Interview with Virginia Weissinger, September 25, 2010

Project: Reflections: Lexington - Hospice of the Bluegrass Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

In this interview Virginia Weissinger, aided by her daughter, discusses receiving her philosophy degree at eighty-nine years old from the University of Kentucky in 1999 and being a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Weissinger describes raising seven children after her husband died, and her family's Italian heritage. Also discussed are various University of Kentucky sports including football, basketball, and cheerleading, and Keeneland.

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2010oh129_hosp003

Interviewee Name

Virginia Weissinger

Interviewer Name

Carol Gian Currans

Interview Date

2010-09-25

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Weissinger, Virginia Interview by Carol Gian Currans. 25 Sep. 2010. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Weissinger, V. (2010, September 25). Interview by C. G. Currans. Reflections: Lexington - Hospice of the Bluegrass Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Weissinger, Virginia, interview by Carol Gian Currans. September 25, 2010, Reflections: Lexington - Hospice of the Bluegrass Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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