Interview with Hal Hamilton : The Movement Oral History Project
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Hal Hamilton (1970 BA Social Thought) shares memories of his activism at Stanford and in the wider Bay Area during the late 1960s. Hamilton describes his Midwest upbringing and exposure to activism through his brother’s work on civil rights in the South. Turning to his time at Stanford, he recalls how the draft impacted him, his involvement with Students for a Democratic Society, and some of the sit-ins and protests in which he participated. Hamilton also talks about his major in Social Thought and describes some memorable intellectual and social experiences. He concludes by speaking about some of the work he has gone on to do in agriculture and activism and offering advice for current student activists.
Description
| Type of resource | moving image, sound recording-nonmusical, text |
|---|---|
| Extent | 1 video file; 1 audio file; 1 text file; 1 photograph |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
| Date created | May 4, 2019 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
| Interviewee | Hamilton, Hal | |
|---|---|---|
| Creator | Hamilton, Hal | |
| Interviewer | Hanley, James | |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
| Subject | Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.) |
|---|---|
| Subject | College Students > Political Activity > United States |
| Subject | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Protest Movements |
| Subject | Anti-war demonstrations |
| Genre | Interview |
Bibliographic information
| Biography | Hal Hamilton founded and co-directed the Sustainable Food Lab for fifteen years. He continues to contribute as a Senior Advisor to the Food Lab. Hal helps lead projects on water and crop diversification, as well as occasional supplier summits and strategic planning initiatives. He is also a co-founder and faculty of the Academy for Systemic Change. Hamilton’s career began as a commercial dairy farmer in Kentucky, and one of his early awards was being named Master Conservationist. While in Kentucky he led the development of the first formal alliance among tobacco farmers and public health organizations, an alliance that paved the way for hundreds of millions of dollars of tobacco settlement funds to be invested in rural communities in the upper south. He has founded and directed rural development and leadership organizations, and was the executive director of the Sustainability Institute founded by Donella Meadows. He is a frequent guest faculty at the MIT Sloan School of Management and other business schools. Hal has been an adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative. At the invitation of the US State Department in 2006, he gave the annual George McGovern address to the FAO at World Food Day. He has been a German Marshall Fellow and a Kellogg Fellow, and he is the recipient of a James Beard Foundation Leadership Award. His education was at Stanford University and the State University of New York, Buffalo. He has written numerous columns and journal articles and three chapters in books on agricultural policy and change. He currently lives near Seattle, Washington. |
|---|---|
| Transcript |
|
| Finding Aid | |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/gf990hy0587 |
| Location | SC1432 |
| 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
The Movement oral history project, 2018
View other items in this collection in SearchWorksAlso listed in
Loading usage metrics...