This collection consists of the pre-interview notes and printed transcript of the Roger Himovitz oral history interview, conducted on September 27, 2018 by Zachary Liebhaber.

Born in Los Angeles, California in 1946, Roger Himovitz grew up in Hanford, California. While an undergraduate at the University of Alabama in 1965, Himovitz participated in civil rights activities, including voter registration work for CORE. He was a participant in the Bloody Sunday march (March 7, 1965) and was arrested on that day, along with many others. Himovitz would go on to graduate from UC Berkeley. Intending to study law, he volunteered to serve in Vietnam instead, as an engineer with the Navy Seabees, as well as with the "Protein Project." Returning to California after his year of service, Himovitz entered the family business in construction, eventually settling in Santa Barbara.

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Transcript of interview has been deposited at the UCSB Library, Department of Special Research Collections and is open for research.