Arthur Brandstatter graduated from MSU in 1938 with a BS in police administration. After serving overseas in Korea and working as a consultant for the Federal Government after World War II, he returned to MSU in 1946 and served as the head of MSU's campus police department while teaching a course in law enforcement administration. In 1947, Brandstatter took over as director of the School of Criminal Justice, a position he held until his retirement in 1976. While in this position, he worked to upgrade law enforcement personnel requiring them to possess a baccalaureate degree to become a police officer. Brandstatter was also a member of the Vietnam Project in the 1960s. Topics/People Covered in Interview include: Walter Adams; Charles Bachman; Miles Casteel; John Combs; Jim Dennison; Ngo Dinh Diem; Wesley Fishell; John Hannah; Ed Jones; Charles Killingsworth; Tom King; Ramon Magsaysay; MSU athletic programs; Field Service Training Program; ROTC program; School of Criminal Justice; School of Police Administration; student unrest; Vietnam project; Oscar Olander; Charlie Pegg; Ramparts magazine; Bob Scott; Al Seeley; Ralph Smuckler; Vic Strucker; Ralph Turner; Ed Widener; O W Wilson
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