History of the College of Engineering oral history project

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 13-6-1858

Scope and content

Tape recordings and transcripts of interviews with Solomon C. Hollister by John McManus, 1968, and by Walter R. Lynn, 1979; and with Dale R. Corson by Walter R. Lynn, 1980. Also, two videocassettes of an interview with Hollister by Prof. O. Allan Gianniny, Jr., University of Virginia and Associate Dean John F. McManus, College of Engineering, Cornell University, August 14, 1979.

Dates

1968-1980.

Creator

Cornell University. Program in Oral History (Organization)
Corson, Dale R. (Person)
Hollister, Solomon Cady, 1891- (Person)
Gianniny, Omer Allan (Interviewer, Person)
Lynn, Walter R. (Interviewer, Person)
McManus, John (Interviewer, Person)

Biographical / Historical

Solomon Cady Hollister was dean of the Cornell University College of Engineering from 1937-1959. Dale R. Corson was dean of the engineering college from 1959-1963, University provost from 1963 to 1969, and served as University president until his retirement in 1977.