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Alcena Boozer Oral History Interview (1 of 2)

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Title

Alcena Boozer Oral History Interview (1 of 2)

Description

Boozer discusses her family, especially how her mother and father met and her oldest brother, who was the first African American Pharmacist at OSU. She details her time at Portland State University, obtaining her Bachelors in Education and Graduate Certificate in Counseling, working at Grant High School as a teacher, counselor and vice principal, and leaving for Seminary at Church Divinity School of the Pacific. She explains her husband's occupation and her two sons Bentley and Clark. She shares her thoughts on the Church and her faith, how she came to the conclusion to become a Deacon, influential figures in her life. She concludes with her hobbies of activism, hiking and gardening.

Reverend Alcena Elaine Boozer (b.1938), was the Rector of the St. Philip the Deacon Parish for 17 years. Following the completion of her seminary training in the 1980s, she was one of the first women ordained in the Diocese of Oregon and one of only three African American women ordained in the Episcopal Church nationally.

Creator

Alcena Boozer

Source

Oregon Multicultural Archives Oral History Collection

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

May 19, 2012

Contributor

Chris Petersen

Format

Born Digital

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

OH18-boozer-alcena-20120519

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Chris Petersen

Interviewee

Alcena Boozer

Location

St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon

Original Format

Born Digital

Duration

0:19:17

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Interview Format

audio

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