Reminiscences of R. Dennis Gibson : oral history, 2006.

Biographical Note

Chancellor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Scope and Contents

Personal background: childhood in England, family history, education, career in higher education administration in Australia; Australia: higher education administration, government involvement, funding, the Green Paper, fund-raising, philanthropy; Atlantic Philanthropies: Australian investments (tourism), Australian grants (bio-medical research, higher education), higher education in Vietnam; Interactions: Charles F. Feeney, Christopher G. Oechsli, Le Nhan Phuong, David Beanland.

Subjects

• Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization)
• College administrators--Interviews.
• Gibson, R. Dennis, 1942---Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia)
• Starecheski, Amy, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Universities and colleges--Australia--Administration.

Access Conditions

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