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- In the first of a two part interview, Dr. Walter Adams, former interim president of Michigan State University and professor of economics, talks about his life and career teaching economics at MSU, and his involvement with the MSU School of Labor and Industrial Relations. Adams describes what interested him about economics and how the Great Depression, as well as the rise of fascism and totalitarianism, influenced his thinking. He talks about accepting a position at Michigan State College in 1947, his impressions of his fellow faculty, living in faculty housing, books he has written, the arrival on campus of Professor Charles "Lash" Larrowe in the mid 1950s, the power and influence of business at the university through the years, his run-ins with MSU President John Hannah, efforts to unionize the faculty at the university, and controversies around publishing faculty salaries, and ROTC on campus. Adams is interviewed by MSU Professor of Labor and Industrial Relations John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-07-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Robert Repas, professor emeritus of the Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SLIR), discusses his career at MSU and the history of the SLIR. Repas talks about the school's directors, faculty, MSU President John Hannah's attempt to win favor with organized labor, the founding of the SLIR program in the mid 1950s, and SLIR being investigated by the Michigan State Legislature for being too union friendly and encouraging labor strife. He also shares stories about fellow faculty in SLIR and other MSU personalities, working with the MSU Board of Trustees, and a conflict he had with the UAW concerning his academic freedom. Interviewed by John Revitte. professor of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-08-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Robert Repas, professor emeritus of the Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SLIR), discusses his career at MSU and the history of the SLIR. Repas talks about the school's directors, faculty, MSU President John Hannah's attempt to win favor with organized labor, the founding of the SLIR program in the mid 1950s, and SLIR being investigated by the Michigan State Legislature for being too union friendly and encouraging labor strife. He also shares stories about fellow faculty in SLIR and other MSU personalities, working with the MSU Board of Trustees, and a conflict he had with the UAW concerning his academic freedom. Interviewed by John Revitte. professor of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-08-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In the first of a two part interview, Dr. Walter Adams, former interim president of Michigan State University and professor of economics, talks about his life and career teaching economics at MSU, and his involvement with the MSU School of Labor and Industrial Relations. Adams describes what interested him about economics and how the Great Depression, as well as the rise of fascism and totalitarianism, influenced his thinking. He talks about accepting a position at Michigan State College in 1947, his impressions of his fellow faculty, living in faculty housing, books he has written, the arrival on campus of Professor Charles "Lash" Larrowe in the mid 1950s, the power and influence of business at the university through the years, his run-ins with MSU President John Hannah, efforts to unionize the faculty at the university, and controversies around publishing faculty salaries, and ROTC on campus. Adams is interviewed by MSU Professor of Labor and Industrial Relations John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-07-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection