Top of Page Interview Information--Different Title
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Load more
Recommended publications
-
Top of Page Interview Information--Different Title
Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley Oral History Center University of California The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California Russell Kettell Russell Kettell: A Career with Golden West Financial The Marion and Herbert Sandler Oral History Project Interviews conducted by Martin Meeker in 2018 Copyright © 2019 by The Regents of the University of California Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley ii Since 1954 the Oral History Center of the Bancroft Library, formerly the Regional Oral History Office, has been interviewing leading participants in or well-placed witnesses to major events in the development of Northern California, the West, and the nation. Oral History is a method of collecting historical information through tape-recorded interviews between a narrator with firsthand knowledge of historically significant events and a well-informed interviewer, with the goal of preserving substantive additions to the historical record. The tape recording is transcribed, lightly edited for continuity and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewee. The corrected manuscript is bound with photographs and illustrative materials and placed in The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, and in other research collections for scholarly use. Because it is primary material, oral history is not intended to present the final, verified, or complete narrative of events. It is a spoken account, offered by the interviewee in response to questioning, and as such it is reflective, partisan, deeply involved, and irreplaceable. ********************************* All uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between The Regents of the University of California and Russell Kettell dated May 24, 2018. -
Oral History Center University of California the Bancroft Library Berkeley, California
Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley Oral History Center University of California The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California Herbert Sandler Herbert Sandler: A Life with Marion Osher Sandler in Business and Philanthropy The Marion and Herb Sandler Oral History Project Interviews conducted by Martin Meeker in 2017 A portion of this interview is sealed until April 2029. Copyright © 2019 by The Regents of the University of California Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley ii Since 1954 the Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library, formerly the Regional Oral History Office, has been interviewing leading participants in or well-placed witnesses to major events in the development of Northern California, the West, and the nation. Oral History is a method of collecting historical information through tape-recorded interviews between a narrator with firsthand knowledge of historically significant events and a well-informed interviewer, with the goal of preserving substantive additions to the historical record. The tape recording is transcribed, lightly edited for continuity and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewee. The corrected manuscript is bound with photographs and illustrative materials and placed in The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, and in other research collections for scholarly use. Because it is primary material, oral history is not intended to present the final, verified, or complete narrative of events. It is a spoken account, offered by the interviewee in response to questioning, and as such it is reflective, partisan, deeply involved, and irreplaceable. ********************************* All uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between The Regents of the University of California and Herbert Sandler dated February 6, 2017. -
Top of Page Interview Information--Different Title
Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley Oral History Center University of California The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California Stephen Hauser Stephen Hauser: Establishing the Sandler Neurosciences Center at UCSF The Marion and Herbert Sandler Oral History Project Interviews conducted by Martin Meeker in 2018 Copyright © 2019 by The Regents of the University of California Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley ii Since 1954 the Oral History Center of the Bancroft Library, formerly the Regional Oral History Office, has been interviewing leading participants in or well-placed witnesses to major events in the development of Northern California, the West, and the nation. Oral History is a method of collecting historical information through tape-recorded interviews between a narrator with firsthand knowledge of historically significant events and a well-informed interviewer, with the goal of preserving substantive additions to the historical record. The tape recording is transcribed, lightly edited for continuity and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewee. The corrected manuscript is bound with photographs and illustrative materials and placed in The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, and in other research collections for scholarly use. Because it is primary material, oral history is not intended to present the final, verified, or complete narrative of events. It is a spoken account, offered by the interviewee in response to questioning, and as such it is reflective, partisan, deeply involved, and irreplaceable. ********************************* All uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between The Regents of the University of California and Stephen Hauser dated September 26, 2018. -
Top of Page Interview Information--Different Title
Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley Oral History Center University of California The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California Thomas Laqueur Tom Laqueur: On the Meaning of Friendship The Marion and Herbert Sandler Oral History Project Interviews conducted by Martin Meeker in 2018 Copyright © 2019 by The Regents of the University of California Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley ii Since 1954 the Oral History Center of the Bancroft Library, formerly the Regional Oral History Office, has been interviewing leading participants in or well-placed witnesses to major events in the development of Northern California, the West, and the nation. Oral History is a method of collecting historical information through tape-recorded interviews between a narrator with firsthand knowledge of historically significant events and a well-informed interviewer, with the goal of preserving substantive additions to the historical record. The tape recording is transcribed, lightly edited for continuity and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewee. The corrected manuscript is bound with photographs and illustrative materials and placed in The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, and in other research collections for scholarly use. Because it is primary material, oral history is not intended to present the final, verified, or complete narrative of events. It is a spoken account, offered by the interviewee in response to questioning, and as such it is reflective, partisan, deeply involved, and irreplaceable. ********************************* All uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between The Regents of the University of California and Thomas Laqueur dated December 5, 2018. -
Top of Page Interview Information--Different Title
Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley Oral History Center University of California The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California James Sandler Jim Sandler: Commitment to the Environment in the Sandler Foundation The Marion and Herbert Sandler Oral History Project Interviews conducted by Martin Meeker in 2018 Copyright © 2019 by The Regents of the University of California Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley ii Since 1954 the Oral History Center of the Bancroft Library, formerly the Regional Oral History Office, has been interviewing leading participants in or well-placed witnesses to major events in the development of Northern California, the West, and the nation. Oral History is a method of collecting historical information through tape-recorded interviews between a narrator with firsthand knowledge of historically significant events and a well-informed interviewer, with the goal of preserving substantive additions to the historical record. The tape recording is transcribed, lightly edited for continuity and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewee. The corrected manuscript is bound with photographs and illustrative materials and placed in The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, and in other research collections for scholarly use. Because it is primary material, oral history is not intended to present the final, verified, or complete narrative of events. It is a spoken account, offered by the interviewee in response to questioning, and as such it is reflective, partisan, deeply involved, and irreplaceable. ********************************* All uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between The Regents of the University of California and James Sandler dated January 9, 2019. -
Top of Page Interview Information--Different Title
Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley Oral History Center University of California The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California Susan Sandler Susan Sandler: The Sandler Family and Philanthropy The Marion and Herbert Sandler Oral History Project Interview conducted by Martin Meeker in 2017 Copyright © 2019 by The Regents of the University of California Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley ii Since 1954 the Oral History Center of the Bancroft Library, formerly the Regional Oral History Office, has been interviewing leading participants in or well-placed witnesses to major events in the development of Northern California, the West, and the nation. Oral History is a method of collecting historical information through tape-recorded interviews between a narrator with firsthand knowledge of historically significant events and a well-informed interviewer, with the goal of preserving substantive additions to the historical record. The tape recording is transcribed, lightly edited for continuity and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewee. The corrected manuscript is bound with photographs and illustrative materials and placed in The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, and in other research collections for scholarly use. Because it is primary material, oral history is not intended to present the final, verified, or complete narrative of events. It is a spoken account, offered by the interviewee in response to questioning, and as such it is reflective, partisan, deeply involved, and irreplaceable. ********************************* All uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between The Regents of the University of California and Susan Sandler dated April 11, 2018. -
The Irresponsible Center for Responsible Lending
The Irresponsible Center for Responsible Lending By Sean Higgins Summary: The Center for Responsible Lend- ing presents itself as a tireless advocate of poor and downtrodden borrowers facing a credit industry of greedy banks, payday lenders and other fi nancial predators. Yet a review of CRL’s advocacy paints a different picture of the organization. It is intimately tied to some of the worst actors in the lend- ing business and its advocacy has too often hurt, not helped, the very people it claims to defend. he California fi nanciers Herbert and Marion Sandler must have had a rude Tshock when they saw themselves de- picted in an October 2008 comedy routine on “Saturday Night Live,” the popular late night television show also known as “SNL.” Spoofed: Toxic mortgage king and queen Herbert and Marion Sandler, the prime Presented as a mock C-SPAN broadcast, the backers of the Center for Responsible Lending, didn’t like being made fun of by sketch brutally parodied the politicians who “Saturday Night Live” after their questionable business transactions helped caused the stock market crash in the fall of 2008. orchestrated the bailout legislation that fall. President George W. Bush, House Speaker curities to sell to banks such as Wachovia. “Oh no, that would be Wachovia bank,” Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Barney Today our portfolio is worth almost nothing, Herbert chuckles. Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House though at one point it was worth close to Financial Services Committee, all took their $19 billion.” “Actually we’ve done quite well. We’re licks, as did homeowners delinquent on their mortgages. -
Propublica: Investigative Journalism Or Liberal Spin?
ProPublica: Investigative Journalism or Liberal Spin? By Cheryl K. Chumley Summary: The press is fi lled with sad sto- ries about venerable for-profi t newspapers that have been forced to declare bankruptcy and shut down. So it’s striking that the bil- lionaire liberals Herb and Marion Sandler have decided now is the time to fund a new nonprofi t group called ProPublica whose mission is to serve the public interest by funding independent investigative journal- ism. Too bad Pro Publica churns out little more than left-wing hit pieces about Sarah Palin and blames the U.S. government for giving out too little foreign aid. uestion: What’s a liberal to do? QWith the burgeoning popularity of Fox News, the Drudge Report website, the dominance of conservatives on talk radio The king and queen of toxic mortgages: Herb and Marion Sandler sold their S&L and (Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin its doomed loan portfolio to Wachovia for $24 billion, a transaction that sealed the et al) and the rising tide of conservative bank’s fate. Generous funders of left-wing groups such as ProPublica, the Sandlers political bloggers, it’s no wonder old-line are members of George Soros’s Democracy Alliance, a billionaires’ club determined left-liberal journalists are growing anxious to push America to the left. about promoting their message to the media. As daily newspaper circulation plummets to generate hard-hitting investigative jour- Investigative journalism is at risk. Many and the audience of ABC, CBS, NBC, and nalism by pursuing stories that have “moral news organizations have increasingly CNN ages and shrinks, liberals are watching force.” Paul E.