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1. Interview of Martha Deane

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Dance
UCLA Faculty
Length:
8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of physical education and director of the women's division of the Department of Physical Education.

2. Interview of E. Maurice Bloch

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Art
UCLA Faculty
Length:
24.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of art history. Head of UCLA's Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts.

3. Interview of Reidar F. Sognnaes

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founding dean of the UCLA School of Dentistry. Recognized for his work in hard tissue and forensic dentistry.

4. Interview of Clara M. Szego

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of molecular, developmental, and cellular biology.

5. Interview of Elmer Belt

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of urology and collector of materials related to Leonardo da Vinci.

6. Interview of Charles Speroni

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Chair of the UCLA Department of Italian and dean of the UCLA College of Fine Arts.

7. Interview of Lulu Wolf Hassenplug

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Nursing.

8. Interview of Frederick S. Wight

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Museum Staff
Art
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Painter. UCLA professor of art and director what became the Wight Art Gallery.

9. Interview of Hyman R. Faine

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor lawyer and national executive secretary of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). Helped found the UCLA Management in the Arts program.

10. Interview of James A. C. Grant

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of political science and dean of the UCLA School of Law and Social Sciences. Chair of the UCLA Academic Senate.

11. Interview of David S. Saxon (1994)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of physics and president of the University of California.

12. Interview of Lynn T. White Jr.

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history. Co-founder and president of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT).

13. Interview of Waldemar Westergaard

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history.

14. Interview of Franklin P. Rolfe

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of English and dean of the UCLA College of Letters and Science.

15. Interview of Henry T. Hopkins

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Museum Staff
Art
UCLA Faculty
Length:
20 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of art. Director of the UCLA Wight Art Gallery and the Hammer Museum.

16. Interview of Louis B. Slichter

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of geophysics and director of the Institute of Geophysics.

17. Interview of Foster H. Sherwood

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice chancellor of academic affairs and special assistant to the University of California president.

18. Interview of Paul H. Sheats

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:

19. Interview of William Gould Young

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice-chancellor for planning, professor of chemistry, and dean of the UCLA College of Physical Sciences.

20. Interview of Bennet Mills Allen

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Chair of the UCLA Department of Zoology.

21. Interview of Margaret G. Kivelson

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of space physics.

22. Interview of Roy Harris

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Length:
24 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Composer and educator.

23. Interview of Mehli Mehta

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from India, conductor, and violinist.

24. Interview of Edgar A. Jones Jr.

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Assistant dean of the UCLA School of Law.

25. Interview of Richard Rudolph

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of Chinese literature and archaeology.

26. Interview of Sherman M. Mellinkoff

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine.

27. Interview of Wayland D. Hand

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of folklore and director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Comparative Folklore and Mythology.

28. Interview of Andrew H. Horn

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA university archivist. Founder and dean of UCLA’s Graduate School of Library Services.

29. Interview of Ralph L. Beals

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of anthropology.

30. Interview of Irving Bernstein

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of political science.

31. Interview of Rosalind F. Cassidy

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Dance
UCLA Faculty
Length:
11 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of physical education.

32. Interview of George W. Robbins

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Length:
10.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA College of Business Administration. Head of management training for the UCLA Engineering, Science, and Management War Training Program.

33. Interview of Ralph Freud

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Theater
UCLA Faculty
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of theater and director of the Pasadena Playhouse.

34. Interview of William H. Chandler

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Urban Planning and Land Use
Science, Medicine, and Technology
Agriculture
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Department of Agriculture.

35. Interview of Stephen S. Kayser

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from Germany and art historian. UCLA lecturer in art history.

36. Interview of Neil H. Jacoby (1970)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Management and member of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors.

37. Interview of Willard F. Libby

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Length:
5.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of chemistry and director of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics. Commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission.

38. Interview of Gustave O. Arlt (1978)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of German literature and language, founder of the UCLA Department of Theater Arts, and dean of the UCLA Graduate Division.

39. Interview of Henry J. Bruman

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of geography and director of the University of California Study Center at the Georg-August Universität, Göttingen.

40. Interview of John S. Galbraith

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history and chancellor of the University of California, San Diego.

41. Interview of Annita Delano

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Art
UCLA Faculty
Length:
17 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of art.

42. Interview of Joseph J. Kaufman

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of urology.

43. Interview of Clifford H. Prator Jr.

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of English. Founder of the UCLA English as a Second Language (ESL) Program for foreign students.

44. Interview of Philip Levine

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
6.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Division of Humanities and UCLA professor of classics.

45. Interview of Benjamin Aaron

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor attorney and director of the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations.

46. Interview of Ralph Turner

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
17.7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of sociology and chair of the UCLA Academic Senate.

47. Interview of Eugen Weber

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history and dean of the College of Letters and Sciences. Director of the Education Abroad Center.

48. Interview of Donald J. Cram

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of chemistry. Noble prize winner and co-founder of the field of host–guest chemistry.

49. Interview of Stafford L. Warren (1983)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine and UCLA vice-chancellor of health services. Chief of the Medical Section of the Manhattan Engineering District. Chief of the Radiological Safety Section of the Joint Task Force for Operation Crossroads.

50. Interview of Sidney Roberts

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of biological chemistry.