Interview with Lydia Messmer: oral history.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Trescher, Robert L., 1912-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wharton School--Students.

Wharton School.

University of Pennsylvania. School of Law--Students.

University of Pennsylvania.

Students--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Political activity.

Students.

Harnwell, G.P. (Gaylord Probasco), 1903-1982.

Harnwell, G.P.

Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.

University of Pennsylvania. Annenberg School for Communication.

Trusts and trustees--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Trusts and trustees.

Physical Description:

3 videotapes (2 U-matic tapes and 1 VHS): accompanying material in the manuscript section of the collection.

Contained In:

University of Pennsylvania. School of Arts and Sciences. Computing Facilities and Services. Multimedia Educational Technology Services. Records, 1969-1991

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania, c[1987].

Biography/History:

Robert L. Trescher graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics in 1934 and from the Law School of the University with an L.L.B. in 1937. After graduation, he began his practice of law with the firm of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads in Philadelphia. He was a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and served as Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, Vice Chairman of the Commission on Standards of Judicial Administration of the American Bar Association, and a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. He was honored with the title of L.L.D. in 1982.

Summary:

Trescher reviewed his experience as a student at the University of Pennsylvania and his service for the University as a lawyer after graduation. He discussed his relationship with University President Gaylord Harnwell, the controversy in the sixties over the way Harnwell handled the student unrest, his services for the Wistar Institute and for the Annenberg School for Communication, and his involvement as a University Trustee.

Notes:

Produced by the Multimedia Educational Technology Services, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1346384218