/internal/media/dispatcher/74995/fullRuth Collins Sharp Altshuler Oral History04/25/2001Duration: 39 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2001.001.00070Videotaped oral history interview with Ruth Altshuler -- A longtime community leader and past chair of the board of trustees of Southern Methodist University, Mrs. Altshuler was waiting at the Trade Mart for President Kennedy's arrival on the day of the assassination. On Monday, November 25, 1963, she served on the grand jury that indicted Jack Ruby following the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald.Oral Histories6434921280Oral historyVideotaped oral history interview with Ruth Collins Sharp Altshuler. A nationally recognized philanthropist and longtime Dallas civic leader, Altshuler attended the Trade Mart luncheon on November 22, 1963. She also served on the Dallas County Grand Jury that indicted Jack Ruby the following Monday and later attended the Jack Ruby trial in 1964. In 2013, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings appointed Altshuler as chair of the President John F. Kennedy Commemorative Foundation to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination in Dallas.
Interview conducted at Mrs. Altshuler's home in Dallas on April 25, 2001 by Bob Porter and Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-nine minutes long.Oral historiesJuryTrialsJack Ruby trialGrand juryRuby, JackAltshuler, RuthDallas County Criminal Courts BuildingSouthern Methodist UniversityCommunity Leaders (OHC)Jack Ruby (OHC)Ruth Altshuler passed away on December 8, 2017. Less than three months prior to her death, she participated in a follow-up interview with The Sixth Floor Museum, conducted in partnership with the Dallas Historical Society. That recording may be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/54073. - Stephen Fagin, Curator A photograph of the 1963 Dallas County Grand Jury, which includes Ruth Altshuler, may be found here in the Museum's online collections database: Photograph of October 1963 Dallas County Grand Jury – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). - Stephen Fagin, Curator