Reminiscences of Ronald W. Clarke : oral history, 2006.

Biographical Note

Accountant; Developer, Couran Cove Resort.

Scope and Contents

Personal background: family history, high school education in Melbourne, philanthropy in Australia; Career: accountant, entrepreneur, development of sports clubs in Australia, early business ventures with Jack Chia and Charles F. Feeney, relationship with InterPacific Group, Runaway Bay; Couran Cove Resort: architectural design, tourism industry, hotel industry, development costs, financial problems, management problems, personnel; Atlantic Philanthropies: Australian grantees, Australian higher education, Australian medical research; Personal recollections: Charles F. Feeney, Paul S. Slawson, Daryl Jackson; Interactions: Charles F. Feeney, Christopher G. Oechsli, Daryl Jackson, Harvey P. Dale.

Subjects

• Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization)
• Businesspeople--Australia--Interviews.
• Clarke, Ronald W., 1937---Interviews.
• Couran Cove Island Resort.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Starecheski, Amy, 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.