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.
Grace Green Clifford (1909-2006) graduated in 1931, and she studied English and Philosophy. While in college, Grace joined a sorority and participated in events at the YWCA and the Women’s League. Grace said that her family sometimes had financial difficulties during the Depression.
Gregory Knott, Secretary of the Board of Trustees and former Assistant Dean of Libraries for Business Operations. Oral history conducted for inclusion in the COVID-19 Documentation Project, a collaboration between the University of Illinois Archives and the University of Illinois System.
Alumn and library staff member Gregg Homerding reflects on the eighties at the University of Illinois. He discusses university athletics, parties, and housing (specifically the Hendrick House). This oral history was recorded as part of the ongoing Oral History project and conducted in partnership with the University of Illinois Library Archives.
