The HistoryMakers video oral history with Harrison B. Wilson.

University president and college basketball coach Harrison B. Wilson was born on April 21, 1925 in Amsterdam, New York. After serving two and a half years in the Navy from 1945-1947, Wilson received his B.S. degree from Kentucky State University in 1949. He received his M.A. degree and his D.H.S. de...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Wilson, Harrison B., 1925- (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Hickey, Matthew (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Wilson, Harrison B., > 1925- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
University President > College Basketball Coach.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (13 video files (5 hr., 34 min., 21 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Harrison B. Wilson
Harrison B. Wilson
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
University president and college basketball coach Harrison B. Wilson was born on April 21, 1925 in Amsterdam, New York. After serving two and a half years in the Navy from 1945-1947, Wilson received his B.S. degree from Kentucky State University in 1949. He received his M.A. degree and his D.H.S. degree in health science and administration from Indiana University. From 1951 to 1967, Wilson worked as a professor, administrator and coach at Jackson State College. In 1967, Wilson became Department Chair and Professor of Health and Physical Education at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee. After working at Fisk University as the assistant to the president for several years, he was hired as president of Norfolk State University in Virginia from 1975 to 1997. Upon his retirement, Dominion Energy Company named Wilson as an honoree in their Strong Men & Women, Excellence in Leadership series.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:05:34:21
Credits:Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Chesapeake, Virginia 2010 May 11.
Recorded Chesapeake, Virginia 2010 May 13.
Source of Description:
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