H. Trevor Colbourn Oral History Collection 1987-2006 1991-2002

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H. Trevor Colbourn Oral History Collection 1987-2006 1991-2002

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H. Trevor Colbourn was the second president UCF. After retirement from the presidency in 1989 he became the University Historian. As University Historian, Colbourn constructed many oral histories with alumni, founders, faculty, staff, and others that contributed to the University. The collection consists of final transcripts of the interviews.

11 Boxes,; 8 Linear feet

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Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries,

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Colbourn, Harold Trevor, 1927-2015

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H. Trevor Colbourn became the second president of Florida Technological University, now University of Central Florida, in 1978. He resigned and returned to teaching in 1989. In 1990, he earned the title President Emeritus and assumed the role of University Historian in 1991. As part of the latter appointment, he compiled an oral history of the university and interviewed many people such as founders, other presidents, donors, faculty, and staff that were instrumental in the history of the univers...

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Founded as Florida Technological University in 1963, the university began holding classes in 1968. In 1978 its name was changed to University of Central Florida. From the founding of the university until 2001, the university was part of the Florida State University System governed by a Board of Regents. Since then, the university has been governed by its own Board of Trustees. From the description of University of Central Florida publications collection, 1962-2006. (University of Tam...

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H. Trevor Colbourn was born in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia on 24 February 1927. Known by his second name, Trevor Colbourn earned his BA at the University of London then moved to the United States of America in 1948 to further his education at the College of William and Mary; finally earning his Ph.D. in American History at Johns Hopkins in 1953. Dr. Colbourn taught at Penn State and Indiana University in Bloomington before moving into administration. In 1967, he...