Oral History Program
The Oral History Program of Oregon Health & Science University began in August 1997. Its purpose is to record interviews of individuals who can contribute to the understanding of the history of OHSU and its various schools. The interviews gather personal perspectives concerning critical points in the history of the institution. Major themes include changes in clinical practice, becoming a university, growth of research, growth of campus facilities, women and minorities, curriculum changes, and World War II.
Over ninety interviews, ranging from one to eight hours in length, have been completed. Selected interviewees are representative of the different units on campus and knowledgeable about milestones in the history of OHSU. Interview tapes are transcribed, then edited, indexed, and cataloged. All master tapes, transcript versions, and supplemental materials are added to the OHSU Oral History Program Collection in the Archives. A finding aid for this collection is available upon request.
Completed interviews can be found in the library catalog by doing a title search on "OHSU Oral History Project". Audio and video tapes can be checked out for one week and renewed. Transcripts can be checked out for 28 days and renewed.
A searchable database of topics discussed in processed interviews is now available. Search the Oral History Master Index.
Oral Histories in Our Collection
| 1997 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 8/18 | 1 | Kenneth C. Swan, M.D. | School of Medicine, Ophthalmology | |
| 9/3 | 2 | J.S. (Dutch) Reinschmidt, M.D. | School of Medicine, Outreach | |
| 9/16 | 3 | J. David Bristow, M.D. | School of Medicine, Cardiology | |
| 9/18 | 4 | Robert D. Koler, M.D. | School of Medicine, Genetics | |
| 10/9 | 5 | Marie K. Wagner | Library | |
| 11/7 | 6 | Donald G. Kassebaum, M.D. | School of Medicine, Hospital Administration | |
| 11/7 | 7 | David M. Witter, Jr. | Acting President, Hospital Administration, Information Systems | |
| 1/13 | 8 | Jack A. Vernon, M.D. | Speech and Hearing, Hatfield Connection | |
| 12/1 | 9 | Barbara C. Gaines | School of Nursing, History of Nursing | |
| 12/3 | 10 | Gwynn Brice Dockery | Early Administration | |
| 12/5 | 11 | May E. Rawlinson, R.N., Ph.D. | School of Nursing, WWII | |
| 12/8 | 12 | Isabel McDonald | Primate Center, Library | |
| 12/9 | 13 | Heather G. Rosenwinkel | Library | |
| 12/17 | 14 | Bernice Orwig Cochran | School of Nursing | |
| 12/18 | 15 | Marion Krippaehne, M.D. | School of Medicine, Women in Medicine | |
| 12/22 | 16 | Richard T. Jones, M.D. | School of Medicine, Acting President | |
| 1998 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 1/15 | 17 | Sarah E. Porter, R.N., Ph.D. | School of Nursing, Research | |
| 1/30 | 18 | J. Henry Clarke, D.M.D. | School of Dentistry, History of Dentistry | |
| 2/6 | 19 | Michael David Baird, M.D. | School of Medicine, Tuberculosis Hospital, Dean Baird | |
| 2/20 | 20 | William Shunsuke Ito, M.D. | WWII, Minorities in Medicine | |
| 2/25 | 21 | Mary Ann Lockwood | Public Relations, Administration | |
| 3/24 | 22 | Donald Devlin | WWII | |
| 4/1 | 23 | Cliff Morris | WWII | |
| 4/8 | 24 | Edgar Murray Burns, M.D. | WWII, Psychiatry | |
| 4/11 | 25 | Ruby Hills, Katherine (Kay) Fisher Hilterbrant, Edith Moore Richards | WWII, Nursing | |
| 4/17 | 26 | Carol Ann Lindeman, R.N., Ph.D. | School of Nursing, Dean | |
| 4/21 | 27 | Peter O. Kohler | President | |
| 4/26 | 28 | Louis B. Perry | Board of Higher Education | |
| 5/1 | 29 | Joseph D. Matarazzo, Ph.D. | School of Medicine, Medical Psychology | |
| 5/8 | 30 | Ruth G. Matarazzo, Ph.D. | Medical Psychology, Women in Medicine | |
| 5/22 | 31 | Robert A. Peterson | V.P., Finance | |
| 5/22 | 32 | Lewis W. (Bill) Bluemle, M.D. | President | |
| 6/10 | 33 | Donald W. Sutherland, M.D. | Town/Gown, Cardiology | |
| 6/14 | 34 | Marjorie J. Noble, M.D. | Women in Medicine/Anesthesiology | |
| 6/30 | 35 | Roy L. Swank, M.D. | School of Medicine, Neurology | |
| 7/2 | 36 | Mary Durham McDonald | Dean Josephi's Granddaughter | |
| 7/13 | 37 | Joseph J. Adams | Public Relations | |
| 7/14 | 38 | Herbert E. Griswold, Jr., M.D. | School of Medicine, Cardiology | |
| 7/17 | 39 | James A. Wood, M.D. | Cardiac Surgery | |
| 7/18 | 40 | William Barton Youmans, M.D., Ph.D. | School of Medicine, Physiology | |
| 7/20 | 41 | C. Conrad Carter, M.D. | School of Medicine, Town/Gown, Neurology | |
| 8/3 | 42 | Roy E. Lieuallen, Ed., L.H.D. | Chancellor, State System of Higher Education | |
| 8/7 | 43 | George A. Porter, M.D. | School of Medicine, Chair of Medicine | |
| 8/7 | 44 | Warren G. Bishop, M.D. | School of Nursing Donor | |
| 8/7 | 45 | Miles J. Edwards, M.D. | Cardiac Surgery | |
| 8/31 | 46 | Barbara Hiatt Jacob | School of Nursing, Tuberculosis Hospital | |
| 9/23 | 47 | Daniel J. Labby, M.D. | School of Medicine, Psychiatry | |
| 9/24 | 48 | Stanley W. Jacob, M.D. | School of Medicine, Research | |
| 9/25 | 49 | John D. (Jack) Flanagan, M.D. | Surgery, Town/Gown | |
| 9/29 | 50 | Nelson R. (Sam) Niles, M.D. | School of Medicine, Pathology, Curriculum | |
| 10/22 | 51 | Mark O. Hatfield | Senator | |
| 10/22 | 52 | Grace Phelps Williams | Niece of Grace Phelps | |
| 10/28 | 53 | Margaret M. (Peg) Ryan | School of Dentistry, Dental Hygiene | |
| 12/1 | 54 | F. James Marshall, D.M.D. | School of Dentistry, Endodontics | |
| 12/10 | 55 | J. Peter Bentley, Ph.D. | School of Medicine, Faculty Senate, Biochemistry | |
| 12/15 | 56 | Louis G. Terkla, D.M.D. | School of Dentistry, Dean | |
| 1999 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 1/8 | 57 | Ted H. Willhite | Nephew of Dean Dillehunt | |
| 1/22 | 58 | Donald R. Porter, D.D.S. | School of Dentistry, Pedodontics | |
| 2/1 | 59 | Gary Jones, M.D. | Families in Medicine, Pediatrics | |
| 2/18 | 60 | Victor D. Menashe, M.D. | CDRC, Pediatric Cardiology | |
| 2/27 | 61 | Eugene Gettelman, M.D. | 1932 UOMS Graduate | |
| 3/2 | 62 | James T. McGill, Ph.D. | V.P. Finance, Laster Administration | |
| 3/2 | 63 | Martha Rohner van der Vlugt, M.D. | Women in Medicine, Rural Medicine | |
| 3/5 | 64 | Leonard Laster, M.D. and Ruth Ann Laster | President | |
| 3/18 | 65 | Cecil Keith Claycomb, Ph.D., and Elizabeth (Betty) Claycomb | School of Dentistry, Minority Relations | |
| 3/24 | 66 | Bernice Jones | School of Nursing | |
| 4/12 | 67 | Carol Pearson Storer | School of Nursing, Hospital Services | |
| 4/16 | 68 | William E. Snell, M.D. | School of Medicine, Orthopedics | |
| 4/26 | 69 | Harold T. Osterud, M.D. | School of Medicine, Public Health | |
| 4/26 | 70 | Robert A. Campbell, M.D. | School of Medicine, Primate Center, Pediatrics | |
| 4/27 | 71 | John A. Benson, Jr., M.D. | School of Medicine, Dean | |
| 4/29 | 72 | Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) Baptist | Medical Technology | |
| 5/27 | 73 | Richard W. Olmsted, M.D. | Doernbecher Hospital | |
| 6/2 | 74 | Betty Weible | Doernbecher Hospital, Pediatric Nursing | |
| 6/23 | 75 | John W. Kendall, Jr., M.D. | School of Medicine, Dean | |
| 6/23 | 76 | S. Gorham Babson, M.D. | Doernbecher Hospital, Neonatal ICU | |
| 7/8 | 77 | Reid S. (Sam) Connell, Ph.D. | School of Medicine, Anatomy, Allied Health | |
| 11/22 | 78 | Clarence V. Hodges, M.D. | School of Medicine, First Kidney Transplant | |
| 2000 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 6/8 | 79 | Clare G. Peterson, M.D. | School of Medicine, Surgery | |
| 7/15 | 80 | Katsumi J. Nakadate, M.D. | WWII, Minorities in Medicine | |
| 7/16 | 81 | Toshio Inahara, M.D. | Surgery, WWII, Minorities in Medicine | |
| 7/26 | 82 | Albert A. Oyama, M.D. | WWII, Minorities in Medicine | |
| 9/12 | 83 | Alfred K. Ono, M.D. | WWII, Minorities in Medicine | |
| 2001 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 4/3 | 84 | Joseph D. Bloom, M.D. | School of Medicine, Dean, Psychiatry | |
| 4/17 | 85 | James E. Morgan | Library | |
| 4/18 | 86 | Joan Ash | Library, Informatics | |
| 9/10 | 87 | Lesley Hallick, Ph.D. | Provost, VP, Academic Affairs | |
| 2002 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 8/21 | 88 | Betty Bergman | wife of Norman Bergman, Anesthesiology | |
| 8/21 | 89 | Wendell C. Stevens, M.D. | School of Medicine, Anesthesiology | |
| 2003 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 12/12 | 90 | George Saslow, M.D. | School of Medicine, Psychiatry | |
| 2004 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 4/7 | 91 | Ambrose "Bucky" Shields, M.D. | WWII, Surgery | |
| 5/18 | 92 | Robert L. Bacon, Ph.D. | School of Medicine, Anatomy | |
| 6/30 | 93 | Harold D. Paxton, M.D. | School of Medicine, Neurosurgery | |
| 2005 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 6/21 | 94 | Donald D. Trunkey, M.D. | School of Medicine, Trauma Surgery | |
| 6/21 | 95 | John R. Campbell, M.D. | School of Medicine, Pediatric Surgery | |
| 2006 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 2/17 | 96 | Albert Starr, M.D. | School of Medicine, Cardiothoracic Surgery | |
| 4/18 | 97 | Karen Whitaker Knapp | Rural Health | |
| 7/28 | 98 | Kathleen Potempa | VP, Dean, School of Nursing | |
| 2007 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 8/23 | 99 | Mary McFarland, Ph.D. | School of Nursing, Research | |
| 10/19 | 100 | Frances Storrs, M.D. | Dermatology, Women in Medicine | |
| 10/25 | 101 | Tyra Hutchens, M.D. | Pathology, Nuclear Medicine | |
| 2008 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 6/3 | 102 | Rodney K. Beals, M.D. | Orthopedics | |
| 6/3 | 103 | William L. Toffler, M.D. | Family Medicine, Physician-Assisted Suicide | |
| 6/3 | 104 | Goodwin, Peter A., M.D | Family Medicine, Physician-Assisted Suicide | |
| 11/6 | 105 | Charles Grossman, MD | Medicine, Town/Gown | |
| 12/9 | 106 | Ellen Magenis, MD | Genetics, Women in Medicine | |
| 2009 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 2/26 | 107 | Pamela Hellings, RN, PhD | School of Nursing, Outreach | |
| 2/26 | 108 | Cecille O. Beyl, MD | Pediatric Cardiology, Women in Medicine | |
| 3/9 | 109 | James Huntzicker, PhD | OGI, Management in Science/Tech | |
| 11/19 | 110 | David B. Mahler, PhD | School of Dentistry, Dental Materials | |
| 11/19 | 111 | William E. Morton, MD, PhD | School of Medicine, Environmental Health | |
| 2010 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 2/10 | 112 | E. Alan Meyer, DSc | School of Medicine, Parasitology | |
| 2011 | No. | Name | Subject/Affiliation | |
| 11/30 | 113 | Richard J. Mullins, M.D. | School of Medicine, Trauma Surgery | |
| 11/30 | 114 | Brian Druker, M.D. | Knight Cancer Institute |
