SLADEK-2012T

Interview with Frea Sladek, Transcript, 2012

 

2012-06-27

 

Interviewer: Resnik, Susan

An oral history conducted by Susan Resnik, Ph.D. with former San Diego State University Research Foundation CEO Frea Sladek on June 27, 2012.

Ms. Sladek was selected as the fourth and only female CEO of the Research Foundation in 2000. Her contributions included the acquisition of properties for the future expansion and redevelopment of the SDSU campus, the planning and development of a marine science lab (adjacent to, and affiliated with, the Geological Survey), and attracting significantly more funding for faculty projects and research. Frea Sladek retired as CEO in 2006. She currently resides in El Cajon, CA.

In her oral history, Sladek discusses her childhood, growing up in Orono, Maine. She was the daughter of an English professor (George Sanderlin) and a writer (O'Anita Sanderlin), She also speaks about moving to San Diego in the 1950's, her time at San Diego State, and teaching at Grossmont Community College. She then discusses her first job at the Research Foundation in 1969, managing Peace Corps training contracts through the International Project Center, and her eventual promotion to Associate General Manager in the 70's. The oral history also documents Sladek's many successes as CEO of the Research Foundation.

This oral history was made possible by a grant from the John and Jane Adams Endowment for the Humanities and is part of the University Archives Multimedia Files Collection.

Frea Sanderlin Sladek; Susan Resnik; Professors; Oral Histories; Interviews; San Diego State University Research Foundation; George W. Sanderlin; O'Anita Sanderlin; San Diego State University; Grossmont Community College; Sheila Sanderlin; David Sanderlin; John Sanderlin; University of Maine; John Adams; Owenita Sanderlin; Stanford University; Robert Naradelli; Kathy Sladek; Teri Sladek; Steve Sladek; Lori Sladek; Debbie Sladek; United States Agency for International Development; Brage Golding; James W. Cobble; Robert Benshoff; Davene C Gibson; Harry Albers; Steve Bloom; KPBS; Jane Adams; June Burnett; John Wedemeyer; June Burnett Institute for Children, Youth and Families; James R. Milliken; Fred Hansen; Fred J. Hansen Institute for World Peace; Shimon Peres; Albert W. Johnson; Journal of Sponsored Research and Other Programs; Eugene L. Stein; Defense conversion; Timothy Hushen; Bonnie Stewart; Thomas Day; Bill Feeney; Frank Sladek

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San Diego State Oral Histories

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SLADEK-2012

 

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