Oral history interview with Robertson Dwight Ward [electronic resource], 1968.

Biographical Note

Treasurer, Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Scope and Contents

Invited to become Carnegie Corporation treasurer while employed at American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), 1935; involvement as recording officer of committee to re-evaluate financial management of Carnegie organizations, 1936-1938; departure from Carnegie, 1942. Discussion of the expansion of the Carnegie Joint Investment Office with growth of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA); shifting of Carnegie investments to J.P. Morgan & Co; the Carnegie Corporation’s relationship with the Home Trust Company. Impressions of Frederick P. Keppel, Herbert C. Lee, R.C. Leffingwell, Samuel S. Hall Jr.

Subjects

• Carnegie Corporation of New York.
• Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations.
• Corporate treasurers--Interviews.
• Endowments--Officials and employees.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Grossner, Isabel S., interviewer.
• Home Trust Company.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Portfolio management.
• Ward, Robertson Dwight, 1905---Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1986.