Demaray, Calvin Dorr, 1901-1992.

The oral history interviews in this collection were conducted by former Seattle Pacific University president C. Dorr Demaray as part of the research done for a history of Seattle Pacific. The history was not published. 33 interviews with 35 people were completed. A list of interviewees follows: Paul T. Walls, Rachel Beegle Crawford, Roy Swanstrom, Philip F. Ashton, Otto M. Miller, Inez McMillin, Clifford Roloff, Lillian Probstfeld Smith, Cyril Hill, Burton Dietzman, Winifred Weter, Evan Gibson, Helen Vincent Johnson, Florence Alberts Bulter, Celestine Tucker Dodd, Jon Burleigh, Paul Mason, Lola Watson Pettengill, Miriam Marston Owen, Gertrude Teel, Edwin A. Teel, Curtis Martin and Larry Wright, Dorothy Fryer Williamson, Vivian M. Larson, Alice Tiffany Shomar, Alfred A. Thorn, Floyd Pettengill, Wilbert Youngren, Dewey Beegle, F. Carlton Booth, Joseph L. and Danna Davis, Harold McNeese, and E. Locke Silva.

From the description of Oral History Recordings and Transcripts 1979-1981. (Seattle Pacific University Library). WorldCat record id: 748280841

From the guide to the Oral History Recordings and Transcripts, 1979-1981, (Seattle Pacific University Archives)

Calvin Dorr Demaray was born in Michigan in 1901. He received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Michigan and a Litt D. from Seattle Pacific College in 1945. Demaray served as president of Seattle Pacific between 1959 and 1968.

Demaray's decade saw the largest number of new buildings constructed on campus. These include: Crawford Music Building, the Student Union Building, Weter Memorial Library (now Weter Hall), Gwinn Commons, Hill Residence Hall, Ashton Residence Hall, Robbins Apartments (married student housing) and Demaray Hall, named for him and built to house administrative offices and classrooms. Demaray worked to make Seattle Pacific more visible in the Seattle community. He was helped in this by successful athletic teams in basektball, track and field and cross country. Not all the athletics endeavors were successful, however; the baseball team, after many losing seasons and with few quality facilities on campus, was disbanded. Demaray's tenure also saw changes and expansions in curriculum, including new graduate programs in the School of Education and the School of Religion. Demaray died in Seattle in 1992.

From the guide to the C. Dorr Demaray Papers, 1979-1981, (Seattle Pacific University Archives)