Oral History of Mr. Thomas O’Grady Conducted on March 27, 2025 By Margaret Spetz

Authors

Thomas O'Grady
Margaret Spetz

Interviewee

O'Grady, Thomas

Interviewer

Spetz, Margaret

Interview Date

3-17-2025

Description

Thomas O’Grady holds a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Management from Ohio State University and a Master’s in Environmental Planning and Design from Ohio University. For more than four decades, he has taught Observational Astronomy at Ohio University.

Beyond academia, O’Grady has been a prominent advocate for historic preservation in Athens and on the Ohio University campus, with notable efforts to protect the Athens Asylum. He previously served as Executive Director of the Athens County Historical Society and Museum and now works as the Director of Development and Outreach for the Southeast Ohio History Center.

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

Keywords

Thomas O'Grady, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, Athens Asylum, Southeast Ohio History Center, Oral History, 2025

Disciplines

Oral History

Publication Date

Summer 8-11-2025

Interview Location

Athens, Ohio

Digital Publisher

Ohio University Libraries

Document Type

Oral History

Duration

02:12:59

File Format

audio/wav

Comments

Interview transcript provided by Margaret Spetz.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

O'Grady, Thomas and Spetz, Margaret, "Oral History of Mr. Thomas O’Grady Conducted on March 27, 2025 By Margaret Spetz" (2025). HIST 4798/5798: Recording Memory: Methods and Uses of Oral History. 9.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/hist4798/9