Interviewee: Shaun Townsend
Interviewer: Tiah Edmunson-Morton
Interview Date: November 3, 2014
Location: Valley Library, Oregon State University
Duration: 1:31:37
Interviewer: Tiah Edmunson-Morton
Interview Date: November 3, 2014
Location: Valley Library, Oregon State University
Duration: 1:31:37
Shaun Townsend is a senior researcher in hop breeding and genetics at Oregon State. In this interview, he discusses growing up in central Illinois, his education and research experience in agronomy at Montana State and New Mexico state, and how he came to work at Oregon State University in the hop program. He describes his passion for research in crop science, and how his career has fulfilled that. In addition, he discusses the transformation of the OSU hop breeding program to fit the needs for variety in the craft brewing industry and how he collaborates with local growers and brewers to produce optimal varieties.
Dublin Core
Title
Shaun Townsend Oral History Interview (2 of 2)
Description
Shaun Townsend is a senior researcher in hop breeding and genetics at Oregon State. In this interview, he discusses growing up in central Illinois, his education and research experience in agronomy at Montana State and New Mexico state, and how he came to work at Oregon State University in the hop program. He describes his passion for research in crop science, and how his career has fulfilled that. In addition, he discusses the transformation of the OSU hop breeding program to fit the needs for variety in the craft brewing industry and how he collaborates with local growers and brewers to produce optimal varieties.
Creator
Shaun Townsend
Source
Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives Oral History Collection (OH 35)
Publisher
Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries
Date
November 3, 2014
Contributor
Tiah Edmunson-Morton
Format
Born Digital Audio
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Identifier
OH35-townsend-shaun-20141103
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Tiah Edmunson-Morton
Interviewee
Shaun Townsend
Location
Valley Library, Oregon State University
Original Format
Born Digital Audio
Duration
1:31:37
OHMS Object
Interview Format
audio