Jack Shingleton graduated from Michigan State College in 1948 and was hired by John Hannah in 1949 to serve as an analyst in Personnel. He soon became Assistant Director of Personnel under Len Glander and was responsible for surveying MSU departments and classifying all non-academic employee positions to decide titles and salaries. He was also instrumental in replacing the 44-hour workweek with the present-day 40-hour workweek. Shingleton served as assistant to the Secretary of the Board of Trustees under Jack Breslin and became Director of Placement in 1963. During his 24-year tenure in this position, he built a job placement program that was considered one of the nation's most innovative. Recognizing a lack of good information on the job market for graduates, Shingleton created MSU's annual Recruiting Trends survey which is still being used today. He also instituted follow-up surveys to ascertain how recent graduates fared in the job market and created MSU's Collegiate Employment Research Institute. Shingleton worked with President Emeritus John Hannah to secure funding for the Wharton Center and retired in 1987. He also served on the MSU Board of Trustees for 8 years beginning in 1999. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Benjamin Alstyne; Bob Bao; Jack Breslin; Dick Burnett; campus after WW II; 40-hour week; Indian project; student enrollment/housing/unrest; College to Career; Joe Curry; James Denison; John DiBiaggio; Lloyd Emmons; Emory Foster; Len Glander; Gordon Guyer; GI Bill; Quonset huts; John Hannah; Wharton Center; Edgar Harden; Jenison Fieldhouse; Jack Kenney; Linton, McDonel, Shaw Hall; Cecil Mackey; Phil May; George "Biggie" Munn; Milt Muelder; Athletic Department probation; M Peter McPherson; Thomas Reed; Les Scott; Bruce Smith; Harold Tukey; Dennis Underwood; Clifton Wharton; Vietnam War; Cecil Mackey; Chuck Webb; Keith Williams; MSU Alumni Association controversy; George Perles
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