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Ford Conference on Engineering in International Development

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Title Ford Conference on Engineering in International Development Ford Conference on Engineering in International Development, planning meetings
Contributor Albertson, Maurice L.
Subject Congresses and conventions -- Planning Rural development -- Developing countries Sustainable development -- Developing countries Engineering -- Study and teaching Interdisciplinary approach in education -- United States Economic policy Social engineering Ford Foundation
Description Reel 1: September 1, 1966, planning meeting in Estes Park, Colorado. Note on reel 1 box: "#1 - Ford F. Conf Planning Co." Side B of reel recorded first, but relabeled as Side A in this record for ease of use. Side A: Participants introduce themselves: C. E. Barthel, Maury Albertson, Robert B. Banks, Carl W. Birky, Manuel Alers, Kenneth Nobe, Joseph E. Stepanek, Wesley L. Orr, John W. Shupe, M. F. "Dick" Heiser, and Jack R. Miller. Albertson explains that an interdisciplinary approach to... Reel 2: November 19, 1966, local planning committee meeting at Engineering Resource Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, for the Conference on Engineering in International Development. Note on reel 2 box: "Ford Conf. on Engrg. in Int'l Dev. Byron Johnson, C.W. Birky, Dick Heiser, Ken Nobe, M. L. Albertson, Norm Bernstein." Participants are Ken Nobe, Dick Heiser, Carl Birky, Norm Bernstein, Maury Albertson, and Byron Johnson. The committee brainstorms the content and contributors for the conference... Planning meeting probably recorded September 1 or 2, 1966. Note on reel 3 box: "#3 - Ford F. Conf Planning Com." Side B of reel recorded first, but relabeled as Side A in this record for ease of use. Participants appear to be those identified on Reel 1. The committee brainstorms the content and contributors for the conference and the conference publication. Discussion of the conference publication specifics occurs primarily on Side A. Subjects for specific sessions and number of sessions per... Three planning committee meetings for the August 27-September 1, 1967, Ford Conference on Engineering in International Development. CSU professor Maury Albertson leads the meetings, held September 1-2 and November 19, 1966. The focus of the conference, and therefore the planning meetings, is reshaping engineering education in an interdisciplinary way, especially in terms of international development. Meeting notes and lists of participants can be found in box 85, folder 20, of the Papers of...
Date 1966 2017-09-08T17:20:57Z 2017-09-08T17:20:57Z
Type Audio
Identifier https://hdl.handle.net/10217/183813
Language English eng
Relation wwdl Ford Conference on Engineering in International Development. 1966 Papers of Maurice L. Albertson. Series 10: Audio/visual materials; Subseries 4: Audio. Finding aid: http://lib2.colostate.edu/archives/findingaids/water/wmla.html Audio. Papers of Maurice L. Albertson. Series 10: Audio/visual materials; Subseries 4: Audio. Engineering conference, reel no. 4. http://hdl.handle.net/10217/183812
Format Reel 1, Side A: 01 hour, 50 minutes, 02 seconds Reel 1, Side B: 01 hour, 36 minutes, 42 seconds Reel 2, Side A: 01 hour, 48 minutes, 31 seconds Reel 2, Side B: 01 hour, 21 minutes, 12 seconds Reel 3, Side A: 01 hour, 48 minutes, 24 seconds Reel 3, Side B: 01 hour, 45 minutes, 32 seconds audio/mpeg audio/mpeg audio/mpeg audio/mpeg audio/mpeg audio/mpeg
Coverage United States Japan Pakistan China Latin America 1950-1967
Publisher Colorado State University. Libraries
Source Original: 3 3-inch reel-to-reel audiotapes

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