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Haney, Marvin (audio interview #1 of 1)
INTERVIEW DESCRIPTION - This single interview with Marvin Haney, This audio quality is good. 2/25/1981
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- *** File: uhmhaney1.mp3 Audio Segments and Topics: (0:00-3:38)... Brief introduction Haney attended LBCC as a lower division student. Then he heard about a new school known as South Los Angeles Orange County State College. He visited the apartment building where the school was located and was amused by the rudimentary facilities of the campus. Several of his classmates from LBCC transferred to the new school. He went to Fullerton Community College and then served in the Korean War. When he returned, he applied to the new school and to USC where his brother was a student. He was accepted at the state college and decided to enroll there in September 1954 because it accepted more of his junior college credits than USC. He knew many people on campus, as many of them were his former high school and college classmates. (3:38-5:03)... The first new college's first buildings on its permanent campus were located along Anaheim Road on the lower campus. When he returned to Long Beach after serving in the military, the buildings that he saw looked like barracks. In those early days, students parked where the Student Union was located at the time of the interview. One year when it rained for several days, cars slid down the hill because of muddy conditions. The college's maintenance staff used a tractor to pull the cars back up the hill. This problem encouraged the construction of additional parking lots. (5:03-9:23)... By 1954, the new college had between 3,000 and 4,000 students, which included the school's first freshman class. Before freshmen were admitted, the school was different and there were few women in business classes. Many students were veterans or older people who came back to school to get teaching credentials. The first permanent building Haney saw constructed was the women's gymnasium. On upper campus, he watched the construction of the 1 story library, LA-1 and LA-2, and S-1 and SC-2 as well as the bookstore. (9:23-12:29)... During the Spring semester students and faculty participated in Forty-Niner Days, a campus celebration attended by between 4,000 to 5,000 people. It was a party and students dressed in costumes. There was a nucleus of students who participated in activities. In the early days, since there were so few students, they had a close relationship with the faculty. Fraternities and sororities on campus affiliated with national groups. Haney regularly attended fraternity parties, but never joined or paid dues. These organizations changed the campus social life and were a different than commuter students. (12:29-16:18)... In 1949-50, the first athletic team at the new school played men's basketball. The team practiced in the National Guard Armory in Long Beach because the campus did not have a gymnasium. They competed against small colleges in the area and established a strong athletic record. In 1955, inter collegiate football was played for the first time. Many of the players were former high school classmates of Haney's. The football team's record was not impressive, but that was was mainly due to a lack of facilities and equipment. In 1961-62, Dee Andrews was recruited to play on the football team and the team's record improved. (16:18-18:33)... The student body increased by 20% to 25% each year Haney attended. Despite that, many of the administrators and faculty members shared a close relationship with the students. He was impressed by Frances "Frenchy" Flynn, the acting Dean of Students. Flynn was involved in various programs and sponsored student activities, including the development of the Associated Students. The faculty and administrators supported student activities on campus and attended student sponsored activities. (18:33-22:07)... In 1957, he joined the Alumni Association but received no information about what the group was doing. So he attended a board meeting and complained about the lack of activity. At that meeting, he learned that the association was struggling and he volunteered to help and joined the board As the student body increased, it became more and more difficult for the Alumni Association to keep track of its potential members. In 1958-59, the association purchased a used "addressograph" machine and spent association funds to purchase printing plates so they could mail information members and prospective members. (22:07-28:55)... When the Alumni Association supported those on the campus who criticized the way President P. Victor Peterson was running the school, Peterson demanded that the Association leave the campus. Between 1958 and 1961, the Association operated on campus as an underground organization. Members held secret meetings on campus and all of their paperwork was stored in a briefcase. Later, the Associated Students offered them use of a desk drawer in their office. When Carl McIntosh assumed the presidency, he immediately brought the Alumni Association back on campus and provided them with office space. The Alumni were invited to all university functions and there were discussion about the relationship between the Association and the President's Advisory Council. It was not, however, until Steve Horn's presidency that alumni such as Jack Dilday and Haney became members of the Advisory Council. (28:55-32:53)... When the school began storing its records on computers in the early 1960s, the Alumni Association abandoned its addressograph machine and transferred all of its records to a computer as well. Initially, Alumni Association membership dues were $3 a year and a lifetime membership was $25. In 1957 the Association had a few hundred members, but only a small percentage of them volunteered to participate in the organization. Those that did soon tired of their responsibilities because the work involved long hours. End of tape (32:53-38:06)... In the early 1960s, the Chancellor's Office and the Board of Trustees called on the Alumni Association to tell its members that the legislature was threatening to cut the colleges' budget. Haney learned that on other campuses, colleges were prohibited from providing funds or direct assistance to Alumni Associations. Disregarding this rule, the Long Beach campus provided its Alumni Association with offices and administrative support. Ultimately, the Board of Trustees and the Chancellor's Office changed their policies and allowed schools to support their alumni associations. (38:06-42:58)... In 1963-64, Flynn approached the Alumni Association with the idea of developing a Student Union. Haney served on a Student Union planning committee. The committee developed plans based on the funds that were available for the project. In 1968, during the period of student unrest, they modified the plans to eliminate a faculty lounge and replace it with a student lounge. Construction of the Student Union began in 1969 and it was finished in 1973. Haney then served on the Student Union's Operating Board. He came to realize the significance of this project when someone told him that the Student Union was the heart of the campus. (42:58-45:01)... The Alumni Association raised the first external support for the football team when they held a barbecue for team. It allowed potential football supporters to meet the team members and encouraged them to support them in material ways. These types of activities were later organized by the 49er Booster Club, of which he was a member. (45:01-46:41)... The Alumni Association developed plans to construct a new sign at the Bellflower entrance to the campus. The initial estimate was $200 to build a sign out of plywood and other materials donated to the association. End of tape *** File: uhmhaney2.mp3 (0:00-4:04)... Tape begins abruptly with a continued discussion of plans for a new sign at the Bellflower entrance to the campus. As planning for a new sign at the Bellflower entrance to the campus continued, more detailed and elaborate plans led to increased cost estimates, eventually reaching $24,000. The Alumni Association raised some of the funds for the sign and the Forty-Niner Bookstore contributed close to $20,000 to complete the project. (4:04-7:38)... The construction of the Student Union was a pivotal point in the maturity of the campus. Haney believes that the Art Department on campus was outstanding and one of the best on the west coast, but he's not sure why this happened. That state gave that department funds to expand its buildings and the faculty have used the money well. (7:38-11:52)... Early in the college's history, the Engineering program did not have a great reputation. When Robert Vivian retired from USC and came to work at Long Beach, he reorganized the Engineering program so that it attracted more students. As a result of Vivian's efforts, the Engineering program many aerospace companies visited the campus to recruit new employees. Vivian is just one example of the faculty contributing to the campus success. (11:52-20:34)... Haney believes that Carl McIntosh's decision to appoint older and more experienced people to the President's Advisory Board was reasonable but he also believed there were not enough people on the board who were willing to work. The previous president, Peterson, got the school started, but caused problems with the faculty that, at the time of the interview, still plagued the campus climate. The members of the Advisory Board under Peterson's administration were generally influential in the community, but lacked any real commitment to campus development. His objective while working with the Alumni Association and the Advisory Board was to provide a foundation so that future members could continue the process of campus development. (20:34-24:54)... When Steve Horn assumed the presidency, it was clear that his personality and administrative style was different from that of McIntosh. McIntosh was very efficient in advertising the university and improving its standing in the community. He was an effective administrator until 1967-68 when student rebellion dominated campus politics. This proved difficult for McIntosh because he was not a "street fighter." He chose to leave rather than continue in the antagonistic climate. (24:54-30:33)... McIntosh worked with the community and local businesses to organize a campus beautification campaign that involved planting peach trees on the campus. The university received international publicity for these efforts. Other events on campus included the sculpture symposium and the establishment of the Louise Carlson Memorial Fund, which provided funds to the Art Department. (30:33-37:43)... When Horn assumed became president, he was not intimidated by campus politics. He was a visible administrator and maintained an open-door policy with students and faculty. In contrast to McIntosh, Horn's style of establishing community contacts involved participation in community committees. Horn was adept at community relations and advertised the merits of the campus in a different fashion than McIntosh. Horn recognized the fact that he was limited in his administrative capacity and he hired a number of people with skills that complemented his ability to manage the campus. In the early 1980s, Horn's popularity wavered because of his attitude toward expansion of the Long Beach Airport from which airplanes taking off and landing flew over the campus. (37:43-42:06)... The development of Cal State Long Beach into a modern university was a result of meeting the needs of the community. Haney believes that President Horn was prepared to move the university in this direction and was the right person for the job. (42:06-46:41)... Haney's father was working in Borneo, in Indonesia, and that's where Haney was born. In 1932, the family moved to Long Beach and settled in the Belmont Shore. As a young boy, Haney played on the beach and helped lifeguards set up barricades along Bayshore. His father became an oil well driller and went into business with Tom Pike. In 1937, Haney's father purchased a lot and built a home on Pine Avenue. Haney attended Long Beach schools and started college at LBCC until 1953, when he served in the military during the Korean War. End of tape
- SUBJECT BIO - Marvin Haney was active in the early development of the Alumni Association when they began sponsoring booster activities for athletic teams and other aspects of campus programs. In this single interview, Haney discusses his birth in Indonesia while his father worked in an oil field there. His family moved to Long Beach while he was a child and he attended high school and Long Beach City College before going in the military and then enrolling in Long Beach State. After graduation, he joined the Alumni Association and volunteered to help with activities even when former president P. Victor Peterson banished the group from campus for siding with faculty members who opposed his administrative activities and went underground. The next president, Carl McIntosh invited the Association back to the campus and Haney remained active in the Association through the administration of Stephen Horn. This interview was conducted as part of a project to document the history of California State University, Long Beach. TOPICS - education; campus buildings; P; Victor Peterson; Carl McIntosh, Stephen Horn; Frances Flynn; governance politics; Alumni Association; Student Union; campus activities; and sports;campus buildings; Student Union; Art Department; Engineering Department; Robert Vivian; curriculum development; Louise Carlton Memorial Fund; governance politics; P; Victor Peterson; Carl McIntosh; Stephen Horn; Alumni Association; family background; and childhood;
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