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Title
Al Haunold Oral History Interview #2
Description
Dr. Alfred Haunold is a retired plant breeder and director from the USDA-OSU hop breeding program in Corvallis, Oregon. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Sciences and was the scientist who released and developed many important hops, including the Willamette and Cascade varieties. In this interview, Haunold talks about growing up in Retz, Austria, the economics of the area between the two world wars, his family’s ties to agriculture, the Austrian school system, living conditions during the Nazi occupation, life in wartime Vienna while he was going to college, coming to America on a Fulbright, meeting his wife Mary in New York, and the modern refugee situation in Austria. He also talks about his work in wheat genetics while in Austria, earning his doctorate degree in agricultural science at University of Nebraska, job hunting in America after earning his PhD, moving to Oregon and his work with hops, breeding the Willamette hops variety, the hops market in 60s America, hops growing in Austria, and troubles he ran into while crossing hops in America.
Creator
Al Haunold
Source
Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives Oral History Collection (OH 35)
Publisher
Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries
Date
August 1, 2017
Contributor
Tiah Edmunson-Morton
Format
Born Digital Video
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Identifier
oh35-haunold-al-20170801
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Tiah Edmunson-Morton
Interviewee
Al Haunold
Location
Corvallis, Oregon
Original Format
Born Digital Video
Duration
2:19:10
OHMS Object
Interview Format
video