Oral history interview with Jeanmarie C. Grisi [electronic resource], 1998.

Biographical Note

Comptroller.

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Queens, New York; education at St. John’s University; employment experience: private sector accountant, accounting manager of New York Public Library, financial controller at Carnegie Corporation; positive impressions of Carnegie Corporation’s work environment; differences in leadership styles of Carnegie presidents in 1980s; importance of transparency in Carnegie board administration; formulation of annual Carnegie Corporation budget; role of technology in investment management; decline in returns on investments in 1990s.

Subjects

• Carnegie Corporation of New York.
• Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--Accounting.
• Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--Finance.
• Endowments--Finance.
• Financial executives--Interviews.
• Grisi, Jeanmarie C.--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.