Reminiscences of James McNaughton Hester : oral history, 1975

Biographical Note

University president

Scope and Contents

Organizing activities as executive dean of Arts and Sciences, appointment as president, 1962; role of university trustees; consolidation of schools within New York University; Bobst Library; community-university relations; fund raising; meeting student and Black demands in 1960s; increasing interdependence of academic community

Subjects

• College presidents--Interviews.
• College trustees.
• Hester, James M., 1924-2014.
• Interviews.
• New York University.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Still, Bayrd, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Stone, George Winchester, 1907-2000, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Students--Political activity.
• Universities and colleges--Administration.