Oral History:
Interview#: OH007
Interviewee:John Bagley Donahue
Interviewer: Barbara Ditman
Date: 06/12/2010
Location: Shaw Historical Library
Length: 59:07
Subjects: Engineering, OIT, FEMA
| Time Index | Topic |
| 0:00-4:50 | Introduction/background; OTI 1953; Wrestling Program |
| 5:00-9:10 | Student firefighter |
| 9:10-16:20 | Surveying Technology/early career |
| 16:25-19:50 | Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ State Board of Civil Engineering/1950s |
| 19:25-21:40 | Engineering career; City of Portland, Bureau of Design |
| 21:45-36:00 | Military Service; 1959 International Geophysical Year; Polar Research and Development Command; Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica |
| 36:00-37:50 | Springfield, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ |
| 37:50-39:15 | City engineer; Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ City, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ; South Fork Water Board |
| 39:15-41:30 | Public Works Director; Bend, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, 1978 |
| 41:35-43:40 | Roseburg, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ; North Umpqua water plant |
| 43:44-46:30 | Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ State Department of Water Resources |
| 46:40-55:00 | FEMA |
| 55:00-59:07 | Life-long benefits of an OIT education |
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