Dave Chimino Oral History

Collection — sc_box: MS 2, Folder: 33

Identifier: MS-631

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Oral history, before 1998, audio recording and transcript of talk given by David Chimino, a professor at Michigan Technological University. Reminisces about his time as a student in the Adams Township school system, especially Jeffers High School in Painesdale, Michigan.

Dates

Before 1998

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

David Chimino was a professor of physics at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan from approximately the late 1940s to the mid 1980s. During the 1970s, Dave Chimino developed his audio-visual tutorial introductory physics labs, allowing the labs to proceed with a significant reduction in the need for faculty to be in attendance. Chimino was later recognized by Michigan Tech as a "Presidential Professor" largely based on these efforts.