The HistoryMakers video oral history with Joseph Monroe.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 40 min., 28 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2013.075
Subjects

Other author/creatorMonroe, Joseph, 1936- interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Joseph Monroe
Portion of title Joseph Monroe
Abstract Computer scientist Joseph Monroe was born on May 18, 1936 in Rowland, North Carolina. After receiving his B.S. degrees in mathematics, English and French from North Carolina A & T State University in 1962, Monroe enrolled at Texas A & M University and graduated with his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science in 1967 and 1972, respectively. He was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. degree in the field of computer science. Monroe served in various positions at the U.S. Air Force Academy, including dean of the faculty, he became the first African American appointed as a full professor. In 1991, he returned to North Carolina A & T State University and was named Ronald E. McNair Endowed Professor and Chair of Computer Science. Monroe was the recipient of the U.S. Department of Defense Superior Service Medal and the U.S. Air Force Legion of Merit Service Medal.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Greensboro, North Carolina 2013 May 7.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2013.075 HistoryMakers

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