FLHP Interview Transcripts
The Fernald Living History Project (FLHP). FLHP started in 1997 in and effort to record and preserve all aspects of Fernald's history, including land acquisition, construction, Cold War production, the workers, environmental contamination, citizen involvement, studies, cleanup and restoration. A large part of this effort was conducting and archiving over 130 video interviews with past workers, citizens, government officials and regulators, who were involved with Fernald's history. Transcripts (PDF files) of these interviews are listed below.
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| Name | Role/Responsibility |
| Nancy Abbot | area resident |
| Weldon Adams | Assistant Plant Manager, National Lead Company of Ohio |
| Charlie Alvis | |
| John Applegate | former chair, Fernald Citizens Advisory Board |
| Sam Audia | Plant Manager, National Lead Company of Ohio |
| Paul Ball | former employee |
| George Bassitt | former employee |
| L. French Bell | former member Fernald Citizens Advisory Board, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| Jim Bierer | former Fernald Citizens Advisory Board chair, area resident |
| John Edgar Blasedel | former employee |
| Mike Boback | former employee |
| DuWane Bonfer | former employee |
| Gene Branham | former employee |
| Dave Brettschneider | Proj. Mgr. Aquifer Restoration Wastewater Project, Fluor Fernald |
| Lou & Bob Brewsaugh | area resident |
| Bill Britton | Site Manager, Westinghouse-Fernald |
| Homer Bruce | former employee |
| Lew Buck | area resident |
| Mary Burdett | area resident |
| Arnold Capano | former employee |
| Dennis Carr | Vice President, Fluor Fernald |
| Stan Chesley | lawyer for citizens lawsuit |
| Marvin Clawson | former member, Fernald Citizens Advisory Board |
| Melvin "Doc" Cleeter | former employee |
| Carol Knollman Colgate | area resident |
| Bob Copeland | area resident |
| Donald Cook | former employee |
| Margie Cook | daughter of former employee |
| Joe Conrad | area resident |
| Jack Craig | Manager, DOE-Fernald, Ohio Field Office |
| Ken Crawford | member Fernald Residents for Environmental Safety and Health, area resident |
| Lisa Crawford | president Fernald Residents for Environmental Safety and Health, area resident |
| Rudy Crawford | former employee |
| Paul Criswill | former employee |
| Paul Davies | former employee, area resident |
| Steve Depoe | area resident, university professor |
| Karl Dilhoff | area resident |
| Peggy Doherty | former employee |
| Cecil Duff | former employee |
| Don Dunaway | former employee |
| Pam Dunn | member, Fernald Residents for Environmental Safety and Healthformer member Fernald Citizens Advisory Board, area resident |
| Dave Fankhauser | university professor |
| Joe Feiertag | former reporter, Hamilton Journal-News |
| Dan Finfrock | former resident |
| Jim Fiore | former employee, DOE-Fernald |
| Jerry Frietag | former employee |
| Marion Fuchs | former landowner |
| Robert Gardner | former employee |
| Mary Gellert | former employee |
| Bernie Gessiness | former employee |
| Don Gieringer | area resident |
| Rhonda Gilliam-Smith | former employee |
| Jerry Green | former employee |
| Janet Greenwell | former employee |
| Claude Griffin | former employee |
| Hillman Grubbs | former employee, area resident |
| Melba Guard | area resident |
| Jane Harper | Crosby Township Trustee |
| Richard Heatherton | former employee |
| Jeff Hillard | poet, university professor |
| John Holliday | former employee |
| Nancy Holliday | former employee |
| Anita Holmes | former resident |
| Milton Holstein | former employee |
| Maurice Hornbach | former employee |
| Jon Hughes | photographer, university professor |
| Dick Kasparek | former employee |
| William "Pete" Kelley | former employee |
| Corilla, Kenneth, and Teresa Kelly | widow and children of former employee |
| Bob Kispert | former employee |
| Jim Kloth | former employee |
| Bill Knollman | area resident |
| Harold Knue | former employee |
| Barbara Kurtz | area resident |
| Carolyn Lake | area resident |
| Louis Levy | former employee |
| Claire Marchant | former employee |
| Mark Maxwell | Fort Scott camp director |
| Jim Miller | Resident |
| Graham Mitchell | former Ohio Environmental Protection Agency regulator |
| Ken Morgan | DOE Public Affairs |
| Mildred Jenny Myers | area resident |
| Bob Neal | former employee |
| Dottie Nieman | area resident, local business |
| Ethage John Nieman | former employee, local business |
| Al O’Connor | former employee |
| Brenda Perkins | former employee |
| Dan Phares | Fort Scott camp counselor |
| Susan Pinney | university professor, health researcher |
| Charles "Dick" Porter | former employee |
| Rob Portman | former Congressman, 2nd district of Ohio |
| Glen Price | resident, former employee |
| Roxanne Qualls | &bnsp; |
| D. Loucetta "Lucy" Rathgens | former employee |
| Richard "Dick" Rathgens | former employee |
| John Renck | former employee |
| Tom Renck | resident, local business |
| Elmer Riestenberg | former employee |
| Ida Rosenberger | area resident |
| Doug Sarno | facilitator, Fernald Citizens Advisory Board |
| William Satory | native American |
| Rich Shank | Ohio Environmental Protection Agency regulator |
| Tom Schneider | Ohio Environmental Protection Agency regulator |
| Bob Schwab | former employee |
| Nick Schwab | Morgan Township Trustee |
| Cliff Schwan | former employee |
| Bernice Schwing | area resident |
| Bob Schwing | area resident |
| Ruth Sellet | area resident |
| Velma Shearer | interested citizen |
| Tim Sisson | area resident, son of former employee |
| Loyd Smith | former employee, area resident |
| Gene Sneed | former employee |
| Jesse Sosby | former employee |
| Gary Storer | Crosby Township Trustee |
| Stanley Strimple | former employee |
| Warren Strunk | former Crosby Township Trustee
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| Carl Summe | area resident and farmer |
| Bob Tabor | former employee |
| Larry Tepe | former employee |
| Ora Jane Tipton | area resident |
| Michael Townsend | former employee |
| Helen Underwood | former employee |
| Sue Verkamp | area resident |
| Tom Wagner | former member of FCAB |
| Hillery Webb | former employee, member Fernald Residents for Environmental Safety and Health |
| Bob Weidner | former employee |
| Steve Wentzel | former employee |
| Chantee West | former employee |
| Gene Willeke | former member, Fernald Citizens Advisory Board |
| Raymond Wolf | former employee |
| Robert Wones | head physician, Fernald Medical Monitoring |
| Raymond Wuest | area resident |
| Edwa Yocum | officer, Fernald Residents for Environmental Safety and Health, and health effects advocate, area resident |
| Charles Young | area resident |