ROHFLEISCH-1988

Interview with Kramer Rohfleisch, 1988

 

1988-03-14

 

Interviewer: Olsson, Lyn

Kramer Rohfleisch studied at the University of California, Berkeley, and began his teaching career at the University of Chicago. After serving in Intelligence Operations during World War II, he wrote several histories of the Army Air Forces in the War, concentrating on operations in the South Pacific. He taught history at San Diego State College from 1947 to 1974, and was remembered as a diplomatic person on campus who also made himself constantly available to students. Doctor Rohfleisch retired in 1974 and died in 2000.

Interviews; Oral Histories; Mission High School (San Francisco); Santa Ana Army Airbase; Robert Maynard Hutchins; Returning soldiers (World War II); Mathematicians; Academic politics; Academic policies; World War II Eastern; Front; Causes of World War II; Antisemitism; Angela Davis; Harry Steinmetz; Walter R. Hepner; The People Shall Judge (book); Academic freedom; Ned Joy; ACLU; American Civil Liberties Union; Melvin Crain; Malcolm A. Love; House Un-American Activities Activities Committee; HUAC; AAUP; American Association of University Professors; Academic Senate; Sidney Gulick; General Education Committee; Donald Walker; Joseph O. McClintic; Frank Church; The Effective Administrator (book); Brage Golding; John F. Kennedy; Thomas Day; Thomas Mann; Eugen Richter; Naval Aviation Seminar; Marjorie "Margie" Rohfleisch; William F. Hanchett; Thomas R. Cox; Alvin D. Coox; Charles W. Lamden; Faculty softball team; Albert W. Olsen

 

 

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English

 

Digital

01:27:07

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Audio

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