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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Michael Spencer.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Michael Spencer.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Spencer, M. G. (Michael G.)
  • Crowe, Larry F.
  • Hickey, Matthew
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 32 min., 32 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Electrical engineer and professor Michael G. Spencer was born on March 9, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan. He earned his B.S. degree in 1974 and his M.S. degree in 1975, both in electrical engineering from Cornell University. Spencer worked at Bell Laboratories before receiving his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University. In 1984, he joined the faculty of Howard University as an assistant professor and founded the Materials Science Center for Excellence. He spent the next eighteen years at Howard University, becoming a full professor in 1990. He returned to his alma mater, Cornell University, in 1999 as professor of electrical engineering. He served as associate dean of research and graduate studies for the College of Engineering from 2002 to 2008. Spencer directed the Wide Band Gap Laboratory and co-founded Widetronix. Spencer wrote over 130 publications and co-authored eleven United States patents.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Michael Spencer
  • Michael Spencer
Subject
  • Spencer, M. G. > Interviews
  • Spencer, M. G
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • Electrical Engineer Computer Scientist Engineering Professor
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
OCLC
1000519568
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Michael Spencer.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Playing Time
033232
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Event
Recorded Ithaca, New York 2012 August 5.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Electrical Engineer Computer Scientist Engineering Professor.
Added Author
Spencer, M. G. (Michael G.), interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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