Bowker, John G. (faculty), October 15, 1975
Scope and Contents
1 interview with John G. Bowker, Professor of Mathematics, conducted by David Stameshkin at 14 Aidrondack View, Middlebury (Bowker's home). Bowker discusses President Thomas; Dwayne Robinson; President Stratton; fund raising; athletics; Hamlin Hall; Tea time tavern; President Hamlin; expanding the Fine Arts programs; mathematics courses; mathematics curriculum changes; Foreign Language Study; President Moody; Storrs Lee; Steve Freeman; Board of Trustees; military training on campus; draft dodgers; World War II; dismissal of faculty; President Armstrong; comparing Middlebury to other colleges; gender segregation; coeducation; Forest Hall; the women's college; and the depression years.
Dates
- October 15, 1975
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research without restriction.
Biographical / Historical
John Gerald Bowker (-1992) was a Professor of Mathematics at Middlebury College from 1926 to 1967. He served as Dean of the Faculty from 1953 to 1967.
Extent
From the Collection: 147+ Objects
Physical Location
w.2.2
Physical Description
2 audio cassettes
General
Assigned identifier: a13af19751015-01
- Athletics
- Coeducation
- College administrators
- College sports
- College trustees
- Draft
- Education of women
- Freeman, Stephen Albert, 1898-1999
- Fund raising
- Hamlin, Cyrus, 1811-1900
- Lee, W. Storrs (William Storrs), 1906-2004
- Mathematics -- Study and teaching
- Middlebury College -- Faculty
- Moody, Paul D. (Paul Dwight), 1879-1947
- Oral Histories
- Stratton, Samuel S. (Samuel Sommerville)
- Thomas, John Martin, 1869-1952
- Women's education
- World War, 1939-1945
Repository Details
Part of the Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives Repository
Middlebury College
Davis Family Library
110 Storrs Avenue
Middlebury Vermont 05753 United States
specialcollections@middlebury.edu
