Interview with Charles E. Barnhart, October 21, 1997
Project: Charles Elmer Barnhart, Jr. Oral History Project
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In this interview, Dr. Charles E. Barnhart discusses various University of Kentucky presidents while he was at the College of Agriculture. Barnhart talks about the appropriation for 1.3 million dollars approved in Washington to fund a new retirement program for County Extension personnel. He describes the presidential search process for a replacement for Dr. Otis A. Singletary, and the complications that arose during the selection of Dr. David Roselle as Singletary's eventual replacement.Barnhart says that the U. K. College of Agriculture was always more or less self-contained in terms of campus participation in social activities and says this was based on individual choice by the faculty members. He talks about the social aspects of faculty life on campus and the visibility of various presidents during several administrations. Barnhart recalls his plans for retirement and his desire to continue teaching.
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Barnhart, Charles E. Interview by Terry L. Birdwhistell. 21 Oct. 1997. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Barnhart, C.E. (1997, October 21). Interview by T. L. Birdwhistell. Charles Elmer Barnhart, Jr. Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Barnhart, Charles E., interview by Terry L. Birdwhistell. October 21, 1997, Charles Elmer Barnhart, Jr. Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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