Floren, Don (1953)

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Title

Floren, Don (1953)

Subject

Oral History

Description

Don Floren is a local to Willamette Valley. Though he was born in Oregon City, his family moved shortly afterward to N. Portland. He arrived at Lewis & Clark in the fall of 1949, with aspirations of becoming a journalist. Don double majored in English literature and philosophy and worked for the Pioneer Log as a sports writer. He was a member of Kappa Phi Alpha for three years and speaks of the significant impact Greek life had on him. After graduating; Don did his military service in Fort Ord, California at clerk-typist school before earning a teaching degree and ultimately ending up as a technical writer and management specialist at Tektronix. Don met his wife of sixty years at Lewis and Clark and still feels that he is returning home when he visits the campus.

Oral history interview of Lewis & Clark alumnus Don Floren, conducted by Dan Sizer on March 16, 2014. History Department, Spring Semester, 2014.

Creator

Lewis & Clark College

Date

March 16, 2014

Format

PDF

Type

Text

Language

English

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Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Dan Sizer

Interviewee

Don Floren

Location

Templeton College Center

Original Format

Audio recording

Duration

01:10:53
http://digitalcollections.lclark.edu/files/original/6179b9395110cd5bb21502d1dea13210.pdf | http://digitalcollections.lclark.edu/files/original/f74c0a30a1ec41f3221d05da2295b85e.MP3