- Collection:
- Southern Labor Archives
- Title:
- Joseph Hawkins oral history interview, 2017-05-15
- Creator:
- Hawkins, Joseph
- Contributor to Resource:
- Drummond, Traci
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2017-05-15
- Subject:
- Economists
Airlines
Education, Higher
Rules
Transportation
Federal government--Officials and employees - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Joseph Hawkins was born in Washington, D.C. in 1949. He attended Howard University and then entered the Air Force for a brief period. Hawkins worked for the Federal Aviation Administration for more than a decade. While there, he received his master's degree in Economics from Georgetown University. Hawkins later earned another master's degree from George Washington University in Public Administration. Hawkins ended his career working for the TSA.
In this interview, Joseph Hawkins describes growing up in Washington, D.C. He discusses his early education and path to Howard University. In this interview, he discusses his many professional careers using his degrees in economics. He discusses in depth his career at the FAA and working with the rules-making committee. Hawkins finishes the interview by discussing the end of his career and the many awards he received throughout his career. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/labor/id/6719
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to this item is owned by Georgia State University Library. Georgia State University Library has made this item available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Hawkins, Joseph, interviewed by Traci Drummond, May 15, 2017, African Americans in Transportation Oral History Project, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 02:52:26
- Original Collection:
- African Americans in Transportation Oral History Project
Southern Labor Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
