Scott R. Sechrist Papers

Collection

Collection ID: RG 24-4B1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains flyers, publications, and newspapers related to social justice in Norfolk collected by Scott Sechrist while a student at Old Dominion University in the early 1970s. The collection consists of four issues of the underground Newspaper, The Norfolk Gorilla, bumper stickers for radio station K-94 and the 1972 Presidential Campaign of George McGovern and Sargent Shriver, as well as other anti-Vietnam publications.

Dates

circa 1970-1974
Other: Date acquired: 06/28/2016

Creator

Sechrist, Scott R. (Person)

Extent

0.05 Linear Feet

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Biographical / Historical

Scott Sechrist began his journey at Old Dominion University as a student in 1975, earning a B.S. in physical science and a M.S. in community health education in 1989. In 1987, Sechrist was hired as an Associate Professor of Nuclear Medicine Technology at ODU. He was then appointed as the associate chair of Medical Diagnostics and Translational Sciences in 2012. Sechrist is known for his work as a beloved professor at ODU and multiple publications between 1990 and 2011.