Oakland University Chronicles Interview Sampler 1

Abstract

The Oakland University Chronicles is a set of oral histories dealing with the beginnings of Oakland University, mainly focusing on the years prior to the graduation of the first class. This is the first "sampler", a composite of 11 excerpts from the first year of interviews. There are three samplers in total, which contain excerpts from interviews with George Karas, George Matthews, Richard Burke, Gertrude White, William Schwab, Woody Varner, Sheldon Appleton, Robert Hoopes, Helen Kovach-Tarakanov, James McKay, Robert Swanson, Loren Pope, Herbert Stoutenburg, Frederick Obear, Laszlo Hetenyi, Melvin Cherno, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Edward Heubel, Paul Tomboulian, Donald O'Dowd, Gerald Compton, Michael Deller, Alfred Monetta, William Kath, Joan Gibb Clair, Thomas Werth, Daniel Fullmer, Mildred Hammerle, and Uni Susskind. The interviews were conducted in three series between 1996 and 1999.