Interviews 361 - 370

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; Graduate work at UW; H. C. Taylor, B. H. Hibbard and Richard Ely; Farm Board and Department of Agriculture; Department of Agricultural Economics; Rudolph Froker, Christian Christensen and cooperatives; Discrimination: University Club and Arthur Burke; State and national agriculture committees; Athletic Board, Walter Meanwell and Guy Lowman; Neil Cafferty and A. W. Peterson; George Sellery; Dining clubs; Resignation.

362.   SMITH, Newell J.  (1918- )
Undergraduate Student; Staff, Residence Halls; Director of Residence Halls
At UW: 1936-1941; 1945-1983

Student experience; Civil engineering major; Dormitory life; Housefellow; Faculty Housing Committee; Truax housing in post-WWII years; Work on temporary housing and construction of permanent housing; Eagle Heights; Promotion to assistant director and then director of housing; Elizabeth Waters Hall and co-ed housing; Housefellows; University Campus Planning Commission; Student Life and Interests Committee; Civil Defense Committee; University Club; Faculty status for non-faculty positions.

Undergraduate degree and work in residential halls; Appointment to UW; Post-war housing boom; Housing for veterans; Changes in dining halls; Residential education system; House fellow system; Effect of student unrest on housing; Alcohol; Administrative staff and promotions; Rheta McCutchin; Closing comments

363.   ULAM, Stanislaw M.  (1909-1983 )
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
At UW: 1940-1945

UW Mathematics and Physics departments in late 1930s and early 1940s; Involvement of UW personnel in Manhattan Project; University community.

Early career as manager of French House and assistant business manager; Dormitory Committee; Hiring personnel, including Lee Burns and Carson Gulley; Behavior of Experimental College students; Personalities of Presidents Glenn Frank and Clarence Dykstra; Military stationed at UW during WWII; Dining club; Max Otto; WWII Cooks and Bakers School; Carson Gulley and housing discrimination.

Hiring by Donald Halverson; Position in accounting office of Union and Residence Halls; Management split between Union and Residence Halls; Housefellows in early years; Dormitory Committee; Training and duties of housefellows; Carson Gulley and Lydia Jones; Attitude of George Sellery and Mark Ingraham toward housing; Depression and housing; WWII and housing; Presidents Glenn Frank, Clarence Dykstra and E. B. Fred; Cooks and Bakers School; Post-war housing, including Truax, Badger Village, Camp Randall and East Hill Farms; Eagle Heights and Picnic Point; Committee for Association of American College Housing Officers and Management Institute; Dining club; Department of Economics and William Kiekhofer; French House; Memorial Union and beer; Porter Butts and Scott Goodnight.

Background; Enrollment at UW; Tripp Hall and housefellows; St. Patrick's Day parade; Employment after graduation; M.A.; Ph.D.; Hydraulics laboratory; Salary waivers; College of Engineering and research; WARF; Deans Frederick Turneaure, F. Ellis Johnson and Morton Withey; Regent-Faculty Conference Committee; Student Personnel Committee; Science Inquiry series; University Club; Athletics; Bridge and Pentagon clubs; Music and cultural events.

Reasons for coming to UW; Physiography major; Classes; Campus social environment; Sports reporter for Daily Cardinal; Loyal Durand; William Kiekhofer; State Street scene; Geology Department instructors: C. K. Leith, Warren Mead, William Twenhofel and Armin Lobeck; Dormitory life; Duties as housefellow.

Background; Arrival at UW; Studies in institutional management; Life at Mack House; Housefellow program around 1940; W. Norris Wentworth and Arnie Damen; Residence Halls Faculty Committee; Donald Halverson and Lee Burns; Opening of Elizabeth Waters Hall; Director of Housing Bureau; Involvement of deans of men and women; Student Life and Interest Committee; Post-WWII housing shortage; Discrimination; Presidents Glenn Frank and Clarence Dykstra.

Research of Abe Maslow and Harry Harlow; Bohemian movement; American Mercury; Media during 1960s; Delmore Schwartz; European and American writers; English Department; Professors and students; His column "Fair is Foul" in Daily Cardinal; Gertrude Stein; Oxford Peace Movement; Hayward House and radicals; Wisconsin's socialist movement; UW School of Journalism; Cardinal staffers; Experimental College; Octopus and Rocking Horse; Greek system; Arden House; Residence halls; Trysting places; Radio; Music and Paul Bunyan rooms in Memorial Union; Prohibition, speakeasies, alcohol, cigarettes and drugs; Jail; Demonstrations and protest rallies; Friendships; Jazz; His writing and prizes; Faculty members' politics; Concept of mutual respect; Classes; Senior thesis; Movies; Censured books; Gambling; UW administration; Legislative investigations; Depression.

Majors in animal husbandry and genetics; Involvement with housefellow program; Experimental College; Carson Gulley; Job as head fellow in residence halls; Dormitory Committee; Harold C. Bradley; Hall councils and Men's Residence Hall Association; Establishment of residence hall store; Recreational activities in dormitory; George A. Chandler; Job as graduate fellow in dormitories; Dormitory policy and interracial roommates; Residence Halls staff; Donald Halverson; Dean Scott Goodnight.

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