The Kemeny administration is documented through eighteen hours of interviews with President Kemeny conducted by Alex Fanelli (Class of 1942) in 1984. This interview has been transcribed and indexed and is open to the public. Additional interviews with faculty, trustees and members of his administration are listed below. Not all transcripts are available online but all are available in Rauner Special Collections Library.

A transcript of the Kemeny interview and an index to the topics discussed are available for download.
• KemenyInterview.pdf (3.2 MB)
• KemenyTopicIndex.pdf (1.7 MB)

Hear a selection of clips from John Kemeny's oral history covering a variety of subjects from his interview.
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Additional Interviews. Not all transcripts are available online.

Fred Berthold '45, Professor of Religion Emeritus & Former Dean of the Tucker Foundation
• Berthold_pt1.pdf (0.5 MB), Berthold_Index.pdf (0.1 MB)

Margaret Huling Bonz, Former Affirmative Action Officer & Dean of Freshman
• Bonz_pt1.pdf (0.5 MB), Bonz_Index.pdf (0.1 MB)

Ramona H. Moore Chamberlain, Former Executive Assistant to the President

George H. Colton '35, Vice President Emeritus of Alumni Relations & Development
• Colton_interview.pdf (0.3 MB), Colton_Index.pdf (0.1 MB)

John H. Copenhaver, Jr. '46, Professor of Biology Emeritus
• Copenhaver_pt1.pdf (0.3 MB), Copenhaver_Index.pdf (0.1 MB)

Charles F. Dey '52, Former Associate Dean of the College & Dean of the Tucker Foundation
• Dey_interview.pdf (0.9 MB), Dey_Index.pdf (0.1 MB)

R. Harcourt Dodds '58, Trustee Emeritus
• Dodds_pt1.pdf (1.3 MB), Dodds_Index.pdf (0.1 MB)

A. Alexander Fanelli '42, Former Executive Assistant to President Kemeny
• Fanelli_pt1.pdf (0.9 MB), Fanelli_Index.pdf (0.1 MB)

Jeffrey Hart '51, Professor of English Emeritus
• Hart_pt1.pdf (0.5 MB), Hart_Index.pdf (0.1 MB)

Errol & Grace Hill, Professor of Drama & Oratory Emeritus
• E_Hill_pt1.pdf (0.4 MB), E_Hill_Index.pdf (0.1 MB)

Robert D. Kilmarx '50 TU '51, Former Trustee

Agnes Bixler Kurtz, Former Assistant Director of Athletics
• A_Kurtz_pt1.pdf (0.3 MB), A_Kurtz_Index.pdf (0.1 MB)

Thomas E. Kurtz, Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science Emeritus
• T_Kurtz_pt1.pdf (0.6 MB), T_Kurtz_Index (0.1 MB)

Lucretia L. Martin , Special Assistant to the President Emerita
• Martin_pt1.pdf (1.4 MB), Martin_Index.pdf (0.4 MB)

Leonard M. Reiser '44, Professor of the Natural Sciences Emeritus and Provost & Dean of the Faculty Emeritus
• Rieser_interview.pdf (1 MB), Rieser_Index.pdf (0.1 MB)

Peter D. Smith, Director Emeritus of the Hopkins Center
• Smith-Peter-pt1.pdf (2.1 MB), Smith-Peter-pt1-index.pdf (0.4 MB)

Charles T. Wood, Professor of History Emeritus
• Wood_pt1.pdf (1.2 MB), Wood_Index.pdf (0.3 MB)