Ted Simpson and David Slifkin are Grounds Maintenance Workers in the OSU Landscape Shop who have cared for OSU's campus for a combined tenure that, at the time of this recording, was approaching seventy years. In the interview, they share memories and observations of two long careers working outside, tending to campus planting and plant maintenance needs, and making OSU a safer and more beautiful place to study and work. The interview was conducted by Chris Petersen and Tiah Edmunson-Morton for inclusion in the History of Oregon State University Oral Histories and Sound Recordings (OH 003), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.
