships with board members and staff, decision-making, programs and ideas, Negro education, the disadvantaged, educational television; role of foundations; presidency of Carnegie Corporation; sketches of officers, particularly John Gardner, James Perkins, Stephen Stackpole.

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