Interview with Otis A. Singletary, August 2, 1989

Interview Summary

In interview twenty-two, Dr. Singletary addresses a contemporary decision by the Kentucky Supreme Court, and the control of education at all levels. He talks about Lyman Ginger's role as dean of the College of Education and the decision during the Oswald administration to replace him with George Denamar. He states that the university needs to be accountable, both as a business and in the classroom. He discusses admissions at the university level and the importance of standardized tests such as the SAT.

Dr. Singletary mentions that inflation created several changes on the campus and affected the university's budget. Singletary discusses ideas about tenure among both the younger and older faculty. He talks about the resignation of Dr. Irvin Lunger from Transylvania University in August 1975 and compares the administrations of the two schools. Singletary goes on to discuss the problems of Northern Kentucky State College during the fall of 1975 when Dr. Frank Steely, resigned as president. He finishes with a discussion of the growth of research at the University of Kentucky, specifically in the coal research lab and in tobacco research.

Interview LC Subject

Singletary, Otis A.

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