BUILDING AMERICA'S
DEFENSE
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY'S
PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND STEWART LIBRARY INVITE YOU TO THE
UTAH CONSTRUCTION/
UTAH INTERNATIONAL
UCC PROJECTS FIFTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
1939-1975 October 5&6, 2005
Wednesday, Oct. 5th
6 P.M.
Ethel Wattis Kimball Visual Arts Center, Dumke Family Atrium
RECEPTION
7 P.M.
Ethel Wattis Kimball Visual Arts Center, Lindquist Hall
LECTURE
""The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the US Army 2nd Ranger Battalion.""
SPEAKER Dr. Douglas Brinkley
Honors Eccles Visiting Professor, Distinguished Professor of History and Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Center for American Civilization at Tulane University
Thursday, Oct. 6th
Stewart Library Special Collections
9:00 - 9:45 A.M.
LECTURE
""Building America's Defense""
SPEAKER
Dr. Robert Berlin
Professor and Director of Outreach, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
10 - 11:15 A.M.
PANEL DISCUSSION
Featuring members of the WSU History Department
""World War II & the Cold War: America Comes of Age""
PANELISTS Bill Allison - moderator Robert Berlin
Susan Matt Gene Sessions Charles Snow
Oct. 6th - Nov. 30 PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITS:
MILITARY PROJECTS 1939-1975
located in Stewart Library's Special Collections
PRISONERS OF WAR IN OGDEN 1943-1944
located in Stewart Library's Special Collections
In 1958 Utah Construction completed
a mill near Riverton, Wyoming, to process ores into uranium concentrate for the Atomic Energy Commission.
FRONT PHOTO
In 1942-1943 the Utah Construction Company helped to build the Alaska Highway, connecting the territory with the States.
INSIDE PHOTO
The company built airfields, drydocks, underground storage tanks, and other military facilities on the island of Oahu.
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