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Content Description From the Collection:

This collection consists of oral history interviews with members of the Wesleyan University community, including faculty emeriti, administration officials, and others. They are sponsored by the Wesleyan University Wasch Center for Retired Faculty and are added to on an ongoing basis.

Scope and Contents In this first interview of two, William Firshein discusses topics including: his childhood during and in post-Depression era Brooklyn; growing up in the tight-knit Jewish community in Brooklyn; the effects of WWII on his life and upbringing; studying at Brooklyn College as an undergraduate (1950s); studying at Rutger's university as a graudate (1953); being drafted as a military policeman during the Korean War; subsequently working at a laboratory during the Korean War; influence of...

Scope and Contents In this second interview of two, William Firshein discusses topics including: working at Weseleyan as Daniel Ayres Professor of Biology Emeritus; grants from National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health; sabbaticals at the Department of Microbiology at Hebrew University (1961-1962), University of California La Jolla, Copenhagen Institute of Biology (1968-1969), and Institute Pasteur of Paris (1974-1975); work with American Society of Microbiology; construction of the...

Scope and Contents In this interview, Richard Miller, Professor of Economics, discusses topics such as: studying mathematics at Oberlin College; being drafted in the navy; attending graduate school at Yale University for economics; familial connection with Oberlin College; specializing in applied microeconomics and corporate finance; time as chairman of the economics department; Wesleyan integrating women and Black people into the student body; lack of collegial feelings among faculty; formation of the Public...

Content Description From the Collection:

This collection consists of oral history interviews with members of the Wesleyan University community, including faculty emeriti, administration officials, and others. They are sponsored by the Wesleyan University Wasch Center for Retired Faculty and are added to on an ongoing basis.