Echoes of Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Stories
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Mississippi State University; Mississippi State University--History; Mississippi State University--Employees; Mississippi State University. Extension Service; Agriculture; Agriculture--Research; Interviews; Agricultural extension workers; Mississippi State University. Alumni and alumnae; Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Building (Mississippi State, Miss.)
Description
Oral history; interview with Dr. Jack Hoover, September 21, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Hoover was six years of age when he came to Starkville from Ames, Iowa, when his father was hired at Mississippi State as an Agronomist. He received a Bachelor's degree from Mississippi State in 1955, before going to medical school at Tulane University. He then entered the U.S. Navy, where he became a Flight Surgeon. He later completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology. He is now a senior partner at Gulf Coast OB/GYN in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Jack Hoover is the son of the late Dr. C. Dale Hoover, a noted Agronomist at Mississippi State and former head of that department for 26 years. The Agronomy Department, during Hoover's tenure, was the first and only MSU department to offer a doctoral degree. Also during Hoover's tenure, the department's Seed Technology Program was developed and gained international recognition. In this interview, Jack Hoover shares his memories of growing up on the Mississippi State campus and in the Lloyd-Ricks Building, his father's work with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Stations, and his own love of forestry and the educational environment.
Contributor
Ballard, Michael B., interviewer
Date
8-10-2012
Time Period
2010-2019
Foramt (original)
oral history; 1 sound cassette (32 min., 10 sec.) : 1 7/8 ips; 1/4 in. tape
Format (digital)
MP3
Object Type
sound; text
Digital ID#
A12_19_Hoover_Jack_audiotape
Relation
Deeply Rooted
Annotation
Location: Starkville (Miss.)
Rights
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Recommended Citation
Echos of Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Collection, Special Collections Department, University Archives Division, Mississippi State University Libraries
Contact Information
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