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Author Dr. Joseph Laker

Dr. Joseph Laker

Dr. Joseph Laker was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. Following his graduation from Marian College with a degree in history, he spent two years teaching English conversation in Kyoto, Japan. He returned home to seek advanced degrees at Indiana University and received his Ph. D. in history in 1975. He spent the next 33 years at Wheeling Jesuit University. He has written a number of articles on various aspects of Japanese and world history. Since retiring in 2008, he was written a history on Wheeling Jesuit and a variety of articles on West Virginia history.

Political Peculiarities and the Blues at People’s University

Dr. Joseph Laker
May 10, 2019
Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky, whimsical stories from Wheeling, including: Native-American oddities, ...

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