James Porter, Oral History Interview, 2019

Title: James Porter, Oral History Interview, 2019
Description: Dr. James Porter began his tenure with the Eastern Michigan University Department of Astronomy and Physics in 1968, a particularly tumultuous time for the University. Witness to many student protests and the local law enforcement response to them, Porter shares his perspective on a changing university and the community surrounding it. Porter received Emeritus status when he retired in 2008.
Creator: Jones, Matt; Colavito, Mia
Date: 2-15-2019
Identifier: https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/68/
Subject: James Porter; Eastern Michigan University; Department of Astronomy and Physics; student protest; demonstrations; War in Vietnam; Cambodia; physics; advanced mathematics; acoustics; audio speakers
Rights: 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)

Media: https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1066/thumbnail.jpg; <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/871340716&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/emuarchives" title="Eastern Michigan University Archives" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Eastern Michigan University Archives</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/emuarchives/james-porter-oral-history-interview-2019" title="James Porter, Oral History Interview, 2019" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">James Porter, Oral History Interview, 2019</a></div>