Transcript
Index
00:02:00 - Hired at UNO in June of 1967 and retired in 1999; discussed positions held.
00:03:12 - Early childhood on a farm in southern Arkansas. Attended college,
earning a bachelor’s in business administration from Southern State
College.
00:05:04 - Earned master’s degree from Washington University in Saint
Louis,
Missouri. Worked as a research assistant with the community service
survey merging city and county governments around Saint Louis.
00:07:15 - Left Washington University as
“all-but-dissertation.” First teaching
positions were at Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans and Tampa
University in Tampa, Florida.
00:08:45 - Completed Ph.D. in 1965. Taught at Southwest Missouri State
University in Springfield, MO, and Western Kentucky University in Bowling
Green, KY. Left Kentucky because of politics within the
department.
00:10:00 - Received letter from Professor David Scott, chair of the Municipal
University of Omaha Political Science Department, about a position at OU
and interviewed for the job in 1967. First impressions of Nebraska.
00:12:05 - Discussed the merger of the Municipal University of Omaha with
the University of Nebraska system.
00:12:40 - Municipal University of Omaha
campus consisted of five buildings,
including Quonset Huts and white limestone parking lots with parking
meters. The university Field
House, home to the basketball squad, had a dirt floor, which was underwhelming coming from Western Kentucky where basketball was very important.
00:14:05 - Discussed differences between UNO and other universities, including large number of active-duty military students in the Bootstrapper program.
00:16:00 - First time taught Asian politics and the Bootstrapper students.
00:17:34 - Military students and their performance in class.
00:18:30 - Memories of parking at UNO.
00:20:18 - UNO was nicknamed “West Dodge High”
because curriculum was
mostly undergraduate. Political Science Professor John Farr created the
political science graduate program.
00:21:35 - Strengths of the Political Science department.
00:23:54 - Political Science department split after the OU/NU merger and the creation of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service.
00:25:50 - Relationships among faculty members.
00:28:00 - Taught evening classes at UNO and off
-campus classes at Offutt
Air Force Base.
00:30:00 - Faculty list.
00:31:28 - Co-founded the
Third World Studies Conference in 1977.
00:34:12 - Created a major in international studies focused on landlocked
countries.
00:37:00 - Served as president of the UNO Faculty Senate four times.
00:40:20 - Memorable events that stand out at UNO include rapid change and
Vietnam War protests.
00:42:30 - Creation of the student grievance committee.
00:44:45 - Served on the grievance committee and led the study to investigate
faculty salaries.
00:47:15 - Early sit-ins at UNO. Camp suggested creating an ombudsman
position.
00:49:00 - American Association of University Professors (AAUP) overview
and 1983 collective bargaining negotiations.
00:53:30 - Discussed university roles, UNO Chancellor Del Weber, and
university staff
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members.
00:56:47 - Discussed retirement; enjoying the freedom in his schedule.
