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Title	Oral History Interview with Lewis W. Webb, Jr., Part 4
Interviewee	Webb, Lewis Warrington, Jr.
About the Interviewee	Lewis Warrington Webb could be called "the Father of Old Dominion." After serving 10 years as an instructor at the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary, he was appointed Assistant Director in 1942. He also served as Director of the Defense and War Training Program at the College from 1940-1944. In 1946 Webb was appointed Director of the Norfolk Division. After retiring from the presidency he returned to teaching physics. He died in 1984, having lived long enough to see Old Dominion become a university.
Date of Birth/Death	b. March 1, 1910; d. September, 1984
Place of Birth	Norfolk, Virginia
Interviewer	Sweeney, James R. (University Archivist)
Date of Interview	1974-12-03
Description	In a series of nine interviews, President Lewis W. Webb, Jr. discusses various facets of the history of Old Dominion University. The fourth interview discusses various issues through the 1950s, including budget and faculty salary issues, the variety of roles Webb played on campus, his relationships with city and state officials, and racial segregation at ODU and Webb's involvement with the public school closings.
Subject (LCSH)	Old Dominion University--History Old Dominion University--Faculty College administrators--United States College of William and Mary--Norfolk Division--History School budgets--Virginia Students--Attitudes College of William and Mary Universities and colleges--Faculty--Salaries, etc. Old Dominion University--Library Acquisitions (Libraries) Admissions and entrance requirements Segregation in education Veterans--Education--United States Harrison, Albertis S. (Albertis Sydney), 1907-1995 College buildings--Maintenance and repair Stanley, Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson), 1890-1970 Universities and colleges--Accreditation--United States School integration--Massive resistance movement Public schools--Virginia--Norfolk School closings--Virginia--Norfolk Tutors and tutoring--Virginia--Norfolk
Subject - Local	Webb, Lewis Warrington Old Dominion University--Buildings and Grounds Expansion of Universities and Colleges Alfriend, John S. Duckworth, William Frederick Fink, Ross T. Kaufman, Charles L.
Coverage	Norfolk, Virginia
Category	University History
Department	Administration Engineering
Status	President Faculty
Years of ODU Service	1932-1969
Media Type	Oral histories
Type	Collection
Format	Compound object
Source	Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Perry Library
Relation	Oral History Collection
Original Interview Numbers	OH 28
Language	English
Rights	Digital file copyright 2012, Old Dominion University Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact Special Collections and University Archives, Perry Library, Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, VA 23529.
Length of Interview	1:01:43
Media Identifier	http://streaming.video.odu.edu:8080/library/sc/oh/oh-webbl-4
Digital Collection	Oral Histories in the Perry Library -- http://dc.lib.odu.edu/cdm/about/collection/oralhistory
Identifier	index.cpd

Title	Transcript, Part 4 - Oral History Interview with Lewis W. Webb, Jr.
Date of Interview	1974-12-03
Media Type	Transcripts
Type	Text
Format	Text/pdf
Media Identifier	http://streaming.video.odu.edu:8080/library/sc/oh/oh-webbl-4
Identifier	webb4.pdf

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