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Hillam, Ray C.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1928 - 2009

biographical statement

Citation:
A Time to kill, 1989: CIP t.p. (Ray C. Hillam) pub. info. (prof., political science, Brigham Young University) data sheet (b. 7-25-28)

legacy, via WWW, June 18, 2015 (Ray Hillam Obituary; b. July 25, 1928 Carlin, NV to James and Mabel Hillam; mission in Sweden; BA Political Science at UoU 1954; 1956 married Carolyn Sanders' MA George Washington University; PhD Political Science American University; U.S. Army Korean War; Tokyo, Japan intelligence analyst; 1960 BYU faculty 33 years; assisted International Relations program and David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies; Chairman of Political Science Dept.; recieved three Fulbright Scholar Awards to Vietnam, Taiwan and Beijing, China; d. Aug. 10, 2009)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Hillam War Project interviews of Korean and Vietnam War veterans

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231042422]
Identifier: MSS 6290
Abstract This collection consists of interviews with Korean and Vietnam veterans under the direction of Ray C. Hillam for his war project. It covers topics such as recruitment, training, daily routines, duties, missions, how their experience as an LDS soldier differed from their fellow soldiers, and many other topics as the veterans reveal their war experiences and what it meant to them. Includes six interviews, each interview consisting of a transcript and either a cassette tape or audio reel of the...
Dates: 1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hillam War Project interviews of Korean and Vietnam War veterans

Oral history interview with Ray C. Hillam

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 181
Scope and Contents Briefly comments on China Teachers Program which sent couples to China to teach English beginning in 1989; International Relations Program, subsequently known as David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies; and Washington Seminar, which sent students to study in Washington D.C. Also mentions his experience as a Fulbright professor in Vietnam during Vietnam War, and on the "spy scandal" at BYU in the late 1960s. Interviewed by Carol Ottesen, historian of BYU Emeritus Alumnus...
Dates: 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Oral history interview with Ray C. Hillam

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Subject
Academic freedom 1
China -- Foreign relations -- 1976- 1
Colleges and Universities 1
Education 1
Interviews 1
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, American 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Veterans 1
Material Types 1
Military 1
Oral Histories 1
Oral histories 1
Politics, Government, and Law 1
Transcripts 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans 1
War -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
War -- Psychological aspects 1
War -- Religious aspects 1
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