Interviews 381 - 390

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; Football scholarship at UW; Boarding house with Elroy Hirsch; Major in dairy and food industry; Babcock Dairy Club; Part-time jobs; Harry Stuhldreher; 1942 UW football team and 1943 Michigan team; Stadium dormitories after WWII; Clarence Dykstra; Joe Hammersley; Football training table; Tuition and GI Bill; Little discrimination at UW.

Establishment of UW Foundation; Other foundations in country; Role of George Haight and Howard Potter; Office space; Early fund raising efforts; Merle Curti and Frederick Jackson Turner chair; Growth of Foundation; Foundation and presidents E. B. Fred, Conrad Elvehjem and Fred Harvey Harrington; Social sciences vs. hard sciences and WARF vs. Foundation; Fund raising during student riots of late 1960s; Local newspapers and Foundation; Hilldale Shopping Center and McClain Sports Center.

Background; Medical school at University of Rochester; Arrival at UW; Work as secretary of faculty and associate dean; John Bowers's administration; Admissions work; Black and female students; Committee work; Curriculum; Pathology Department; Medical School deans; Robert Clodius and proposed medical school at UW-Milwaukee; Marquette School of Medicine; Governor's Task Force on Medical Education.

Background; Reasons for coming to UW; Father first full-time UW librarian; Lathrop Hall; Women's Self-Government Association; YWCA; Memorial Union Building Committee; Union policy of non-admission for women; Porter Butts; James Watrous; John Dollard; Iron Cross Society; William Ellery Leonard; Neil Dodge; Sonny Pyre; Paul Fulcher; Speakeasies; Skyrockets; Glenn Frank; George Sellery; Louise Nardin; Susan B. Davis; Zoe Bayliss; Experimental College; Daily Cardinal; Women, blacks and Jews.

Background; University Heights in early years; English Department and first novels course; Frederick Jackson Turner; Charles Van Hise; UW golden years, 1890-1920; Benjamin Snow; Louis Kahlenberg; Scott Goodnight; Philip LaFollette; Friday lunch group; Town and gown; Marvin Rosenberry; Edward A. Birge and family; George Sellery; Glenn Frank; William Ellery Leonard; William Lorenz; Max Mason; Clarence Dykstra; Alexander Hohlfeld and German Department during WWI; Women in early years of Medical School; Discrimination; Professors; Deans Lois Mathews, Louise Troxell and Louise Nardin; Joe Hammersley; Skyrockets; William Kiekhofer; Charles Mendenhall; William Middleton; Max and Rhoda Otto; Elizabeth Raushenbush; Dorothy Sharp; Nels Sloan; Dorothy Walton; Buehl family.

Background; Student life; Writing for Badger Yearbook and Daily Cardinal; Sigma Nu fraternity experience; Influence of Ruth Wallerstein, William Kiekhofer, Wallace Stegner, Walter Agard and Lloyd Garrison; Firing of President Glenn Frank; Opening of Union Theater; Campus social events; Course taught by Sinclair Lewis; Dean Scott Goodnight; Career as screen writer for TV shows including "Mr. District Attorney," "Peyton Place," "Medical Center," "Hawaiian Eye" and "Dallas."

Background; B.A. in English; Year in Law School; Influence of English Professor Wallace Stegner and Dean of Law School Lloyd Garrison; Career after leaving UW.

Background; Transfer from Bradley College to UW; Comparison of two schools; Apartment living vs. dormitories; Courses; Interest in broadcast journalism; First broadcasting experience; Writing experience; Desirable types of future employment; Assessment of liberal arts education; Leisure activities; Views on alcohol, drugs, police, sex and suicide; Athletics programs at UW: basketball, football, hockey and women's sports; UW students; Ethnic groups and minorities; Daily Cardinal and Badger Herald; Student government and WSA; Social activities; Religion; Jobs; Chancellor Donna Shalala.

Decision to attend Experimental College; Alexander Meiklejohn; Aims of curriculum; Individual student projects; Experimental College compared to regular colleges; Student activities in Experimental College; Academic advisors; Walter Agard; John and Harriet Powell; Dean Scott Goodnight; President Glenn Frank and announcement of closing of Experimental College; Experimental College graduates today.

Background and education; Employment at Iowa State; Graduate work at University of Chicago; University of Wisconsin Medical Library; Role of mentor; Health matters; Marital status; Medical Library service; Regional libraries; New building; Medical Library Association (MLA) activities and articles; Certification; MLA issues and committees; MLA Board; Presidency of MLA; History of Medicine; Preservation; Experiences as consultant.

Teaching; Chairmanship of Department of History at Eastern Kentucky University; His background; Undergraduate and graduate studies in history at UW; Other colleges attended; Coming to UW after WWII discharge; Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) training at UW; Problems of large enrollment; Undergraduate advisor William Hesseltine; Registration; Courses; Student life; Choice of history major; Influential History instructors: Fred Harvey Harrington, Merle Curti and William Hesseltine; Life in Truax Field housing; Extracurricular activities: editorship of "True Axe," student government and sports; Other influential instructors; President E. B. Fred and 1951 Rose Bowl; Homecoming and bon fire night.

Impressions and experiences at Badger Village after WWII as students and spouses of students. Peggy Baime: Great Books program; Women; WHA radio; Recreational activities; Communal spirit. Marjorie K. Johnson: Living conditions; Forum discussion group; WHA and Great Books program; Facilities; Women. Phyllis S. Young: Department of Economics; Living conditions; WHA; Buyers' club with Midland Cooperative; Children; President and Mrs. E. B. Fred; Communal spirit. William J. Schereck, Sr.: Veteran on GI Bill; First day at Badger Village; Larry Halle; Buses; Medical care; Communal spirit; Career. August P. Lemberger: Living conditions; Communal spirit; Buses; President Fred's visit; Children; Larry Halle; Social activities.

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