Oral history interview with R. McAllister Lloyd, 1967.

Biographical Note

Vice President, Bank of New York; President, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA).

Scope and Contents

Vice President of Bank of New York; becoming President of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) at request of new Carnegie Corporation President Devereux C. Josephs, 1945; negotiations for additional financial support from Carnegie Corporation; shuffling of investments; annuities and life insurance; transition from TIAA President to Chairman, 1946-1947; structure of TIAA and its trustees; relations with Carnegie Institution of Washington, creation of College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), 1948-1952; pensions and increasing life spans of teachers; major medical and disability. Impressions of D.C. Josephs, Vannevar Bush, R.C. Leffingwell, William C. Greenough.

Subjects

• Carnegie Corporation of New York.
• Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations.
• College Retirement Equities Fund.
• Endowments.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Grossner, Isabel S., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Lloyd, R. McAllister, 1898-1985--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Teachers--Pensions.
• Teachers--Retirement.
• Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association.

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