Rapson, Richard "Rip" (Part 1)
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content: Moniz, Amanda B.
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content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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content: Philanthropy Oral History Collection
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content: Philanthropy Oral History Collection / Born-Digital Interviews
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content: 142.19 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 01:14:03 , audio/mp3)
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content: 2017-06-15
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content: Item NMAH-AC1582-BDA0007_01
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: In a two-part interview, President and CEO of the Kresge Foundation, Richard (Rip) Rapson (b. 1952) shares his personal and professional narrative that led to his role as president of the Kresge Foundation. He delves into his family history with community service and architectural development before laying out his legal and political career that influenced his role as a philanthropic leader at the Kresge Foundation. The second part of the interview focuses on his latter philanthropic efforts using his innovative planning sketches to create a collective framework of organization and foundation to help with Detroit's economic recovery; part of the process included the production of the Detroit Future City Framework. He shares his reflections on his time with the McKnight Foundation.