Box 1-OralHist
Contains 10 Results:
Oral history interview with Don Boven, May 16, 1989
Oral history interview with Milt Brawer, November 17, 1989
Oral history interview with Tom Briscoe, May 11, 1989
Oral history interview with C. Bassett Brown, August 22, 1989
Oral history interview with C. Bassett Brown, first black basketball player to play for Western Michigan, which he did back in the early 1940s. Interview conducted by Lewis Carlson on August 22, 1989, in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Brown discusses attending Western Michigan College, influential professors and coaches, and playing basketball on a record-setting team. He also talks about continuing his education after graduating from Western in 1948 to become an oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
Oral history interview with Dr. Richard Burke, December 7, 1993
Oral history interview with Dr. Richard Burke, conducted and recorded by Sharon L. Carlson, December 7, 1993 in his office in Ellsworth Hall, Western Michigan University. Dr. Burke recounts his various positions with the university, first joining the Department of History in 1964 and teaching Western Civilization, then with the Graduate College, then Continuing Education. At the time of his retirement in 1995, he was the vice president for regional education and economic development.