Interviews 351 - 360

Each Guide entry contains information about an interview, including biographical data about the interviewee (name, vital dates, dates at the UW-Madison, and principal positions held as of the interview date), information about the interview (interviewer, year conducted, length, and series, transcript, and restriction information if applicable), and a list of key topics discussed in the interview. For more detailed information about an interview, or to obtain a copy of an interview contact the Oral History Program.

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Background; Publications; Responsibilities of bibliographer; Current issues in UW-Madison library system.

Reasons for coming to UW; Work on microanalytic model of social systems; Climate for social science research at UW; Economics Department; Organization of SSRI; Poverty Institute; Tax returns study; Growing need for fund raising; Decision to leave UW for World Bank; Effect of new Social Science Building on expectations of research organizations; Allocation of space; Survey Research Laboratory; Loss of SSRI staff.

Background; Extension's position in Wisconsin; Lorentz Adolfson's leadership; School for Workers; Extension as service agency for UW; Wilbur Hanley and UW Centers; Changing state attitude towards Extension; Relations with WSU; Extension Merger in 1965 and ascendancy of Cooperative Extension; Huitt Committee; Extension chancellors; Stint in Near East; System Merger and consequences for Extension; New programs; Anomaly of Extension chancellor's position; Wilson Thiede's role in System administration; Changed responsibility of Extension chancellor in merged system; Regents' position on Extension.

Reasons for coming to UW; Learning English; Field of interest; Helpfulness of faculty; Living in Eagle Heights; Experiences as TA.

Background; Reasons for coming to UW; Experiences as student in Center for Development; Housing; Social life; Foreign students office.

Experiences in Medical School; Self-training in geriatric medicine; Establishment of Geriatric program at VA Hospital; Medical School's attitude toward program; Institute on Aging; Problems of UW Hospitals; Effect of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) in Madison; Reasons for leaving UW.

Problems faced: need to restore Madison's links with state, modernize management and increase fund raising; Action taken to solve them; Importance of greater commitment to undergraduate education; Relationship with System administration and regents; Relationship with legislators; Expectations about budget; Extension situation; Need for strong faculty governance.

Experiences as graduate student in dance; Continuation of Margaret H'Doubler tradition; Problems of Department; Elective program.

Childhood and family life; Education and influences; Early career; Graduate work at UW; Thoughts on adult education; New career.

Undergraduate days at UW and role as housefellow; Early development of housing, including housefellow program; Residence Halls Faculty Committee; Men's Halls Association; Return of GIs and veterans' housing; Housing building programs and role of Albert Gallistel and A. W. Peterson; Development of high- rise dormitories; Minorities and housing; Student Labor Relations Committee; Late 1960s and student upheavals; Married student housing; Reorganization of Division of Housing, 1965; Women and Elizabeth Waters dormitory.

Formation of Badger Village; Its operation and his role; Closing of Badger Village.

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