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Interview With David L. Cohen, Miranda Solomon, David L. Cohen, Legal Oral History Project, University Of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Legal Oral History Project

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David L. Cohen (L '81) is the senior executive vice president of Comcast Corporation and chair of the University of Pennsylvania board of trustees. From 1992 to 1997 he served as chief of staff to Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell, and from 1997 to 2002 he was chair of Ballard Spahr.

Interview With Morris M. Shuster, Todd J. Griset, Morris M. Shuster, Legal Oral History Project, University Of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Legal Oral History Project

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After 35 years in private practice, Morris M. Shuster (L'56) began teaching clinical practice and dispute resolution at Penn Law School in 1991. He endowed a faculty chair in clinical practice at Penn Law (currently held by Douglas Frenkel) and a public interest fellowship program through the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. He died in 2012.

Interview With Kenneth W. Hansen, Megan Becher, Kenneth W. Hansen, Legal Oral History Project, University Of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Legal Oral History Project

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Kenneth W. Hansen (L '83) practices in the areas of international transactions and US Department of Energy project financings. Before going into private practice he served as counsel to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and as general counsel to the Export-Import Bank of the United States. he has also taught economics and finance at a number of institutions.

Interview With Fernando Chang-Muy, Crystal Fu, Fernando Chang-Muy, Legal Oral History Project, University Of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Legal Oral History Project

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Fernando Chang-Muy teaches and practices in the area of immigration and refugee law. He has been an adjunct professor at Penn Law since 1994. He has served as a legal officer for the UN High Commissioner on Refugees and the World Health Organization.

Interview With Douglas Frenkel, Megan Becher, Todd Griset, Rasheena Harris, Crystal Fu, Kathleen Craven, Miranda Salomon, Maryanne Small, Jay Rittberg, Douglas N. Frenkel, Legal Oral History Project, University Of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Legal Oral History Project

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Douglas Frenkel (L'72), Morris Shuster Practice Professor of Law at Penn, is the architect of Penn Law’s nationally renowned clinical program, having served as Director of the Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies from 1980 to 2008. He specializes in alternative dispute resolution generally and mediation in particular. He is the author of innovative teaching materials and videotapes in this field and frequently serves as a mediator in employment, commercial, educational and family matters. Frenkel’s other major area of expertise is legal ethics, having been a founding faculty member of the Law School’s …

Oral Interview Of Susan Bradford By Marli Werner And Mazie Hough For The Feminist Oral History Project (Part #3), Ann Schonberger

Interviews (audio recordings and transcripts)

Part of a series of interviews conducted for the Feminist Oral History Project during 2001 by Ann Schonberger concerning the history of Spruce Run.

Pike, Laura-Lee Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Interview With Stewart Herman, September 5, 2001, Stewart Herman, Michael J. Birkner

Oral Histories

Steward Herman was interviewed on September 5, 2001 by Michael J. Birkner about his time at Gettysburg College in the 1920's & 30's. Herman discusses his classes at the time, as well as extra-curricular activities he participated in, including the Gettysburgian, the Mercury, Owl & Nightingale Players and Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He also describes his education at Gettysburg Seminary and working as an American pastor in Berlin during WWII.

Length of Interview: 52 minutes

Collection Note: This oral history was selected from the Oral History Collection maintained by Special Collections & College Archives. Transcripts are available for browsing in …

Maine Folklife, Vol. 7, Iss. 2, Maine Folklife Center

Maine Folklife Center Newsletter

The accounts of wars recorded in history books tend to focus on the names and dates of battles, the decisions of political leaders and the heroics of charismatic military commanders. Those facts are important, of course, but they only tell part of the story.

The Maine Folklife Center at The University of Maine, in collaboration with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, is doing its part to make sure the rest of the story is recorded. The Maine Folklife Center has begun to organize an extensive oral history project that will preserve the war stories of veterans …

Utopia Park, Utopian Church: James K. Humphrey And The Emergence Of The Sabbath-Day Adventists, Romauld C. Jones

Dissertations

James K. Humphrey was a Baptist minister who joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church shortly after migrating to the United States from Jamaica at the turn of the twentieth century. A leader of uncommon skill and charisma, Humphrey ministered in Harlem, New York, during the period the area became the Black capital of the United States, leading his congregation to a position of primacy in the Greater New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Yet Humphrey believed that the African American experience in Adventism was one of disenfranchisement, a problem he attempted to ameliorate with the establishment of the Utopia Park Benevolent …

Pike, Milton Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Snow, Rita Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Snow, Robert Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Deur, Howard G Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Timmer, John Norman Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Timmer, Barbara Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Becksvoort, Julius (Juke) Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Hoekstra, Grace Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Hoekstra, James Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Dykema, Caroline Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Joanne Conners Interview For A Wright State University History Course, Cynthia Spangler, Joanne Conners

Dayton and Miami Valley Oral History Project

On July 6, 2001 Cynthia Spangler interviewed Joanne Conners for a class project dealing with oral histories and capturing the history of the Miami Valley. During the interview Joanne talks about her childhood in Englewood Ohio, what she did for entertainment, and more.

Glenna Rogers Interview For A Wright State University History Course, Cynthia Spangler, Glenna Rogers

Dayton and Miami Valley Oral History Project

On July, 6 2011 Cynthia Spangler interviewed Glenna Rogers for a class project dealing with oral histories and capturing the history of the Miami Valley. During the interview Glenna discusses growing up in a small farm community, moving to Dayton as a young woman, and her role models.

Douma, Peter Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Michael Douma

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Steensma, John Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Steensma, Juliana Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Kozak, Eugene Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Michael Douma

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Schipper, Jean Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Schipper, Lawrence Oral History Interview: Parents Of Baby Boomer Generation, Geoffrey Reynolds

Parents of Baby Boomer Generation

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Jean Powell Interview For A Wright State University History Course, Cynthia Spangler, Jean Powell

Dayton and Miami Valley Oral History Project

On July 3, 2001 Cynthia Spangler interviewed Jean Powell for a class project dealing with oral histories and capturing the history of the Miami Valley. During the interview Jean discusses her life and interesting events that she remembered.

Robert J. Mott Interview For A Wright State University History Course, Cynthia Spangler, Robert J. Mott

Dayton and Miami Valley Oral History Project

On July 3, 2001 Cynthia Spangler interviewed Robert Mott for a class project dealing with oral histories and capturing the history of the Miami Valley. During the interview Robert discusses growing up in a small town, music he enjoyed, how he spent summer vacations, and more.