Experiments

Old Westbury Oral History Project

Meditations on Old Westbury: In this section faculty, students, and administrators reflect upon the knowledge gained and questions provoked by the Old Westbury experiment.

We Didn’t Feel Like we Were
Coming to Work

Samuel von Winbush

We Were Ahead of Our Time

Carlos Russell

I Found the First Sit-in Fascinating

Harris Wofford

The Whole Vibe of Old Westbury

Candida DeLuise

We Got It Started The Right Way

John Maguire

We Learned to Appreciate Learning on a Life Long Basis

Deborah Leavy

There Was Nobody to the Right of Hubert Humphrey

Deborah Leavy

I’d Like to Marry Bryn Mawr
and Old Westbury

Harris Wofford

A Heart Connection

Candida DeLuise

Agape

Carlos Russell

The Next World Revolution

John Maguire

The World Has Gone the Other Way

Harris Wofford

They Came to Transform the World

Frank Miata

Eighty Three Students Came with Eighty Three Ideas

Ghebre Mehreteab

It’s like Class Struggle

Elizabeth Ewen