Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Alyce Jenkins
Alyce Jenkins
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| Other authors / contributors: | Jenkins, Alyce Earl, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Yellow Springs, Ohio 2006 March 19.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Rehabilitation specialist and military officer Alyce Earl Jenkins was born on September 22, 1935 in Birmingham, Alabama. She became the first African American female lieutenant commander in the United States Navy Reserve (USNR). Attending Alabama A&M College, she earned her B.S. degree in mechanics arts in 1957, and her M.Ed. degree in rehabilitation counseling from Kent State University in 1968. Jenkins taught at Central State University from 1958 to 1966. Later, from 1968 to 1972, she served as director of counseling at Wilberforce University. From 1972 to 1993, she taught undergraduate and graduate courses in rehabilitation counseling at Wright State University in Dayton. She was the producer/director of the video series, Living Your Dreams, highlighting historical contributions of ordinary African Americans to the community. Jenkins rose to the full rank of commander before leaving the Navy in 1984. Jenkins retired in 1993 as professor emerita at Wright State University.
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