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Transcript, 2009 June 25
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In this interview, Bowen discusses the impact of the Vietnam War on the Princeton campus during his time as provost; his thoughts on groups like Students for a Democratic Society (SDS); working with the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) and managing budgets as provost; the Report of the Committee on the Future of the College (the Bressler Commission); his work on the Priorities Committee (PriComm); his reluctance to become president of the university and the reasons he eventually agreed; his preparation for the presidency; the impact of him being the first non-Presbyterian president; his relationship with President Harold Dodds; his relationship with Robert Goheen after becoming president; his role in building the faculty and what qualities he looked for in recruiting; the decision to reduce the number of tenure awards; the process to expand certain departments, such as the life sciences; Shirley Tilghman's recruitment process; and building relationships with faculty as president.
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Transcript; Princeton University Presidents Oral History Collection, AC318, Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Transcripts and video of the 2004/2005 interviews are linked to this finding aid in Series 1: Interviews.
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Goheen, Robert F. (Robert Francis) (1919-2008)
Goheen, Robert F. (Robert Francis) (1919-2008)
Linke, Daniel
Patterson, Gardner