Interview with Otis A. Singletary, September 26, 1989
Project: University of Kentucky Presidents' Journal: Otis A. Singletary Oral History Project
Interview Summary
In this interview, Dr. Singletary follows up on a previous discussion regarding Harry Snyder's appointment as director of the Council on Higher Education. He explains that while budgeting and funding are serious issues faced by the Council, it does not have power as a governing board. Singletary gives his impressions of Gov. Julian Carroll's appointments to the Board of Trustees at the University of Kentucky, and recalls the groundbreaking ceremony for the Lexington Civic Center (Rupp Arena) in 1976.Dr. Singletary also talks about football programs in Kentucky, specifically that of University of Louisville, coached at that time by Howard Schnellenberger. He discusses the 1976 NCAA investigation of the U.K. athletic program that found 23 student-athletes in violation of the student code.
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Singletary, Otis A. Interview by Terry L. Birdwhistell. 26 Sep. 1989. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Singletary, O.A. (1989, September 26). Interview by T. L. Birdwhistell. University of Kentucky Presidents' Journal: Otis A. Singletary Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Singletary, Otis A., interview by Terry L. Birdwhistell. September 26, 1989, University of Kentucky Presidents' Journal: Otis A. Singletary Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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