Interview with Otis A. Singletary, December 22, 1989
Project: University of Kentucky Presidents' Journal: Otis A. Singletary Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Dr. Singletary and Dr. Birdwhistell begin this interview with a discussion of contemporary events. Dr. Singletary talks about President David Roselle's decision to go to the University of Delaware, why he left, and why he feels it was bad for the university. He talks about Governor Wallace Wilkinson's relationship with Roselle's administration and the possibility of Dr. Charles T. Wethington becoming the next president of the University of Kentucky. He discusses the faculty reaction to Dr. Roselle's decision to leave U.K. including their very vocal protests to Dr. Wethington becoming president.Dr. Singletary also talks about issues surrounding the U.K. athletic program and the NCAA; he mentions pressures from basketball boosters on the administration. He also addresses the search for a new football coach and problems that arose. The abilities of Fran Curci and Roy Kidd are addressed, as well as the need recruiting by football coaches. Singletary concludes with a discussion of the interim president and the new president.
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Singletary, Otis A. Interview by Terry L. Birdwhistell. 22 Dec. 1989. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Singletary, O.A. (1989, December 22). 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. December 22, 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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