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Leonard Rodberg, Clip 6: Coming to Queens College

Collection: Bette Weidman Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Leonard Rodberg
Date: Time Period: 1950 - 2012; 2012-02-27; Interview recorded: February 27, 2012 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:04:38
Creator: Dr. Leonard Rodberg interviewed by Sheila Williams Identifier: aql:23195 bwc-lr-clip-000006

Description: Dr Leonard Rodberg gives an overview of how he came to be at Queens College: After coming to New York City in the 1970s to work on energy conservation issues, Rodberg met Dr. Barry Commoner, who had recently brought his environmental studies center to the college. Commoner hired Rodberg to join his staff at Queens.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18055; aql:33878

Creator : Dr. Leonard Rodberg interviewed by Sheila Williams

Date : Time Period: 1950 - 2012; 2012-02-27; Interview recorded: February 27, 2012

Summary/Description : Dr Leonard Rodberg gives an overview of how he came to be at Queens College: After coming to New York City in the 1970s to work on energy conservation issues, Rodberg met Dr. Barry Commoner, who had recently brought his environmental studies center to the college. Commoner hired Rodberg to join his staff at Queens.

Subject : Energy research; College teaching; Commoner, Barry; Queens College (New York, N.Y.). Department of Urban Studies

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Queens College, Queens, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:04:38

Identifier : aql:23195 bwc-lr-clip-000006

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Energy research; College teaching; Commoner, Barry; Queens College (New York, N.Y.). Department of Urban Studies

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