Interview with Glenn Dumke
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Interview with Chancellor Dumke early in his career as the head of the California State Colleges system. The interview is part of a doctoral dissertation project undertaken by a Stanford graduate student named Richard Dale Moody. The dissertation was titled "Advocate for vocational education in California: the professional career of Julian A. McPhee", and completed in 1968 . [00:00:10] Recording begins mid-sentence, Moody asking about California State College impression of McPhee [00:01:10] Dumke describes McPhee's career, describing his ambition and success, upside-down curriculum [00:04:43] Dumke continues to describe McPhee's approach to college presidency [00:08:45] Dumke discusses McPhee's legislative relationships for university goals [00:12:40] Moody asks about McPhee's flexibility [00:16:37] McPhee's personal qualities continue to be discussed [00:18:00] Moody asks about McPhee's conservative mindset [00:19:35] Dumke advocates for additional liberal arts education [00:21:15] McPhee described as intolerant of flexibility [00:22:00] Interview winds to an end, a few additional deans mentioned [00:22:42] McPhee's legendary persuasion lamented as something he had never fully realized