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Interviewee Sort descending Collection Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Eric Smith Southern New England American Lobster Fishery Oral History Project

Eric Smith is a retired resource manager. He was born in 1949 and grew up in Hartford, Connecticut. He liked building things in his childhood. He liked model train sets. He also enjoyed running in his early life. He was a cross country and track runner. Originally, he wanted to be a geologist. He enrolled at University of Rhode Island with the thought of getting a pathway to oceanography through geology. But it did not work that way. He then evolved into resource development and got a degree in it.

Nehaben Padhiyar Noank, CT Connecticut Sea Grant
Rick Waters Maritime Studies Capstone Seminar Oral History Project
  • Grew up in inland MA, but had a house is Warham
  • After he graduated he took an internship with the Marine Biological Labs in Woods Hole
  • Took and VW bus and got a job with the University of Washington Research Ship as part of the deck crew
Alex Zweig Noank, CT University of Connecticut