- Collection:
- Social Change Collection
- Title:
- Michael H. Mescon oral history interview, 2012-01-18
- Creator:
- Mescon, Michael H.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Young, Andrea, 1955-
Newman, Harvey K. - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2012-01-18
- Subject:
- Affirmative action programs
African American business enterprises
Civil rights movement
Airports--Social aspects
Discrimination in employment--Law and legislation
Business enterprises
Entrepreneurship - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Dr. Michael H. Mescon was born in Toronto, Canada but grew up in Charleston, SC. His parents were US citizens who owned businesses in Toronto and Montreal. His father was from Lithuania and his mother's ancestry is Russian. He moved to Atlanta, GA after he got married in 1952 and he became an assistant professor of managerial sciences at Georgia State College of Business Administration in 1956 after he had left the army. In 1985 Dr. Mescon became dean of what is now the J Mack Robinson College of Business.
In this interview Dr. Mescon talks about his academic career which began at Georgia State College of Business Administration and his family who were immigrants from Lithuania and Russia. He speaks about entrepreneurship and business ownership. He speaks about private enterprises and how they are much more than economic system they are also part of the political and social system. He argues that just like people need water, food and shelter; enterprises need healthy profits to be able to survive and thrive. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/schange/id/854
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/schange:854/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Mescon, Michael H., interviewed by Harvey Newman, January 18, 2012, Harvey Newman Papers, Social Change Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 01:56:54
- Original Collection:
- Making of Modern Atlanta Interviews
Harvey Newman Papers
Social Change Collection - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
