An Interview with Gloria Todd

Authors

Gloria Todd
Daniella Relvas-Veliadis

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Interview Date

2-26-2025

Description

"The paperwork and the different percentages that you have to get in order to get your full benefits were very challenging. He was just about to give up when this clinic [Veterans Benefits Clinic] was developed... So if it wasn't for Stacey-Rae, he probably wouldn't have been around as long as he did. So, yeah. Changed our lives, actually." -- Gloria Todd, on her husband as the clinic's first client

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In this oral history, dated February 26, 2025, Gloria Todd gives us an overview of her 34 years of service at William & Mary Law School. The subjects range from a day in her life as the law school’s office manager, her husband Gene’s experience as the Puller Veterans Benefits Clinic’s first client, and how Todd helped students evacuate during a fire at the law school in 2016. We hear anecdotes about Todd’s peers in the administration and learn how processes like administering exams and processing human resources changed at the law school over the years. Throughout the interview, Todd emphasizes her passion for working with students—from the day of their first exam to the day of their commencement ceremony.

Run Time

00:44:01

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Keywords

Davison M. Douglas, Anne Forbes, Kay (Gloria) Hibbard, Betta Labanish, Paul Marcus, W. Taylor Reveley III, Stacy-Rae Simcox, J. R. Zepkin, Black Law Students Association (formerly BALSA), Chris Creech Award, Commencement ceremonies, John Marshall Award, Law school buildings and facilities, Law school community, Lewis B. Puller Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic, Military pensions

Local Identifier

OH.2025.002

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Recommended Citation

Todd, Gloria and Relvas-Veliadis, Daniella, "An Interview with Gloria Todd" (2025). William & Mary Law School Oral Histories. 18.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/oralhist_all/18