Donald Price (AB Political Science, 1953) speaks about his undergraduate and MBA education at Stanford in the 1950s and his staff career of nearly thirty years, working in various accounting positions in the Controller’s Office, as assistant dean for administration in the School of Humanities and Sciences, and as the associate director of the Overseas Studies Program when Mark Mancall was the director. Other topics include cash management procedures and efforts to computerize financial tasks at Stanford, moving Stanford’s overseas campuses to large cities, the Stanford Band in the 1950s, and the Stanford Repertory Theater.
Part 1 [00:00:00 – 00:30:30] Growing up in Millbrae · Family’s ties to the Bay Area and education backgrounds · Father’s involvement with the Masonic Order · Applying to Stanford in the late 1940s · Phi Beta Kappa honor society · Hashing and operating telephone switch boards to pay for college · Working as assistant director of the student-run concert series · Playing the flute in the Stanford Band in the 1950s · Studying abroad in Germany with a scholarship from the chancellor of Germany · Memories of living in Munich and Berlin in the early 1950s · Joining the army in 1954 and working in military intelligence as a spy handler in Berlin [00:30:30 – 00:57:47] MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) · Focus on accounting; early interest in accounting · Moving to Europe · Joining Stanford staff in Internal Audit in 1964 · Racial covenants in Burlingame and Millbrae · Protests on campus in the 1960s · Working as the co-chair of the Stanford Foreign Scholarship Committee · Eating clubs; college friend group El Guano · Auditing different programs on campus [00:57:47 – 01:32:11] Coworkers in Controller’s Office · Role as assistant dean for administration for the School of Humanities and Sciences · Financial problems with the Stanford Repertory Theater · Allocation of building space for different departments, including Studio Art · Implementing equal pay for women managers in the social sciences · Leaving Stanford and moving with family to work in Frankfurt in 1970 · Returning to Stanford and working in Financial Analysis · Working as the Associate Director of the Oversea Studies Program with Mark Mancall · Stanford Oxford program and the Cliveden House [01:32:11 – 01:50:39] Traveling for work for the study abroad program · Starting the Stanford Program in Berlin and transportation issues for Stanford Europe programs · Moving Stanford France program from Tours to Paris · Helping Mancall move Stanford programs away from expensive and isolated locations and to big city locations Part 2 [00:00:00 – 00:29:47] Returning to Controller’s Office at Stanford in 1976 · Cash management and investment accounting procedures · Stanford’s endowment · Gradual digitization and computerization of accounting at Stanford, including implementing automatic check payments · Cash Management Association [00:29:47 – 01:03:05] Involvement with Stanford’s faculty club · Reflections on move of staff from campus to Redwood City · Working with faculty to help Phi Beta Kappa chapter choose students · Memories of influential individuals from various jobs · Retirement in 1993; retirement incentive · Post-retirement work for non-profits, including helping with faculty club finances and Stanford/UCSF merger · Auditing petty cash funds [01:03:05 – 01:39:38] Diversifying staff in the Controller’s Office · Change in smoking culture · Taking a vocabulary test to be accepted at Stanford · Biking culture on campus · Library and Stacks usage · Change from open space to more buildings on campus · Social events from his undergraduate years · Abstaining from alcohol during college · Ball Out student information book · Change in campus’ music taste, technology, women and men’s clothing, and student recreation

Gordon Brown, Dorrell William Kirby Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geological Sciences, School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Photon Science, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, shares recollections of his childhood, education in chemistry and geology, and his research and teaching career at Stanford. He describes the origins of his interests in x-ray crystallography, synchrotron light methods, syncrotron-based x-ray absorption spectroscopy, and the atomic-level structures of minerals, amorphous materials, and liquids, working with NASA on the Apollo lunar samples, pioneering new high temperature x-ray crystallographic techniques that reveal the effect of high temperatures (up to 1200°C) on the structure of minerals and silicate melts, and the birth of the field of molecular environmental science. Brown recounts his early experiments at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), award-winning research on selenium using x-ray spectroscopic methods, and his efforts to build a new scientific community and fund additional synchrotron radiation beamlines for molecular environmental science research. He reflects on major changes over time in the Department of Geology (1898 to present), the School of Mineral Sciences (1947-1962), the School of Earth Sciences (1962-2015), the School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences (2015-2022) and its transformation into the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability (September 2022 to present). He also shares memories of teaching physical geology, environmental geochemistry, and mineralogy; the Loma Prieto earthquake (1989); and his long curatorship of the Stanford Research Mineral Collection. Brown concludes with predictions of what the future holds for the field of Earth Sciences at Stanford.
Part 1 [00:00:00 – 00:30:42] Family history and growing up in Mississippi • Mississippi geology • Early schooling and influences; educational expectations • Grade school and high school experience • Undergraduate years at Millsaps College; majoring in chemistry and geology • Meeting and marrying first wife, Nancy • Jobs at Sun Oil during college • Memories of attending a southern college during the civil rights movement and the family’s tenant farmers • Recruitment by Richard Jahns to Department of Geochemistry at Penn State as a graduate student • Using x-rays in research at Penn State [00:30.43 – 01:00.38] Advisor Jerry Gibbs; moving with Gibbs from Penn State to Virginia Tech • Early x-ray crystallography and interest in atomic-level structures • Working with early computing equipment • Master’s and PhD research • Post doc with Charlie Prewitt at Stony Brook University; working with NASA on Apollo lunar samples • Accepting faculty position and move to Princeton • Starting a family • Developing new high temperature techniques for x-ray crystallography • Influences on developing a teaching style [01:00:39 – 01:33:04] Memories of teaching Geology I at Stanford as an assistant professor • Guest lecturing at Stanford and recruitment efforts • Decision to accept a faculty position at Stanford • Appeal of Stanford’s interdisciplinary focus in Earth and Materials Science • Building a lab; acquiring and operating x-ray equipment • Impressions of the Earth Sciences at Stanford in the 1980s • Stanford now vs then • Department names changes explained • Renaming the School of Earth Sciences; anticipating the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability • Center for Materials Research; Ted Geballe Part 2 [00:00:00 – 00:34:13] Innovative approaches to teaching undergraduate geology • Teaching with colleagues Junh Liou, Gail Mahood, Wendy Mao • Course fieldtrips to New Indria mercury mine in San Benito County, California • Approach to working with graduate students • Teaching awards and honorary degrees received • Importance of understanding Earth materials at the molecular level • Research on minerals at high temperatures as well as silicate melts and glasses • Research on elements in aqueous solutions • Research on heavy metals • Working with postdoc Ingrid Pickering [00:34:14 – 01:01:17] Collaboration with George Calas • Sabbatical in Paris in 1984 • Beginning to use the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) in his research • SLAC Director Burton Richter’s decision to grant dedicated beamtime to non-physics experiments • Changes at SLAC under Department of Energy’s Patricia Dehmer, including Department of Photo Science, Linac Coherent Lightsource, and name change • Building beam lines devoted to molecular environmental science, including radioactive materials • Analyzing plutonium contaminated soil samples • Research on selenium using x-ray spectroscopy and article “The In Situ X-Ray Absorption Study of Surface Complexes” [01:01:18 – 01:30:09] Building scientific community; role of the Geo-Soil-Enviro Consortium for Advanced Radiation Sources (GSECARS) in securing beamlines at the Advanced Photon Source • Chinese advances in molecular environmental science • Role as chair of the Department of Photo Science • Electron microscopy facility at SLAC • The h-Index measure of impact of publications • Development of the scanning transmission x-ray microscope (STXM) • STMX research on the formation of arterial plaque co-published with Mayo Clinic Cardiac Surgeons in Journal of Investigative Medicine • Carbon sequestration research • Hydraulic fracking research • Thoughts on changes in funding sources over time • Stanford culture of interdisciplinary collaboration [01:30:10 – 01:54:45] Thoughts on the role of department chair • Death of a Stanford dean • Memories of the Loma Prieta earthquake at Stanford • Indirect cost and budget crisis at Stanford • Role as curator of the Stanford Research Mineral Collection; story of the donation of a memorable Rhodochrosite • Professional service outside of Stanford • Predictions for what the future holds for the field of Earth Sciences at Stanford

Sheila McCabe (BS Engineering, 1994) reflects on her experience as a resident assistant for the American Indian Summer Immersion Program (AISIP) during the summer of 1992 after completing her sophomore year at Stanford University. She discusses her impressions of the incoming freshman class of Native American students and how she felt serving as a peer mentor for students who were beginning their Stanford journey. She shares fond memories of AISIP social activities and excursions, recalls student efforts to spur the recruitment of Indigenous faculty, and offers tribute to the staff of the Native American Cultural Center for creating a welcoming space for the Native community.

James Patell, the Herbert Hoover Professor of Public and Private Management Emeritus at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, speaks about his early life, his education, and his faculty career at Stanford, including the development of the Design for Extreme Affordability course (Extreme), the founding of the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (Stanford Seed), and the beginning of the d.school. Patell describes his upbringing in upstate New York, particularly how working in his father’s tool and dye shop shaped his approach to problem solving and his ability to transform thought into action. He shares memories of his undergraduate and graduate education at MIT and Carnegie Mellon, as well as his early career work in ocean engineering and on the SPRUANCE destroyers. Recalling the circumstances that led him to join the faculty at the GSB in 1975, Patell shares memories of deans Ernie Arbuckle, Arjay Miller, and Bob Jaedicke, and describes his work with colleague Mark Wolfson. He speaks about his time as associate dean of the GSB, including his efforts to revitalize the Public Management Program and the core courses he developed in the Operations and Information Technology group after his deanship, including Business Process Design. Turning to Extreme, Patell describes the origins of the course, his approach to training students and working with project partners, and the processes that led to the creation of successful agricultural tools, medical devices, and other innovations that have impacted millions of people in developing countries. Patell concludes the interview with a description of the founding of the Stanford Seed program; a discussion of his retirement activities; and an appreciation for his teaching colleagues, his friends and family, and his rich and varied career.
Part 1 [00:00:00 – 00:26:43] Childhood in upstate New York and memories of his Ukrainian grandfather • Memories of living in a multiethnic neighborhood and reflections on heritage • Parents and education • Working in his father’s tool and die shop • Siblings • Meeting his wife Colleen in high school • Reflections on the impact of this early shop work on his career and on Extreme • Memories of courses and classrooms at MIT [00:26:44 – 00:58:34] Vietnam War-era and naval officers as instructors at MIT; working with Litton on SPRUANCE destroyers; a visit to a towing tank • Ocean Engineering Systems book with John Craven; thoughts on John Craven, Admiral Rickover, and the Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines • Learning finance and accounting in tandem with ocean engineering • Introductory finance with Bob Merton • Decision to pursue a PhD at Carnegie’s Graduate School of Industrial Administration • Dissertation advisors Bob Kaplan, Yuji Ijiri, and Stan Baiman • Memories of graduate school and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [00:58:35 – 1:36:22] Joining the GSB faculty at Stanford • Teaching with Bob Jaedicke and Chuck Horngren • Colleague Mark Wolfson • Importance of core courses and senior faculty teaching them • Reflections on MBA students then and now • Prize-winning research on options with Mark Wolfson • GSB deans Arjay Miller and Ernie Arbuckle • Teaching executive education courses; an opportunity to teach business classes in Zimbabwe and an exposure to the developing world that would later shape Extreme and Seed • Description of Stanford GSB in the 1970s and 1980s Part 2 [00:00:00 – 00:24:42] Service as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the GSB from 1985 to 1991 • Revitalizing the Public Management Program; the Public Management Initiative and a trip to New Zealand • Arjay Miller • Dinner with Steve Jobs • GSB employee Sandy Lerner and Len Bosack developing the first router • Joining the Operations and Information Technology group after his deanship • Teaching core courses in operations and computer modeling • Extend software • Developing Business Process Design course • Teaching style [00:24:43 – 00:58:58] Meeting David Kelley • Beginning of the Design for Extreme Affordability course • Founding the d.school • Motivations informing the Design for Extreme Affordability course • Thoughts on project-based courses and working with outside partners • Logistics of working with partners • Role of engineering education and practical experience in course projects, including HandHero to aid burn patients and the Embrace incubator [00:58:59 – 01:38:54] Description of course outputs •Student projects for Project Healthy Children—making a dosifier to mix powdered nutrients into flour and a business plan for reducing product cost • Principles for making students more “creatively accident-prone” including the role of physical prototypes in the design process • Training students to ask for help • Extreme class projects, including the Monsoon Project and the Stanford Service Corps to teach rapid prototyping, teamwork, and talking to people about the tools they use • Impact of Extreme; project data • Successful class projects Miracle Feet and Noora Health [01:38:55 – 02:04:14] Beginnings of the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (SEED) • Turning Extreme over to Stuart Coulson and Marlo Kohn • Retirement activities: working with veterans’ groups, Jasper Ridge Charitable Fund, and teaching a program for high school students in Ghana with his wife • Fly fishing • Children • Love of travel and meeting people • Praise for the Extreme teaching team • Friends around the world • Career reflections

Annotated bibliography of archival databases relating to Caribbean rebellion, created by students in AFRICAAM 158: Rebelion: Black Resistance in the Caribbean (COMPLIT 158, HISTORY 177C) in Fall 2022, taught by Dr. Margarita Lila Rosa, Lecturer and Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University, with teaching assistance provided by Marina Machado de Oliveira. Student authors include Tayonna Ewin, Saimary Velazquez Carrasquillo, and Valerie Michelle Trapp.

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