Partner and participant : oral history transcript : University of California chancellor's and president's wife, 1984-1995 / 2002

154 Pages·2002·4.1 MB·English

by  Peltason, Suzanne Toll, 1925- ive

UniversityofCalifornia

Regional Oral History Office University ofCalifornia
The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California
University History Series
Suzanne Toll Peltason
PARTNERAND PARTICIPANT
:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIACHANCELLOR S AND PRESIDENT S WIFE
1984-1995
With an Introduction by
Rita Atkinson
An Interview Conductedby
Ann
Lage
in 1999
Copyright 2002 by The Regents ofthe University ofCalifornia
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It is recommended that this oral historybe cited as follows:
Suzanne Toll Peltason, "Partner and Participant:
University of California Chancellor s and President s
Wife, 1984-1995," an oral history conducted in 1999 by
Ann Lage, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft
Library, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, 2002.
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Suzanne and Jack Peltason, inauguration dinner, UCI, March 14, 1985,