Oral history interview with Lloyd N. Morrisett, 1999

Biographical Note

Educator; Television producer

Scope and Contents

Education: University of California at Los Angeles, undergraduate studies, psychology; Yale University, Ph.D., psychology; University of California at Berkeley: professor, psychology, 1956-1958; association with Carnegie Corporation, 1959-1969: executive assistant, promotion to vice president; philosophy of communications technology in early childhood education: children's television programming, development of Sesame Street, cooperation with Ford Foundation, Office of Education; president, John and Mary Markle Foundation, 1969; chairman, Children's Television Workshop, 1969-present; role of private philanthropy in American life; reminiscences of colleagues

Subjects

• Carnegie Corporation of New York.
• Children's Television Workshop.
• Creative thinking.
• Early childhood education.
• Educators--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Morrisett, Lloyd, 1929---Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Sesame Street (Television program)
• Television and children.
• Television in education.
• Television producers and directors--Interviews.
• Thought and thinking.
• Zane, Sharon, interviewer.

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