Mast, Myron D., “Mast, Myron D. video interview and transcript,” Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/26230.
Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Michigan Philanthropy Oral History Project
Description
Myron "Mike" Mast, Ph.D., discusses his early life and education in South Dakota, his move to Grand Rapids to attend Calvin College, and his graduate work at the University of Colorado. He discusses the development of public administration as a field of study at Grand Valley State University, the role of faculty in shaping the School of Public and Nonprofit Administration, development of the nonprofit curriculum and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and his plans for life after retirement.