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Index
00:01:45 - Born and raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
00:02:25 - Early interest in education.
00:02:58 - Family history.
00:03:15 - Application process and acceptance to Harvard University.
00:04:45 - Financing Harvard University.
00:05:25 - Memorable people and favorite classes at Harvard University.
00:06:50 - Experiences as a student at Harvard University.
00:08:00 - Marriage and working in real estate.
00:10:00 - Military experience.
00:10:40 - Professor of English Ralph Wardle recommended him as a graduate assistant.
00:12:39 - First impressions of UNO as a graduate assistant and master’s student.
00:14:10 - English department professors Robert Harper and Ralph Wardle
were mentors
00:14:55 - Course load as a teacher and graduate student.
00:16:15 - Described teacher/student conferences
00:18:45 - Staff size and when he requested to hire a secretary.
00:20:00 - Meeting
University of Omaha President Milo Bail in 1958
00:23:40 - Leave of absence in 1963 to pursue a PhD at Texas Christian University.
00:25:05 - Interest in American literature and Willa Cather.
00:26:05 - Courses he taught at UNO.
00:26:40 - Experience at Texas Christian University.
00:27:40 - Achieving tenure and the controversy over impending OU merger with the University of Nebraska.
00:30:15 - President of the Board of Regents Robert Spire.
00:31:25 - Curriculum in the English department.
00:32:45 - Professor of English Marion Marsh Brown.
00:33:49 - Additional staffing issues.
00:34:25 - Attracting new staff as department head following merger.
00:36:10 - UNO’s search for identity in the unrest of the sixties.
00:39:25 - Student moratorium day and other forms of protest.
00:42:00 - Finding time for research as a professor.
00:43:50 - Chronology of the English department curriculum.
00:46:15 - Composition as a requirement and the quality of English.
00:47:50 - English department chair Richard Lane.
00:48:38 - High school preparation in English classes.
00:50:25 - Evolution of the student; traditional versus non-traditional.
00:54:54 - Favorite excuse by a student.
00:55:00 - Regrets and other employment opportunities as a teacher.
00:56:10 - Source of greatest satisfaction was his influence on students’ lives.
