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- Description:
- Dr. Jack Carmichael, Michigan State University alumnus and noted chemist and expert in environmental pollution studies and industrial development discusses his life and career in a wide-ranging oral history interview. Carmichael reminisces about growing up in Ravenswood, WV, becoming an Eagle Scout, being voted "best Thespian" in school and later being chosen as valedictorian of his class, all while working in the family business. Carmichael talks about leaving home to major in chemistry and physics at Ohio Wesleyan, taking a job with Dow Corning in Midland, MI after graduation and later coming to MSU in the early 1960s to earn his doctorate degree. Carmichael also talks about his post-doctoral work at the University of Oregon, teaching at the University of Massachusetts, changing direction to tackle environmental issues, joining the Peace Corp, consulting with American cities and foreign countries on clean water and sanitary systems, and starting a family while working for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Carmichael is interviewed by his daughter Christine Carmichael, doctoral candidate in the MSU Department of Forestry.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-05-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama announces that he will nominate Leon Panetta as Secretary of Defense, General David Petraeus to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Marine Lt. General John Allen to succeed Petraeus, and Ryan Crocker to serve as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan. Obama begins his remarks by discussing the storms and tornadoes that swept across several southern states the previous evening killing almost 300 people. Obama praises the records of outgoing Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, as well as Panetta, Petraeus, Allen and Crocker. All five men speak briefly.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-04-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1989-08-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Carter discusses Mideast peace, oil prices and shortage, diplomatic weakness, Billy Carter's reputed anti-semitism, rationing gasoline, Jerry Brown, a constitutional convention, inflation, conservation, Iran, farmers' demonstration in Washington.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-04-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Former president of the United States, Jimmy Carter stands between Former U.S. senator, Don Riegle and Senator Carl Levin and speaks to unseen audience during his unsuccessful reelection campaign in 1980.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1980-11-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City