| Title |
Kirk Ririe, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Anne Peterson, 12 December 2011 |
| Alternative Title |
No. 652 Kirk Ririe |
| Creator |
Ririe, Kirk, 1959- |
| Contributor |
Peterson, Anne P. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2011-12-12; 2011-12-15 |
| Access Rights |
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| Date Digital |
2015-07-08 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Idaho, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5596512/ ; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ |
| Subject |
Ririe, Kirk, 1959- --Interviews; Biochemists--Biography; University of Utah--History |
| Description |
Transcript (27, 25 pages) of two interviews by Anne Peterson with Kirk Ririe on 12 and 15 December 2011. Part of the University Oral History Project, Everett Cooley Collection tape no. U-3051 and 3113 |
| Abstract |
Kirk Ririe grew up in Ohio, upstate New York, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Nebraska because his father was an engineer who worked on projects all over the country. His family moved to the west when Kirk was in junior high. Kirk talks about his high school experience and his first interest in science. He then recounts his experiences as a Mormon missionary. When he returned from his mission he immediately went to Utah State to study science, specifically organic and biochemistry. He talks about his love of explosives and building devices. He started a farming equipment business with his father, and another business, Idaho Technology, with two of his friends. He is currently the CEO of Idaho Technology.In the second part of his interview, Kirk talks about research done and products developed at Idaho Technology. He talks about his company´s relationship with the US government and military. After amassing about 250 credit hours at four different universities Kirk earned a degree in chemistry at the University of Utah in 2006.Project: University Oral History Project. Interviewer: Anne Peterson |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
Digital Image © 2015 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Scanning Technician |
Niko Amaya; Halima Noor |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6g46kdx |
| Topic |
Biochemists; University of Utah |
| Setname |
uum_elc |
| ID |
839834 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g46kdx |
