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CFU2006_33a Guide to the University of Central Florida H. Trevor Colbourn Oral History Collection, 1987-2006 Processed by Lindsay Mazziotto; finding aid prepared by Lindsay Mazziotto University of Central Florida Libraries Special Collections and University Archives.

PO Box 162666, Orlando, FL 32816-2666, Telephone: 407-823-2576, E-mail: speccoll@ucf.edu

Finding Aid encoded by Lindsay Mazziotto 2007 Description is written in English Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard Descriptive Summary H. Trevor Colbourn Oral History Collection 1987-2006 1991-2002 CFU2006_33a These records were created by H. Trevor Colbourn 11 boxes, 8 linear feet Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries,

PO Box 162666, Orlando, FL 32816-2666, Telephone: 407-823-2576, E-mail: speccoll@ucf.edu

H. Trevor Colbourn was the second president of the University of Central Florida. After retirement from the presidency in 1989 he became the University Historian. As University Historian, Colbourn constructed many oral histories with alumni, founders, faculty, staff, and others that contributed to the University. The collection consists of final transcripts of the interviews. English Acquisition Information

H. Trevor Colbourn transferred these materials to the University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives in 2006

Processing History

Replaced all metal paperclips with plastic paperclips. Copied newspaper clippings. Put all papers in acid free folders, and all folders in acid free boxes.

Access

The entire collection is open for research except for the audio tapes and the edited transcripts.

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation

H. Trevor Colbourn Oral History Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Related Material

More Information about Dr. Colbourn may be found in the University of Central Florida Office of the President: H. Trevor Colbourn Papers. Other oral histories may be found in the Educator's Oral History Collection Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. Please consult our website for additional materials relating to university history.

Biographical/Historical Note

H. Trevor Colbourn was born in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia on 24 February 1927. Known by his second name, Trevor Colbourn earned his BA at the University of London then moved to the United States of America in 1948 to further his education at the College of William and Mary; finally earning his Ph.D. in American History at Johns Hopkins in 1953.

Dr. Colbourn taught at Penn State and Indiana University in Bloomington before moving into administration. In 1967, he became Graduate Dean at the University of New Hampshire. In 1973 he was appointed Academic Vice President of San Diego State University and eventually served as Acting President from 1977-1978 before becoming President of Florida Technological University, now UCF, in 1978.

After retiring as president, Dr. Colbourn returned to teaching history full-time at the University. In 1990, he earned the title President Emeritus and assumed the role of University Historian in 1991. As part of the latter appointment, he compiled an oral history of the University. Dr. Colbourn interviewed many people that were vital to the foundation of the University, such as founders, other presidents, donors, faculty, and staff.

Collection Scope and Content

This collection is arranged in three series, final transcripts, edited transcripts, and audio tapes. Each series is arranged in alphabetical order by interviewee's last name.

The Colbourn Oral History Collection contains interviews conducted between Dr. Colbourn and people who were vital to the foundation of the University such as founders, previous presidents, donators, faculty/staff, and other contributors.

Series I: Final Transcripts, 1987-2006 contains the final released transcripts of the interviews along with duplicates of those transcripts.

Series II: Edited Transcripts, 1993-2006 contains the edited transcripts of the final transcripts that have not been released to the public by the interviewee.

Series III: Audio Tapes, 1995-2006 contains the audio tapes of the original interviews. These audio tapes have also not been released to the public by the interviewee.

Selected Subject and Access Points

Similar records may be found by searching under the following index terms.

Florida Technological University University of Central Florida Universities and Colleges -- Florida Colbourn, H. Trevor Contents List Series I: Final Transcripts, 1987-2006 2.5 Linear feet

The final transcripts series contains the final and duplicate transcripts that have been released to the public by the interviewee, the final transcripts are foldered by interviewee in alphabetical order. Interviews of interest in this series are with former UCF Presidents and their wives such as Steven Altman, Charles and Frances Millican, and Beryl Colbourn. There are also interviews with alumni such as Dick Batchelor and Alan Fickett, charter faculty such as Rex Brown, Leslie L. Ellis, and John Bolte. Politicians such as Linda Chapin, Richard Crotty, and Fran Carlton, and current administrators including Daniel Holsenbeck and Thomas Huddleston have also been interviewed. Noted faculty such as the Diane and Arlene Chase and Steven Lotz and athletic coaches including Eugene (Torchy) Clark, Linda Gooch, and Don Jonas. Also donors such as Helen MacKay have interviews within this collection.

Box 1 Oral History Planning, 1991-2003, 1 Acierno, Louis, UCF faculty since 1979 2003, 1 Adicks, Richard, Charter faculty; Assistant Professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences 2003, 1 Allison, Anne Marie, Director of University Libraries of UCF 1983-1997 1996, 1 Altman, Steven, Third President of UCF 1991, 1 Arnold, Robert L, Charter faculty; Associate Professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; Cofounder of WUCF-FM radio show 1995, 1 Baker, Barry B, Director of University Libraries of UCF 1997-2007 2001, 1 Balanoff, Janet, Director of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Programs 1998, 1 Barnes, Beth, Faculty; Professor in the English Department 1998, 1 Batchelor, Dick, Alumnus; member of Florida House of Representatives 1997, 1 Becker, Carole, Head accountant for the Foundation 2000, 1 Bersia, John, Special Assistant to the President for Global Perspectives 2001, 1 Bishop, Patricia J, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies 2003, 1 Block, David L, Charter Faculty in the College of Engineering and Technology; Director of the Florida Solar Energy Center 1998, 1 Bolte, John R, Charter Faculty, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs; Vice President for Administration and Finance 1996, 1 Boston, Ralph, Charter faculty; Assistant Director of Admissions 2001, 1 Brown, C. William, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs 1997, 1 Brown, W. Rex, Charter faculty; Vice President for Student Affairs 1997, 1 Burghard, Dolores, Retired Director of the Creative School for Children 2003, 1 Burnett, Al, Community leader for the UCF Foundation 2000, 1 Butler, Jeff, Associate Professor of Communication 1999, 1 Callarman, William G, NCAA representative for UCF 1996, 1 Carlton, Fran, Florida legislator 1997, 1 Carroll, Peter W, Associated with the university radio station 1996, 1 Chapin, Linda W, First Orange county chairwoman 2001, 1 Chapman, William D, Charter faculty and Registrar and Director of Admissions 1997, 1 Chase, Arlene and Diane, UCF faculty of the anthropology department, 2000, 1 Chicone, Jerry, Participated in the UCF Advisory Council 2001, 1 Cirocco, Sonia M., Charter faculty and secretary in the College of Business Administration 1998, 1 Clark, Eugene, First men's basketball coach at UCF 1998, 1 Clark, James C., Writer for Tampa Tribune, Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel, and Orlando Magazine 2003, 1 Coates, Cari, UCF alumnus of the year in 1994 2001, 1 Cohen, Richard S, Associated with WUCF-FM 1996, 1 Colbourn, Beryl E., Wife of H. Trevor Colbourn 2002, 1 Coleman, Daniel R., Director of the Institute of Research at UCF 1998, 1 Conklin, Hartwell, Production manager for many news television stations 1993, 1 Cook, Ida J., Professor in the Sociology department 1999, 1 Cornell, Richard A., Charter faculty and Director of Instructional Media in the UCF Library 2000, 1 Crepeau, Richard D., Chair of the history department 1999, 1 Crotty, Richard, Orange County Chairman 2003, 1 Culpepper, Blair, President of the UCF Foundation 2000, 1 Cunningham, Glenn N., Professor in the Chemistry department 1997, 1 Donovan, James A., Executive Director of the UCF Foundation 1999, 1 Drake, James, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs 2004, 1 Dressler, Sheri, Director of co-op mission 1999, 1 Ellis, Dorothy, Wife of Leslie L. Ellis 2002, 1 Ellis, Leslie L., Charter faculty and chairman in the College of Natural Sciences and codeveloper of the Institute of Simulation and Training and CREOL 1993-1996, 1 Engert, C. Barth, Charter faculty; Director of Housing and Residence Halls and Director of Public Affairs Office undated, 1 Evans, John E., Employee of Channel 2 News 2002, 1 Fernandez, Jose B., Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences; Interim Chair of English 2004, 1 Ferrell, James, Director of Student Activities 1998, 1 Fickett, Alan G., Distinguished alumnus; on UCF Foundation board 1996, 1 Fowles, Keith, Employee of WUCF-FM 1995, 1 Gooch, Alan and Linda, Alan is the Executive Director of the UCF Golden Knights Club. Linda is the coach of the award winning UCF cheerleading squad 2004, 1 Goree, John P., Charter faculty and first Vice President for Business Affairs 1996, 1 Gray, J. Charles, President of the UCF Foundation 1996, 1 Gunter, Ralph, Executive Director of Central Florida Research Park 1996, 1 Harris, Roy, Research Director, Industrial Development Commission 1997, 1 Hartman, Joel L., Vice Provost for Information Technologies and Resources 2001, 1 Heekin Jr., James F., Member of the Board of Regents 1996, 1 Hernandez, David E., Charter faculty in the College of Education 1997, 1 Hitt, John C., The fourth President of UCF 1995-1996, 1 Holmes, Robert J., Chief Executive Officer of the UCF Foundation 2000, 1 Holsenbeck, Daniel C., Vice President of University Relations, and prime lobbyist in Tallahassee 1996-2000, 1 Hubbard, Frank M., Member of the UCF Foundation Board 1995, 1 Huddleston, Thomas, Vice President of Student Development and Enrollment Services 2002, 1 Hughes, Charles, Faculty and Associate Director of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 1999, 1 Johnson, Gene, Associated with Phillips Foundation and Howard Phillips 2000, 1 Jonas, Don, First UCF football coach 2000, 1 Juge, Frank, Charter faculty in the College of Natural Sciences; Vice Provost 1995-1996, 1 Kallina Jr., Edmund F., Chair of the History department 2002, 1 Kaufman, Mary, Associate Athletics Director 1999, 1 Keller, Katherine, Director of the Honors Program; faculty in the English department 1996, 1 Kennedy, Mildred A., Original staff; Executive Secretary of the President's Office 2003, 1 Keon, Thomas L., Dean of the College of Business Administration 2002, 1 Kersten, Robert D., Charter faculty; Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology 2000, 1 Kittinger, Fred, Alumnus; Associate Vice President for University Relations 2003, 1 Komanski, Deborah and Walter, Alumni; Deborah is the Director of the Alan Polasek Museum. Walter is a judge and President of the UCF Advisory Council 1997, 1 Kruczek, Mike, Head football coach 1997-2003 2001, 1 Lotz, Steven D., Charter faculty in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; first art instructor; first chair of the Art department 1999, 1 Lowndes, Rita, Founder of the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center; Central Florida philanthropist 2001, 1 MacKay, A. T. (Helen), Helen and her husband donated land to help build FTU 1992, 1 Maguire Jr., Raymer F., Participated in picking the location of FTU 1995, 2 Mahaffey Jr., John D., Charter faculty in the College of Business Administration, and first legal council at FTU 1998, 2 McCarthy, Belinda R., First Dean of the College Health and Professional Studies 1997, 2 McDowell, Gene, Football Coach, 1992-1997 1996, 2 McFall, Dean, Assistant Vice President for University Relations; Director of Public Relations 1998, 2 McGratty Jr., Gerald R., Alumni President and ex-officio member of the FTU Foundation 2002, 2 McLain, J. Nannette, Charter faculty; Assistant Professor in the College of Education 1999, 2 Medin, A. Louis, Director of the Institute for Simulation and Training 1993, 2 Meeske, Milan D., Director of the School of Communication 1995, 2 Merck, William F., Vice President for Administration and Finance 2001, 2 Messina, Thomas, Alumnus; Assistant Vice President for Alumni Relations 1997, 2 Micarelli, Charles N., Charter faculty; Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences 1996, 2 Miller, Calvin, Charter faculty; first Dean of the College of Education 1997, 2 Miller, Margaret, Interim Assistant Dean of Communication Affairs; Cocreator of the Office of Multicultural Issues 2001, 2 Millican, Charles N., First FTU President 1987-1993, 2 Millican, Frances H., Wife of the first FTU President, Dr. Charles N. Millican 2002, 2 Monroe, Judy, Faculty member 2003, 2 Morgan, Thomas O., Professor of Communication 2006, 2 Nicholson, Tony, Donor of the Nicholson School of Communication 2002, 2 Nunis, Richard A., Chairman of the UCF Foundation; Chairman of the Board of Trustees 2000, 2 Omans, Stuart, Charter faculty; Assistant Professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; Founding Artistic Director of the Orlando Shakespeare Festival 1997, 2 O'Shaughnessy, Michael, Alumnus; Member of UCF's first football team 1996, 2 Ostle, Bernard, Charter faculty; Dean of the College of Natural Sciences 1997, 2 Ostle, Ruth Jean, Wife of Bernard Ostle 2001, 2 Page, Ronald D., Alumnus, President of the Alumni Association, and helped charter pi kappa alpha 2003, 2 Panousis, Peter, Director of the Institute for Economic Competitiveness 2000, 2 Pappas, Sarah H., Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Daytona campus 2003, 2 Pauley, Bruce F., Faculty of the History department 1998, 2 Pelli, Moshe, Director of the Judaic Studies Program 1998, 2 Perez, Hector, Student body President 2002, 2 Phillips, Ronald L., Faculty of the College of Engineering 1999, 2 Pizam, Abraham, Dean of the Rosen School of Hospitality Management 1997-2002, 2 Pope, Barbara, Secretary in Athletics; secretary in Student Government 2001, 2 Pynn, Roger and Shelly, Alumni; Distinguished Alumnus award 1997, 2 Rautenstrauch, Carl P., Charter faculty; Assistant Professor in the College of Natural Sciences 1996, 2 Reid Jr. Roy W., Student body President 2000, 2 Riley, Kayonne C., WUCF-FM radio station manager 1999, 2 Rivers, Cecelia, Director of the UCF downtown academic center 1998, 2 Robinson, James, Subscriber to fund to acquire university property 1992, 2 Robinson, Sandra, Dean of the College of Education 1999, 2 Rohter, Frank D., Charter faculty; Associate Professor in the College of Education; head of the department of Physical Education; Director of Athletics at FTU 1998, 2 Rollins, Jack, Faculty member of the College of Social Sciences 1998, 2 Roney, Louis, Faculty of the Music department for over twenty years 2001, 2 Rosen, Harris, Founded the Rosen School of Hospitality Management 2002, 2 Rotundo, Louis C., Alumnus; Special Assistant to the President 1998, 2 Ruffier, Joan Dial, Chair of the Board of Regents of the State University System 1996, 2 Schell, John F., Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs 2002, 2 Schenck, Jay, Donor 1998, 2 Schenck, Virgil, Donor 1998, 2 Schmidt, Chris, Chief of Staff for Richard Crotty, the Orange County chairman 2001, 2 Schwartz, William, President of the Advisory Council; founder of the Institute of Laser Systems and Schwartz Electro-Optics 1999, 2 Seidel, Kathryn L., Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences 1997, 2 Slack, Steve, Donor to the Athletic Department; father of Darin Slack 1998, 2 Smith, Harry W., Theatre faculty 1999, 2 Smith, Ira D., Student Body President 1996, 2 Soileau, M. J., Director of CREOL 1993, 2 Staton, Betty Anne, Board of Regents 1993, 2 Stearman, Allyn M., Dean of the Honors College 1998, 2 Stern, Mark, Director of the UCF Honors Program 1996, 2 St. Laurent Jr., Georges C., Associated with the UCF Foundation in the 1970s 1994, 2 Stoner, Edward W., Charter faculty; university physician; first director of the Student Health Services 1996, 2 Surles, Carol D., Director of Equal Opportunity Office; served on the President's Advisory Council 1997, 2 Sweeney, Michael, Associate Dean of the College of Health and Public Affairs 1997, 2 Taylor, K. Phillip, Professor of Communication 1999, 2 Thompson, Anthony, UCF Foundation Chief Operating Officer undated, 2 Trefonas, Louis M., Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies 1998, 2 Tubbs, Levester, Vice President for Student affairs 1996, 2 Tucker, Richard D., Faculty of the Psychology department 1999-2000, 2 Twitchell, Emma Lee, UCF Foundation 2000, 2 Walker, Lynn W., Charter faculty; Dean of Instructional Resources; Director of the UCF library 1997, 2 Wallace, Joe, Alumnus associated with Research Park 2003, 2 Walsh, Richard J., Alumnus; UCF Foundation 1996, 2 Wanielista, Marty, Dean of the College of Engineering 1998, 2 Weiss, Al, Alumnus; President of Disney World undated, 2 Westrick, Robert W., Director of the Brevard Center 2003, 2 Whisler, Bruce A., Professor and chair in the Music department 2003, 2 Whitehouse, Gary E., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs 1997, 2 Whittier, Henry O., Charter faculty; Assistant Professor in the College of Natural Sciences; associated with the arboretum 1998, 2 Wilson, Carol, Faculty member of the College of Business 1999, 2 Wolf, J. Gary, Music department faculty 1999, 2 Wolf, Ross, Student regent 2000, 2 Ying, Nelson, Founder of the Ying International Student Center 1997, 2 Young, Denise L., Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs 2000, Series II: Edited Transcripts, 1993-2006 3.25 Linear feet

The edited transcripts series contain the edited transcripts of the interviews conducted by Dr. Colbourn that have not been released to the public by the interviewee. The edited transcripts are foldered in alphabetical order.

Box 3 A, 1996-2003 3 A-B, 1995-2000 3 B, 1996-2003 (3 folders) 3 B-C, 1996-2003 3 C, 1993-2003 (3 folders) 3 C-D, 1997-2003 3 D-E, 1996-2004 3 E-F, 1998-2004 3 F-G, 1995-2004 3 G-H, 1996-2001 3-4 H, 1995-2006 (4 folders) 4 J-K, 1996-2003 4 K, 1997-2003 4 L-M, 1992-2001 4 M, 1993-2003 (3 folders) 4 M-N, 2000-2006 4 O, 1994-2002 4 O-P, 1997-2003 4 P, 1997-2002 (2 folders) 4 R, 1992-2002 (2 folders) 4 R-S, 1996-2002 5 S, 1993-1998 (2 folders) 5 S-T, 1997-1999 5 T-W, 1996-2003 5 W, 1997-2003 5 W-Y, 1997-2000 Series III: Audio Tapes, 1995-2006 2.25 Linear feet

The audio tape series contains the audio tapes of the original unedited interviews conducted by Dr. Colbourn, which have not been released to the public. The audio tapes are arranged in boxes in alphabetical order by interviewee.

Box 6 A-C, 1996-2003 7 C-H, 1998-2002 8 H-M, 1995-2002 9 M-P, 1998-2006 10 P-S, 1997-2002 11 S-Y, 2000-2003