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Tony Wilcox Oral History Interview. June 23, 2015

Tony Wilcox Oral History Interview

Life history interview conducted by Chris Petersen.

June 23, 2015

Location:  Milam Hall, Oregon State University.

Tony Wilcox (b. 1951) was a member of the faculty of the College of Public Health and Human Sciences from his arrival at OSU in 1987 to his retirement in 2015. Primarily interested in exercise physiology as a researcher, Wilcox also served as chair of the Department of Exercise and Sports Science from 1994 to 2011, and as co-director of the School of Biological and Population Health Sciences from 2011 to 2015. Wilcox likewise spent more than a dozen years as an OSU Faculty Senator and was President of the Faculty Senate in 1997. His interview focuses on his work as a researcher and administrator in exercise science, his life-long passion for running, and his many contributions to the Faculty Senate and to a wide swath of university committees.