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Leadership Legacy Oral Histories

The Leadership Legacy Project partners with the Tobias Leadership Center to conduct oral histories with each of our recipients.

Oral history is an excellent method for collecting and interpreting memories and fostering new knowledge. Dr. Phil Scarpino, past president of the National Council for Public History and Professor of History at Indiana University, exhaustively researches each recipient prior to conducting his interviews and uses the highest standards prescribed by the American Oral History Association. Oral histories with ILA Lifetime Achievement Awardees are conducted in partnership with the Tobias  Leadership Center at Indiana University.

The Tobias Leadership Center focuses on research and programs related to the study of leadership across all sectors – including corporate, public service, education, religion, medicine, and non-profit organizations. Its focus on multiple sectors and on both the practice and theory of leadership distinguishes its agenda among leadership programs nationwide. Through ongoing research in a variety of sectors, it generates knowledge about leadership and disseminates this knowledge through a variety of programs.

photo showing interview for oral history

Richard Couto
2019 Awardee

Stella Nkomo
2017 Awardee

Robert Lord
2017 Awardee

Barbara Kellerman
2016 Awardee

Gill Hickman
2016 Awardee

Larraine Matusak
2015 Awardee

Meg Wheatley
2014 Awardee

Henry Mintzberg
2013 Awardee

Alice Eagly
2013 Awardee

Edgar Schein
2012 Awardee

Max De Pree
2012 Awardee

Jean Lipman-Blumen
2010 Awardee

Russ Mawby
2010 Awardee

Fred Fiedle
2010 Awardee

Manfred Kets de Vries
2008 Awardee

James MacGregor Burns
2008 Awardee

Frances Hesselbein
2008 Awardee