Interview with John T. McGarvey, November 30, 2020
Project: University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project
Interview Summary
John McGarvey graduated from Henry Clay High School in Lexington, KY in 1965 and enrolled at the University of Kentucky that fall. He transferred to the University of Missouri for his sophomore year but returned to U.K. for his junior and senior years and earned his Bachelor's degree in 1970. He then enrolled in U.K.'s Law School and graduated in 1973. During his high school and college years, John began a short-lived career in broadcast journalism first at WPDE in Paris, KY, in 1964 and 1965, and then WVLK in Lexington in 1965 and 1966. From 1967 to 1973 John worked as a news anchor and reporter at WKYT-TV in Lexington. In this interview he discusses the 2020 pandemic and the 2020 Presidential election.Interview Accession
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McGarvey, John T. Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 30 Nov. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
McGarvey, J.T. (2020, November 30). Interview by J. Suchanek. University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
McGarvey, John T., interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. November 30, 2020, University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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