Interview with Walt Schroeder, October 28, 2007
- Title
- Interview with Walt Schroeder, October 28, 2007
- LC Subject
- Schroeder, Walt
- Interviewee
- Schroeder, Walt
- Interviewer
- Uhlig, Elizabeth
- Description
- Walter G. Schroeder began working for the Extension service in 1949 as an Agriculture Agent in Coos County, after receiving his B. S. from Oregon State College. After being drafted into the armed services at the beginning of the Korean War, Schroeder spent two years stationed in Germany. After being discharged, Schroeder returned to his position at Coos County. In 1956 he returned to school to seek a graduate degree, and received an M.S. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1957. After receiving his masters degree, Schroeder returned to the Extension Service, working at the Lane County Extension office in Florence until the office closed in 1962. He was then transferred to the Extension headquarters at OSU and became an Extension Agent-at-Large, where he helped develop 4-H camps and the training of future extension agents. During this period, Schroeder was invited to Washington D.C. to advise the U. S. Department of Agricultural Extension Service concerning outdoor recreation. In 1965, Schroeder was transferred to Washington County and in 1967 to Curry County. Schroeder frequently worked with the 4-H club and on the development of community resources in agriculture, forestry, and marine science. In 1977, Schroeder became the Curry County staff chair. Schroeder retired and was granted Emeritus status in 1983.
- Work Type
- oral histories (literary works) transcripts sound recordings
- Date
- 2007-10-28
- Identifier
- OH14:14
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Local Collection Name
- Oregon State University Extension Service Faculty and Staff Oral History Collection, 2007-2009 (OH 14)
- Type
- Text Sound
- Format
- audio/mpeg application/pdf
- Set
- OSU Extension Faculty and Staff Oral Histories OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Modified
- 2010-01-26
- Submission Date
- 2009-12-10
