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Interview with Dr. Charles Murray

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Contributor

Murray, Charles A. ; McKiernan, Stephen

Description

Dr. Charles Murray is a Political Scientist, author, and columnist. Born in Newton, Iowa, Murray received his Bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1965. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT. With Richard Herrnstein he cowrote the book The Bell Curve (1994), which looked at IQ as a determinant of socioeconomic status. In 2018, Murray announced his retirement as the W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

Date

2010-08-17

Rights

In copyright

Date Modified

2018-03-29

Is Part Of

McKiernan Interviews

Extent

71:55

Date of Interview

2010-08-17

Interviewer

Stephen McKiernan

Interviewee

Charles A. Murray

Biographical Text

Dr. Charles Murray is a Political Scientist, author, and columnist. Born in Newton, Iowa, Murray received his Bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1965. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT. With Richard Herrnstein, he cowrote the book The Bell Curve (1994), which looked at IQ as a determinant of socioeconomic status. In 2018, Murray announced his retirement as the W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

Duration

71:55

Language

English

Digital Publisher

Binghamton University Libraries

Digital Format

audio/mp4

Original Format

1 Microcassette

Material Type

Sound

Interview Format

Audio

Subject LCSH

Political scientists—United States; Authors; Journalists; Murray, Charles A.--Interviews

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Keywords

Baby boom generation; Anti-war protests; Thailand; Streaking epidemic; Dwight Eisenhower; Activism; Watergate; Religion; Vietnam War

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Collection Description

Stephen McKiernan's collection of interviews includes more than two hundred interviews with prominent figures of the 1960s, which were collected between the mid-1990s and 2010s. The collection provides narratives of people who were actively involved in or witnessed events in the 1960s, an era which spurred profound cultural and… More

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“Interview with Dr. Charles Murray,” Digital Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/920.