George Miller attended from 1970 to 1974, and lived in Unit One at Allen Hall in its first year of existence, 1971-72. He joined Neely Bruce’s American Music Group, and later taught high school business. In this interview, he discusses the beginning of Unit One, in loco parentis period, student life, and the Library.
George Reynolds (1918-2014) enlisted in U.S. Army in 1942 and in 1943 was sent to the University of Illinois for instruction in the Army Specialized Training Program in the French language to aid the post-war government of France. He discusses his experiences at the University and his separation from the general student body because of the demands of his intensive training.
Georgia King, President of the Greater Community AIDS Project and a GCAP volunteer for almost 40 years, chronicles the organization’s founding—when it was still known as the Gay Community AIDS Project—and provides insight into the sort of urgency and stigma that resulted in GCAP’s founding during the 1980s. From there, King centers GCAP’s narrative in the realm of local AIDS activism through her discussion of their collaboration with organizations like the Prairie AIDS Foundation and the support of local volunteers to construct the GCAP boarding house. This boarding house, which has been in use for over 30 years, provides housing and food assistance to those living with AIDS.
Geraldine North Marrs (1913-2012) graduated in 1935. She received a scholarship and majored in Education. Geraldine was active in the Women's League and she joined the Phi Epsilon Omicron honorary society. Geraldine said that the Great Depression meant having less pocket money and a harder time on the job market.
Glenn Ohrlin is a cowboy singer and former rodeo circuit rider. He lives on a ranch near Mountain View, Arkansas. Ohrlin's music is the subject of the Campus Folksong Club's third album Hell-bound Train. During the 1960s folk revival, he performed on college campuses across the United States and produced subsequent recordings on the Philo and Rounder labels. In 1985, Ohrlin was named a National Heritage Fellow and he continues to perform at the annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada and at the Ozark Folk Center.
