Colvin, George, 1875-1928

Koster (LL.B. 1931) discusses the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Law of the University of Louisville during the 1920s and 1930s; athletics at the University during the same period (he won 16 varsity letters in football, basketball, baseball, and track); coach Tom King; President George Colvin; playing professional baseball in Akron, Ohio, Little Rock, Arkansas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and St. Paul, Minnesota, during the 1930s; and the origins of his business, Koster Swope Buick automobile dealership in Louisville, Kentucky.

Ms. Landau discusses her days as a student and faculty member in the Department of Economics of the University of Louisville from 1918 until 1928. The interview includes her account of the administration of President George Colvin (1926-1928), who dismissed her from the faculty.