Charles Titkemeyer oral history interview, 1993.

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Charles Titkemeyer oral history interview, 1993.

Titkemeyer discusses his education, his service in the US Army Air Corps as a crew member of a B-24 bomber during World War II, his teaching at Michigan State University, and his work on Agency for International Development contracts in Indonesia and Nigeria. He also discusses his work with LSU's School of Veterinary Medicine, its administrators, the design of its new building, and its strict initial admission policies.

1 sound cassette (1.5 hr.)Transcript (83 leaves)

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