Earl Lazerson Oral History Interview

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This oral history interview with Ellen Nore-Nordhouser is part of a collection of oral histories conducted as part of a research project related to the 50th Anniversary of SIUE between 2005 and 2008.

Earl Lazerson speaks to what he saw the hallmarks of his legacy as President of the University, focusing on university housing, the creation of Arts and Issues, pushing for stronger undergraduate rather than doctoral programs, and the dissolution of the Experiment in Higher Education during his tenure at SIUE as a faculty member, Dean of Sciences and Technology and President.

50th Anniversary of SIUE Oral History Collection

• education
• SIUE
• Illinois

• Interviewer: Nore-Nordhauser, Ellen
• Transcriber: Farlow, Claire
• Audior: Mason, Shannan

January 30, 2007

English

• Oral History

• mp3
• pdf

Nore-Nordhauser

Lazerson, Earl

Edwardsville, Illinois

• 1970s - 2000s

• Lazerson_Earl_O_001_Access.mp3
  Lazerson_Earl_O_001.pdf