Kenneth Roellig · Voices of Illinois · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Title: Kenneth Roellig
Date(s): 06/13/2024
Interviewee(s): Kenneth Roellig See all items with this value
Interviewer(s): Spenser Bailey See all items with this value
Interviewer Position: Archives Research Assistant
Summary: Kenneth Roellig served in World War II, and then used the GI Bill to attend college. He first studied at the Galesburg campus, specifically established to accommodate the influx of students after the war, and then transferred to Urbana. After graduating in 1950, he returned in the mid-1950s for graduate school, and then came back once again after receiving his master’s degree to study for an advanced certificate. In this interview, he discusses his early life, military service, time at both campuses, experience as a graduate student, and later career.
Language: English
Subject(s): 1950 graduating class See all items with this value; advanced certificate See all items with this value; education See all items with this value; galesburg campus See all items with this value; gi bill See all items with this value; graduate school See all items with this value; mathematics See all items with this value; men's residence halls See all items with this value; world war ii See all items with this value
Related Resources: Record Series 35/3/98, Voices of Illinois Oral History Project