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Oral History with Jeff Lucker
Interview with Jeff Lucker conducted by Kim Marks on April 21, 2023. Recorded at the Princeton Public Library. Part of the Voices of Princeton partner project with the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Mercer County. Jeff Lucker’s biographical statement: I was born on April 21st, 1945 in New York. My parents at the time lived …
Oral History with Anne Brener
Interview with Anne Brener conducted by Kim Marks on April 3, 2023. Recorded at the Princeton Public Library. Part of the Voices of Princeton partner project with the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Mercer County. Anne moved to Princeton in 1947 as a baby to follow a dream of her mother’s, HelenBrener, to have a …
Oral History with Rabbi Josh Goldstein
Interview with Rabbi Josh Goldstein conducted by Mara Olmstead on April 12, 2023. Recorded at the Princeton Public Library. Part of the Voices of Princeton partner project with the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Mercer County. Rabbi Joshua Goldstein served as Temple Sha’arey Shalom’s leader for 30 years, retiring on June 30, 2012. In July, 2012, …
Oral History with Mark Rosso
Mark Rosso has lived in Princeton nearly his whole life. He discusses his family’s arrival and work in the area, as well as his happy childhood attending school and growing up in Princeton in the 1960s and 1970s. He shares remembrances from adolescence of the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the atmosphere in …
Oral History with Ida Belle Dixon
Ida Belle Dixon, celebrating her 100th birthday in 2019, shares memories of growing up in Georgia and moving to Princeton during high school. She recounts stories of taking care of children throughout her life and shares changes she has seen in Princeton over several decades.
Oral History with Dan Rappoport
A native of northern New Jersey, Dan Rappaport moved to the Princeton area in 1976 and has lived in or near town ever since. He has worked for the New Jersey Department of Transportation, Thompson International Group, and several service jobs for local businesses. Dan talks about the community’s physical and social changes during his …
Oral History with Pamela Wakefield
Pam Wakefield grew up in Bloomfield, NJ. She and her spouse, Bill, raised their children in Montclair before relocating the family to Princeton in the early 1980s to be closer to Bill’s workplace. Pam worked for years in the Princeton University Department of Psychology as a research assistant for Professor George Miller. She became active …
Oral History with Bernard Miller
Bernard Miller came to Princeton in 1957 to work at the nearby Radio Corporation of America laboratory after seven years as an active-duty Air Force officer. Prior to arriving in Princeton, Bernard taught engineering at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He worked on classified aerospace projects and later took graduate courses in …
Oral History with Robert Vandeventer
Robert Vandeventer moved to Princeton with his family as a 13-year-old in 1945. His father worked as a radio newscaster and the host of a quiz show called “Twenty Questions.” (Bob and his mother participated on the program as panelists.) Bob was a 1949 graduate of Princeton High School, where he was active in the …