Creator: Theodore Hesburgh

Subjects: Anniversaries, Sesquicentennial

Description:

Reverend Theodore Hesburgh served as president of Notre Dame for over 35 years, retiring in 2000.

Hesburgh worked with John Hannah on the Civil Rights Commission beginning in 1958. Their mandate was to expand the role of human rights for all United States citizens to include voting, education, housing, employment, and the administration of justice.

Topics/People Covered in the Interview include: Agency for International Development; John DiBiaggio; Duffy Daugherty; Dwight Eisenhower; John Hannah; Lyndon Johnson; Ned Joyce; John Kavanaugh; John Kennedy; Robert Kennedy; Knight Commission; M Peter McPherson; Patrick Moynihan; Big Ten; Richard Nixon; U S Civil Rights Commission; Clifton Wharton; Charlie Wilson

Date: December 6, 2000

Collection Number: UA 3

Language: English

Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by Michigan State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Contributing Institution: University Archives & Historical Collections, Office of the Provost

Relation: Sesquicentennial Oral History Project

Contributor: MSU Archives and Historical Collections