/internal/media/dispatcher/73382/fullMike Quinn Oral History05/22/19952 3/4 × 4 × 3/4 in. (7 × 10.2 × 1.9 cm)
Duration: 66 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1995.043.00160Sony Hi8 videotape - master. Videotaped oral history interview with Mike Quinn -- Mr. Quinn was a reporter for The Dallas Morning News in 1963 and did an interview with Senator Ralph Yarborough at Parkland Hospital. The next day, he traveled to Washington, D.C., and later covered the Warren Commission.Oral Histories6501310.16000000006.985000000011771Oral history1.9050000000Videotaped oral history interview with Mike Quinn. A political reporter at The Dallas Morning News in 1963, Quinn covered the Kennedys' arrival at Dallas Love Field and rode in a press car in the motorcade, hearing shots fired in Dealey Plaza. After the assassination, he interviewed Senator Ralph Yarborough at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Quinn later covered the Warren Commission investigation.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 22, 1996 by Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and six minutes long.MotorcadeOral historiesPressDealey PlazaInvestigationsYarborough, RalphQuinn, MikeParkland HospitalWarren CommissionThe Dallas Morning NewsLove FieldDallasNews Media (OHC)Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)After leaving The Dallas Morning News in 1966, Quinn joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin. He taught journalism for decades, and his students included a future publisher of the Wall Street Journal and a future vice president of the Houston Chronicle. Quinn retired from UT as an associate dean in 2004. He passed away less than two years later on January 22, 2006. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator