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In this interview, Lester Kirkendall discusses his career as a professor of sex education and family studies. Kirkendall was born and raised in western Kansas, graduating from high school in 1924. He then talks about his job as a high school teacher…

In this interview, LeVelle Wood discusses her career and lifelong accomplishments in home economics. Wood begins by talking about her affiliation with Oregon Agricultural College, explaining that as a child she already knew she would attend OAC one…

In this interview, Gertrude Tank talks about working as a dentist and later as a dental researcher at Oregon State University. She begins by discussing the dental clinic that she ran in Philadelphia for twenty-seven years. She decided to change jobs…

In this interview, Mabel Pernot recalls her experiences working as the manager of the Clothing and Textiles Stockroom at Oregon State University and her memories of Margaret Snell. The Clothing and Textiles Stockroom was housed in Milam Hall and sold…

In this interview, Virginia Harger discusses her career as a dietician, her influence on the advancement of home economics, and her association with Oregon State University. She begins by talking about growing up in Spokane, Washington, and attending…

In this interview, Margaret Fincke describes her job as a home economics professor and researcher at Oregon State University. Fincke begins by discussing how she initiated the Foods and Nutrition Program at OSU. She finished her graduate work in…

In this interview, Laura Cleaveland discusses her career in home economics and her involvement with Oregon State University. She talks about attending Iowa State College and receiving her bachelor’s degree in home economics education in 1930,…

In this interview, Taskerud recalls her experiences as a young adult attending college during the Great Depression and working in various home economics jobs during World War II and in the following years. She opens with an anecdote about how she…

Betty Hawthorne begins this interview by speaking about her early childhood, which was spent in Seattle, Washington and Kobe, Japan until she was about seven years old. Hawthorne later attended the University of Washington, earning a degree in…

In this interview, Clara Storvick discusses her professional life doing research at Oregon State University. She is accompanied by her colleague, Dr. Margaret Fincke, who also participates in the interview.

Storvick begins by briefly discussing…