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Title
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Robin Kreger, Oral History Interview, 2022
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Description
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Robin "Hawk" Kreger was an active member of the Arm of Honor Fraternity from 1962 until 1965.Growing up in Wyandotte, MI, Kreger was the younger brother of the infamous Dale "Luke" Kreger, also an Arm of Honor member in this collection. Grandson of the mayor of Wyandotte, Kreger details growing up in a family that was a fixture of the community, along with several other Arm members as well. Kreger describes his brother Luke and some of the hijinx they found themselves in as fraternity members. Kreger talks of his initiation into the fraternity, the reputation of the fraternity, strong personalities in the fraternity, and the reason for his nickname, Hawk. Kreger also speaks of how to survive the intense swatting sessions, rivalries with other fraternities, and the working class, local aspect of the fraternity that made it so unique.
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performer
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Robin Kreger
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interviewer
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Matt Jones
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Subject
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Ypsilanti, Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, Arm of Honor, Ann Arbor, fraternities, sororities, Greek Life, Track and Field, college athletics, intramural athletics, baseball, wrestling, coaching, initiation, hazing, drinking, Larry Mathewson, John Norman Collins, Motown Records, Brown Hall, McKenny Union, Roverts Rules of Order, dating, 1960s, racism, radicalism,
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Language
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English
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Rights
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Copyright to the audio resource and its transcript is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any other format without written permission of the copyright owner, Eastern Michigan University Archives (lib_archives@emich.edu).
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