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Susan Stroud : Interview for the John W. Gardner Legacy Oral History Project
Stroud, SusanStanford (Calif.) : Stanford Historical Society, April 18, 2018Susan Stroud, a national leader in public service and education, discusses her early life, her long and productive career, and her interactions with John W. Gardner during the creation of Campus Compact, for which she served as the founding executive director. Stroud recounts growing up in a military family, studying English literature at Duke University and the University of Leicester, and later teaching in a low-income community on Martha’s Vineyard after graduation. She then talks about working for the College Venture Consortium at Northeastern University and at Brown University. Stroud fondly recalls working with Howard Swearer, who was president of Brown at the time, to start the Center for Public Service there. While at Brown, Stroud began to coordinate public service efforts with other universities, and she explains how this collaboration eventually led to the creation of Campus Compact. She discusses the challenges that the new organization faced, including the issue of diversifying its participants beyond elite institutions. Other topics in this interview include her contribution to the creation of AmeriCorps and Learn to Serve during the Clinton administration; her work for the Ford Foundation on overseas programs, including higher education in South Africa following the end of Apartheid; serving as executive director for Innovations in Civic Participation; and the creation of the Talloires Network through Tufts University. Stroud discusses the enormous impact that Gardner had on the people with whom he worked, including the presidents of prominent universities. She highlights the importance of his role as a strategic thinker and public intellectual, pointing to his books such as Self-Renewal and On Leadership. She also emphasizes Gardner’s belief in the responsibility that people have to serve society, regardless of their career or discipline.
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Susan Stroud : Interview for the John W. Gardner Legacy Oral History Project
Stroud, SusanStanford (Calif.) : Stanford Historical Society, April 18, 2018Susan Stroud, a national leader in public service and education, discusses her early life, her long and productive career, and her interactions with John W. Gardner during the creation of Campus Compact, for which she served as the founding executive director. Stroud recounts growing up in a military family, studying English literature at Duke University and the University of Leicester, and later teaching in a low-income community on Martha’s Vineyard after graduation. She then talks about working for the College Venture Consortium at Northeastern University and at Brown University. Stroud fondly recalls working with Howard Swearer, who was president of Brown at the time, to start the Center for Public Service there. While at Brown, Stroud began to coordinate public service efforts with other universities, and she explains how this collaboration eventually led to the creation of Campus Compact. She discusses the challenges that the new organization faced, including the issue of diversifying its participants beyond elite institutions. Other topics in this interview include her contribution to the creation of AmeriCorps and Learn to Serve during the Clinton administration; her work for the Ford Foundation on overseas programs, including higher education in South Africa following the end of Apartheid; serving as executive director for Innovations in Civic Participation; and the creation of the Talloires Network through Tufts University. Stroud discusses the enormous impact that Gardner had on the people with whom he worked, including the presidents of prominent universities. She highlights the importance of his role as a strategic thinker and public intellectual, pointing to his books such as Self-Renewal and On Leadership. She also emphasizes Gardner’s belief in the responsibility that people have to serve society, regardless of their career or discipline.
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Coogan's bluff
[New York] : Kino Lorber, [2021]Coogan, an Arizona cop, is sent to New York to escort a prisoner back. Before they can leave, the prisoner escapes and Coogan sets out to capture his prisoner
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