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The following is an alphabetical listing by department of oral histories in the Perry Library collection pertaining to the history of Old Dominion University. To listen to the audio, the RealPlayer must be available as a plug-in. Click here to download the RealPlayer

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Department	Persons Interviewed	Designation, Time Period	Date of Interview
Art	Sibley, Charles K.	Faculty, 1955-1980	July 26, 1976
Arts & Letters	Meier, Heinz K.	Faculty, History, 1960-1985; Dean of Arts & Letters, 1975-1985	April 10, 1981
Arts & Sciences	Peele, E. Vernon	Asst. Director (under Webb); Dean ; 1948-1975	August 16, 1974; April 11, 1985
Astronomy	Sherwood, C.S.	Faculty, 1930s	October 18, 1974
Athletics (see Physical Education)
Biology	Bagley, Virginia Speer	Faculty, 1949-1985	July 25, 1975
Biology	Zaneveld, Jacques S.	Faculty, 1959-1975	February 19, 1976
Business Administration	Teich, Albert, Jr.	Student 1945-47; Faculty, 1957-1992 ; Norfolk lawyer	April 7, 1976
Business Administration	Jones, Dorothy M.	Faculty, 1954-1976	June 21, 1976
Chemistry	Billmyer, Frank	Faculty, 1950-1985	July 23, 1985
Chemistry	Sherwood, C.S.	Faculty, 1939-1977	October 18, 1974
Counseling	MacDonald, Frank	Faculty, Assistant President; 1938-1956	February 26, 1975
Counseling	Bell, W. Herman	Faculty, Counselor and Professor,1957-1967; 1967-1970	October 10, 1974
Education	Fink, T. Ross	Faculty, 1954-1970	August 13, 1974
Engineering	Barna, P. Stephen	Faculty, 1966-1977	March 29, 1977
Engineering	Kovner, Edgar A.	Faculty, 1946-1984	April 3, 1975
Engineering	Webb, Lewis W., Jr.	President, 1960-1969; Faculty, 1932-1974	1974: November 4, 11, 18, December 3, 10; 1975: January 14, 21, 28, February 12
Engineering	Stirling, Yates III	Faculty, 1948-1951, 1954-1972	April 13, 1976
Engineering	Smith, A. Lee	Faculty, 1931-1941	February 6, 1975
Engineering	White, Edward	Dean, 1932-1974	July 16, 1974
Engineering	Phillips, Margaret	Faculty, 1943-1979	August 4, 1982
Engineering Technology	Godden, Albert I	Faculty, 1949-1984	June 11, 1976
English	Burgess, Charles O.	Faculty, English, 1955-1970, 1980-85, 1995- ; Dean of Graduate Studies, 1970-72; Provost, 1972-80; Dean, College of Arts & Letters, 1985-95	June 29; July 9; July 29, 2010
English	Peterson, Leland D.	Faculty, 1961-1992	July 19, 1977
English	Rhodes, Carolyn H.	Faculty, English and Women's Studies, 1965-1990	March 12-July 17, 2009
English	Sebren, Herbert L.	Faculty, 1948-1987	March 18, 1975
English	Seward, William W.	Faculty, 1945-1977	September 26, 1974
Foreign Languages	Akers, W. Gerald	Faculty, 1930-1972	July 10, 1974
Foreign Languages	Stanley, Dorothy Evelyn	Faculty, 1960-1975	November 5, 1975
French	Bell, W. Herman	Faculty, Counselor and Professor,1957-1967; 1967-1970	October 10, 1974
General Studies	Pliska, Stanley	Chair ; 1st Chair; Dean; 1946-1970	August 15, 1974
Geophysical Sciences	Sherwood, C.S.	Faculty, 1939-1977	October 18, 1974
History	Whitehurst, G. William	Faculty, History, 1950-1968; Dean of students 1963-1968; Congressman, 2nd district	July 27, 1974
History	Spencer, Warren F.	Faculty, 1956-1967	April 7, 1975
History	Meier, Heinz K.	Faculty, History, 1960-1985; Dean of Arts & Letters, 1975-1985	April 10, 1981
History	Johnson, Dorothy	Faculty, 1961-1986	September 26, 1980 September 29, 1980
History	Frank, Willard	Faculty, History, 1963-present	May 7, 1998
History	Blossom, Thomas	Faculty, 1964-1977	March 25, 1977
History	Pliska, Stanley	Chair ; 1st Chair; Dean; 1946-1970	August 15, 1974
History	Stern, Robert L.	Faculty, 1945-1978	August 5, November 12, 1974
Instruction	Peele, E. Vernon	Asst. Director (under Webb); Dean ; 1948-1975	August 16, 1974; April 11, 1985
International Studies	Bennett, John A. W.	Faculty, 1968-1977	May 16, 1977
Liberal Arts	MacDonald, Frank	Faculty, Assistant President; 1938-1956	February 26, 1975
Library	Clymer, Benjamin F.	Reference Librarian, 1960-1981	March 3, 1982
Library	Debedts, Elizabeth S.	Librarian, Special Collections Dept, 1959-1979	May 28, 1979
Library	Ladd, Dorothy Pierce	Librarian, 1937-1948	August 12, 1999
Library	Major, Jean A.	University Librarian, 1992-2002	February 21, 2005
Library	McAdoo, Gisele	Library Assistant, 1972-2004	October 12 and October 14, 2004
Mathematics	Phillips, Margaret	Faculty, 1943-1979	August 4, 1982
Mathematics	Smith, A. Lee	Faculty, 1931-1941	February 6, 1975
Music	Breneiser, S. Eliot	Faculty, 1951-1986	June 24, 1975
Music	Hawn, Harold G.	Faculty, 1953-1989	April 23, April 29; May 6, 7, 1975
Music	Sebren, Herbert L.	Faculty, 1948-1987	March 18, 1975
Music	Vogan, Charles E.	Faculty, 1950-1976	June 7, 1976
Oceanography	Zaneveld, Jacques S.	Faculty, 1959-1975	February 19, 1976
Philosophy	MacDonald, Frank	Faculty, Assistant President; 1938-1956	February 26, 1975
Philosophy	Tunyogi, Andrew C.	Faculty, 1968-1974	March 7, 1983
Physical Education	Chandler, Joseph	Athletic Director, 1942-1971	October 28, 1975
Physical Education	Pittman, Emily V.	Faculty, 1950-1976	July 1976
Health & Physical Education	Plummer, Louis G.	Faculty, 1956-1975	May 12, 1975
Physical Education	Metheny, Arthur B. (Bud)	Athletics coach, 1948-1980	May 22, 1975; May 29, 1975
Physical Education	Scott, Mrs. Tommy L.	Wife of 1930s-40s ODU Coach, Tommy Scott	February 5, 1976
Physical Education	Tatem, Albert	Student 1946-1948; Faculty, Physical Ed, 1960-1985	November 7, 1985
Physics	Adams, Clifford	Faculty, 1958-1979	May 23 and 25, 1983
Physics	Phillips, Margaret	Faculty, 1943-1979	August 4, 1982
Psychology	MacDonald, Frank	Faculty, Assistant President; 1938-1956	February 26, 1975
Social Studies	Pliska, Stanley	Chair ; 1st Chair; Dean; 1946-1970	August 15, 1974
Speech	Cooper, Reuben	Faculty, 1946-1976	October 9, 1975
Technical Institute	Godden, Albert I	Faculty, 1949-1984	June 11, 1976
Technical Institute	Klinefelter, Lee M.	Faculty, Head, 1942-1959	August 2, 1974
Technical Institute, Engineering Dept	Kovner, Edgar A.	Faculty, 1946-1984	April 3, 1975
Women's Studies	Rhodes, Carolyn H.	Faculty, English and Women's Studies, 1965-1990	March 12-July 17, 2009
Wm&Mary "Extension"	Healy, Joseph E.	Director and Organizer, 1924-30s	June 9, 1960

Administrative	Burgess, Charles O.	Faculty, English, 1955-1970, 1980-85, 1995- ; Dean of Graduate Studies, 1970-72; Provost, 1972-80; Dean, College of Arts & Letters, 1985-95	June 29; July 9; July 29, 2010
Administrative	Bugg, James L., Jr.	President, 1969-1976	July 1998
Administrative	Crenshaw, Francis N.	Board of Visitors, 1970-1976	August 25, 1978
Administrative	Dahlseid, Richard	Presidential Search Committee ot replace Bugg, 1975-1976	May 7, 1976
Administrative	Kaufman, Charles L.	Advisory Board, Norfolk Division 1947-1962; Norfolk lawyer, philanthropist	April 4, 1975
Administrative	Miller, James W.	Dean of Faculty at College of William & Mary, 1930s	March 13, 1975
Administrative	Savage, Anne Raymond	Faculty and Administrator, Distance Learning, 1971-2004	November 3 and November 4, 2004
Administrative	Shufflebarger, David	Asst. to President for Governmental Relations, 1970-?	April 21, 1981
Administrative	Tucker, Cecelia T.	Asst. to President for Community Relations, 1991-present	March 6 and March 13, 2009
Administrative	Webb, Lewis W., Jr.	President, 1960-1969; Faculty, 1932-1974	1974: November 4, 11, 18, December 3, 10; 1975: January 14, 21, 28, February 12
Student	Bishop, Bruce	Student 1969-73; Board of Visitors 1972-82; Norfolk lawyer	February 26, 1999
Student	Bowman, Wayne	Student, 1934-1935; Faculty, English, 1955-1980	April 12, 1983
Student	Decker, Peter	Student, 1950s	August 1979
Student	Downing, Betty Cootes	Student, 1954-1956 (cheerleader)	July 1979
Student	Martin, Roy B.	Student, 1930s	July 18, 1974
Student	Pearce, Edward	Student, 1934-35	June 29, 1979
Student	Tatem, Albert	Student 1946-1948; Faculty, Physical Ed, 1960-1985	November 7, 1985
Student	Teich, Albert, Jr.	Student 1945-1947; Faculty, Business Administration, 1957-1992; Norfolk lawyer	April 7, 1976
Support Staff	Charity, Bessie	Support Staff, 1934-1969	August 1, 1979
Other	Outland, Lida Maddox	Norfolk resident	April 13, 1978

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