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This interview focuses on Dr. Schmidly’s academic and administrative careers. The bulk of the interview focuses on Dr. Schmidly’s academic research as a mammologist as well as offer thoughts on his role as President for Texas Tech University, Oklahoma State University, and the University of New Mexico. Dr. Schmidly discusses his work with deer mice, aquatic mammals while at Texas A&M University, and his work in Mexico.

==General Interview Information==

'''Interviewee Name:''' David Schmidly

'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''

'''Date:''' June 10, 2021

'''Location:''' via phone

'''Interviewer:''' Zachary Hernandez

'''Length:''' 01:44:41 (1 hour 44 minutes)

==Abstract==
Introduction and undergraduate school experiences; The kangaroo rat’s ecological importance in West Texas; How he met his wife; working at Texas A&M; Challenges working in university upper administration; oceanology; Mammals of the Pecos Valley; Working at Texas Tech and becoming president of TTU; Moving to work at Oklahoma State then University of New Mexico; Research; challenges at each university he worked at; Retirement; being an international scholar
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==Access Information==

'''Original Recording Format:''' born digital

'''Recording Format Notes:''' patrons may listen to audio in our reading room

'''Transcript:''' transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/373987 >

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