William C. Richardson was president of Johns Hopkins University and professor of health policy and management from 1990-1995. He holds an MBA and PhD in business from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in health care delivery. He also served as graduate dean at the University of Washington and as provost at Pennsylvania State University before being recruited to Johns Hopkins University. Following his presidency, Richardson became the head of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. In this oral history, Richardson discusses his tenure as president, including the state of the university's finances and departments at the time of his arrival and throughout his time at the institution. He touches on his first impressions of the university and the strategic decisions he made during his tenure as the university's president. The interview took place over two sessions, both of which are available to access. This oral history is a part of the Mame Warren oral histories series.

Martha Hill earned a diploma from the Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing in 1964 and received her bachelor's degree from the university in 1966. She earned a master's in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977 and a doctorate in behavioral sciences in 1986 from what is now the Bloomberg School of Public Health. She served as dean of the School of Nursing for more than a decade and was formerly the president of the American Heart Association. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and holds joint faculty appointments in the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health. In this oral history, Hill describes her time as a nursing student in the 1960s, her medical career, and her work with the School of Nursing as a faculty member and dean, as well as changes in the practice of medicine generally over time. This oral history is part of the Mame Warren oral histories series.

Victor A. McKusick was born in 1921 in Parkman, Maine. Dr. McKusick attended Tufts University from 1940 to 1942. However, because of World War II, Johns Hopkins Medical School had a lack of students and so suspended the requirement of a baccalaureate degree in order to apply for admission to the medical school. McKusick applied for admission to Johns Hopkins Medical School in his sixth semester of undergraduate studies and was accepted, graduating in 1946. Dr. McKusick is known for his work as the University Professor of Medical Genetics and the Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital as well as for his work as the chief editor of Mendelian Inheritance of Man (MIM). In this history, Dr. McKusick discusses his time at and contributions to Johns Hopkins University. This oral history is part of the Mame Warren oral histories series.