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American Foundations Oral History Project, 1989-1993

Interviewee
Buchanan, Peter May 1, 1991 

Call Number
90-030

Physical Description

23 pages 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 80 minutes; index; photo of interviewee

Interviewer
Lichtenberg, Naomi

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Peter Buchanan, president of CASE, or Council for Advancement and Support of Education, discusses his background, education, and career, and how each of these have influenced his philosophy of, and practical implications about, philanthropy. He emphasizes his years as a student and administrator at Columbia University in the late nineteen sixties and early seventies as a time when his values and perspective were significantly shaped and cemented. Buchanan stresses the need for philanthropic gifts for education, the importance of fundraising for education, the crisis in education, and his fears for the future of corporate philanthropy.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Columbia University
    • Council for Advancement and Support of Education
    • Occupation Names
    • philanthropist
    • Subjects
    • diversity
    • ethics
    • fundraising
    • nonprofit sector
    • philanthropy