Fenn College Oral Histories

Listen to interviews with Fenn College notables recorded back in 1976 by Millard Jordan, Fenn College Department of Sociology, 1925-1965, CSU Archivist, 1965-1977.

Please note that the interviews are in RealMedia format.

Dr. G. Brooks Earnest – President of Fenn College, 1952-1965: recorded with Professor Millard Jordan on November 23, 1976.

• Part 1 of Interview
• Part 2 of Interview

Clayton G. Hale – BBA., Fenn College, 1932. Board of Trustees, 1933-1961, 1962-1965: recorded with Professor Millard Jordan on October 5, 1976.

• Entire Interview

Robert B. Auld – Fenn College Cooperative Education Department, 1946-1970, Director, 1960-1965; recorded with Professor Millard Jordan on September 9, 1976.

• Part 1 of Interview
• Part 2 of Interview

Dr. Major B. Jenks – Fenn College Department of History, 1935-1965, Dean of Arts & Sciences, 1945-1965: recorded with Professor Millard Jordan on August 5, 1976.

• Part 1 of Interview
• Part 2 of Interview

Nicholas R. Rimboi - Director of the Fenn College Technical Institute, 1937-1965 and
George W. Srail – Fenn College Department of Speech and Dramatics, 1946-1965: recorded with Professor Millard Jordan on June 3, 1976.

• Part 1 of Interview with Rimboi
• Part 2 of Interview with Rimboi
• Part 1 of Interview with Rimboi & Srail
• Part 2 of Interview with Rimboi & Srail

Dr. William A. Patterson - Professor of Mathematics, Registrar, Dean of the School of Engineering, and Provost of Fenn College and Cleveland State University.

• Part 1 of Interview
• Part 2 of Interview

Excerpts from an interview recorded in 2005 at Dr. Patterson's apartment in Willoughby, Ohio. The interviewer is Ralph Kidder, Vice-President of Finance at Newbury College in Brookline, MA. Mr. Kidder is interviewing Dr. Patterson as part of his research for his doctoral dissertation. The third speaker is William Becker, CSU Archivist.

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