2006 Symposium

Edmund Littlefield and Marriner Eccles
Utah Construction/International Sixth Annual Symposium

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006

Individual Research in the Utah Construction Collection

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Stewart Library Special Collections
Library staff will be available to assist symposium attendees with their research in the Utah Construction/Utah International Collection.

Opening Reception & Exhibit
2:00 p.m. Ethel Wattis Kimball Visual Arts Center
Dumke Family Atrium
“Utah Goes International” A photographic exhibit of building projects between 1947-1969, including the Korean National Railway, the Hermosilla Dam, the Western Australia Government Railroad and others.

Lecture
3:00 p.m. Ethel Wattis Kimball Visual Arts Center, John A. & Telitha E. Lindquist Lecture Hall
“Edmund Littlefield and the Modernization of Utah Construction.”
Dr. Susan Matt, Associate Professor of History, WSU
2006 Utah International Center Fellow

Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006
Continental Breakfast
8:15-9:00 a.m. Ethel Wattis Kimball Visual Arts Center, Dumke Family Atrium

Lecture
9:00 a.m. Ethel Wattis Kimball Visual Arts Center, John A. & Telitha E. Lindquist Lecture Hall
“The Evolution of a Managerial Style: Marriner Eccles in the Public and Private Sector.”
Dr. Stephen Francis, Assistant Professor of History, WSU
2006 Utah International Center Fellow

Panel Discussion
10:00-11:15a.m. Ethel Wattis Kimball Visual Arts Center, John A. & Telitha E. Lindquist Lecture Hall
“Researching Marriner Eccles, Edmund Littlefield, and Utah International: A Conversation with the 2006 Utah International Center Fellows.”

Faculty Fellows

Dr. Stephen Francis and Dr. Susan Matt

Student Fellows
Rebecca Anderson, Michelle Braeden, Kathleen Broeder and Rebecca Mueller

Moderator
Dr. Richard Sadler, Dean of the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences