Box 71
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Contains 26 Results:
No. 702 Janet Kotra, 2008
File — Box: 71, Folder: 1
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Janet Kotra (b. 1955) of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission discusses the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste disposal site. A scientist with a PhD from the University of Maryland, Dr. Kotra was born in Tacoma Park, Maryland, and aside from living in Hawaii as a young woman and while pursuing her bachelor’s degree, has lived in the DC area for much of her life. Dr. Kotra’s interest in public policy and abiding...
Dates:
2008
No. 703 Clyde Milner, 2012
File — Box: 71, Folder: 2
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Clyde Milner, longtime editor of the Western Historical Quarterly and professor of history at Utah State University and then Arkansas State University, remembers his career and his time at the WHQ. Professor Milner started at Duke University in religious studies, received a PhD in American Studies from Yale, and worked with famous Western historian Howard Lamar. Hired before he completed his degree, he taught at...
Dates:
2012
No. 704 Gustav L. Seligmann, 2012
File — Box: 71, Folder: 3
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Gustav L. Seligmann, professor of history at University of North Texas and a lifetime member of the Western History Association, remembers his career and relationship with the WHA. A military brat, he attended school in Bremerhaven, Germany, Virginia, Oklahoma, and the New Mexico Military Institute. Dr. Seligmann’s family came to new Mexico in the 1850s and he remembers his father describing a scene when he was a...
Dates:
2012
No. 705 Edward Swift, 2011
File — Box: 71, Folder: 4
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Edward Swift was born in Massachusetts on June 1, 1960, but currently resides in coastal Oregon. Following the tragic passing of his wife Renee, Edward traveled to Massachusetts to spend time with his sister. On his way back to Oregon, he stopped in New York City to learn about Occupy Wall Street. He became involved in the movement, and continuing his trip westward, he visited Occupy encampments in Saint Louis,...
Dates:
2011
No. 706 Amy Tolutau, 2008
File — Box: 71, Folder: 5
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Amy Tolutau, daughter of a Hawaiian and Filipino man and a white woman from Alaska, was born in Arizona and grew up in a small town, Wickenburg. The youngest of seven children, she remembers being the only Polynesian family in town, a matter of some novelty in a town whose ethnic makeup was almost exclusively Hispanic and white. Her father's family did not approve of his marriage, and Ms. Tolutau grew up far from...
Dates:
2008
No. 707 Jennifer Viereck, 2009
File — Box: 71, Folder: 6
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Jennifer Viereck was born in Plymouth, New Hampshire in 1952. Shortly after her birth she moved with her parents to southern Alaska where she spent her early years. Viereck discusses the ethical, moral and cultural impacts that correspondence with her “name father” John Olaranna (same as her middle name) had on her as he taught her to be a “good Inupiat” in his letters. Based on that background she describes her...
Dates:
2009
No. 708 John Gregory Francis, 2011
File — Box: 71, Folder: 7
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Mr. Francis (b. 1943) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 10. He discusses his growing up years in Sacramento, California, as well as his educational experiences. He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and a doctorate from University of Michigan, with post graduate work at the University of Essex and Oxford. He discusses his educational experiences and influences. Mr. Francis...
Dates:
2011
No. 709 Crystal Hafoka, 2009
File — Box: 71, Folder: 8
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Crystal Hafoka was born in 1987 in Frankfurt, Germany. Her father was German-Hungarian and her mother is of Maori and Tahitian descent. Both her parents were in the military so Crystal and her siblings were raised in both Germany and Hawaii. Crystal has maintained a close connection to her South Pacific heritage through dance and she has performed all over the U.S. and internationally with troupes from the...
Dates:
2009
No. 710 Tevita Hafoka, 2008
File — Box: 71, Folder: 9
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Tevita Hafoka (b. 1965) was raised by his aunt and uncle in Tonga. He grew up all over Tonga. When he was a teenager his family moved to Hawaii to take advantage of better opportunities there. Tevita describes what it was like to arrive in Hawaii. He lived in Maui because his brother-in-law had a business there. Tevita then moved to Texas to live with his sister. A job opportunity came up in San Diego and he took...
Dates:
2008
No. 711 Karalyn Henderson, 2008
File — Box: 71, Folder: 10
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Karalyn Henderson (b. 1983), of Honaunau, Hawaii, was born at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. Her mother is Hawaiian and Filipino, and her father German and Tongan. Her parents met at Sea World, where they both worked, married, and her mother, raised Catholic, soon converted to her father’s Mormonism. Ms. Henderson spent most of her childhood in Utah, until her family briefly moved to California to help her...
Dates:
2008