VT Stories Oral History with Rosemary Blieszner, March 19, 2018 (Ms2016-015)

VT Stories Oral History with Rosemary Blieszner, March 19, 2018 (Ms2016-015)

Rosemary Beiszner came to Virginia Tech as a foot in the door to the academic world. She attended undergraduate at Mercyhurst College, studying home economics. She went on to pursue a master’s degree in family and child development at Ohio State. Finally, she earned a PhD from Penn State in adult development and aging. In this interview, Rosemary talks about her journey to Virginia Tech, falling in love with the campus, and her thirty-seven year long career here, from a one year teaching position to the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

Permission to publish material from the VT Stories Oral History Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Ms2016-015_RosemaryBlieszner

Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech

Rachel Beisser

Rosemary Bleiszner

Wallace Hall

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