Reminiscences of Gerhard Casper : oral history, 2006.

Biographical Note

Dean of the University of Chicago Law School; President of Stanford University.

Scope and Contents

Born December 25, 1937 in Hamburg, Germany; early life and education in Germany; memories of World War II; participation in New York Herald Tribune Youth Forum; attendance at Yale Law School; twenty-six years at University of Chicago as professor and then dean of the law school; interactions with Harvey P. Dale; interactions with Charles F. Feeney [CFF]; CFF and anonymous giving; Atlantic Philanthropies [AP] funding for construction of: Center for Clinical Sciences Research, cancer research, BioX lab complex, and specialty treatment buildings at Stanford University; AP gift of President's Discretionary fund.

Subjects

• Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization)
• Casper, Gerhard--Interviews.
• College presidents--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Stanford University--Presidents--Interviews.
• Starecheski, Amy, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• University of Chicago. Law School.

Access Conditions

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