Reminiscences of Ernest L. Stern : oral history, 2005.

Biographical Note

Fundraiser, President of Cornell University's Class of 1956.

Scope and Contents

Born 1935 in Germany; German-Jewish hardships during World War II; family background; childhood in Bronx, NY; B.A., Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1956; month-long visit to Iran and Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1956; involvement with Cornell University affairs: Class of '56 fundraiser; class representative, 1957-1981; Class of '56 president, 1981-present; spearheading role in changing philosophy on fundraising and alumni contribution to Cornell University; upswing in alumni contribution from 1981 onward; Charles F. Feeney's [CFF] and Atlantic Philanthropies' [AP] contributions to Cornell University; CFF's relationship to philanthropy.

Subjects

• Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization)
• Cornell University--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews.
• Cornell University--Finance.
• Educational fund raising--New York (State)
• Endowments.
• Interviews.
• Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Rowland, Steven S., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Stern, Ernest L., 1935---Interviews.

Access Conditions

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