Title: Jack L. and June B. Wallace oral history interview, May 21, 2008

Identifier: UA45.05.01.17   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/1259)

Description: Interview with East Carolina College alumni Jack L. Wallace and his wife June B. Wallace. Mr. Wallace describes his childhood in a farming family in Bath, N.C., and his entry to East Carolina Teachers College on a baseball scholarship in 1947. Mrs. Wallace also grew up in Bath, and both Wallaces earned bachelor's and master's degrees in Education from East Carolina College. They describe classes, professors, and sports and social life at ECC. Mr. Wallace also discusses his experiences as a mines expert in Korea during the Korean War. Both the Wallaces later had careers as teachers in the Bath, N.C., schools. Interviewer: Joyce J. Newman.