Oral history interview with Frederic A. Mosher [electronic resource], 1998.

Biographical Note

Program Officer and Psychologist

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Illinois; education: Oberlin College, 1950-1954, B.S. Psychology, University of Michigan and Harvard University, 1954-1959, Ph.D. Social Psychology; Carnegie Corporation: office culture and influence of colleagues, grant administration and review process, program evaluation process, role of trustees, influence of Corporation presidents, career development; foundation work: appropriate areas for support, accountability, elitism, staff control of decision-making, promotion of public awareness; personal project involvement: educational development in African universities, Avoiding Nuclear War program chair, U.S.-Soviet strategic relations, development of American schools, The Youth Project, senior program advisor; post-Carnegie career.

Subjects

• Carnegie Corporation of New York.
• Charities--Management
• Endowments--Management
• Hearing, Brenda, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Mosher, Fritz--Interviews.
• Nuclear disarmament.
• Oral histories.
• Soviet Union--Military relations--United States.
• United States--Military relations--Soviet Union.