[Former Michigan State University Trustee Delores M. Cook talks about her life changing relationship with MSU].

Former Michigan State University Trustee Delores M. (Dee) Cook talks about her life changing relationship with the Michigan State. She recalls her youth in Detroit, her budding singing career in local radio, coming to MSU to major in Communication Arts, campus life in the early nineteen-fifties and...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Michigan State University. Faculty Emeriti Association. Oral History Project
Other Authors: Cook, Delores M. (Interviewee)
Language:English
Published: [2011]
Subjects:
Cook, Delores M. > Interviews.
College trustees > Michigan > East Lansing > Interviews.
College trustees > Michigan > East Lansing > Biography.
Michigan State University > Interviews.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Biography.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of the MSU Faculty Emeriti Association.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (2 hr., 26 min., 28 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
Former Michigan State University Trustee Delores M. (Dee) Cook talks about her life changing relationship with the Michigan State. She recalls her youth in Detroit, her budding singing career in local radio, coming to MSU to major in Communication Arts, campus life in the early nineteen-fifties and the atmosphere of excitement and challenge on campus. An emotional Cook reflects on her love of the University, her early married life and what brought her to run for the position of Trustee. She also discuses being recruited by John Engler to run for the board, the creation of the Wharton Center and the Broad School of Business, the duties of the trustees, hiring a university president, dealing with controversy, and the great value of university faculty. Cook is interviewed by Pauline Adams for the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 16857
Playing Time:02:26:28
System Details:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Delores M. (Dee) Cook ; interviewer, Pauline Adams.
Event Details:
Recorded on Nov. 17, 2011.