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Transcript of interview with Robert L. Skaggs by Dr. David Emerson, May 06, 2006
Date
2006-05-06
Archival Collection
Description
Dr. Robert Skaggs grew up around the St. Louis area. His father was a teamster with a milk delivery route, tried his hand at the restaurant business, and during WWII worked tor U.S. Cartridge. Several members of Dr. Skaggs's family were teachers, including his grandmother and a couple of aunts. Robert graduated trom Normandy High School and afterwards attended the Missouri School of Mines and majored in metallurgical engineering. He graduated in 1954 and went to work tor DuPont tor two years. He went to graduate school at Iowa State on an Atomic Energy Commission scholarship, and afterwards was hired by Standard Oil of California. During this time he met and married Anna Pedersen (1961) and moved to Minneapolis to work for Honeywell. Around 1966, Bob started teaching at the University of Kentucky. After a couple of years, he got wind of teaching opportunities at the Southern Division of the University of Nevada (now UNLV), and interviewed with Herb Wells. He and his family moved to Boulder City (1969) and he began teaching at what is now UNLV. He was involved in the work bringing accreditation to the engineering department, establishing a chapter for Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society, and building a master's and a PhD program. After a heart attack in 1975, Dr. Skaggs took a sabbatical from UNLV and did some team teaching at University of Arizona in Tucson with Ray Sierka. He returned to UNLV on a half time teaching basis, and also worked for the Bureau of Mines. He was again involved in accreditation preparations and stayed to graduate a PhD student in engineering. He looks upon his experiences at UNLV as very positive and delightful.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 09, 2004
Date
2004-08-09
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting minutes and agenda.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 30, 2000
Date
2000-10-30
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting minutes and agenda, along with additional information about letters. CSUN Session 30 (Part 2) Meeting Minutes and Agendas.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 28, 1978
Date
1978-02-28
Archival Collection
Description
Agenda and meeting minutes for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Senate. CSUN Session 6 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 26, 1982
Date
1982-10-26
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 12 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 12, 1983
Date
1983-04-12
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 13 (Part 1) Meeting Minutes and Agendas.
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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, May 14, 1970
Date
1970-05-14
Archival Collection
Description
Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club
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Letter and envelope from Nellie Harrison, Mt. Carmel to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada
Date
1895-03-08
Archival Collection
Description
From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, the original envelope with the stamp removed, and a copy of the original letter.
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Letter and envelope from John M. Bunker, Logan, Utah. to Mary Etta Syphus, Provo, Utah
Date
1894-02-16
Archival Collection
Description
From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, the original envelope with the stamp removed, and a copy of the original letter.
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