Sherry Hunt 12/03/2021
Description
Sherry Hunt, a 1999 and 2000 graduate of Oklahoma State University, recalls growing up near Sugar Creek in Caddo County, Oklahoma, and her early exposure to soil conservation. She talks about some of her mentors in the area of hydraulic research and how she became interested in the research being conducted at the USDA’s Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit (HERU) located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She discusses some of the projects she has worked on through the years regarding the construction and maintenance of dams such as stepped spillways. She also gives some of the history of the HERU, explains it’s role in standardizing construction of earthen dams, and notes previous HERU research leaders.
| Date(s) | 12/3/2021 |
| Call Number | SOK_500 |
| Subjects | Career, Floodways, Stepped spillways, Family ties, Sugar Creek watershed Dams, Flood control, Hydraulic engineering, Interviews, Spillways--Models, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae |
| Interviewee(s) | Sherry Hunt |
| Interviewer(s) | Tanya Finchum | Larry Caldwell |