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- Carolyn Stieber, professor emerita of political science and ombudsman emerita at Michigan State University, talks about her life, education and career in political science and becoming the first ombudsman at a major university. Stieber recalls finishing her degree at the University of Chicago, finding a a job with the Navy during World War Two, and marrying her husband Jack Stieber after the war. She also discusses following her husband to MSU in 1957 when he became a professor in MSU's new School of Labor and Industrial Relations and later being asked to teach a political science class which led to her own thirty-seven year career at the university. Stieber recalls the highs and lows of her career including, facing sexism in her department, teaching future Michigan Governor John Engler as an undergraduate and becoming ombudsman. Stieber is interviewed by retired MSU Professor Pauline Adams for the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-05-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Retired Michigan State University Professor E. James Potchen, former chair of the MSU Radiology Department, reflects upon his early life and education at MSU, his career in medicine and radiology and his experience with with MSU's Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP). Potchen says that he returned to MSU in 1975 to become Chair of the Radiology Department and persuaded the administration that a radiology building could be a profit center for the university. Potchen also gives his opinion of the FGP, talks about various Faculty Grievance Officials (FGO) he worked with, and recalls some of the cases he was involved in while advocating for the the university administration. Potchen is interviewed by John Revitte, former MSU professor of Human Resources and Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Norman Abeles, professor of Psychology at Michigan State University, discusses his life and career and his experiences as MSU Faculty Grievance Officer. Abeles talks about his childhood in Austria, his education and coming to MSU in 1957. Abeles tells anecdotes about several MSU Presidents and talks about attempts by MSU faculty to unionize, cases he handled as MSU Faculty Grievance Officer, and legendary MSU Economics Professor Charles "Lash" Larrowe. Abeles is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor emeritus of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-09-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Hugh B. Fox, retired Michigan State University Professor of American Thought and Language, talks about his life, his youth as an only child, his affliction with polio, and his strict Catholic education. He describes his eclectic interests in literature and Peruvian archeology, his conversion to Judaism, and his prolific writings. Fox reads short passages from a number of his works, both in English and Spanish. He weaves in stories of his mother and father, academic life, wives and lovers, and literary associates. Fox is introduced by MSU Librarian Peter Berg for the 10th anniversary session of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-02-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In an oral history interview, Selma Hollander talks with retired Michigan State University faculty Dixie Platt about their fifty-year friendship. Platt reminisces about coming to Hollander's home and tip toeing through an art project that Hollander had laid out on her living room floor. Platt also talks about living next door to the Hollanders in the Marilyn Apartments as a new faculty member and being introduced to other MSU faculty and administrators by the Hollanders when she came to visit. Hollander talks about pursuing her bachelor's and masters' degrees at MSU, exhibiting her art at various venues including, the Wharton Center, teaching classes, aging, fashion and travel. She also talks about her husband Stanley's blindness and how, with her help, he was able to continue teaching and traveling and her recent one-hundredth birthday party. The third of three oral history interviews with Selma Hollander.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-06-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Mordechai Kreinin, professor emeritus of Economics at Michigan State University, explains what brought him from Israel to the University of Michigan to study and to MSU in 1957 to teach. Kreinin, the longest serving professor in the history of MSU, talks about his knack for teaching, his graduate students, fellow faculty, his passion for tennis, teaching Bible study at his synagogue, why he opposed a faculty union at MSU, and his activities in retirement. Kreinin is interviewed by retired MSU Labor Studies Professor John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-09-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Robert F. Banks, associate provost and associate vice president for academic human resources, and professor emeritus of the James Madison College at Michigan State University, talks about his childhood in northern New Jersey, his education, becoming interested in labor studies, working with union training programs while in school in England, and earning a doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Banks talks about labor issues of the day, the abilities of the union members with whom he worked, and the political climate in Britain. He describes how he came to meet his wife then talks extensively about labor issues and the role he played in Britain and the U.S., discusses the general labor movement, then covers a number of researchers and authors. John Revitte explains the information he would like to obtain from Banks at future interviews including the history of the Faculty Grievance Office at MSU, Banks' association with the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at MSU, and issues around unionization at the University, and the office of Ombudsman for faculty and students. Banks is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. First of six interviews.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-12-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michelle Martinez, author of the crime novel "Most wanted," talks about the issues faced by Latin Americans in their home country versus what they face in the United States. She describes her family and education, graduation form Harvard Law School, and her professional endeavors. Martinez discusses the story line of her book, what motivated her to write, and how she brought her experiences from the prosecutor's office to bear on her writing. She describes her writing as an opportunity to explore her own cultural heritage. Martinez discusses the art of writing and talks about what she reads. Martinez is interviewed by Diana Rivera at the 2005 Left Coast Crime Conference held in El Paso, Texas.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-02-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jack Stieber, former director of Michigan State University's School of Labor and Industrial Relations, reminisces about his childhood and youth, early employment, how he became interested in labor issues, and the history of the MSU labor school. He discusses his military service in World War Two, his graduate studies at the University of Minnesota and Harvard, coming to MSU, and later becoming director of the new School of Labor and Industrial Relations. Stieber also comments on the operations and structure of the labor school, its funding, the pros and cons of hiring faculty without doctorates, faculty personalities, and his own areas of research. Ends abruptly. Stieber is interviewed by MSU professor of labor and industrial relations, John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-06-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection