Browsing The Ohio State University Oral History Project by Issue Date
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Interview of Judith Kimchi-Woods by Diane Sheets
Kimchi-Woods, Judith ( 2020 )Born in Haifa, Israel, Judith Kimchi-Woods attended the University of Haifa and was trained as a nurse at Rambam Hospital. It was during her training there that the 1973 Yom Kippur War occurred, and she cites her experiences ... -
Interview of Angela S. Chesser by Debbie Cannon Freece
Chesser, Angela S. ( 2020 )In an interview conducted at the Medical Heritage Center at The Ohio State University, Angela S. Chesser describes her graduate education at Ohio State and her nursing career. Chesser, who knew from a young age that she ... -
Interview of Tod F. Stuessy by Kevlin Haire
Stuessy, Tod F. ( 2020 )Tod Stuessy discusses his academic career, as well as his administrative roles, in what is now known as the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology. He began his tenure at OSU in 1968 as an assistant professor, and because ... -
Interview of Bill Shkurti by Kevlin Haire
Shkurti, William J. ( 2020 )Born in 1946 in Akron, Ohio, Bill Shkurti was among the first wave of baby-boomer students to come to Ohio State. Shkurti majored in economics, but one of his roommates joked he was an "activities major," because he was ... -
Interview of Norman Burns by Robert Stevenson
Burns, Norman ( 2020 )In an interview conducted at the Medical Heritage Center at The Ohio State University, Dr. Norman Burns discusses his dental education at Ohio State and his dental career afterward. Burns, who was born in Fostoria, Ohio, ... -
Interview of James N. Upton by Kevlin Haire
Upton, James N. ( 2020 )In an interview James Upton discusses his career at Ohio State, which spanned from 1980-2010. He talks about his research and teaching duties as an associate professor of African-American and African Studies, his role as ... -
Interview of Gerald H. Newsom by Kevlin Haire
Newsom, G. H. (Gerald H.) ( 2020 )Gerald Newsom discusses his academic career, as well as his administrative roles in both the Department of Astronomy and the College of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Newsom received his Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard ... -
Interview of Howard A. Werman by David Bahner
Werman, Howard A. ( 2020 )In an interview conducted at the Medical Heritage Center at The Ohio State University, Dr. Howard Arthur Werman discusses his career as an emergency medicine physician and professor at the College of Medicine. While attending ... -
Interview of Wiley "Chip" Souba by Chris Ellison
Souba, Wiley W. ( 2020 )In an interview conducted at the Medical Heritage Center at The Ohio State University, Dr. Wiley "Chip" Souba describes his varied career as a surgeon, researcher and administrator, including his four-term as Dean of the ... -
Interview of Amilcar Mtu by Jennifer Grabmeier
Mtu, Amilcar ( 2019 )Amilcar "Al" Mtu recalls the events leading to and on April 26, 1968, when students staged a sit-in at Bricker Hall, then known as the Administration Building. He first discusses the issues that African-American students ... -
Interview of Leyla Hawkins by Kevlin Haire
Hawkins, Leyla ( 2019 )Leyla Hawkins, who grew up in Toledo, discusses her time at OSU as both an undergraduate and graduate student, particularly her involvement in the then-Ohio and Drake Union Activities board. When she started school in the ... -
Interview of Bruce Pontious by George Paulson
Pontious, Bruce ( 2019 )Bruce Pontious discusses his career in advancement for a number of universities, including OSU. Although he was a music performance major at Heidelberg College, Pontious’ first job was in development for that university. ... -
Interview of Richard Norman Nelson by David Bahner
Nelson, Richard Norman ( 2019 )Dr. Richard Nelson discusses his career in Emergency Medicine, an emerging specialty when he started medical school at Ohio State in 1975. His interest in Emergency Medicine began when he shadowed Columbus Fire Department ... -
Interview of John Sydney Evans by Jennifer Grabmeier
Evans, John Sydney ( 2019 )John Sydney Evans describes his experiences as an African-American student at Ohio State, particularly his role in a April 26, 1968 sit-in at Bricker Hall, then known as the Administration Building. Evans was later arrested ... -
Interview of LaQuita Henry by Jennifer Grabmeier
Henry, LaQuita ( 2019 )LaQuita Henry was raised in Dayton, Ohio, and decided to attend The Ohio State University on the recommendation of the Young Republican organization she participated in while she was in high school. After she arrived at ... -
Interview of Mike Williams by Jennifer Grabmeier
Williams, Mike ( 2019 )Mike Williams attended Ohio State from 1961-1962, then he returned in 1966 to finish his degree. He recalls his first impressions of campus when he was a freshman, and he recounts how much he and the campus had changed by ... -
Interview of Greg and Pam VanHorn by Kevlin Haire
VanHorn, Greg; VanHorn, Pam ( 2019 )Pam and Greg VanHorn both began attending The Ohio State University in the early 1970s, although they met while counselors at a summer camp. They married while still working toward their undergraduate degrees in Education, ... -
Interview of Kristin Rodgers and Judith Wiener by Linda Stone
Rodgers, Kristin; Wiener, Judith ( 2019 )Kristin Rodgers and Judith Wiener of the Medical Heritage Center discuss the history of the center, and their roles in maintaining and growing its historic collections and making these collections accessible to the public. ... -
Interview of Mary Pat Borgess by Linda Stone
Borgess, Mary Pat ( 2018 )Dr. Mary Pat Borgess discusses her career as a radiologist, a path she chose during medical school at Ohio State and which eventually led her to chair the radiology department at Riverside Methodist Hospital. She also ... -
Interview of A. Lovell Elliott by Mary Alice Casey and Kevlin Haire
Elliott, A. Lovell ( 2018 )A. Lovell Elliott grew up in the small Ohio town of Waterville, and attended Ohio State because he had won a scholarship covering his first year of tuition. Elliot describes his experiences at OSU, including his study of ...