Reminiscences of Robert A. Beck : oral history, 2005.

Biographical Note

Dean, Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Boston, MA; education: Cornell University School of Hotel Administration [Hotel School], 1942; relationship between Cornell Hotel School and Cornell University [CU]; World War II and army experiences at Normandy on D-Day; career: professor and dean at the Hotel School; fraternity culture and segregation at CU in 1950s; reminiscence of Charles F. Feeney [CFF]: relationship as CFF' college advisor; CFF's duty free ventures including early years in Europe, development of Duty Free Shoppers [DFS], and interest in China's tourism industry; the Atlantic Philanthropies [AP] gifts to CU; dynamics of higher education funding and AP's withdrawal from education; participation in Advisory Board for AP; impressions of CFF.

Subjects

• Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization)
• Beck, Robert A., 1920---Interviews.
• Cornell University. School of Hotel Administration.
• Cross-border shopping.
• Deans (Education)--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Rowland, Steven S., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

Access Conditions

Copyright held by: The Trustees of Columbia University of the City of New York and The Atlantic Philanthropies, 2007.