'An Immigrant's Gift: Interviews about the Life and Impact of Dr. Joseph M. Juran Collection was donated to Nova Southeastern University in June 2016 from Dr. John Ballard of Mount St. Joseph University due to the efforts of Dr. Regina Greenwood of the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business at Nova Southeastern University.

Dr. Juran, along with Dr. W. Edwards Deming, revolutionized our understanding of quality. Dr. Juran’s Quality Control Handbook (1951) is the classic reference for engineering quality. He died in 2008 at the age of 103. Today the teachings of Dr. Juran are carried forward by the Juran Institute, a consulting and training organization he founded in 1979.

A documentary about Dr. Juran aired on Public Broadcasting System (PBS) in the United States in the mid-1990s titled "An Immigrant's Gift". The documentary was funded by Howland Blackiston's company Woodsend, Inc. Mr. Blackiston is J. M. Juran's grandson-in-law.

The documentary was based on interviews with major leaders in business and quality who discussed their relationship with Joe Juran and often their views on management and quality. Among those interviewed were Steve Jobs, Robert Galvin, Genichi Taguchi, Takeshi Kayano, W. Edwards Deming, Arturo Onnais, Gerald Hartman, and Bob Scanlon. Additional interviews were conducted with Dr. Juran and family. Jack Schatz was the director and conducted all but one of the interviews.

The NSU Archives are pleased to bring the transcripts of these interviews to the public. Eventually the Archives hopes to add digitized versions of the video interviews as well. For the moment, six of the interviews and the documentary, "An Immigrant's Gift" have been digitized and are online already.

• The Documentary: "An Immigrant's Gift"
• An Interview with Steve Jobs
• An Interview with Bob Galvin
• An Interview with Brian Scott
• An Interview with Genichi Taguchi
• An Interview with Peter Drucker
• An Interview with Aizo Watanabe

To view and download the transcripts from the additional interviews, see below.