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Oral history interview with Grayson L. Kirk, 1985-1991.

Creator: Kirk, Grayson L. 1903-1997
Project: Individual interviews oral history collection.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :Transcript 2311 pages Sound recording 65 audiocassettes
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Columbia University President

Scope and Contents

Family history; Childhood: Jeffersonville, Ohio; Miami (Ohio) University: 1919-1924, BA 1924; Clark University: MA 1925; instructor, South Park Junior College: 1925-1927; PhD work: University of Wisconsin (UW), Madison, 1927-1930; PhD work: Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris, 1928-1929; PhD University of Wisconsin: 1930; Assistant Professor, UW: 1930-1936; post-doctorate work, London School of Economics: 1936-1937; Assistant Professor, UW: 1937-1940; Professor Columbia University (CU): 1940-1997; Council on Foreign Affairs: 1940; Head of U.S. Security Section, Division of Special Research: 1942; member of secretarial staff, Dumbarton Oaks Conference: 1944; San Francisco Conference: 1945; Administration, Graduate School of Political Science: 1945; development of School for International Affairs: 1945-1946; CU Provost: 1949-1951; Unofficial Acting CU President: 1950; CU President: January 1953- September 1968; CU Bicentennial Celebration: 1954; Board member, IBM; Board member, Mobil Oil: 1950-1973; comments on past CU presidents; campus labor issues, unions; fundraising; budget concerns; trustees and university administration, evolution and roles of; McCarthyism and university policy; housing and dormitories; community relations; construction on campus; Eisenhower's presidential campaign; affirmative action; alumni relations; student movement of the '60's; Vietnam War and the draft; student uprising of 1968 and planning of, fundraising for gymnasium; university relations with the City of New York; reflections on career, colleagues, family, travel, future of CU

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