Wagner, Richard and Lois, May 9, 2011
Scope and Contents note
In this interview Richard and Lois Wagner discuss: family background; the College in the early 1970’s; hiring practices; growth of the psychology department; growth of the faculty and the physical campus under President Reynolds and Carl Straub; women faculty; Needle Club; changes in student body; relationship between Bates and the Lewiston-Auburn community.
Dates
- May 9, 2011
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Biographical note
Richard Wagner was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1935. He graduated from Haverford College and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He studied for a year in Santiago, Chile on a Fulbright Scholarship and then taught for six years at Bucknell University. Dr. Wagner came to Bates in 1970 to teach in the psychology department. He was the department chair for 25 years and retired in 2004.
Lois Wagner was born in Hancock, Michigan in 1935. She grew up in Alpena and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Lois attended the Michigan College of Mining and Technology and the University of Michigan. She also did graduate work in the library sciences. After she and Richard moved to Maine, Lois became active in the League of Women Voters and worked part time at the Lewiston Public Library. In 1980 she became a full-time reference librarian at the Auburn Public Library and remained there until 1996.
Extent
1 digital_recording(s)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Bates College (Lewiston, Me.) (Organization)
Repository Details
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