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David and MaryJane Hackney
David and Mary got married while the summit was happening and David was a reporter for the Evening Bulletin. Many of their guests could not make it because of the summit or returned home early. This makes it easy to remember their anniversary and…
Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson took photographs of the summit, he recalls how interesting it was to watch the setup process for the summit.
Tags: 40th anniversary, Kent Johnso, Oral history
Mary Cocove Lamey
Mary Cocove Lamey shares her memories of Glassboro State College, the mutual excitement shared in her town of Glassboro, the historical impact it has had on her own life and of Glassboro.
Tom Licisyn
During the time of the summit, Tom was in the Navy stationed in New Finland, his job was keeping count of Russian Nuclear submarines coming from Russia.
Tags: 40th anniversary, Navy, Oral history, Tom Licisy
Nick Menna Jr.
Nick Menna Jr. father, Dr. Nick Menna Sr. was a part of the medical staff at Glassboro State, he with his staff worked in the infirmary. Friday was his day off and did not expect to come to work until the secret service escorted him, throughout the…
Gloria Reivich
Gloria Reivich recalls memories of housing a Japanese reporter from Washington. Her husband's role involved with getting the summit set up and the memories of visiting Russia two months post-summit for twenty-one days.
B. Lynch
Mr. Lynch was the principle Highland Regional High School at the time of the Summit, he brought his family to witness the historical event. Mr. Lynch ran into a state police officer who graduated Highland Regional and he was able to secure great…
Tags: 40th anniversary, B. Lynch, Lync, Mr. Lynch, Oral history
B. Swartz
Glassboro citizens were thrilled about the two most important people visiting their hometown, President Johnson, and Premier Kosygin coming to local Glassboro. At the time Ms. Swartz worked in the vice president's office and throughout the summit,…
Tags: 40th anniversary, B. Swartz, Ms. Swartz, Oral history, Swart
F. Swartz
Graduating high school a year before the summit, twelve friends and Mr. Swartz camped out on Whitney Avenue to witness the summit over the weekend. Later as a history teacher, Mr. Swartz could show his students first hand a piece of history.
Tags: 40th anniversary, F. Swartz, Mr. Swart, Oral history
Harriet Lockwood and son Darren Turner
Harriet Lockwood's mother invited Premier Alexei Kosygin and President Johnson to Darren Turner's first birthday, both participated and attended the summit.