Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Harold W. Dodds, 1968.
Creator: | Dodds, Harold W. 1889-1980 | Project: | Carnegie Corporation project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) Transcript 75 pages | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NotePresident, Princeton University; Trustee, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Scope and ContentsAppointment as President of Princeton University, 1933; election to board of Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1935; establishment of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), 1936; membership in American Association of Universities; AAU report on communism and academic freedom; Southern college program; Carnegie college success study; serving on Brown University President Henry M. Wriston’s college reform committee, 1952-1953; departure from Carnegie, 1955; retirement from Princeton; Carnegie-sponsored visit to Australia, 1957. Impressions of Henry M. Wriston, John W. Gardner, D.C. Josephs, Francis Keppel.
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