Interview with Charles E. Barnhart, August 19, 1997
Project: Charles Elmer Barnhart, Jr. Oral History Project
Interview Summary
In this session, Dr. Charles E. Barnhart discusses the Tobacco and Health Research Institute (THRI) in terms of its growth and the added burden of the growing problems and publicity surrounding tobacco and health. He talks about Dr. Gary Huber being appointed Director of the THRI in 1980 and how "happy everyone in agricultural was "happy that he was a tenured, medical faculty member and not our responsibility". Barnhart discusses some of the controversies associated with Huber's appointment, mentioning some of the problems and adjustments of bringing people in from "the outside" in regards to Lexington society. He remembers some of the politics involved during Huber's time as Director, recalling some of Huber's decisions regarding various research projects and staff appointments.Barnhart talks about the Kentucky State Fair and the difficulties of scheduling the State Fair around school schedules and other state fairs in surrounding states. He discusses the issue of excused absences from school for students in 4-H programs and other programs such as athletics.
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Barnhart, Charles E. Interview by Terry L. Birdwhistell. 19 Aug. 1997. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Barnhart, C.E. (1997, August 19). 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. August 19, 1997, Charles Elmer Barnhart, Jr. Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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