Transcript
Index
00:01:45 - Family History
00:02:23 - Early education; graduated from high school in 1941.
00:03:23 - Accident on a farm in high school;
met his wife in the hospital.
00:04:08 - Early work history, including work with the Omaha symphony as a trombonist.
00:05:05 - Recollections of Omaha.
00:05:35 - Air Force training and service.
00:08:15 - Entered the Christian ministry as a theology student.
00:09:38 - The G I Bill paid for his A.B. in 1948, B.D. in 1950, and M.A. in 1952
from Butler University in Indianapolis, IN.
00:10:20 - Accepted a position as a pastor in Ann Arbor, MI, and began
coursework for his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan.
00:10:50 - Moved to Maryville, MO, and completed his doctorate at the
University of Missouri in 1965.
00:11:24 - Listed his children’s birth years and their influence on his decision
to teach.
00:12:15 - Accepted a teaching position at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, IL.
00:13:05 - Taught courses in Sociology, compared teaching to delivering a
sermon.
00:13:45 - Hired by Omaha University in 1967 by George Helling.
00:15:00 - Bill was passed to merge OU with the University of Nebraska
system.
00:15:55 - Associate professor in Sociology;
listed faculty in department.
00:16:55 - Elected Chair of Sociology department. Faculty and size of student
population.
00:17:50 - Described teacher course loads when he stepped down as chair of
the department in 1978.
00:18:10 - The location of the Sociology
Department changed as new buildings
were constructed.
00:19:30 - Curriculum changes and courses he taught during his career.
00:21:15 - Former OU Professor of Sociology
T. Earl Sullenger gave his personal
library to the department.
00:21:45 - Served on committees to create KVNO radio and merge the
College of Continuing Studies with the College of Public Affairs &
Community Service.
00:22:30 - Described first CPACS Dean Hubert Locke, Ralph Wardle, and A.
Stanley Trickett, chair of the History Department.
00:24:40 - New construction improved campus but classrooms were still
traditional.
00:26:15 - Student profiles during his career.
00:26:50 - Bootstrap program and the Vietnam War.
00:27:50 - Described women and older students.
00:28:30 - International students program during
the 1960s.
00:30:05 - Student unrest on campus.
00:31:00 - As a commuter campus the focus was more on work than school;
campus lacked student activities.
00:35:05 - Positive and negative effects of the transition from Omaha
University to the University of Nebra
ska at Omaha.
00:41:10 - Secretary Sophie Katz.
00:43:05 - He would like to see the campus become more personable and
increase student involvement.
00:44:30 - Reinstitute the faculty dining room.
00:45:50 - Memorable people included Chancellors Ronald Roskens and
Del Weber, the sociology faculty, Ralph Wardle, Orville Menard, Jane Kempf,
Don Pflasterer, and T. Earl Sullenger.
00:50:10 - Duties as an Episcopal priest.
00:51:45 - Played in a brass trio with Professors Bob Woody and Evan Brown.
00:54:10 - Qualities of a good teacher.
00:56:20 - Impact OU and UNO had on his life.
