Oral history interview with Daniel C. Matuszewski [electronic resource], 1999.

Biographical Note

Scholar; foundation executive.

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Chicago, Polish family background; education: undergraduate at Loyola University Chicago, graduate at University of Washington and Moscow University; interest in international politics; teaching experience in Soviet studies at Rutgers University; administrative experience with International Research and Exchanges Board; description of academic exchange programs between United States [US] and Soviet Union [USSR] during Gorbachev Administration; role of Carnegie Corporation of New York in funding exchange programs; establishment of and leadership in International Foundation for the Survival and Development of Humanity; difficulties coordinating joint US-USSR programs; role of technological development in fall of USSR; changes in structure of foundations operating in Russian Federation; role of private sector donors in foundation administration

Subjects

• Carnegie Corporation of New York.
• Educational exchanges--Soviet Union.
• Educational exchanges--United States.
• Endowments--Russia (Federation)
• Executives--Interviews.
• International Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
• International Research and Exchanges Board.
• Interviews.
• Matuszewski, Daniel C.--Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Scholars--Interviews.
• Zane, Sharon, interviewer.

Access Conditions

Copyright held by The Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2000.