William 'Bill' Lacy
This interview is with William B. (Bill) Lacy, Professor Emeritus Human Ecology and Vice Provost Emeritus for University Outreach and International Programs. He came to Davis in 1999 and retired in 2021.
Prior to arriving at Davis, Dr. Lacy was the Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension and Associate Dean of the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Human Ecology at Cornell University 1994-1998. Dr. Lacy has authored over eighty journal articles and book chapters and eight books on education, science policy, agricultural research and extension, biotechnology and biodiversity. He has received grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. He served as Interim Chair for Human Ecology from 2017 to 2019.
Dr. Lacy is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a recipient of two Fulbright awards for international education administrators and the German Academic Exchange Services award. He founded the UC Senior International Leader's Council and chaired that group from 2002-2005, and is the past president of three national/international professional organizations: the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society (1993), the Rural Sociological Society (1999), and the Association of International Education Administrators (2010-2011).
He is interviewed by his friend and colleague, Catherine Brinkley, Professor of Human Ecology.
David Campbell
Specialist David Campbell was appointed in the Department of Human Ecology at UC Davis in 1990 and retired in 2019. He served in many capacities on campus including lecturer in Political Science, Associate in the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program and as Associate Dean for Social and Human Sciences.
Dave Campbell is interviewed by his friend and colleague Dennis Pendleton, Dean Emeritus, University Extension.
Dennis Pendleton
In this conversation , Dean Emeritus Dean of Extension, Dennis Pendleton discusses his career at the University of California at Davis, including important persons and events that shaped his interests and scholarship. How he came to the Davis campus and his experiences, relationships and accomplishments as a member of the University and the local community.
Date interviewed: 3/5/20 Interviewer: Dave Campbell Date appointed: 1981 Date retired: 2015 Department: UC Davis Extension, Department of Human Ecology
Dean MacCannell
Interviewer: Marilu Carter Date interviewed: 3/7/18 Date appointed: 1975 Date retired: 2008 Department: UC Davis Extension, Department of Human Ecology
In this conversation, Emeritus Professor Dean MacCannell discusses his career at the University of California at Davis, including important persons and events that shaped his interests and scholarship. How he came to the Davis campus and his experiences, relationships and accomplishments as a member of the University and the local community.
Alvin D Sokolow
In this conversation, Emeritus Professor Alvin Sokolow discusses his career at the University of California at Davis, including important persons and events that shaped his interests and scholarship, how he came to the Davis campus and his experiences, relationships and accomplishments as a member of the University and the local community.
Name: Alvin D Sokolow Date Interviewed: 2/9/16 Date Appointed: 1965 Date Retired: 2004 Department(s): Human and Community Development.
James Grieshop
In this conversation, Emeritus Professor James Grieshop discusses his career at the University of California at Davis, including important persons and events that shaped his interests and scholarship. How he came to the Davis campus and his experiences, relationships and accomplishments as a member of the University and the local community.
Interviewer: Isao Fujimoto Date Interviewed: 5/15/2013 Date Appointed: 1975 Date Retired: 2008 Department: Department of Human Ecology
Emmy Werner
In this conversation, Emerita Professor Emmy E. Werner discusses her career at the University of California at Davis, including important persons and events that shaped her interests and scholarship. How she came to the Davis campus and her experiences, relationships and accomplishments as a member of the University and the local community.
Interviewer: Orville E. Thompson Date Interviewed: 5/10/2001 Date Appointed: 1962 Date Retired: 1994 Department: Human and Community Development
Isao Fujimoto
This is an interview of the late Isao Fujimoto, who died February 25, 2022 at age 88. Dr. Fujimoto joined the UC Davis Faculty in 1967 as a founding member of the Community Development Program (now a part of Human Ecology). He also played the principal role in founding the Asian American Studies Department (now in its fifth decade). He retired in 1994, but in what is best described as "in name only." For example, as one of many lifelong goals, he completed a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2010 at 76. In the two and a half decades following his UC Davis retirement, he continually taught and participated in the community development graduate program. In addition, he spent summers in Kyoto, Japan, in the U.C. Study Abroad program.
Moreover, he held leadership positions in the Rural Development Leadership Network and the Central Valley Partnership for Citizenship programs. He was noted for his integrity even though his focus on farmworker compensation and working conditions put him at odds with the agricultural industry. He encouraged direct engagement and laid the groundwork for the current organic and sustainable movement in agriculture. He also played principal roles for landmarks like the Davis Food Co-Op and the Farmer's Market in Davis. In 2016, his long history of work in social justice and civil rights earned him the University of California system's Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award.
He was interviewed by his friend and colleague, Jim Grieshop, Emeritus Specialist in Cooperative Extension, Community and Regional Development.
Interviewer: Jim Grieshop Date Interviewed: 9/29/1999 Date Appointed: 1967 Date Retired: 1994 Departments: Human Ecology, Asian American Studies