Devon Christianson, Edward Thron, and Joan Thron
Recorded
August 21, 2023
Archived
August 21, 2023
38:07 minutes
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Id:
mby023013
Description
Devon Chirstianson (59) interviews her parents Edward “Mike” Thron (86) and Joan Thron (85) about how they met, their university studies, and their careers.Subject Log / Time Code
Joan Thron (J) shares how she met Edward “Mike” Thron (M), the love of her life.
M and J detail their psychology studies and work with rats. M describes his first impression of J. J and M say when they first met, they were both committed to other people.
Devon Chirstianson (D), M, and J recount how M and J got engaged and married in six weeks.
M says he and J lived in New York City for a couple of years. J says she got a job learning how to program a mainframe computer for AT&T and M says he got a job as a bookkeeper for a Swiss bank on Wall St.
M says in addition to psychology, he also studied English and loved Faulkner. J describes how she approached her career as a woman at that time.
M, J, and D talk about how the family ended up moving to Green Bay.
J explains how and why she fell in love with children's literature.
J says more on how her studies in children's literature led her to London. J and D discuss how great it was to be working with excited, often non-traditional, students.
D highlights the impact M and J had on University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
M, J, and D discuss how M and J were also able to see the public school system in Green Bay flourish.
Participants
- Devon Christianson
- Edward Thron
- Joan Thron