Creator: Eleanor Huzar

Subjects: Anniversaries, Sesquicentennial

Description: Eleanor Huzar began teaching in the MSU Department of History in 1960 after earning an undergraduate degree in ancient history from the University of Minnesota and a masters and PhD from Cornell University, also in ancient history. The courses she taught included a graduate reading course, an undergraduate history course, and the undergraduate survey of history course.

Huzar served on the library committee, was chairman of the University Business Committee, and served as chair of the Classical Studies Program. She was also a member of the Romance and Classical Languages department, teaching history and ancient art. While at MSU, and even after her retirement in 1990, Huzar was an avid reader for WKAR's Radio Talking Book.

Topics/People Covered in the Interview include: Bob Brown; Harry Brown; Robert Brown; Dick Chapin; Paul Droysen; Walter Fee; Harold Fields; Alvin Glick; Marjorie Guessner; John Hannah; John Harrison; Madison Kuhn; Faculty Women's Association; student unrest; Sister Mona Reilly; Richard Sullivan; Paul Varg; Wharten Center for Performing Arts; Roger Wilkinson; Frederick Williams

Date: June 28, 2001

Collection Number: UA 3

Language: English

Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by Michigan State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Contributing Institution: University Archives & Historical Collections, Office of the Provost

Relation: Sesquicentennial Oral History Project

Contributor: MSU Archives and Historical Collections