Interviews 511 - 520

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; Early education; Eastman-Kodak Company; Move to Madison; Solar Energy Laboratory; Engineering Experiment Station; Kurt Wendt; Federal funding agencies; Congressman Les Aspin; Instrumentation Systems Center; Harold Peterson; Leon Shohet; Work as lobbyist; Recent College of Engineering deans; UW Intellectual Properties Committee; Archibald Haller.

Growing up on Alberta prairie; Normal school; Teaching mathematics at Cherry Valley School; Undergraduate studies at University of Alberta and McGill University; Graduate study at California Institute of Technology; Hiring by Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey; Radar and microwave research at Bell; Hiring by UW; Teaching; Active Networks; Colleagues in Department of Electrical Engineering; Harold Peterson and Department chairmanship; Former College of Engineering deans; University of Colorado sabbatical; Analog, digital and hybrid computing at UW; Educational exchange in India; Computer simulations of physiological systems; University of Hawaii sabbatical; Committee service; Retirement.

Childhood in Kansas; Undergraduate education at McPherson College; Doctorate at UW; Dissertation; Hiring by UW Department of Mechanical Engineering; Otto Uyehara; Research in engine combustion and engine emission; Engine Research Center; Early WARF funding; Teaching; Committee work; University Committee; Society for Automotive Engineers; Engineering Institute in Surabaya; Trip to China; College of Engineering deans; Retirement.

Family life; Early education; Artistic influences; Education at UW-Wausau; Transfer to UW-Madison; UW art education; Position as drawing instructor; WWII; Training at City Art School of Zurich; Fulbright fellowship at University of Utrecht; Teaching position at Central Washington College; Teaching position at UW College of Engineering; Al Sessler; Distance-learning experiments; AID Engineering Educational Development program in India; Monterey Tech program in Mexico; Asian Development Bank project in Surabaya; Indonesian exchange students at UW; Hotel fire in Manila; Indonesian General Participant Training 2 program; MUCIA; Engineering programs in Egypt and Brazil; American Society of Engineering Education; Advisory committee to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Childhood; Early education; WWII; 90th Chemical Mortar Battalion; University of Illinois; Joe Hirschfelder; Ph.D. at UW; Fulbright fellowship in Holland; Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids; Position at Cornell; Return to Madison; UW Department of Chemical Engineering; Chairmanship of Department; Kurt Wendt; Student protest movement; Federal funding and research; Trip to China; Olaf Hougen; Transport Phenomena; William Shetter; Dutch readers; Ed Daub; Japanese texts; Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids; Students and teaching; University committees; Awards and honors; Interests and extra-curricular activities.

Childhood; Early education; Indiana University; UW Physics Department; R. N. Dexter; Student protest movement; Sterling Hall bombing; Dissertation research; Bell Laboratories; Max Planck Institute; Hiring by UW; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; College of Engineering; Women and College of Engineering; Research and patents; Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Materials Science program; Materials Science Center; Chairmanship of Materials Science program; Sematech; Synchotron Radiation Center; Engineering Experiment Station; Instrumentation System Center; Associate deanship; Appointment as dean of Graduate School.

Hiring as dean of Graduate School; Robert Bock; Chancellor Donna Shalala; Graduate School staff; John Bollinger; Strategic planning; Graduate School admissions policy; Computerizing Graduate School; Madison Plan; Paul Barrows; Advanced Opportunity fellowships; Exchange program with minority colleges; Graduate School associate deans; Synchotron Radiation Center; WARF research funding; WARF Board; Program duplication; Spousal hires; Cost sharing; Indirect costs; Association of Graduate Schools; College rating services.

Research with electron microprobe.

Childhood; WWII; Berkeley; Move to Madison; Work with Robert Marshall; Kurt Wendt; Descriptive geometry; Committee on Engineering Education; Teaching evaluations; Teaching vs. research; SOAR program; Women and engineering; Gretchen Schoff; Retirement.

Early education; Washington University; Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy; Doctoral work at UW; Hiring by UW; Electrical Engineering Department; Harold Peterson; Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage project; Electric Utilities Research Foundation; Computer Instrumentation and Control Laboratory; WARF; Research funding; Teaching; University Committee; Faculty Senate; Consulting work; Retirement.

Background and early education; Undergraduate work at New York University; Graduate work at Columbia University; U.S. Geological Survey and WWII; Hiring by UW; Geology Department; Research; Union Carbide; Bushveld Complex; Ore microscopy; Involvement with NASA and Apollo mission; Gerald Kulcinski; Teaching; Physical Sciences Divisional Committee; University Research Committee; University Committee; Parking and Transportation Committee; Student protest movement; William Sewell; C. K. Leith; Professional organizations; Academic freedom.

Childhood; Undergraduate education at Bethel College and University of Minnesota; Graduate education at University of Washington; Hiring by UW; Leachate research; Refuse-derived fuel; Multidisciplinary research; Solid and hazardous waste management in Europe and U.S.; Patents; Engineering students; Committee service; Recycling; Sanitary Engineering program; Jerry Rollick; Deans Kurt Wendt, Robert Marshall and John Bollinger; Consulting work; Retirement.

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