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No. 794 Joyce Mitchell, 2012
File — Box: 74, Folder: 11
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Dr. Joyce Mitchell, nationally prominent in the field of bioinformatics and retiring head of the University of Utah’s Department of Bioinformatics, discusses her life and long career, first at the University of Missouri and ten at the University of Utah. A Wyoming native, she attended Stephens College in Missouri and then earned a PhD in population genetics at the University of Wisconsin. She spent twenty-five...
Dates:
2012
No. 795 John Netto, 2012
File — Box: 74, Folder: 12
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John Netto was born in New Haven, Connecticut and was raised between Connecticut and Utah. He is currently the CEO of Kenobi and he gives a brief history of the company and describes what they do there. John talks about his family and how they grew up poor. John explains how he came to be involved in activism. He started working with a Presbyterian minister, who is now his wife. He started working directly with the...
Dates:
2012
No. 796 Walter Nugent, 2014
File — Box: 74, Folder: 13
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In this interview, Walter Nugent discusses his career as a western historian. He describes his early education and his introduction to western history. He discusses a few of his publications and the research that went into them. Dr. Nugent then talks about his affiliation with the Western History Association, including his time as president. He also talks about a few memorable sessions at the Western History...
Dates:
2014
No. 797 Tara Bueche Robbins, 2011
File — Box: 74, Folder: 14
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Tara Bueche Robbins is a realtor who became involved with Occupy Salt Lake City after reading about the movement, in New York City and elsewhere, on alternative news websites. Originally, she was drawn to the protest by its challenge to the “Big Bank” system that has played such a significant role in the decline in the American economy. Since her initial involvement, like most people participating in Occupy, she...
Dates:
2011
No. 798 Tim Strong, 2013
File — Box: 74, Folder: 15
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Utah snowboarding pioneer Tim Strong credits his introduction to snowboarding to the Air Force, which put him in Utah in 1982, and an article in Playboy about Winterstick snowboards. An east coast surfer, he found the transition natural, and soon transitioned from a Swallowtail to the game-changing Sims 1500 FE with metal edges. Mr. Strong remembers that the first resort in Utah to allow snowboarding was Alta, for...
Dates:
2013
No. 799 Stewart N. Thorpe, 2012
File — Box: 74, Folder: 16
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Stewart Thorpe is a native of Salt Lake City. He is studying communications at the University of Utah. He became involved with the Occupy Movement when somebody invited him to an organizing meeting for Occupy Salt Lake City. Stewart talks about other activism groups and movements he has been involved with and explains why he is a part of the Occupy Movement. He feels it is a movement that is criticizing the core of...
Dates:
2012
No. 800 Michael K. Young, 2012
File — Box: 74, Folder: 17
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Michael Young is a former president of the University of Utah. He was hired away from George Washington University Law School where he was the dean. He is currently the president of the University of Washington. Michael describes the University of Utah’s capital campaign, which he took over when he first arrived at the University of Utah. One of his focuses as president was to internationalize the university and he...
Dates:
2012
No. 801 Chris Baldwin, 2011
File — Box: 74, Folder: 18
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Chris Baldwin talks about his motivations for participating in the Occupy Salt Lake City protest. Mr. Baldwin participated in the Vietnam War protests when he was young and he still feels passionate about participating in community actions. He now has a family and owns a corporation. Mr. Baldwin also describes the different groups occupying Pioneer Park and his experience of the protest so far.
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Dates:
2011
No. 802 Rachel Carter, 2011
File — Box: 74, Folder: 19
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Rachel Carter was arrested during the Salt Lake City Police Department’s raid of the Occupy Salt Lake City encampment at Pioneer Park on November 12, 2011. Interestingly enough, the previous night was her first night camping at the park, and she made the decision to camp due to her disagreement with the announcement that the park would be evacuated. She has been politically active for a number of years, beginning...
Dates:
2011
No. 803 James Lynn Crane, 2011
File — Box: 74, Folder: 20
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Mr. Crane was born on August 1st in Murray, Utah. His family lived in Herriman, Utah, where he has lived for the majority of his life. Mr. Crane served as mayor of Herriman from June 1999 at the time of the incorporation of Herriman into a city. He served as mayor for just over ten years. Mr. Crane describes his childhood living in Herriman and also spending summers, and eventually his high school years, in Idaho...
Dates:
2011