Washington County Oral Histories

Dr. Arnold Opengart oral history recording

An audio recording on cassette tape labeled 'Dr. Arnold Opengart OD '54.' Opengart was an optometrist. He was a 1954 graduate of the Pacific University Optometry program. The interview is undated, but based on other similar recordings in the collection, was probably done in 2005. States that he came to Pacific University in 1949 that was accepting applicants for the Optometry department. He and his wife moved from New York and rented a log cabin and later a house on Douglas Street so Dr. Opengart could attend the University. He and his wife later had both their children in the house in Forest Grove. There were around 149 students in the program when he started the Optometry program. The whole University later dropped down to as low as 600 students. In 1955 Dr. Opengart and his family moved to Phoenix, Arizona where he opened his own practice. They later moved to California, Arizona, and Oregon for several years. The interviewer asks about diversity and they discuss the ethnic and religious diversity on campus.

Opengart, Arnold

Education

Forest Grove (Or.)

Forest Grove (Or.)

1 sound cassette (29 min.)

English

PUA_OH_5

In Copyright

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Pacific University Archives

Audiocassettes

Sound