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Oral History of Richard Dickerson Conducted March 24th, 2025 By Mary Katherine Grace McNamee
Full text linkRichard “Dick” D. Dickerson, a proud native of Appalachia Ohio, shifted from architecture to civil engineering after Ohio University dropped the architecture program. He graduated top of his class in 1980 and began a long career in the energy sector, founding Utility Technologies International Corporation. In 2018, he transitioned the company to employee ownership and became chairman of the board. Married to Joan for 33 years, they have two children—Abby, an architecture graduate, and Connor, an energy engineering graduate. In 2024, Governor Mike DeWine appointed Dickerson to Ohio University’s Board of Trustees.
This interview was conducted as part of a class project for Recording Memory: Methods and Uses of Oral History, Spring 2025, Alexander G. Lovelace (Ph.D.) Instructorhttps://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/hist4798/1010/thumbnail.jp
Oral History of Dr. Steven Miner Conducted on February 26, 2025 By Meg Corner
Full text linkDr. Steven Miner is a retired professor of Russian and Soviet history at Ohio University. Born in New York in 1956 and earned his PhD in history from Indiana University in 1987. Prior to graduating, Ohio University hired Miner in 1986 where he would teach and serve as an administrator in the history department until his retirement in 2023. Notably, his roles included Contemporary History Institute Director, History Department Chair, and Graduate Director for the History Department. As a historian, Miner has conducted extensive research in the former Soviet Union and Russia. He published several books on Russian history including - 1945 (2003), Between Churchill and Stalin: The Soviet Union, Great Britain, and the Origins of the Grand Alliance (2017), and The Furies Unleashed: The Soviet People at War, 1941-1945 (2023). He lives in Athens with his wife Doreen. They have two adult children, Sam and Emily.
This interview was conducted as part of a class project for Recording Memory: Methods and Uses of Oral History, Spring 2025, Alexander G. Lovelace (Ph.D.) Instructorhttps://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/hist4798/1014/thumbnail.jp
November 3, 2025 - Amended - EPSA - Resolution for the Adoption of an Academic Fresh Start Policy
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Oral History of Don Adleta, Faculty Emeritus Conducted on March 13, 2025 By Max Kornblut
Full text linkDon Adleta is a faculty emeritus of Ohio University. A graduate of the Basel School of Design in Switzerland Adleta began to teach after at the Rhode Island School of Design with a focus on semiotics and how they relate to design principles. With professional experience with Upjohn Pharmaceuticals, Adleta came to Ohio University as chair of the graphic design program. Both teaching and overseeing faculty and students within the program Adleta spent his time contributing to Athens and Ohio University before retiring. Now Adleta spends his time with his husband and helping preserve graphic design elements and devices, such as printing presses, across Appalachia.
This interview was conducted as part of a class project for Recording Memory: Methods and Uses of Oral History, Spring 2025, Alexander G. Lovelace (Ph.D.) Instructorhttps://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/hist4798/1012/thumbnail.jp
