Interviewer
Charlie LeGrand
Files
Download Interview (27.3 MB)
Abstract
This interview was conducted with William Leonard Culp on May 5, 1981. Mr. Culp was Director of the Physical Plant (Facilities Management) at Winthrop College. Mr. Culp discusses Winthrop’s buildings and equipment, including the water tank, Tillman Hall, and its basement, clocks, and post office.
William Leonard “Bill” Culp (1920-2007) was born in 1920 on Winthrop’s campus in the house that once stood behind the Little Chapel and was the son of Leonard Parks Culp (1887-1978) who served as the director of Winthrop’s Physical Plant (later called Facilities Management) for 39 years. Bill Culp attended Macfeat and Winthrop Training School later succeeding his father. Bill Culp began working at Winthrop in 1951 continued through 2001 in the Physical Plant Department. He was well known as “a walking encyclopedia of Winthrop lore” and a gifted story teller. During his Winthrop tenure he received the first ever Winthrop Employee of the Month Award in 1984, a Presidential Citation in 1995, and Winthrop’s Chiller Plant was named in his honor in 1997.
Publication Date
5-5-1981
Unique Identifier
OH 133
Format
2 Cassettes; WAV; MP3
Length
00:29:51
Restrictions
This interview is open for use.
Series
Faculty and Staff
Disciplines
Oral History
Keywords
Physical Plant, Tillman, President's Office, Post Office, Water Tank, Basement, Clocks
Recommended Citation
Culp, William Leonard, "Interview with William Leonard Culp - OH 133" (1981). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 133.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/60
LC Subject Headings
Culp, William Leonard, Sr., 1920-2007--Interviews; Winthrop University--Employees; Winthrop University--Buildings, Facility Management
