Interview with Carolyn Ash - Caltech Oral Histories

students outside Caltech, initially from JPL, 1985. Departure of Fred Shair 1989,
and Ash appointed director by vice-provost David Goodstein.
Circumstances of first National Conference on Undergraduate Research [NCUR]
(University of North Carolina, Asheville, 1987); conference hosted by Caltech in
1991; Southern California regional conferences follow. Establishment of weekly
career counseling sessions: research seminars, round-table discussions. Statistics
on Caltech undergraduate student participation: upwards of 50 percent involved.
Continuing recognition of SURF under President Tom Everhart. Startup by
Professor David Van Essen of MURF [Minority Undergraduate Research
Fellowships] program, 1991, in biology and chemistry; TIDE begins mid-nineties
[Teaching and Interdisciplinary Education] with support from Professor Nate
Lewis and President David Baltimore. Renaming of office Student-Faculty
Programs. Additional programs funded by Beckman Foundation and Rea and
Lela Axline (Axline SURF Program); NASA-developed program USRP
[Undergraduate Student Research Program] modeled on SURF. SURF as model
for other institutions; SURF firmly embedded in Caltech culture.
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Preferred citation
Ash, Carolyn. Interview by Shirley K. Cohen. Pasadena, California, November
17 and December 1, 2003. Oral History Project, California Institute of
Technology Archives. Retrieved [supply date of retrieval] from the World Wide
Web: http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechOH:OH_Ash_C
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