Lovay Wallace-Singleton Oral History
Abstract
Lovay Wallace-Singleton (b. 1959), of Saginaw, Michigan, served in the United States Navy as an air traffic controller from 1978-1998.
The collection includes a 2016 May oral history transcript.
Dates
- 2016 May 14
Creator
- Wallace-Singleton, Lovay (Person)
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Biographical / Historical
Lovay Wallace-Singleton (b. 1959), of Saginaw, Michigan, served in the United States Navy as an air traffic controller from 1978-1998.Lovay Wallace-Singleton was born 28 September 1959 in Saginaw, Michigan.
Shortly before graduating high school, military recruiters visited Wallace-Singleton's school and administered the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) to interested students. Upon scoring well on the ASVAB, she visited a United States Navy recruiting office and enlisted for four years as an air traffic controller.In 1978, Wallace-Singleton went to Orlando Naval Training Center in Florida for basic training. Wallace-Singleton was sent to Norfolk Air Station and attached to VRF-31 Air Squadron for preliminary training in air traffic control, and also worked with a United States Navy ferry squadron.
In 1980, Wallace-Singleton, was sent to the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Millington, Tennessee, for Air Traffic Control training, and was then sent to her first duty station at Naval Air Station Chase Field in Beeville, Texas.
In 1983, Wallace-Singleton was assigned to Naval Station Rota, in Spain, where she worked alongside Spanish air traffic controllers. She lived off base, and had the opportunity to visit Portugal and Northern Africirca In 1985, Wallace-Singleton was reassigned to Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, and 1988 she was reassigned again, to NAS Point Magu, both in California. During her time at Point Magu, Wallace-Singleton was assigned to an eighteen month detachment to San Nicolas Island Naval Base in Ventura County, California.
In 1998, Wallace-Singleton retired from the United States Navy and moved to Florida, before eventually settling in New Bern, North Carolina. She established the Veterans Employment Base Camp and Organic Garden in 2012, as a means of assisting veterans with their transition to civilian life, and currently serves on the Coastal Land Trust's Board of Directors.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 folder )
Language of Materials
English
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Processing Information
Processed by Matthew McCarthy.
- Title
- Lovay Wallace-Singleton Oral History
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Matthew McCarthy
- Date
- 2022 July
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- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository