Browsing The Ohio State University Oral History Project by Issue Date

Interview of William D. Angel by Hannah Stoll

Angel, William Daniel, 1947- ( 2021 )

William Angel attended Ohio State as an undergraduate, and although he first thought he would become a high school teacher, he enjoyed taking a political science course so much his junior year that he obtained a Master's ...

Interview of David S. Adams by Hannah Stoll

Adams, David S. ( 2021 )

Although David Adams aspired to be a professional cartoonist when he was in high school, he loved the academic environment of his undergraduate alma mater, Piedmont College, so much that he decided to earn advanced degrees ...

Interview of Charles W. Good by Hannah Stoll

Good, Charles W. ( 2021 )

Charles Good's interest in biology was piqued in high school, so he went on to study the subject at the University of Illinois. After earning his Bachelor's degree, he first taught high school in Chicago, but he found he ...

Interview of Dale Gnidovec by Kevlin Haire

Gnidovec, Dale ( 2021 )

Dale Gnidovec discusses his career as Collections Manager and Curator of the Orton Geological Museum. He was hired as a collections manager for the Orton Geological Museum in 1989, but his duties expanded rapidly to include ...

Interview of Ann Marie Miller Whitlach by Debbie Cannon Freece

Whitlach, Ann Marie Miller ( 2021 )

Ann Marie Miller Whitlach earned her undergraduate degree from Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, then moved to Columbus to earn a Master's degree at The Ohio State University. After teaching at Ohio Wesleyan University for ...

Interview of Ako Kambon by Kevlin Haire

Kambon, Ako ( 2021 )

Ako Kambon describes his time as a student at Ohio State from 1969-1973. He recalls his first impressions of campus when he was a freshman, particularly the scarcity of other African-American students and the lack of ...

Interview of Jules B. LaPidus by Bob Buerki

LaPidus, Jules B. ( 2021 )

Jules LaPidus describes his career at Ohio State, which spanned nearly three decades. After receiving his bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the University of Illinois and master's and doctoral degrees in medicinal chemistry ...

Interview of John Mount by Raimund Goerler

Mount, John Thomas ( 2021 )

John Mount, former Dean of the University College and Vice President of the Regional Campuses, discusses his time at Ohio State, which began 1937 when he arrived on campus as a freshman. He earned a degree from the College ...

Interview of Kevin Fitzsimons by Kevlin Haire

Fitzsimons, J. Kevin ( 2021 )

Kevin Fitzsimons discusses his career as University photographer, covering all aspects of campus life for nearly four decades. Fitzsimons discusses working with various departments on events, covering football, working ...

Interview of Pamela K. Kemmenoe by Kevlin Haire

Kemmenoe, Pamela K. ( 2021 )

Pamela K. Kemmenoe, nee Pamela K. Stockberger, grew up on a family farm with an older brother and sister, and she was encouraged by her parents and her high school Home Economics teacher to attend college. Kemmenoe spent ...

Interview of Carl F. Asseff by Linda Stone

Asseff, Carl F. ( 2021 )

Dr. Carl F. Asseff received his bachelor's, medical, law, and master's-in-business degrees from Ohio State. In this interview he discusses his choice of ophthalmology as a specialization, his reasons for obtaining law and ...

Interview of Lynwood L. Battle Jr. by Kevlin Haire

Battle, Lynwood L., Jr. ( 2021 )

A Cincinnati native, Lynwood Battle attended Ohio State in the early 1960s, living in and serving as a resident advisor of Baker Hall. He also was president of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. He discusses being the first ...

Interview of Steven Gabbe by Chris Ellison

Gabbe, Steven G. ( 2021 )

Dr. Steven Gabbe discusses his medical career, which culminated in his role as CEO of Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center. Gabbe, who began his tenure as CEO in 2008, supervised the construction of the new James Cancer ...

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 ...