Oral history interview with Lee C. Bollinger, 2006.

Biographical Note

President of Columbia University.

Scope and Contents

Early life: birth in Santa Rosa, California, father newspaper publisher (Santa Rosa Press-Democrat /The Baker Democrat-Herald), six siblings, the role of education, public service, social and political issues in nuclear family, family move to Eastern Oregon; education: University of Oregon (B.A.), Columbia Law School (J.D.); career: Supreme Court of the United States law clerk, assistant professor at the University of Michigan Law School, dean of the University of Michigan Law School, president of Columbia University; adult life: marriage, wife's occupation; John W. Kluge: philanthropy, financial aid of disadvantaged young people of color at Columbia University, financial aid of international students' at Columbia University, chair of International Advisory Council, personal relationship, personal opinion on character and personality; affirmative action: discussion of the history and present necessity of affirmative action, Brown v. Board Education, University of Texas Law School lawsuit, University of Michigan Law School lawsuit; the future of Columbia University: land expansion, creation of the Mind-Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia Business School expansion, Columbia University School of the Arts development, increased recruitment of international students; colleague reminiscences.

Subjects

• Affirmative action programs in education.
• Bollinger, Lee C., 1946---Interviews.
• Clark, Mary Marshall, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• College presidents--New York (State)--New York--Interviews.
• Columbia University--Planning.
• Columbia University--Presidents--Interviews.
• Columbia University.
• Interviews.
• Kluge, John Werner, 1914-2010.
• Oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

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