Commencement

Commencement interviews

It was a graduation day for the times. Faculty checked their iPhones, the Secret Service came in with Hillary, and the president talked about alternative job sectors. Here, five interviews from the field.

Mark Ostow

Mark Ostow

Herbert Winer, Berkeley College Fellow View full image

You're retired, aren't you? What did you teach?

I taught in the School of Forestry from 1955 until 1963 and then from 1988 until 1998. My most outstanding accomplishment was as a disobedient subject in Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments.

At what point in the experiment did you refuse to obey?

I don't know. When I asked him, he said, "I'm sorry, the records are sealed." I'm waiting until 2075 and then I'll find out.