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1051. Interview of Donald Nielson

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Researcher for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) an agency of the government that develops technology for the military. Engineer for SRI International, nonprofit scientific research institute and organization.

1052. Interview of Vance Gerry

Topic:
Film and Television
Books and Fine Printing
Length:
6.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Animator for Walt Disney Studios and owner of Weather Bird Press, a printing company.

1053. Interview of Dione Neutra

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
14 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Wife of architect Richard Nuestra.

1054. Interview of Pia Gilbert

Topic:
Dance
Music
Length:
24.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
German émigré and UCLA professor of dance.

1055. 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.

1056. Interview of Pat O'Neill

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Experimental filmmaker. California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) founding faculty member and associate dean.

1058. Interview of Dave Walden

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the ARPANET project, which developed an experimental computer network, a precursor to the internet.

1059. Interview of Barry Boehm

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Science and Technology Office, an agency of the government that develops technology for the military. University of Southern California professor of software engineering.

1060. Interview of Michael Gordon

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
24.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Play, film, and television director. UCLA professor of theater.

1061. Interview of Conrad Buff

Topic:
Art
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Artist and co-creator with his wife, Mary Buff, of illustrated children’s book.

1062. Interview of James E. LuValle

Topic:
UCLA Student Leaders
African American History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Olympic medal winner and chemist. Founder of the UCLA Graduate Student Association.

1063. Interview of Norm Abramson

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Inventor of ALOHAnet, a project that created a wireless radio packet switched network which was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) an agency of the government that develops technology for the military.

1064. Interview of Franklin D. Murphy (1976)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Length:
8.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA chancellor.

1065. Interview of Ralph D. Cornell

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Southern California landscape architect.

1066. Vignette: From Arpanet to Internet

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:

1067. Interview of Steve Crocker

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the ARPANET project, which developed an experimental computer network, a precursor to the internet.

1068. Interview of Larry Roberts

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Program manager and office director for the ARPANET project, which developed an experimental computer network, a precursor to the internet. Engineer and founder of Telenet, a packet data communications carrier.

1070. Interview of George Groves

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Director of sound at Warner Bros. Member of the Bell Laboratories research team that developed sound recording technology for film.

1071. Interview of Douglas A. Martin

Topic:
Social Movements
UCLA and University of California History
Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement
UCLA Administration
Length:
8.2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Co-founder and executive director of the Westside Center for Independent Living and disability services coordinator for the city of Culver City. Special assistant to the chancellor and ADA/504 compliance officer at UCLA.

1072. Interview of Vern O. Knudsen (1974)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Length:
38 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA chancellor, professor of physics, and dean of the UCLA Graduate Division.

1074. Interview of Paul Laszlo

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Architect and interior designer.

1075. Interview of William M. Cheney

Topic:
Books and Fine Printing
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Printer and printing press owner. Member of the Rounce & Coffin Club.

1076. Interview of Richard J. Hoffman

Topic:
Books and Fine Printing
Length:
4.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the Rounce and Coffin Club, a group of hobby printers and librarians. Los Angeles City College professor in journalism and graphic arts and Los Angeles State College professor in applied arts and sciences.

1077. Interview of Kenneth L. Karst

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
10. 5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of law.

1078. Interview of Victoria A. Fromkin

Topic:
Social Movements
UCLA and University of California History
Communist Party
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Length:
13.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice chancellor of graduate programs and professor of linguistics. Activist and member of the Communist Party.

1080. Interview of Nicolas Slonimsky

Topic:
Music
Length:
13 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from Russia. Conductor, author, pianist, and composer.

1081. Interview of John Eliot Coit

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Science, Medicine, and Technology
Agriculture
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
University of California, Berkeley professor of citriculture and superintendent of the Citrus Experiment Station. Founder of Coit Agricultural Service.

1082. Interview of Dorothy Kirsten

Topic:
Music
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Singer with the Metropolitan Opera.

1083. Interview of Lawrence Clark Powell (1963)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Librarians
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Librarian, author, and bibliographer. UCLA university librarian and dean of the UCLA School of Library Service.

1084. Interview of Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

Topic:
Politics and Government
African American History
Length:
1.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979. Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1979 to 1980 and 1992 to 2008.

1085. Interview of Earl J. Miller (1975)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of economics.

1086. Interview of Ruth Roemer

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

1087. Interview of LaRee Caughey

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Publisher of works about racially segregated education in Los Angeles with husband John Caughey.

1088. Interview of Joseph Costa

Topic:
Photography
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Newspaper photographer and founder of the National Press Photographers Association.

1089. Interview of Leon Levitch

Topic:
Music
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from Belgrade and World War II concentration camp survivor. Composer and pianist.

1090. 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.

1091. Interview of Philip P. Kerby

Topic:
Journalism
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Reporter, editorial writer, and editor for the Los Angeles Times. Founder of the political journal Frontier and Pulitzer Prize winner for editorials against government secrecy and judicial censorship.

1092. Interview of Kenneth Donahue

Topic:
Art
Length:
13 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

1093. Interview of Lawrence Lipton

Topic:
Journalism
Literature
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Journalist, mystery novel writer, and beat poet.

1095. Interview of Diana Anderson

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA University Elementary School
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Physical education supervisor at the UCLA University Elementary School (UES).

1096. Interview of Emmet G. Lavery

Topic:
Literature
Theater
Length:
196 leaves : index.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Producer and entertainment lawyer. Director of business affairs for 20th Century Fox Television and vice president of business affairs for Paramount Television. Founder of Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Productions and vice president of business affairs for DLT Entertainment.

1097. Interview of Rhea C. Ackerman

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
7.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Assistant superintendent at Los Angeles Juvenile Hall and assistant administrator at Children’s Hospital.

1098. Interview of Jorge Preloran

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Filmmaker and producer of educational films and films on Argentine folklife.

1099. Interview of William P. Longmire

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

1100. Interview of Ed Feigenbaum

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the ARPANET project, which developed an experimental computer network, a precursor to the internet. Director of the Stanford Computation Center and co-founder of IntelliCorp and Teknowledge.