Bruce R. Sievers : Interview for the John W. Gardner Legacy Oral History Project
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Bruce Sievers, a senior leader in the public humanities and a Visiting Scholar at the Haas Center for Public Service and the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford, provides details about his career in the humanities councils of Montana and California and recounts key moments in John W. Gardner’s engagement with Stanford and the Bay Area philanthropic community in the 1980s and 1990s. Topics covered include the decision of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund to support the John Gardner Public Service Fellowship, the establishment of the Public Service Center (now the Hass Center for Public Service) and the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS Center), and the creation of the Miriam and Peter Haas Centennial Professorship in Public Service that brought Gardner back to Stanford from Washington, DC, in 1989. Sievers also reflects on Gardner’s legacy, mentioning Gardner’s work with Common Cause and Independent Sector as well as his writings, speeches, and ability to inspire people to action.
Description
| Type of resource | sound recording-nonmusical, text, still image |
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| Extent | 1 audio file; 1 text file; 1photograph |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
| Date created | May 23, 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
| Interviewee | Sievers, Bruce R. | |
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| Creator | Sievers, Bruce R. | |
| Interviewer | Abel, Suzanne | |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
| Subject | Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002 |
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| Subject | Civil Society > United States |
| Subject | Haas Center for Public Service (Stanford University) |
| Genre | Interview |
Bibliographic information
| Biographical profile | Bruce Sievers is a Visiting Scholar and Lecturer in Political Science at Stanford University and a Visiting Scholar at the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and the Haas Center for Public Service. Sievers received a PhD in political science from Stanford University and studied at the Freie Universität Berlin as a Fulbright Scholar. He was the founding executive director the Montana Committee for the Humanities in 1972 and the California Council for the Humanities in 1974 and in 1983 became CEO of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, a private foundation in San Francisco. In 2013, he was appointed to the National Council on the Humanities by President Obama. His book, Civil Society, Philanthropy and the Fate of the Commons was published in 2010, and he is author of many articles and book chapters on civil society and philanthropy, including “If Pigs Had Wings: The Appeal and Limits of Venture Philanthropy,” “Civil Society and Governance: Contemporary Challenges,” “What Civil society Needs,” and “Philanthropy's Role in Liberal Democracy.” |
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| Transcript |
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| Finding Aid | |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/by263bh4752 |
| Location | SC1355 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
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.
Collection
John W. Gardner Legacy Oral History Project
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