Oral history of H.T.

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"H.T." is a member of the Johns Hopkins University graduating class of 2019 and majored in neuroscience. In this interview, H.T. discusses growing up near the border of Texas and Mexico with their parents and three siblings, as well as their college application experience. H.T. describes their transition to life on campus away from family and what inspired them to study neuroscience. They also discuss participation in campus organizations such as the Latino Pre-Health Honor Society Lambda Epsilon Mu (LEM) and Johns Hopkins Underrepresented in Medical Professions (JUMP), as well as their year studying abroad in Spain. This oral history is part of the First-generation Students oral histories series.

Oral history of Gordon "Reds" Wolman

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Markley Gordon "Reds" Wolman was geomorphologist whose passion for his discipline, dedication to his work, and his uniquely creative ways of looking at problems, resulted in a wide-ranging career. Among the many hats he wore were scientist, environmental activist, teacher and mentor, university administrator, and government advisor on the local, state, national and international level. Wolman was born in 1924 in Baltimore the son of Anne and Abel Wolman. His father was a sanitary engineer whose accomplishments ranged from developing chlorinated water, to designing water supply systems for cities throughout the world, to advising on the safe use of nuclear power. The younger Wolman, known throughout his life as Reds, attended the Park School in Baltimore graduating in 1942. He began his college career at Haverford College, but left to join the U.S. Naval Reserves after his first semester. When discharged in 1946, Wolman enrolled at the Johns Hopkins University where his father was in the Department of Sanitary Engineering. Wolman graduated in 1949 with a degree in Geology and All-American Lacrosse honors. He then took an MA (1951) and PhD (1953) from Harvard University. In 1951, Wolman embarked on a career of nearly 60 years that combined research, service to the profession, and educating the next generation of scientists. In this interview, Wolman discusses his undergraduate career at Johns Hopkins, his memories of notable faculty and administrators including Hopkins president Isaiah Bowman, and the faculty culture he experienced at Hopkins. This oral history is part of the Mame Warren oral histories series.

Oral history of Russell Baker

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Russell Baker, born August 14, 1925 in Morrisonville, Virginia, a small town across the state line from Harper's Ferry, West Virginia and not far from Frederick, Maryland, is a notable American author and Hopkins alumnus. An essayist and journalist for many years, Baker won his first of two Pulitzer Prizes in 1979 for his writing for The New York Times. He is notably one of the longest-running columnists in the history of the New York Times and The Baltimore Sun. Three years later, his first autobiography, Growing Up, won Baker his second Pulitzer. The primary subject of this first autobiography, his most well-known work, was his childhood in Virginia during the Great Depression, while the focus of his second autobiography, Good Times, was his extensive and varied half-century career in journalism, including a close look at his time with The Baltimore Sun. In this oral history, Russell Baker describes his childhood, World War II, and his student days at Hopkins (1942-1947), specifically his courses in English, his work with the News-Letter, and his general impressions of Hopkins. This oral history is a part of the Mame Warren oral histories series.

Oral history of Mindy Farber

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Mindy Farber graduated with a B.A. in History from Johns Hopkins University in 1974, as part of the first class of undergraduate women to matriculate as freshmen. On campus, Farber was a founder of the Women's Liberation group, which later became the Women's Center. She earned her J.D. from the NYU School of Law, after which she embarked on a long legal career, serving as an attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Labor and as the Vice President of the Baltimore Women's Law Center. In this interview, Farber describes her time at Hopkins as one of the first female undergraduates and as a campus leader and activist. This oral history is part of the Hopkins Retrospective oral histories series.

Oral history of Arthur Sarnoff

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Arthur Sarnoff graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1953. After graduation, he served in the United States Army Security Agency in Japan. For his service, he was awarded the Commendation Ribbon for Meritorious Achievement. Professionally, Sarnoff served as the president of Bruno Appliance Corporation and was a trustee of Beth Israel Medical Center, Continuum Health Partners and Johns Hopkins University. In this interview, Sarnoff recounts his time at Hopkins as a Jewish student beginning in 1949. This oral history is part of the Hopkins Retrospective oral histories series.

Oral history of J.L.

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"J.L." is a member of the Johns Hopkins University graduating class of 2020. In this interview, J.L. describes growing up in Naples, Florida and why he decided to attend Johns Hopkins. He also discusses his interest in political science, particularly international relations and his experience as a student in the Johns Hopkins dual BA/MA program with the School of Advanced International Studies.

Oral history of William Banks

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William Banks, a Baltimore native, received his B.A. from Johns Hopkins in 1929. Shortly after graduating, he joined the Lord Baltimore Press, a company specializing in folded paper boxes with brightly colored advertisements. A booming success, the business was bought by International Paper Co., of which Banks became the vice president in 1969. In this oral history, Banks describes what Hopkins was like in the 1920s, as well as his activities with the Black and Blue Jay and Barnstormers. Banks also discusses his favorite classes at Hopkins as well as fundraising for the university as an alumnus. This oral history is part of the Mame Warren oral histories series.

Oral history of C.S.

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"C.S." is a member of the Johns Hopkins University graduating class of 2020. In this interview, he describes growing up in Miami after immigrating to the United States from Cuba as a young child. He discusses how he prepared for college in high school and his experience with the Hop-In Program at Johns Hopkins. C.S. also shares about his academic experience as a triple major in psychology, romance languages, and Spanish with a minor in women, gender, and sexuality.

Oral history of Martha Hill

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Martha Hill earned a diploma from the Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing in 1964 and received her bachelor's degree from the university in 1966. She earned a master's in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977 and a doctorate in behavioral sciences in 1986 from what is now the Bloomberg School of Public Health. She served as dean of the School of Nursing for more than a decade and was formerly the president of the American Heart Association. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and holds joint faculty appointments in the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health. In this oral history, Hill describes her time as a nursing student in the 1960s, her medical career, and her work with the School of Nursing as a faculty member and dean, as well as changes in the practice of medicine generally over time. This oral history is part of the Mame Warren oral histories series.

Oral history of Kelly Gebo

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Kelly Gebo earned her B.S. (1992), M.D. (1995) and MPH from Johns Hopkins, completed her medical residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and is currently the first vice provost for education at Johns Hopkins. She is also a professor in both the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health, as well as the director of the undergraduate program in Public Health Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences. She was an American Council on Education fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's provosts's office in 2013 and 2014. In this oral history, Gebo describes her early life and undergraduate experience at Hopkins in the late 1980s, her experiences with athletics, Spring Fair, and Blue Key, as well as her medical education, career, and teaching. This oral history is part of the Mame Warren oral histories series.