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VT Stories Oral History with Bill Roth, January 26, 2018 (Ms2016-015)
Bill Roth grew up in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania playing ice hockey. He attended Syracuse University studying multimedia journalism, wanting to work in sports broadcasting. After graduating, he was hired at Virginia Tech as the “Voice of the…
VT Stories Oral History with Charles Tynan, May 17, 2017 (Ms2016-015)
A proud alumnus, Charles Tynan is no stranger to the Blacksburg area or Virginia Tech. From the years of 1947 to 1952 he was an undergraduate student, living in dorms and a cadet in the Corps. He spent the majority of his time devoted to academics,…
VT Stories Oral History with Nick Moga, November 20, 2015 (Ms2016-015)
It is easy for us to view today’s version of Virginia Tech as a technologically advanced university that is particularly superior in the fields of science and math. Each day students utilize lab equipment and technology without considering what…
VT Stories Oral History with Greg Fansler, March 3, 2017 (Ms2016-015)
fter graduation, some Virginia Tech students are left with four years worth of memories, while others have memories surrounding the university that were created before enrolling or even after graduating. Greg Fansler, Class of 2002, is one example of…
VT Stories Oral History with Todd Barnes, October 2, 2015 (Ms2016-015)
The Corps of Cadets has been an essential thread in the fabric of Virginia Tech since 1872. Foregoing the typically collegiate experience, freshmen arrive to Blacksburg and quickly transform from high school graduates into Cadets of the Corps. Todd…
VT Stories Oral History with John Bates, May 22, 2015 (Ms2016-015)
On the weekend of his 50th college reunion, John Bates finds himself pausing as he crosses the Drillfield on a quiet Sunday morning. It was as if he entered a “timewarp,” John states. As if the past 50 years had just rewound, and he was, once…
VT Stories Oral History with Joseph Barlow, May 21, 2015 (Ms2016-015)
Joseph Barlow was born on a farm in 1928, shortly before The Great Depression. Barlow never questioned where he was going to attend college; the answer was always Virginia Tech. Like his father, Barlow enrolled at Virginia Tech, and graduated with a…
VT Stories Oral History with Eugene Banks, May 21, 2015 (Ms2016-015)
Eugene Banks, class of 1950, had never even seen Virginia Tech before the day he enrolled. Banks began his education in 1946 at the age of 16. While he never visited the campus due to the United States’ gasoline rationing in the early 1940s, Banks…
VT Stories Oral History with Marvin Boyd, October 9, 2015 (Ms2016-015)
As the new, starry-eyed freshman class arrives to Blacksburg in August, they begin to make their home in one of Virginia Tech’s twenty-seven residences halls. Their rooms are then the stage for the countless memories of their first year as Hokies.…
VT Stories Oral History with Judge Danny Bird, October 9, 2015 (Ms2016-015)
To his grandchildren he is known as their “Hokie Pawpaw,” but to others he is known as Judge Danny W. Bird from the 27th Judicial Court in the state of Virginia. Bird, class of 1960, details his story of growing up on a dairy farm in Bland…
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