University of Mary Washington

CRRL Presents: William B. Crawley, Jr.

This interview airs beginning Wednesday, October 28.
Dr. Crawley is the Distinguished Professor of History who brings the story of the university to life. He is the author of author of University of Mary Washington: A Centennial History, 1908 to 2008. With fascinating anecdotes and an insider’s perspective, he talks with Debby Klein.

CRRL Presents: Joseph C. DiBella, Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History

The interview airs beginning August 5.
During a recent exhibit of his work in the duPont Gallery at the University of Mary Washington, Joe DiBella talked about art, his love of teaching, and the 25 years reflected in the exhibition. 

CRRL Presents: Lorene Nickel and Joseph Detwiler, Ceramicists

This interview airs beginning June 3.
Creating beautiful works in clay and teaching others to do the same, at the University of Mary Washington, keep Lorene Nickel and Joseph Detwiler busy. Debby Klein visits this delightful husband and wife team in their lovely home created to house their spectacular works. 

Jack Bales

Jake Bales has been so widely interviewed that when I sat down with him, I hardly knew where to begin. He is not merely a favorite librarian at the Simpson Library, at the University of Mary Washington; he is also the author of more than five different biographies, including such renowned authors as Horatio Alger, Kenneth Roberts and Willie Morris, as well as two biographical essays on Peter Jenkins and Homer Hickam.

Steve Watkins - Updated

It was late afternoon when I sat down to talk with the author of the recent publication, My Chaos Theory. Steve Watkins is an English professor at the University of Mary Washington.

Dr. Edward Alvey, Jr.: The Dean Who Lived and Chronicled a Century

When Dr. Edward Alvey, Jr., died at the age of 97 on July 11, 1999, generations of Mary Washington College students remembered him as their beloved Dean.

They -- and generations of Fredericksburgers -- also remembered him as a writer and historian who illuminated the life and times of our area.