Creator: Arthur Brandstatter

Subjects: Anniversaries, Sesquicentennial

Description:

Arthur Brandstatter graduated from MSU in 1938 with a BS in police administration. After serving overseas in Korea and working as a consultant for the Federal Government after WW II, he returned to MSU in 1946 and served as the head of MSU's campus police department while teaching a course in law enforcement administration.

In 1947, Brandstatter took over as director of the School of Criminal Justice, a position he held until his retirement in 1976. While in this position, he worked to upgrade law enforcement personnel requiring them to possess a baccalaureate degree to become a police officer. Brandstatter was also a member of the Vietnam Project in the 1960s.

Topics/People Covered in Interview include: Walter Adams; Charles Bachman; Miles Casteel; John Combs; Jim Dennison; Ngo Dinh Diem; Wesley Fishell; John Hannah; Ed Jones; Charles Killingsworth; Tom King; Ramon Magsaysay; MSU athletic programs; Field Service Training Program; ROTC program; School of Criminal Justice; School of Police Administration; student unrest; Vietnam project; Oscar Olander; Charlie Pegg; Ramparts magazine; Bob Scott; Al Seeley; Ralph Smuckler; Vic Strucker; Ralph Turner; Ed Widener; O W Wilson

Date: April 11, 2001

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