Herman Arneson Interview

Abstract

Tape recorded interview with Herman Arneson conducted by Ray Barello in 1976. Mr. Arneson joined the faculty at Stout in 1945 and remained as a biology teacher until his retirement thirty-one years later. During the interview Arneson discusses his education and early teaching career; his work as instructor of airplane mechanics during World War II; the situation at Stout at the time of his hiring in 1945; the post war housing situation in Menomonie; impressions of Presidents Nelson, Fryklund, Micheels, and Swanson; the Science Department, faculty committee work, student housing, curricular and administrative changes, his philosophy of teaching, and the Stout Foundation.