Interview with Roy M. Palk, July 23, 2014
Project: Community Colleges of Kentucky: History of Kentucky's Community Colleges Oral History Project
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Mr. Palk offered an assessment of Michael McCall?s presidency. He then discussed his early, nontraditional education, his work with the TVA and the energy sector; explained Dr. McCall?s role in tamping down hard feelings surrounding higher education reform; his membership on and chairmanship of the KCTCS Foundation Board; his sales pitch to donors in soliciting funds for KCTCS; his time as CEO of East Kentucky Power Cooperative; the relationship between KCTCS and the industrial sector; and his views on clean coal technology.Interview Accession
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Palk, Roy M. Interview by James Savage. 23 Jul. 2014. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Palk, R.M. (2014, July 23). Interview by J. Savage. Community Colleges of Kentucky: History of Kentucky's Community Colleges Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Palk, Roy M., interview by James Savage. July 23, 2014, Community Colleges of Kentucky: History of Kentucky's Community Colleges Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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