Interviewee: Dr. Joseph Bettencourt

Interviewer: Gus Nolan

Interview Date: November 15, 2002

Summary: In the following interview, Dr. Joseph Bettencourt reflects on his past thirty seven years at Marist. In the beginning of the interview, Dr. Bettencourt speaks of his educational years and the attainment of his Masters and Ph.D., as well as his continued research. Dr. Bettencourt’s career in the Science Department at Marist College is outlined from its beginning in 1965 to the current time at which he is the Chairman of the Science Department as well as the Pre-Medical advisor and professor of many courses in the Science Department. At the end of the interview, Dr. Bettencourt speaks of the expansion of Marist College as a whole as well as the development of the science curriculum and voices his feelings concerning the current direction of the College.