Oral History of Don Adleta, Faculty Emeritus Conducted on March 13, 2025 By Max Kornblut
Transcript of Interview of Don Adleta by Max Kornblut.
Interviewee
Adleta, Don
Interviewer
Kornblut, Max
Interview Date
3-13-2025
Description
Don Adleta is a faculty emeritus of Ohio University. A graduate of the Basel School of Design in Switzerland Adleta began to teach after at the Rhode Island School of Design with a focus on semiotics and how they relate to design principles. With professional experience with Upjohn Pharmaceuticals, Adleta came to Ohio University as chair of the graphic design program. Both teaching and overseeing faculty and students within the program Adleta spent his time contributing to Athens and Ohio University before retiring. Now Adleta spends his time with his husband and helping preserve graphic design elements and devices, such as printing presses, across Appalachia.
This interview was conducted as part of a class project for Recording Memory: Methods and Uses of Oral History, Spring 2025, Alexander G. Lovelace (Ph.D.) Instructor
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Keywords
Don Adleta, Ohio University, Emeritus, Graphic Design, Semiotics, Appalachia, Printing presses, Oral History, Athens Ohio, 2025
Disciplines
Oral History
Publication Date
Summer 8-12-2025
Interview Location
Athens, Ohio
Digital Publisher
Ohio University Libraries
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
00:55:24
File Format
audio/wav
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Adleta, Don and Kornblut, Max, "Oral History of Don Adleta, Faculty Emeritus Conducted on March 13, 2025 By Max Kornblut" (2025). HIST 4798/5798: Recording Memory: Methods and Uses of Oral History. 5.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/hist4798/5
Comments
Interview transcript provided by Max Kornblut.