Shaak, Philip

College/Year: RBS '50
Links to Oral History Sessions: Shaak, Philip (Part 1) (July 21, 2011)
Shaak, Philip (Part 2) (August 23, 2011)
Conflict(s): World War II
Military Branch & Unit: Navy
Theater(s): Pacific
Navy Ship: APC 29
Navy Other: Radioman

Description:
Philip Shaak was born in Kearny, New Jersey in 1926, living in the area until his family relocated to Manasquan in 1932. In 1944, Shaak joining the US Navy, being trained as a radio operator before being sent to the Pacific in January 1945. After receiving advanced radio training, he served aboard APC 29 as a radioman. After the war, Shaak graduated from the Rutgers Business School in Newark in 1950 using his GI Bill Benefits. He began teaching throughout Rutgers campuses in New Jersey, and in 1956 enrolled in Harvard Business School's doctoral program. After receiving his doctoral degree, Shaak taught and served as an Associate Dean at the Rutgers Business School until he retirement in 1988.

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This month marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.

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Those who lived through that traumatic period can recall both their initial shock and the nuances of their reactions.

In "HERE IS A BULLETIN...": Memories of the Day Camelot Died, ROHA presents a sampling of stories related to the Kennedy tragedy, a touchstone event for multiple generations.

The Rutgers Targum (campus newspaper) cover from its November 22, 1963 issue. (Image courtesy of Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.)

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