Interview with Gary Graham (born in 1946), a retired professor at Texas A & M and marine fisheries specialist with Texas Sea Grant. Graham also served as Gulf Regional Coordinator for the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation and worked as a shrimper. Graham discusses his involvement in the industry from the early 1980's onward doing educational outreach to industry professionals. Collected data on how TEDs perform while on offshore test voyages using early NMFS TEDs. Other Topics: industry perception of TEDs, cannonball, jellyfish shooters, Georgia Jumper Morrison, TED

On August 17, 2009, Cathay Sakas interviewed George Walker as part of the Georgia Black Fishermen oral history project.  George was born in 1946 on Sapelo Island, Georgia—a small Gullah Geechee community founded on the fourth largest barrier island in the 1700s, 60 miles south of Savannah, in McIntosh County.  George was an experienced shrimper during the 1960s, prior to working as a licensed captain aboard research vessels at the University of Georgia’s Marine Institute.  As a shrimper, Mr.  Walker remembers the decreasing shrimp prices and increasing fuel prices

Kathleen Schmitt Kline and Ronald M. Bruch interview Gerald Van Straten about cooking sturgeon, spear fishing, and poachers using snag lines. Gerald also discusses family stories of fishing, particularly from his grandfather.

Oral history interview with Glen Brooks. 

On December 14, 1991, Morton J. Rubin interviewed Gordon D. Cartwright, a meteorologist residing in Geneva, Switzerland, for the American Meteorological Society Tape Recorded Interview Project. Cartwright recounts his early life in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, and how his interest in science, sparked by early exposure to publications like Collier’s Magazine, led him to a career in meteorology. He details his career progression within the U.S. Weather Bureau, beginning in 1929 at the Pittsburgh office, and his work in aviation meteorology, river forecasting, and upper air observations.

Greg Young is an impassioned fisherman drawn to fishing by "destiny." He comes from a restaurant background which he has continued through the establishment of Sandabs, a seafood restaurant in Scott's Valley, CA. Mr. Young emphasizes the importance of a strong fishermen-sanctuary relationship because, as he explains, he and other fishermen care about healthy fish populations as much as conservationists do. Mr.

Harvey Morgan interview; Luncheon talk following interview with mother.

On September 9, 1989, Dr. Joanne Simpson interviewed Herbert Riehl for the American Meteorological Society and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Tape Recorded Interview Project. Riehl discusses his pioneering contributions to tropical meteorology, including his early work during World War II under Carl-Gustav Rossby, his involvement in training weather officers for the U.S. military, and his groundbreaking studies on the energy dynamics of tropical storms.

In this interview I.M. Pei, chief architect of the Mesa Laboratory and the Fleischmann Building, speaks passionately about his inspirations; the placement of the structures and the relationship between building and setting; the design process, down to the selection of materials; and how the Mesa Laboratory marked a very important turning point in his career.

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Oral history interview with James Britt.