Linda Clever : Interview for the John W. Gardner Legacy Oral History Project
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Linda Hawes Clever, MD, MACP, founding president of RENEW and a clinical professor at University of California-San Francisco, discusses her long friendship with John W. Gardner and his family, spanning over thirty years from coast to coast. Dr. Clever speaks of Gardner’s role in the founding of her not-for-profit organization, RENEW; her role on the founding board of Independent Sector; her admiration for Gardner’s work; and her personal friendship with him. She also discusses her friendship with his wife, Aida, after his death, and her family’s continued friendship with his daughters and grandchildren. In the first part of the interview, Dr. Clever speaks about her working relationship with John W. Gardner. Dr. Clever recalls first meeting Gardner when they were both members of Stanford’s Board of Trustees. She recalls her admiration for Gardner’s calm and steady demeanor in meetings and of his love for Stanford. She describes observing Gardner’s later involvement in politics in Washington, DC, and fondly recalls his wit and his story-telling prowess. Dr. Clever speaks about what she knows of Gardner’s experiences during World War II, his experiences in higher education, and the people she saw as influential in his life. She also discusses RENEW and John’s influence there. In the second and third parts of the interview, Dr. Clever speaks about her personal relationship with John W. Gardner and his family and Gardner’s devotion to his family. She shares memories of Gardner during the later years of his life while he was at Stanford, discusses some of the influences on his life and career, and reflects on his quotations and character.
Description
Type of resource | sound recording-nonmusical, text, still image |
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Extent | 3 audio files; 1 text file; 1 photograph |
Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Date created | July 21, 2017 - 2017-09-14 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
Interviewee | Clever, Linda Hawes | |
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Creator | Clever, Linda Hawes | |
Interviewer | Feder, Abby | |
Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
Subject | Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002 |
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Subject | Civil Society > United States |
Subject | Independent Sector (Firm) |
Genre | Interview |
Bibliographic information
Biographical profile | Linda Hawes Clever, MD, MACP, has a pioneering spirit that has been shaped by geography, encouragement, energy, good luck and--some adversity. Educated at public schools in several communities across the country, Clever sought Stanford because it was Western, co-ed, and had no sororities. At Stanford, Clever led a number of organizations and was sponsor-president of Roble Hall. Deeply in love with Jamie Clever and medicine, she married and started medical school after her junior year. Clever’s first position after training was as medical director of the Outpatient Clinic at St. Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco. She established programs for refugees, patient education research, and nurse practitioner training. Recruited by Pacific Medical Center (now California Pacific Medical Center), she became the founding chair of the first Department of Occupational Health west of the Hudson River. Clever continued serving the medical, academic, and broader communities when she started the San Francisco Clinic Chiefs group and worked with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation to ameliorate the terror and discrimination of those first terrible epidemic years. Clever was a founding board member of Independent Sector, which was launched in 1980 by John W. Gardner and Brian O’Connell. She was a Stanford Trustee for fourteen years. Clever’s honors include Stanford’s Dinkelspiel Award for service to Undergraduate Education, the Stanford Medal, and the American Medical Women’s Association Elizabeth Blackwell Medal. She is a frequent speaker at schools of medicine and organizations such as the American College of Physicians, the Center for Excellence in Non-Profits, chambers of commerce, Leadership America, Permanente Medical Group, and the Association of Nurse Leaders. |
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Transcript |
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Finding Aid | |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/dt842xw7307 |
Location | SC1355 |
Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
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- 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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