Frank Crum and Roosevelt Jones
Recorded
January 28, 2022
Archived
January 28, 2022
44:50 minutes
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Id:
mby021417
Description
Frank Crum (49) shares a conversation with his colleague Roosevelt Jones (85) about Roosevelt’s childhood, his time in college, his military service, his career, his family, and his perspective on life.Subject Log / Time Code
RJ talks about where he was born, about his parents, about who raised him, and how he ended up in Memphis at two and half years old.
RJ talks about his experience of segregation as a child. He also talks about the importance of education and about learning to read.
RJ talks about his experience in the church while growing up.
RJ remembers growing up next door to LeMoyne College (now LeMoyne-Owen College).
RJ talks about spending time in the LeMoyne College library.
RJ talks about traveling to Atlanta when he was growing up.
RJ talks about going to college in Wilberforce, Ohio. He talks about some of the highlights of his college experience and describes the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
RJ talks about being part of ROTC during college and about how that led to him entering the military and serving seventeen years in the reserves.
RJ talks about the fellowship he received to get a master’s degree at MIT and remembers traveling to Helsinki, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Milan, Frankfurt, and London as part of his studies.
RJ talks about his career, his role models, balancing family and work life, and the lessons he learned through his work.
RJ shares his perspective on life.
Participants
- Frank Crum
- Roosevelt Jones