Reminiscences of David Klasfeld : oral history, 2002.

Biographical Note

Deputy Chancellor for Operations, NY Board of Education.

Scope and Contents

Education: College of the City of New York 1969, Rutgers Law School 1974; career: lawyer, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; general counsel, Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation; various positions in New York City government; deputy chancellor for operations, New York Board of Education; 9/11: news of attack while in meeting, close-up witness to second plane descent, decision not to close schools, high regard for teachers and principals during evacuation of schools; immediate aftermath of 9/11: importance of school custodians, difficulties with communication, relocation of students, politics of school board and parental interactions.

Subjects

• Interviews.
• Klasfeld, David, 1947-2005--Interviews.
• Markowitz, Gerald E., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Rosner, David, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

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