Box 62
Container
Contains 29 Results:
No.492 Gerhart Laun, 2006
File — Box: 62, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Gernhart Laun (b. 1941) born in Frankfurt, Germany. He learned English from his nanny, a Russian pediatrician that his father hired during World War II. He received a Master's Degree in Philosophy from Frankfurt University, and graduated from the Jesusit School of Saint George (mentored by Hans Wolter). He worked a teaching assistant in the English department. Theological studies followed next, with an emphasis in...
Dates:
2006
No.493 Larry Love, 2007
File — Box: 62, Folder: 2
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Love (b. 1940) was born in Oroville, where he grew up playing outdoors and enjoying sports. His dad was a plumber and his mother was a cook. After his parents were divorced, he and his mother moved to Salt Lake City where he attended the Sherman Elementary, Granite Junior High, Granite High, and Olympus High Schools. Right after high school he entered the Army Reserve, where he served for eight years. He attended...
Dates:
2007
No.494 Gavin Noyes, 2008
File — Box: 62, Folder: 3
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Noyes (b. 1974) grew up in Salt Lake City, Uah. His family was quite outdoors oriented. His family took many fishing and camping trips, Mirror Lake was a preferred location. He recalls being involved in the Scouting program, and reaching the rank of Eagle Scout. After attending college at the University of Michigan, Anne Arbor, he came back to Utah and got involved with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA)....
Dates:
2008
No.495 Dave Pacheco, 2007
File — Box: 62, Folder: 4
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Pacheco was born in California, but was raised and educated in Salt Lake City, Uah. He attended the University of Utah. While on vacation he was introduced to canvassing. Through his canvassing for environmental causes, he became interested in many aspects of environmental studies. After graduating, he approached the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and offered to raise money for them, even agreeing to raise his...
Dates:
2007
No.496 Vanessa Pierce, 2007
File — Box: 62, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Pierce (b. 1980) grew up in Colorado Springs. She attended Grinell College in Iowa. Following graduation she went into the Green Corps, a program of training and hands-on experience in how to run an environmental campaign. After training, she came to Utah to take a job with HEAL Utah - the Health Environment Alliance of Utah. This organization was instrumental in stopping the Fernald nuclear waste from being sent...
Dates:
2007
No.497 Brian Smoot, 2007
File — Box: 62, Folder: 6
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Smoot (b. 1960) recalls growing up in Salt Lake City, outdoor activities in scouting programs, and summers at the family cabin in Woodland, Utah. He and his brother hiked regularly in the Wasatch mountains and began climbing on a small crag found on one of their hikes. Although self-trained, they took climbing very seriously and were able to climb both Half Dome and El Cap in Yosemite National Park when they were...
Dates:
2007
No.498 Bob Springmeyer, 2007
File — Box: 62, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Springmeyer (b. 1943) was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was introduced to the outdoors through family fishing and camping trips. He was also involved in the scouting programs through the L.D.S. Church. He describes his education in Salt Lake City, an illegal fraternity in high school, the Alpenbock Club, climbing friends, experiences with improvement in technology, and clean climbing (recovery of...
Dates:
2007
No.499 Bridget Stuchly, 2008
File — Box: 62, Folder: 8
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Stuchly (b. 1978) describes growing up in Riverside, a suburb of Chicago. Her parents were fostered a love of the outdoors and a connection with the environment. An advanced biology class in high school about "biology on the level of ecosystems, different organisms and their place in the environment” really opened her eyes. She enrolled at Loyola University, majoring in environmental studies, later transferring to...
Dates:
2008
No.500 Jack Turner, 2008
File — Box: 62, Folder: 9
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Turner (b. 1942) was raised in a rural setting outside of Washington, D.C., until his parents divorced and his Mom took him to San Diego, California. He didn’t care for school, and describes many of his school failures. He learned to surf, and spent a lot of time surfing instead of going to school. Turner spent time in the upper Green River basin as a "jug hustler," and began climbing with a friend after taking...
Dates:
2008
No.501 Savannah Wake, 2007
File — Box: 62, Folder: 10
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Wake (b. 1979) grew up in Utah, California, and Virginia. She was introduced to the outdoors by her father on camping trips. A chance meeting while on vacation at Denali National Park led to the founding of the Student Conservation Association (SCA). Wake spent some time doing seasonal work for the National Park Service and attended the University of Utah, graduating with a B.S. in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism....
Dates:
2007
No.502 Sonja Wyckoff, 2006
File — Box: 62, Folder: 11
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Wyckroff (b. 1938), a gynecologist, has been an active leader at the St. Jude's Episcopalian Church in Cedar City since 1978. She is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles and Irvine. As the church approaches its 25th Anniversary, she discusses some of her early memories. The church grew from a Morning Prayer group that met in the Jim Mittenzwei home. They grew the church mostly without outside...
Dates:
2006
No.503 Yvonne (Bonnie) Campbell VanRoosendaal, 2009
File — Box: 62, Folder: 12
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VanRoosendaal (b. 1935) grew up in Eureka, Utah. She contracted polio at age four around Thanksgiving time and was hospitalized at the Shriner’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, where she stayed for approximately 11 months. She discusses her experiences there, including visiting her parents through a window while in quarantine, receiving daily chocolate syrup with a yeast cake tonic along with a sponge bath. When she...
Dates:
2009
No.504 Marlin Nile Shields, 2009
File — Box: 62, Folder: 13
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Shields (b. 1933) discusses his childhood and schooling growing up in a Utah farming community. He attended Utah State University in Logan, Utah, on an athletic scholarship, majoring in physical therapy. He graduated from USU in 1956 and completed a one-year advanced physical therapy certification program at Stanford University. He describes his training and work with polio patients and provides detailed...
Dates:
2009
No.505 Mike Trube and Ebon Robinson, 2008
File — Box: 62, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
- Mr. Trube was raised in southeastern Idaho. He discusses his outdoor experience with rock climbing and conservation of land used for outdoor recreation. He was employed at Backcountry.com in West Valley City, Utah.
- Outdoor Recreation Project.
- Interviewer: Erik Solberg
Dates:
2008
No.506 Tarris Webber, 2008
File — Box: 62, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
- Webber (b. 1981) grew up in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. She discusses her experience with bouldering and climbing and discusses her expertise as a guide. She discusses her views of the impacts of outdoor recreation on environmental preservation.
- Outdoor Recreation Project.
- Interviewer: Erick Solberg
Dates:
2008
No.507 Mindy Knoles, 2008
File — Box: 62, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
- Knoles (b. 1979) is from Bountiful, Utah. She discusses her recreation experience from indoor climbing gyms to rock climbing on international terrain. In addition to the United States, she has climbed in France and Spain. She was a member of the Solvay Climbers Alliance.
- Outdoor Recreation Project.
- Interviewer: Erik Solberg
Dates:
2008
No.508 Christopher Call, 2008
File — Box: 62, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
Call (b. 1978) was born in Manila, Philippines. He discusses his experiences and techniques of climbing. He coached a kids’ climbing team during college while attending Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. He instructed youth from Club U at the University of Utah, and the Boy Scouts of America.
Outdoor Recreation Project.
Interviewer: Erik Solberg
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Dates:
2008
No.509 Dennis Berryrieser, 2008
File — Box: 62, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
- Mr. Berryrieser was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1990. He discusses his family history of outdoor recreation and his experience with becoming an avid rock climber. He was a climbing instructor at Rockreation in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Outdoor Recreation Project.
- Interviewer: Erik Solberg
Dates:
2008
No.510 Sione Latu, 2008
File — Box: 62, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
- Mr. Latu was born in Tonga and moved to the United States at the age of seventeen. He discusses his education, heritage, and religious beliefs. He relocated to the United States to pursue and further his education. He graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
- Pacific Worlds Project.
- Interviewer: Savani Aupiu
Dates:
2008
No.511 Mafile 'o Latu, 2008
File — Box: 62, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
Ms. Latu was born in Provo, Utah. She discusses Polynesian culture, the importance of education, and her passion for music. Her family relocated to Utah from Tonga to benefit from the availability of education. Her parents were alumni of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. She served a mission from 2001 to 2003 in Morris Town, New Jersey. She attended the University of Phoenix and taught piano.
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Dates:
2008