Creator: Colleen McNamara

Subjects: Anniversaries, Sesquicentennial

Description:

Colleen McNamara was involved in left-wing politics and became a member of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) while a student at MSU.

After her graduation with a degree in sociology and social science, she served for four years as the executive director for the Lansing Housing Assistance Foundation, then as director of the Michigan Waste Industries Association, and finally as director of the cable industry.

In 1993, McNamara was elected to the MSU Board of Trustees. During her tenure, the Board was involved in the tuition guarantee, urban affairs survey, and keeping the MSU campus beautiful.

Topics/People Covered in the Interview include: Administration Building; CMU; Dolores Cook; Cowles House; John DiBiaggio; John Engler; Joel Ferguson; Jerry Graves; John Hannah; Holden Hall; Housing Assistance Foundation; interest in urban affairs; tuition guarantee; political and work background; M Peter McPherson; art on campus; MSU Board of Trustees; rotation of chair of BOT; student unrest in 1960s; Students for a Democratic Society; Ed McNamara; tuition guarantee; Michigan State Senate; Michigan Waste Industries Association; Rexell Morris; Mike Price; Barbara Sawyer; Beth Shapiro; Lou Ann Simon; Spartan Child Development Center; Bob Taxler; Clifton Wharton

Date: January 25, 2002

Collection Number: UA 3

Language: English

Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by Michigan State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Contributing Institution: University Archives & Historical Collections, Office of the Provost

Relation: Sesquicentennial Oral History Project

Contributor: MSU Archives and Historical Collections