Robison, Olin
Person
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
1991 staff layoffs, 2019
File
Identifier: A13.I
Scope and Contents
Includes recordings of interviews, interview transcriptions, photos taken by Garber and Housberg, scans from Connie Weems, pitch drafts, and contact lists.
Dates:
2019
Andrews, David H. (faculty), August 24, 1995
Item
Identifier: MOH110
Scope and Contents
1 audio cassette tape containing interview with David H. Andrews, Middlebury College Professor of Anthropology. This interview was conducted at David Andrews' home on South Street in Middlebury, Vermont. Andrews discusses how he came to Middlebury; the difference between old and young professors; department divides in the faculty; how he was directly appointed by President Olin Robison; faculty attitudes about President Armstrong; Robert Pickard; linguistics at Middlebury; students study...
Dates:
August 24, 1995
Clifford, Nicholas (faculty, trustee), June 21, 1993
Item
Identifier: MOH79
Scope and Contents
1 interview with Nicholas Clifford, Middlebury College Professor of History and Trustee. During the interview, Clifford discusses his educational background and professional experience; his recruitment by President Armstrong; research interests; his teaching philosophy and style; a comparison of Presidents Armstrong, Robison, and McCardell; problems facing higher education; the effects of the changing student population; efforts to increase diversity; decision making; the role of women at...
Dates:
June 21, 1993
Gleason, Robert (Class of 1954, faculty), August 10, 1995
Item
Identifier: MOH109
Scope and Contents
2 audio cassette tapes containing interview with Robert W. Gleason, Middlebury College Class of 1954 and Professor of Chemistry, conducted by Allison Kirk. Gleason discusses college counseling; how he got the job; Painter hall; Warner science hall; Physics department; gender segregation at Middlebury; fraternities; Alpha sigma psi; social structure; fraternities discrimination; sororities; faculty relations; open faculty student relations; student activities; deciding his career in medicine;...
Dates:
August 10, 1995
Harris, William (faculty), February 20, 1989
Item
Identifier: MOH55
Scope and Contents
1 interview with William Harris, Middlebury College Professor of Classics. Harris discusses how he came to Middlebury; how Stratton hired him; admissions; President Armstrong; President Robison; fraternities; tenure; hiring process; faculty administration relations; fund raising; salaries; tuition; how Middlebury was a "poor man's" college; Jewish faculty; why Jewish faculty left; discrimination for tenure; being department chair of the classics; social order; beng married to students; what...
Dates:
February 20, 1989
Littlefield, David J. (faculty), August 8, 1995
Item
Identifier: MOH108
Scope and Contents
2 audio cassette tapes containing interview with David J. Littlefield, Middlebury College Professor of English, conducted by Allison Kirk. Littlefield discusses how he got his position at Middlebury; PhD from Yale; Douglas Beers; winter term; film courses; Antioch law school; isolation of Middlebury; court system; being chairman of the division of humanities; President Armstrong; being chairman of the English department; firing staff; turning down being chairman of the English department;...
Dates:
August 8, 1995
Nelson, Walter "Duke" (Class of 1932), February 7, 1986
Item
Identifier: MOH33
Scope and Contents
1 interview with Walter "Duke" Nelson, retired Middlebury College Football Coach. Nelson discusses what he studied at Middlebury; athletics; field house; athletic facilities; coaching football, hockey and golf; teaching PE; intermurals; lacrosse; comparing Middlebury to other colleges; student activities; changes in Middlebury; teaching sports at a young age; World War II; what makes Middlebury unique; the rural setting; the growth of Middlebury; scholarships; financial aid; President Moody;...
Dates:
February 7, 1986
Neuberger, Fred (Class of 1950, administrator), February 3, 1975
Item
Identifier: MOH10
Scope and Contents
1 audio cassette tape containing interview with Fred Neuberger, Class of 1950 and Dean of Admissions by Tom Alderman. Neuberger discusses working as dean of admissions; President Storrs Lee; President Armstrong; President Stratton; the end of Women's college of Middlebury; coeducation; old economy; socioeconomic classes; Middlebury tuition; trustees; student body numbers; overenrollment; female vs. male students; how Middlebury students compare with other new england private schools;...
Dates:
February 3, 1975
Robison, Olin (President, faculty), July 9, 1986
Item
Identifier: MOH49
Scope and Contents
1 interview with Middlebury College President Olin Clyde Robison by David Stameshkin.Increase term trustees, decrease amount of alum trustees from 8 to 6, results in reduced number of charter trustees- result is a regenerated Board - accelerate turnover-it is politically sensitive (01:52); pleased with annual giving, $75-$76,000 in 1986, in 1975 it was $40,000 (02:47); next year number will increase- due to aging of alumni (04:50); comparing Middlebury students to Amherst,...
Dates:
July 9, 1986
Robison, Olin (President, faculty), October 27, 1995
Item
Identifier: MOH111
Scope and Contents
1 interview with Olin Robison, Middlebury College President and faculty member. Robison was interviewed by Alison Kirk at Old Chapel. President Robison's role as college president for 15 years; considered a "change agent" (04:37); Pivotal improvement in perception of college as a more confident institution. Promotes the college to encourage a strong international perspective. Goal was to make the college the best liberal arts college in nation (11:09); College becomes an...
Dates:
October 27, 1995
Sparks, M. Kimberly (faculty), June 29, 1993
Item
Identifier: MOH82
Scope and Contents
1 interview with M. Kimberly Sparks, Middlebury College Professor of German. During the interview, Sparks discusses his educational background; his first year at Middlebury (1966-1967) as part of the "Princeton mafia"; his role as Chair of the German Department; the study of language; publications; his teaching style; the use of media; professorships; administrative roles; his time overseas and at the summer schools; the administrations of Presidents Armstrong and Robison; the selection...
Dates:
June 29, 1993
Theobald, Rebecca Bayless (Class of 1984), June 4, 1994
Item
Identifier: MOH95
Scope and Contents
1 interview with Rebecca (Bayless) Theobald, Middlebury College Class of 1984. The interview was conducted over Reunion Weekend. Theobald discusses coming to Middlebury as a freshman; faculty influences including Murray Dry and Professor Berninghausen; breakfast with Pardon Tillinghast; student social life; study abroad; life after Middlebury; working for President Robison; the Dalai Lama's first visit to Middlebury; and closeness with professors at Middlebury.
Dates:
June 4, 1994
Tillinghast, Pardon (faculty), 1986
Item
Identifier: MOH31
Scope and Contents
1 audio cassette tape containing interview with Pardon E. Tillinghast, Professor of History.Brown University undergraduate, hired as history professor at Middlebury in 1947, Navy veteran (01:34); colleague called "Sleepy Davis" (03:25); men's campus and women's campus separate (04:10); taught one class in spring, age is 66, loves teaching (06:05) college in 1947 was quiet, he had a small office, did not interact with many colleagues- in 1941 war took away male students (07:23);...
Dates:
1986
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