University of California, Berkeley, College of Engineering, professor and dean; UCSC chancellor; universitywide chair of the Academic Council and vice president, Educational Outreach, 1952-2003
By: Karl Start Pister ; with introductions by Kristofer Pister and Richard C. Atkinson. Interviews conducted by Germaine LaBerge in 2000-2002. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: LaBerge, Germaine.; Pister, Rita Olsen.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2003
Subjects: Pister, Karl S., 1925-; University of California, Berkeley. College of Engineering.; University of California (System). Academic Council.; Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.; University of California, Santa Cruz -- Administration -- History.; University of California (System). Vice President-Educational Outreach.; University of California (System) -- Administration -- History.; College administrators -- California -- Interviews.
Genres: Interviews.
Description: Family background and childhood, Stockton, CA; B.S. and M.S. in civil engineering, UC Berkeley, 1942-1948: V-12 program, U.S. Navy service; University of Illinois, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Ph.D., 1951; research in structural mechanics, earthquake and aero nautical engineering; professor and dean, UCB College of Engineering, 1952-1990; UC Academic Council and thoughts on shared grievance; consultant at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; chancellor at UC Santa Cruz, 1991-1996; UC Vice President-Educational Outreach, 1999-2000; reflections on K-12 and higher education, Catholicism, diversity, engineering, family and graduate students. Includes interview with Rita Olsen Pister, associate to the chancellor.