Title:
University of California, Berkeley, College of Engineering, professor and dean; UCSC chancellor; universitywide chair of the
Academic Council and vice president, Educational Outreach, 1952-2003 : oral history transcript / 2003
Creator/Contributor:
Pister, Karl S., 1925-2022, creator, interviewee.
Creator/Contributor:
LaBerge, Germaine, interviewer.
Creator/Contributor:
Pister, Rita Olsen, interviewee.
Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.
Abstract:
Family background and childhood, Stockton, CA; B.S. and M.S. in civil engineering, UC Berkeley, 1942-1948: V-12 program, U.S.
Navy service; University of Illinois, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Ph. D., 1951; research in structural mechanics, earthquake
and aero nautical engineering; professor and dean, UCB College of Engineering, 1952-1990; UC Academic Council and thoughts
on shared grievance; consultant at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; chancellor at UC Santa Cruz, 1991-1996; UC Vice President-Educational
Outreach, 1999-2000; reflections on K-12 and higher education, Catholicism, diversity, engineering, family and graduate students.
Includes interview with Rita Olsen Pister, associate to the chancellor.
Date:
2003 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
College administrators -- California -- Interviews
Administrateurs d'université -- Californie -- Entretiens
Management
College administrators
California
University of California, Berkeley. -- College of Engineering.
University of California (System). -- Academic Council.
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
University of California, Santa Cruz -- Administration -- History
University of California (System). -- Vice President-Educational Outreach.
University of California (System) -- Administration -- History
University of California (System)
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of California, Berkeley. -- College of Engineering
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Pister, Karl S -- 1925-2022
Pister, Karl S -- 1925-2022
Note:
Karl Start Pister ; with introductions by Kristofer Pister and Richard C. Atkinson. Interviews conducted by Germaine LaBerge
in 2000-2002. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3652 C:1-50.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biography
Interviews
History
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 v. (x, 637 p.) : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
50 audiocassettes.
Language:
English
Identifier:
http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z193g
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.