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OH 1701

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeGROGAN, Roy J. (b. 1926)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1701
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Weatherford Oral History Project. Family history; Parker County farming history; childhood and education in Weatherford; Depression-era struggles; enlistment in U.S. Navy; World War II service; studies at Weatherford College, Duke University, and Duke Law; legal career with FBI, in private practice in Weatherford, and as Parker County District Attorney; career as land developer; political career on Weatherford City Council and Weatherford College Board of Regents; involvement in state party politics; integration of Weatherford schools.
Interviewer(s)Debbie Liles
Physical Description48 pp.
Terms of UseOpen