{"id":136,"date":"2015-11-23T20:29:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T20:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/history\/?p=136"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:02:58","slug":"harold-mobley-class-of-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/harold-mobley-class-of-1971\/","title":{"rendered":"Harold Mobley, Class of 1971"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/mobley.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2503\" style=\"width:150px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><figure><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 26, 0); font-family: span, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Why did you choose history?<\/span><\/figure><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I truly believe that the roots of the present are deep in the past. Learning about when, where, and why has\u00a0always fascinated me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are you doing now?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I retired from Norfolk Southern Corporation as Vice President of Labor Relations in March 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How have your history studies helped you in life?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I spent 30 years of my career in labor relations, a discipline which requires a tremendous amount of research, analysis and reporting\u2013sounds just like history at work, doesn&#8217;t it? Most importantly, history has helped me to understand people around me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harold Mobley, Class of 1971, chose a degree in History at Valpo University because he truly believed that the roots of the present are deep in the past. 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