Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Jill O'Donnell-Tormey : oral history, 2006.
Creator: | O'Donnell-Tormey, Jill | Project: | Atlantic Philanthropies Oral History Project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | transcript 62 pages sound recordings 2 CD-ROMS (102 min.) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteCancer Immunologist.
Scope and ContentsPost-doctoral fellowship at Rockefeller University, awarded fellowship with Cancer Research Institute [CRI]; became instructor in Department of Medicine at Cornell University Medical College; had two children, unsure of future career direction; accepted job at CRI as Director of Public Information, 1987; 1988 Atlantic Philanthropies [AP] for AIDS research; CRI and issue of AP's anonymous giving; AP's involvement in grantees' work; George M. Parker and relationship to CRI; impressions of Charles F. Feeney; development of pre-doctoral and clinical cancer immunology programs; 1997, 20 million dollar grant award; change in AP funding priorities; relationship to AP Australian grantees; Couran Cove; insight into AP grant making process.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright held by: The Trustees of Columbia University of the City of New York and The Atlantic Philanthropies, 2007.
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