ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Klassen, chief sanitary engineer for the state of Illinois 1935-1970 and the first director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, discusses the evolution of environmental policy and controls in the state: employment with the Department of Public Health, sanitation problems and epidemics in the state, repercussions from the 1937 Ohio River flood, creation of the Sanitary Water Board, environmental programs and measures, pollution legislation, contributions to environmental and sanitation legislation made by Illinois governors including Adlai Stevenson, Henry Horner, and William Stratton. He also recalls his family and Dutch ancestry, family life in Grand Rapids, Michigan, experiences at the University of Michigan, and his move to Springfield in 1925. He also mentions Lake Springfield, WWII homefront and military service, World Health Organization, and Peace Corps lectures.

7 tapes, 630 mins., 123 pp. Interview by Ida Klassen, 1981 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photographs of Klassen throughout his career, photocopies of newspaper articles, awards, and correspondence. See also MC 84 Clarence Klassen Love Canal Collection