Mellie Pullman Oral History Interview

Interviewee: Mellie Pullman
Interviewer: Tiah Edmunson-Morton
Interview Date: June 17, 2016
Location: Pullman residence, Portland, Oregon
Duration: 1:21:25
 

Mellie Pullman is a professor at Portland State University, where she is the Director of the Business of Craft Brewing Program. In this interview, Pullman talks about growing up in Chicago, traveling through the country and taking classes at The Evergreen State College before settling in Park City, Utah, where she became the first female brewmaster in the US at Schirf Brewing (1986). Pullman talks about what it was like to be a woman in male dominated industries, working at Cornell University, moving to Portland, and how her research focus shifted from food to beer. The interview was conducted by Tiah Edmunson-Morton on June 17, 2016 at Pullman’s home in Portland.

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Title

Mellie Pullman Oral History Interview

Description

Mellie Pullman is a professor at Portland State University, where she is the Director of the Business of Craft Brewing Program. In this interview, Pullman talks about growing up in Chicago, traveling through the country and taking classes at The Evergreen State College before settling in Park City, Utah, where she became the first female brewmaster in the US at Schirf Brewing (1986). Pullman talks about what it was like to be a woman in male dominated industries, working at Cornell University, moving to Portland, and how her research focus shifted from food to beer. The interview was conducted by Tiah Edmunson-Morton on June 17, 2016 at Pullman’s home in Portland.

Creator

Mellie Pullman

Source

Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives Oral History Collection

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

June 17, 2016

Contributor

Tiah Edmunson-Morton

Format

Born Digital

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

OH35-pullman-mellie-20160617

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Tiah Edmunson-Morton

Interviewee

Mellie Pullman

Location

Pullman residence, Portland, Oregon

Original Format

Born Digital

Duration

1:21:25

OHMS Object

Interview Format

video