Description: Fred Turner had a fifty year career at the University of Illinois. He began in 1918 as a student and retired in 1968 as the Dean of Students. He talks about his career and the people he worked with. For example, he discusses Thomas Arkle Clark and University Presidents Draper and James. Additionally, Turner mentions the Chief, Founders’ Day, and … Read More
Victor E. Shelford
Description: Victor E. Shelford was a professor of Zoology at the University of Illinois from 1914 to 1946. In this interview, conducted by Maynard Brichford on March 24, 1965, Shelford discusses his work at West Virginia, Chicago, and Illinois, the Ecological Society of America, fellow scientists who have influenced/assisted with research/published with him, field trips, Brownfield Woods, Laboratory and Filed Ecology … Read More
Roger Adams (Part 1)
Description: Roger Adams was a professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois from 1916 to 1957. In these interviews, conducted by John B. Mellecker over the course of several months from 1964 to 1965, Adams discusses his childhood, studies at Harvard, his time working in Berlin, his work during WWI and WWII including his collaboration with Sir Robert Robinson, … Read More
Roger Adams (Part 2)
Description: Roger Adams was a professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois from 1916 to 1957. In these interviews, conducted by John B. Mellecker over the course of several months from 1964 to 1965, Adams discusses his childhood, studies at Harvard, his time working in Berlin, his work during WWI and WWII including his collaboration with Sir Robert Robinson, his … Read More
Roger Adams (Part 3)
Description: Roger Adams was a professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois from 1916 to 1957. In these interviews, conducted by John B. Mellecker over the course of several months from 1964 to 1965, Adams discusses his childhood, studies at Harvard, his time working in Berlin, his work during WWI and WWII including his collaboration with Sir Robert Robinson, … Read More
Joseph T. Tykociner
Description: Joseph T. Tykociner was a professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois from 1921 to 1949 and a professor emeritus from 1949 to 1969. In this interview, conducted on March 9, 1967, Tykociner discusses his early interest in sound recording and sound in moving pictures, experience as a student/research engineer/faculty at the University, research and experiments with sound recording, … Read More
Mary Rolfe
Description: Recollections by Mary Rolfe include Illinois Field, faculty life, student housing, trees on campus, Charles W. Rolfe, alumni reunions, 1902 commencement, Thomas J. Burrill, Thomas A. Clark and student life. Date of Interview: 11/17/1967 Interviewer: Jennifer Johnson Related Resources: Rolfe Family Papers
Leslie A. Bryan
Description: Leslie Aulls Bryan was the Director of the Institute of Aviation at the University of Illinois from 1946 to 1968. In this interview, he discusses the Institute of Aviation, the development of the University’s aeronautics program, related research, and both University Presidents Arthur C. Willard and his own careers in aviation. Date of Interview: 1/15/1965 Interviewer: Jennifer Johnson Related Resources: Leslie A. … Read More
William F. Schaller
Description: William Schaller completed his undergraduate (1910) and masters degrees (1912) in the electrical engineering department of the University of Illinois. He discusses electrical engineering at Illinois, various faculty, his engineering career as an army officer in World War I, and his graduate work. Date of Interview: 10/6/1967 Interviewer: Maynard Brichford Related Resources: William F. Schaller Papers
William Cumming Rose
Description: William Rose was a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois from 1922 to 1955. He speaks about his youth, amino acid research, work on pepsin and creatine, krebiozen, World Wars I and II, research support, students, presidents, and textbooks. Date of Interview: 3/10/1966 Interviewer: Maynard Brichford Related Resources: William C. Rose Papers