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Accession Number UA.2019.0133: Nila Whitfield, 2013 March
[identification of item], Nila Whitfield Oral History Transcript and Compact Disc Recording, RG 41.60, Ohio State University Archives, Ohio State University
Contains a compact disc.
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Nila J. Whitfield was the Director of the Professional Experience Program in the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University in 1978 until 1996. Whitfield then became the Director of Major Gifts at Ohio State University until 2005. Whitfield received the Distinguished Staff Award from Ohio State in 1995.
This collection contains an oral history interview transcript and recording on compact disc with Nila Whitfield, former Director of Major Gifts for the Midwest in the Office of Development for Ohio State University. Nila Whitfield discusses her career at Ohio State University, which included a variety of positions. She began in 1973 in the Office of Admissions, then made the transition two years later to then-Personnel Services. Three years later, she made another move to the College of Business, taking the position of Director of the Professional Experience Program in Career Services, a title she held for 20 years. In 1996, she made her final transition to become the Director of Major Gifts for the Midwest in University Development. Whitfield discusses the work she did with different deans, the success she had in helping students find jobs, and her experience of soliciting gifts to the University from major donors.
Contains a compact disc.
Oral history interview of Nila Whitfield, former Director of Major Gifts for the Midwest in the Office of Development.
The oral history interview was conducted as part of the Voices of Women Project, in conjunction with Ohio State’s The Women's Place.
Compact disc