Kennedy, Donald
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This five-part oral history covers the life, career, and reflections of Stanford’s eighth president, Donald Kennedy. Kennedy’s career spanned 60 years and included academia, government service at the federal level, and editorship of a prestigious scientific journal. Kennedy discusses a wide range of topics that include strengthening undergraduate education, the Program on Human Biology, his research in neurophysiology, chairmanship of the Department of Biology during a period of student protests, appointment to the Advisory Board, public policy, his experience as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, his role as provost, the invention of recombinant DNA techniques, Stanford’s mascot, public service at Stanford, the humanities, residential education programs, Stanford culture, K-12 education in the U.S., public interest in and understanding of science, budget cuts, fundraising campaigns, overseas studies, the indirect cost controversy, intellectual property policies and conflicts of interest, and his reflections about accomplishments and challenges while serving as Stanford president.
Description
Type of resource | mixed material |
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Date created | May 28, 2013 - July 18, 2013 |
Creators/Contributors
Author | Kennedy, Donald | |
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Contributing author | Devaney, Patricia L. | |
Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
Subject | Donald Kennedy |
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Subject | Stanford Historical Society |
Subject | oral histories |
Subject | interviews |
Subject | leadership |
Subject | higher education |
Subject | biomedical research |
Subject | divestment |
Subject | patent policy |
Subject | affirmative action |
Subject | public intellectual |
Subject | freedom of speech |
Bibliographic information
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Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/vp170qp6623 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Preferred citation
- Preferred Citation
Donald Kennedy (2013). Oral
history. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at:
http://purl.stanford.edu/vp170qp6623
Collection
Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022
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