Sadie Alexander was a Philadelphia lawyer and civil rights advocate. She was the first African American woman to earn a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and also the first to earn a PhD in economics and to practice law in Philadelphia. Alexander was appointed to the Philadelphia Human Relations Commission in 1952, when it was created by Mayor Joseph Clark. She helped write the home rule charter that governs the commission. She became chairman of the commission in 1962, when she began a campaign to integrate labor unions and to open housing and jobs to minorities. She was appointed in 1960 to the Board of Examiners of Philadelphia County and for seven years was an assistant city solicitor. She was married to the late Common Pleas Court Judge Raymond Pace Alexander, a Harvard Law School graduate, civil rights leader, and former member of Philadelphia City Council.

Gustave Amsterdam joined Bankers Securities Corporation, the real-estate and retailing company built by the late Albert M. Greenfield, in 1939. When Greenfield stepped down in 1959, Amsterdam became Chairman of Bankers Securities. Amsterdam served as Chairman of the Redevelopment Authority from 1958 to 1969. He was one of the early proponents of Market Street East, and was a member of the board of the Bicentennial Corporation.

John Bailey was Deputy Streets Commissioner in Philadelphia from 1954 to1955. He was Deputy Managing Director concerned with transportation under Mayor Richardson Dilworth. He served as Executive Director of the Urban Traffic and Transportation Board and was Initial Chief Administrative Officer of SEPTA from 1964 to 1967.

Edward G. Bauer was City Solicitor during the Tate administration. Prior to becoming City Solicitor, Bauer was legal counsel for the Committee of 70. In his interview, Bauer discusses the various legal issues and events during the Tate years, including the organization of SEPTA, the Port Corporation, and the home rule charter supplement which set up the Board of Education.

David Berger was city Solicitor under Richardson Dilworth, succeeding Abe Freedman in that post. Prior to his appointment, Berger was head of the tax review board. In his interview Berger recounts his adventures as a naval officer in World War II, and his chance meeting with Richardson Dilworth on a remote South Pacific island, during which they pledged that if they survived the war they would return to "clean up" Philadelphia and rescue it from corruption. Berger was a great admirer of Dilworth and actively campaigned for him in all of his political races. In this interview, he provides glimpses of Dilworth's handling of critical issues.

Norman Berson was one of the founders of the Central Philadelphia Reform Democrats in 1963.

Genevieve Blatt was a judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania from 1972 until her retirement. Judge Blatt held a number of posts in state government, serving under Governors Leader and Lawrence. She was Executive Director of the State Treasury Department and Secretary of Internal Affairs. She was a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 1964.

Harry Block was active in the Philadelphia labor movement beginning in 1933. He held various offices of the AFL, Pennsylvania CIO Council, and AFL-CIO.

John Bodine was a lawyer, and served as second President of the City Policy Committee in the late 1930s. He was active on the Citizen's Council on City Planning and became the President of that group in the 1950s. He was a member of the Urban Traffic and Transportation Board, responsible for the formation of SEPTA, in the 1950s. Bodine was also an organizer of Penjerdel in the mid-1950s.

Nellie Bok served on boards supporting mothers' assistance, blind relief, and old age relief, as well as the Race Relations Commission. She was the widow of Judge Curtis Bok, and in her interview she describes her husband's interest in improving Philadelphia government, his concern about prisoners, and his work with Jack Kelly, Matthew McCloskey, Gerald Flood, and Joe Clark in helping to revitalize the Democratic Party. She also describes the founding of the Curtis Publishing Company and Ladies Home Journal.

Richard Bond was President of John Wanamaker retail stores in Philadelphia from 1952 to 1969, when he retired and became Chairman of the Board. He was Chairman of the United Fund in 1955, and served as President of the Chamber of Commerce. He was an organizer of the Black Coalition in the 1960s, which later became the Urban Coalition. He was a trustee of the Penn Central railroad during its reorganization after its bankruptcy and he served as President of the Philadelphia Orchestra for many years.

John Bunting joined the Federal Reserve Bank as an economist in 1950, after having served in the Army, and receiving Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Temple University. In 1964, Bunting joined the First Pennsylvania Bank. Four years later, he became chief executive and remained at that post until 1979.

William Burns joined the Bureau of Aeronautics of the City of Philadelphia in 1945 and spent his entire career with the Philadelphia airports, becoming Director of Aviation in 1966. He served in that position until he retired in 1977.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and its School of Law, Callaghan became a member of the City Charter Commission in 1951. He was also a member of the Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis law firm.

Peter Camiel became active in Philadelphia politics in the Democratic Party in 1935 when Jack Kelly ran for mayor. Camiel was ward leader of the 11th ward, and became a state senator in 1952. He was active in the internal affairs of the Democratic City Committee, becoming Chairman in 1970 until he was ousted by Frank Rizzo in 1976.

Richard Chapman was Executive Director of the Philadelphia chapter of Americans for Democratic Action during the 1970s. Chapman was one of the organizers of the 1976 attempt to use the recall provision of the 1951 city charter to remove Frank Rizzo from the office of mayor. In this interview, Chapman describes that effort and analyzes the results.

Dennis Clark worked with the Philadelphia Housing Authority, the Philadelphia Fellowship Commission, and, during the 1950s, was head of the Housing Division of the Commission on Human Relations in Philadelphia. Clark was the author of several books, including Cities in Crisis and The Ghetto Game. In his interview, he discusses racial conflicts, patterns of discrimination, police problems, and the construction of low-income housing developments.

Father Dennis Comey served as an arbitrator for labor disputes along Philadelphia's waterfront during the 1950s. He founded the Institute of Industrial Relations at St. Joseph's College, a tuition-free, adult evening education program that became a blueprint for labor management relations across the country. In this interview, Father Comey talks about his experiences as Philadelphia's "Waterfront Priest" and describes many of the issues that he helped to settle.

Spencer Coxe was Executive Director of the Philadelphia branch of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1952 to 1979. In his interview, he discusses the changes in accessibility to the government offices at City Hall, the City Solicitor's office, and particularly the police department, between the reform administrations of Clark and Dilworth, and the succeeding administrations of Tate and Rizzo. He describes the latter as maintaining a closed door policy towards the ACLU. He discusses the ACLU's involvement with problems of police abuse of citizens, and describes the rise of Frank Rizzo and Rizzo's attitudes and strategy against radical groups in Philadelphia as SNCC, CORE, Black Panthers, and RAM (Revolutionary Action Movement).

Robert Crawford was Commissioner of the Department of Recreation in the City of Philadelphia. He had previously been Superintendent of Recreation in Oakland, California.

Walter D'Alessio was a city planner who came to Philadelphia in 1960 as Coordinator for Center City projects for the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority. He later became Executive Director of that agency. In 1972 he left the Redevelopment Authority to become Executive Vice President of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation.

The youngest of Mayor Dilworth's eight children, in this interview Dilworth describes his memories of campaigning with his father throughout his various candidacies, starting with the mayoral campaign of 1947, when Dilworth was defeated by Barney Samuel. He describes the campaign for District Attorney in 1951, and explains why his father, as mayor of the city, re-elected for a second term, announced his intention to resign as mayor and enter the race for governor.

Dolbeare originally joined the Philadelphia Housing Association as a metropolitan consultant in 1956 when Dorothy Montgomery was the executive director.

D'Ortona was a member of Philadelphia City Council from 1951 to1971. He was elected as Councilman-at-large and later became President of City Council when Tate became mayor. He was President for ten years, until he resigned from Council in 1971.

Morris Duane was a Philadelphia lawyer and long-time close friend of Joseph Clark. He served as Chairman of the Air Pollution Control Board in the Clark administration, and on the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Medical Care and the Hospital Survey Committee.

David Eastburn was associated with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia starting in the Research Department. He became president of the bank in 1970. He also served as chairman of the board of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and was a member of the board of Greater Philadelphia Movement, United Way, International House, and the Citizen's Council.

Graham Finney was the Assistant Executive Director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1961to 1965. Finney was active in the formation of the Philadelphia Partnership and was Managing Partner from 1975 to 1976.

Robert Folwell was the first executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Philadelphia, in 1951/52. During the 1950s, he was an active ADA member and a Democratic committeeman in West Philadelphia, the 24th Ward, as well as an active leader in the Powelton Village Renewal Movement. He worked as public information officer for Penjerdel, and from 1965 to 1979 he was the communications director for the Delaware Regional Planning Commission. He also organized a citizen group called the Delaware Valley Citizen League.

George Forde was Deputy Controller for Joseph Clark when Clark was City Controller. When Clark became mayor, Forde was appointed his Revenue Commissioner. In his interview, Forde describes his time in City Hall. In a separate written statement in the background information file he gives his memories of Richardson Dilworth.

Charles Frazier was Commissioner of Procurement for the city of Philadelphia during Mayor Clark's administration. He was also Chairman of the Urban Traffic and Transportation Board, and Chairman of the Philadelphia Hospital Board from 1961 to 1967.

Joseph Gaffigan worked for Governor George Leader in Harrisburg after his graduation from law school in 1954. He was deputy to Mayor Dilworth from 1956to 1962, when Dilworth left office to run for governor. Gaffigan continued to work with the Tate administration.

Maly Gibbon (later Mrs. Lovell Thompson) was the wife and close research associate of Dr. John Gibbon, inventor of the heart-lung machine and winner of the Bok Award in Philadelphia. Dr. Gibbon performed the first successful operation using the heart-lung machine in Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. In her interview, Mrs. Gibbon describes politically liberal organizations in Philadelphia prior to World War II, the work on development of the heart-lung machine, and the outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia in 1976.

Raymond Green was President of WFLN, Philadelphia's classical music radio station, beginning in 1949. He was also President and Chairman of the Board of the Philadelphia Art Alliance. In his interview, he describes the cultural scene in Philadelphia and relates the effect of the Clark-Dilworth administrations on the cultural life of Philadelphia.

Born in Tabriz, Iran, Vartan Gregorian graduated from the College Armenien in 1955. He came to the U. S. and received a doctorate at Stanford University. After teaching history at UCLA and University of Texas, he became Tarzian Professor of Armenian and Caucasian History at the University of Pennsylvania. He became Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 1974 and was named Provost in the late 1970s. He was author of The Emergence of Modern Afghanistan.

Harry Halloran was an engineer and contractor, and President and Chairman of the Board of the Conduit & Foundation Corporation in Philadelphia. His company built many of the bridges and a substantial part of the area's highway system, and he was active in a number of civic and charitable associations in Philadelphia.

Henry Harral worked at the Fels Institute for Local and State Government at the University of Pennsylvania, conducting a program of courses for in-service people in the city administration, and subsequently served deputy streets commissioner in charge of sanitation for the Clark administration. He was then appointed Commissioner of Streets, and was later designated Secretary of Highways during the Scranton administration.

Robert Heckert was a radio commentator in Philadelphia for many years. In this interview he records his impressions and recollections of the city, particularly relating to politics and the cultural life of the city, as far back as fifty years ago.

Leon Higginbotham was a circuit judge for the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, President of the NAACP from 1959-1962, and a Commissioner on the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. He was also the author of a book In the Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process. In his interview he gives his observations about Philadelphia's judicial system, the political atmosphere, and the African American community.

Johannes Hoeber was a German economist and political scientist who came to Philadelphia in 1938, fleeing the Nazis. He met Walter Phillips and subsequently joined the staff of the Citizen's Charter Committee. He served on the Philadelphia Housing Authority, United War Chest, was active in Americans for Democratic Action, and was Deputy Welfare Commissioner of the city of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1963.

Norman Ingraham was Deputy Health Commissioner beginning in 1952, and became Acting Health Commissioner in 1959. In 1963 Mayor Tate named him Health Commissioner, and he continued in that post until 1972.

Walter Johnson was the Executive Director of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission from 1967 to 1980. During that time he was the chief planner for the nine-county, two-state region (Delaware and Pennsylvania). In this interview he discusses planning from a regional point of view.

Arthur Kaufmann was the Executive Head of Gimbels, Philadelphia, from 1934 to 1958. He was involved in the "Better Philadelphia Exhibition" which was displayed at Gimbels in 1947, and was the beginning of the city planning movement in Philadelphia.

John B. Kelly, Jr. was a councilman-at-large in City Council. His father, John B. Kelly, Sr., was a Democratic political leader and head of the largest bricklaying firm in the country. Kelly, Sr. ran for Mayor of Philadelphia in 1935, but lost to S. Davis Wilson by a very narrow margin. He was chairman of the Philadelphia Democratic Party from 1936 to 1940. In this interview Kelly Jr. talks about his father's interest in politics and also describes his own political activities.

Vincent Kling was consulting architect on the Philadelphia Planning Commission during the execution of the Penn Center concept, as well as other projects. He was the architect for the Philadelphia International Airport. Mr. Kling also served on the Art Commission of the city for many years.

Blair Lee was active in the founding of the Greater Philadelphia Movement in 1951. He was President of the Western Savings Fund Society at the time. In 1950 he was elected Chairman of the Philadelphia Housing Authority and served on the authority for ten years.

James Macintosh was a lawyer with the firm of Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius in Philadelphia, a member of the City Contract Committee, chairman of the Executive Committee of the City Charter Committee, and was active in the formation of the Economy League in 1933.

In 1968, James Martin became was Executive Director of Old Philadelphia Development Corporation, a non-profit development organization which acts as consultant to the City of Philadelphia on matters of redevelopment policy and transportation. In this interview he discusses the city from the standpoint of development.

Richard McConnell was Deputy Director of Finance from 1953 to 1955, Acting Director of Finance from 1955 to 1956, and Director of Finance from 1956 to 1962. After he left city government, he became Executive Vice President of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation.

Joe McLaughlin was a Philadelphia newspaperman and public relations consultant. He worked as city editor for the Philadelphia Record. His public relations agency managed the successful 1951 campaign for the adoption of Philadelphia's Home Rule Charter on behalf of the Citizen's Charter Committee. He was campaign manager for James H. J. Tate when Tate won the 1967 mayoral election.

William Meehan was a lawyer and a leader of the Philadelphia Republican Party. He was the son of Sheriff Austin Meehan, also a longtime leader of the Republican Party in Philadelphia.

Martin Meyerson was president of the University of Pennsylvania from 1970 to 1981, one of the youngest and also the first Jewish president of an Ivy League university. Meyerson was a Harvard-trained city planner and first came to Philadelphia to work with Robert Mitchell at the City Planning Commission. He left Philadelphia to become acting chancellor of the University of California in Berkeley, and was also president of the State University of New York at Buffalo before returning to the University of Pennsylvania.

Joseph Miller worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 1934 to 1972 as a political writer and editor.

Lennox Moak was Director of Finance under mayors Joseph Clark and Frank Rizzo. He also served as Director of the Pennsylvania Economy League, and as an advisor to the City Charter Commission. He helped write many sections of the Home Rule Charter, including the section establishing a Finance Department.

Vernon Northrup served as Director of Finance and Managing Director of the city of Philadelphia in the 1950s. He also served as President of the Food Distribution Center and was a member of the Delaware River Basin Commission. In lieu of a taped interview, Northrup provided written answers to questions that Walter Phillips sent to him.

Leon Obermayer was a Philadelphia lawyer and close associate of Rudolph Blankenberg, Mayor from 1911-1916. Obermayer was active in the City Party, which was organized in 1905 as a reform party.

Holmes Perkins was Dean of the School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania. His interests were mainly urban design and planning. He founded the City Planning Department at the university, and served as Chairman of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1958 to 1968.

Walter Phillips organized many of the civic agencies that paved the way for the organization of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. In 1940 he organized the City Policy Committee, and from that committee came the Joint Committee on City Planning, the Citizen's Council on City Planning, and finally, the City Planning Commission. Phillips was also active in the charter campaigns of 1938 and 1951. He managed Joseph Clark's mayoral campaign in 1951 and served under Clark as City Representative and Director of Commerce. After the Clark administration, he served in various organizations related to the Delaware River Basin, culminating in the signing of the Delaware River Basin Compact by President Kennedy and the Governors of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. In 1964 he was a candidate for mayor in the primary. These interviews were conducted by Phillips' daughter, Anna Sofaer.

Walter Phillips organized many of the civic agencies that paved the way for the organization of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. In 1940 he organized the City Policy Committee, and from that committee came the Joint Committee on City Planning, the Citizen's Council on City Planning, and finally, the City Planning Commission. Phillips was also active in the charter campaigns of 1938 and 1951. He managed Joseph Clark's mayoral campaign in 1951 and served under Clark as City Representative and Director of Commerce. After the Clark administration, he served in various organizations related to the Delaware River Basin, culminating in the signing of the Delaware River Basin Compact by President Kennedy and the Governors of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. In 1964 he was a candidate for mayor in the primary. These interviews were conducted by Phillips' daughter, Anna Sofaer.

Frederick Potts joined the staff of the Philadelphia National Bank in the early 1940s and within a year and a half was elected Vice President. He became President of the bank when he was 43 years old, the youngest bank president in the country at the time. While President of PNB, Potts joined with other Philadelphia business and civic leaders in the formation of the Greater Philadelphia Movement, organized to improve the business climate in Philadelphia and to work closely with City Hall for the general improvement of the area. Potts also was active in the formation of the Port Corporation of Philadelphia in 1967, and served as its President.

William Rafsky served as Executive Secretary to Mayor Clark from 1952 to 1954, Housing Coordinator from 1954 to 1956, Director of the Redevelopment Authority from 1958 to 63, Executive Vice President of the Old Philadelphia Development Corporation from 1963 to 1971, Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia Movement from 1971to 1973 Executive Director of Philadelphia '76, Inc., and on the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.

Dave Randall was a lawyer who served as Secretary to Governor George Leader from 1955 to 1958. In this interview he gives his insights into the politics of the Leader administration.

John Robin held several posts in Pittsburgh, including Executive Secretary to Mayor David L. Lawrence, from 1946 to 1948. He was appointed Secretary of Commerce of Pennsylvania by Governor George M. Leader in 1955, and also served as Executive Vice President of the Old Philadelphia Development Corporation from 1957 to 1963.

Foster Roser was Personnel Director for the City of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1974, serving under mayors Clark, Dilworth, Tate, and Rizzo. In lieu of a taped interview, Roser provided written answers to questions submitted to him by Walter Phillips.

William Ross was a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union for forty-three 43 years, and came to Philadelphia in 1952 to head the local ILGWU. As a labor union official, he served on the Police Advisory Board and for many years served on the Philadelphia Board of Education. He became President of the Board of Education during the Rizzo administration.

Edwin Rothman was Director of the Pennsylvania Economy League (Eastern Division), a private organization which prepares in-depth reports and commentary on developments in local and state governments. It works with local and state governments to seek to find ways to control expenditures and improve public administration.

Henry W. Sawyer III was a Philadelphia lawyer who served as president of the ACLU, Philadelphia Chapter, and as chairman of Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action. From 1955 to 1959 he was a Democratic Councilman-at-large in Philadelphia City Council. In this interview he describes the inner workings of Council and city politics.

Peter Schauffler was an Assistant to Mayor Clark from1954-1955, Deputy Director of Commerce for Mayor Dilworth from 1956 to 1960, and Deputy Director of Commerce for the Port from 1960 to 1967.

Harold Schneidman was Chief of the Bureau of Public Information for the City of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1956. Previously, he had served as a staff director for the Greater Philadelphia Movement. In this interview he discusses his role in public relations during the Clark administration.

Hugh Scott began his law practice in Philadelphia in 1922. He was Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia County, from 1926 to1941. He was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives, and served from 1941 to 1945 and 1947 to1959, and became a United States Senator, serving from 1958 to 1977. This interview was conducted by the United States Capitol Historical Society, and details Scott's activities in and behalf of Philadelphia and at the federal level.

Milton Shapp was Governor of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1979. Previously, Shapp had founded Jerrold Electronics Corporation, and later served as an advisor to the Peace Corps as well as consultant to the Secretary of Commerce under President Kennedy.

Joseph Sharfsin served as assistant and legal advisor to Mayor Samuel Davis Wilson. Wilson named Sharfsin as his city solicitor, and Sharfsin was the architect of a plan to save the city from financial disaster by offering the city-owned gas works as collateral for a loan from the government-aided Reconstruction Finance Corp (RFC).

Jerry Shestack was Deputy City Solicitor under Abe Freedman during the administration of Joseph Clark. In that position he assisted with the codification of all the laws of the city of Philadelphia, a requirement of the new city charter of 1951. In this interview Shestack shares of his memories of Abe Freedman and William Schnader.

Murray Shusterman served for eleven years on the City Solicitor's staff, four years with Abe Freedman, six years with David Berger, and one year with Ed Bauer. He had previously worked with the Bureau of Municipal Research from 1936 to 1942. He was active in the city charter movement of 1937 and was one of the authors of that city charter.

L. M. C. Smith (known as "Sam" or "Alphabet Smith") was the founder of the classical music radio station WFLN. He was a member of the Human Relations Commission and served as national treasurer and Philadelphia chapter president of Americans for Democratic Action (ADA). He was chairman of the Board of Trade and Conventions in Philadelphia for eight years, and was a well-known conservationist who founded and funded the Schuylkill Valley Nature Center.

Arlen Specter was elected District Attorney of Philadelphia in 1965. In 1967, he ran unsuccessfully for mayor against James Tate. He was elected United States Senator in 1980, and served for thirty years.

J. Pennington Straus was a lawyer with the Philadelphia firm of Schnader, Harrison, Segal, and Lewis. He was interviewed about his memories of William Schnader, who was State Attorney General in the administrations of Governors Fisher and Pinchot, author of the State Administration Code, and Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1934.

Emily Sunstein was active in organization for the reform of Democratic politics, both in Montgomery County as a committeeman, and within the city. She was also an active Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) member.

Robert Taylor began working at the Philadelphia Bulletin while he was a student at Princeton. With the exception of four years in the Navy during World War II, he was associated with the Bulletin until 1975. His uncle, Robert McLean, had taken over from the elder William McLean, and in the first ten years of his ownership, the Bulletin rose from thirteen in circulation out of thirteen Philadelphia newspapers to first. He later became assistant to the business manager, and thereafter, treasurer and business manager and general manager. In 1958, Robert McLean named Taylor president, and in 1963, publisher.

Annette Temin was the founder of the Citizens' Committee on Public Education in Philadelphia and served as President and Executive Director. She started a volunteer program in the public schools, and worked to develop a program to teach students about child development. She was awarded the John Patterson Award in 1977.

A graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School, Francis Van Dusen was appointed Judge of the U. S. District Court by President Eisenhower in 1954. While in the law firm of Dechert, Smith and Clark, Van Dusen was also a Republican committeeman in Wynnewood. In 1967 he gained a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and achieved senior status in 1977.

Lewis H. Van Dusen was a lawyer at Drinker, Biddle & Reath, a lieutenant colonel in the army, and assistant deputy to the U.S. representative to NATO. He was on the boards of the Greater Philadelphia Movement and the Academy of Natural Sciences; a trustee of Princeton University and Episcopal Academy; and a member of the American Philosophical Society. He served as chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association; special counsel for SEPTA; president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association; and on the standing committees on professional ethics of the American Bar Association and of the Philadelphia County Board of Law Examiners.

Marvin Wachman was president of Temple University from 1973 to 1983. He had previously served as Vice-President for academic affairs and professor of history at Temple for more than three years. Prior to that he had been president of Lincoln University. Wachman was associated with the Thomas Jefferson University board of directors, Urban Coalition, Greater Philadelphia Movement, Philadelphia Orchestra, the Academy of Music board, Philadelphia Award, Philadelphia Saving Fund, Society board, Bell Telephone board, the board of the Philadelphia Contributionship, and the Bicentennial celebration.

Tina Weintraub was Deputy Managing Director, City of Philadelphia, from 1952 to 1971. Ten service departments were supervised by the Managing Director's office: police, fire, streets, water, health, public property, welfare, licenses and inspections, recreation, and records. From 1971 to 1976, she was Executive Director of Philadelphia General Hospital.

Randall Whaley was President of the University City Science Center from 1970 to 1985, an urban research park owned jointly by its member institutions: twenty-nine universities, colleges, medical schools, and hospitals.

Paul Wilhelm was an architect and planner who worked as an Assistant Director for Industrial Land Development, Philadelphia Department of Commerce from 1955 to 1958. He also served as Development Director of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation from 1958 to 1961.

Elias Wolf was a Philadelphia businessman who retired at the age of 58 to devote himself to involvement in civic activities. In his interview he describes his earliest memories of Philadelphia, particularly in terms of civic and cultural activities. He describes his memories of the changes that occurred in the city as a result of the Clark and Dilworth administrations.

In 1952, while Paul Ylvisaker was teaching government and economics at Swarthmore College, Mayor Clark hired him to assist with budgetary matters and speech writing. Ylvisaker also worked at the Ford Foundation, headed President Lyndon B. Johnson's Task Force on Cities and helped forge his model-cities program, served as New Jersey's first state Commissioner of Community Affairs, and also as Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.

From 1958 to 1960, Anthony Zecca was Public Information Chief in the Dilworth administration. When Dilworth resigned and Tate became mayor, Zecca became Press Secretary. He was Deputy Mayor throughout the Rizzo administration.