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<html> <head> <title>Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ORGANIZATION "Founded by <a href="/people/879/000031786/">Andrew Carnegie</a> in 1905 and chartered in 1906 by an act of Congress, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is an independent policy and research center with a primary mission 'to do and perform all things necessary to encourage, uphold, and dignify the profession of the teacher and the cause of higher education.'" Official Website: <a href="http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/">http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/</a> Location: <a href="/geo/727/000069520/" class=proflink>Stanford, CA</a> Founding Date: 1905<table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/100/000165602/">Rebecca S. Chopp</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President, Colgate University</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/968/000055803/">Arthur H. Compton</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1962</tt></td> <td>Discovered the Compton Effect</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/729/000167228/">Harold W. Dodds</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1980</tt></td> <td>President, Princeton University, 1932-57</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/941/000160461/">Susan Fuhrman</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President, Teachers College, Columbia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/463/000167959/">John W. Gardner</a></td> <td><center>Administrator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Oct-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-2002</tt></td> <td>Founder of Common Cause</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/142/000165644/">Janet L. Holmgren</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President, Mills College</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/376/000169866/">Katharine C. Lyall</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of the UW System, 1992-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/772/000167271/">Lloyd N. Morrisett</a></td> <td><center>Administrator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President, Markle Foundation, 1969-98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/574/000174052/">George L. Shinn</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Mar-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Dec-2013</tt></td> <td>CEO of First Boston, 1975-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/372/000124000/">Robert G. Sproul</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1975</tt></td> <td>President, University of California, 1930-58</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/048/000208421/">David S. Tatel</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=160460" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/816/000000816/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/816/816/s816.jpg" width=128> Barrymore v Love: Famous Whore Showdown</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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