Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Francis Keppel, 1982.
Creator: | Keppel, Francis, 1916-1990 | Project: | Spencer Foundation project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 49 pages. Sound recording 2 audiocassettes. Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history. | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteEducational executive.
Scope and ContentsCivilian assistant to Frederick Osborn, chairman, Joint Army Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation, 1941: goals and purposes, Lyle Spencer, involvement with Army Information and Education Division; Spencer in Paris, World War II, personal values, interest in philanthropy; Science Research Associates: beginning and development of, role of board of directors, sale of personal stock holdings, sale of Science Research Associates to International Business Machines; Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1948-62; United States Commissioner of Education, 1962-6.
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