Ehrlich, Thomas January 25, 1994

Creator:

Freedman, Jean

Scope and content:

Thomas Ehrlich was born in Massachusetts and attended Harvard Law School. Despite his legal background, he held a variety of jobs including assistant to the undersecretary of the state, president of the Legal Services Corporation, and head of the Foreign Aid program. He became president of Indiana University in 1987. Ehrlich discusses his presidential agenda, preference for a "responsibility-centered" management style, Indiana University's Indiana University regional campuses, the financial situation at the university, and the conflicts over teaching versus research.

Physical location:

Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Physical description:

17 pages; 1 audiocassette, 1 7/8 ips, 57 minutes; index, 1 VHS

Subjects:

Indiana University regional campuses
international law
research
university budget
university funding
assistant to the under-secretary of the state
attorney
college president
foreign aid program director
law clerk
law professor
law school dean
Legal Services Corporation president

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