Cross, Patrick September 23, 1993

Creator:

Freedman, Jean

Scope and content:

Patrick Cross received his BA from Indiana University in 1987 and returned to campus in the early nineteen nineties to obtain his JD. He was president of the student body from 1986 to 1987. Cross talks about campus activism in the nineteen eighties, especially issues involving South Africa. He also discusses his tenure as student body president and what it was like to serve on the search committee for Indiana University's new president. He finishes up by talking about his career after graduation and his experiences attending law school at Indiana University.

Physical location:

Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Physical description:

13 pages; 1 audiocassette, 1 7/8 ips, 38 minutes; index, 1 VHS

Subjects:

campus activism
campus infrastructure
diversity
governor's fellowship
Indiana University regional campuses
law school
shanty town
search committee
student government
university mission statement
attorney
Republican caucus legislative coordinator
student body president
wrestler

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