Ron Freedman Video Interview

Remembering a Distinguished Career
Ron Freedman Reminisces with Patrick Shields
A Population Studies Center Oral History
Fall 2002

Part 1: Coming to Michigan; Graduate Career; Post M.S. and Ph.D.; Chicago to Michigan; Fertility; Catholics; Findings; Others Involved; International Fertility; Creation of PSC; Dollars for PSC; PSC Principles; Environment and Trends
Part 2: Others Involved in Decision; Why a New Center; Other Partners; Taiwan Experiment; Purpose of a New Center; Location of PSC; Training at PSC; PSC Funding History

Part 3: PSC 40 Years Later; Is the Center Different; Any Surprises; ISR, SRC, and PSC; Contribution of Leslie Kish; Detroit Area Study; Interdisciplinary Character; Other Disciplines; Sociologists and Economists; Other Economists at PSC; Early Scientists at PSC
Part 4: Selecting New People; Recruiting Students; Other Staff; International and Domestic; Parting Comments; Ren Farley's Work; What Is the Future for PSC; Unanswered Questions; More About Amos Hawley; The Duncans; The Couples; Deborah and Wrap Up

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