Interviews 541 - 550 

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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Childhood; Undergraduate education, activities and research projects at UW; Military service; Graduate teaching; Granitization and Plate tectonics; Research interests and funding; Geology Department faculty; White Lake course; Service as chair and previous chairmen; Faculty hiring process; Student organizations, Parking and Transportation and Faculty Rights and Responsibilities committees; Joint field camp with University of Minnesota; Yukon trip; Samuel B. Romberger; Retirement activities; Changes in geology as a discipline; Love of teaching; Connecticut field work; Local controversies. 

542.   NORTON, Agatha A.  (1918- )
Professor of Human Ecology (formerly Home Economics until 1968; Family Resources and Consumer Sciences from 1968-97) 
At UW: 1956-1986 

and HIGGINS, Mary Ellen Roach (1921-)
Professor of Human Ecology (formerly Home Economics until 1968; Family Resources and Consumer Sciences from 1968-97) 
At UW: 1960-1984 
 

Interviewed: 2000	Length: 8.5 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Abby Marlatt, Nellie K. Jones and Francis Zuill; Background; Education and first employment; UW Home Economics program; Michigan State; Faculty; Relations with College of Agriculture; Fashion Institute of Technology; Department chairs; Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection; Professionalization; Rudolph Froker and Glenn Pound; Changes in discipline during the 1960s; Research; Courses taught and graduate students; Retirement. 

543.   YOUNG, Louise A.  (1910-2005)
Professor of Home Economics Extension 
At UW: 1945-1976 
 

Interviewed: 2000	Length: 3.25 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Childhood; University of Illinois; Work in Christian County, Illinois; University of Missouri; Arrival at UW; Travels throughout Wisconsin; Extension Economics; Research and publications; Deans Francis Zuill and Elizabeth Simpson; Professional organizations; Separation of Home Economics from the College of Agriculture and name change; Evolution of the field; Faculty; Post- retirement activities; Closing remarks. 

544.   NELSON, Harold "Bud" L.  (1917-1996 )
Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication; Director, School of Journalism and Mass Communication. 
At UW: 1955-1981 
 

Interviewed: 1995	Length: 3.5 hours
Interviewer: Steven Vaughn

Background and early influences; University of Minnesota (UM); Ralph Casey; Military experiences; Graduate study at UM; Texas Tech, University of Iowa and University of California Berkeley; Ralph Nafziger; Arrival at UW; Expansion of the School of Journalism; Accreditation procedures; Teaching; Graduate students; Steven Chaffee and William Hachten. 

545.   HACHTEN, William A.  (1924- )
Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication; Director, School of Journalism and Mass Communication. 
At UW: 1959-1989 
 

Interviewed: 1996	Length: 5.5 hours
Interviewer: Steve Vaughn

Background and family histories; Journalism studies in high school and at Stanford University; University of California at Berkeley and military service; New York Giants; Newspaper work and technology; Graduate study at the University of Minnesota; J. Edward Gerald and Ralph Casey; Graduate study at the University of California at Los Angeles; Newspaper work in California; UW School of Journalism in the 1960s; Radicalization on campus and the effects of Watergate; Relations with the Department of Communication Arts; Harold "Bud" Nelson; Evidence of program's decline; Tenure as director; Changes in tenure requirements; Research and travel. 

546.   MCCARTY, Donald J.  (1921- )
Dean of School of Education; Professor of Educational Administration 
At UW: 1966-1993 
 

Interviewed: 2000	Length: 5.25 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Background; Military service; Columbia University; South Dakota; University of Chicago; Cornell University; Arrival at UW; Robben Fleming, Leon Epstein and Kurt Wendt; H. Edwin Young and William H. Sewell; John Guy Fowlkes and Lindley J. Stiles; Office staff and assistant-associate deans; Gender pay equity; Student protest movement; School of Education building plan; International programs; Stephen J. Knezevich; Decision to leave the deanship; Department of Educational Administration; James Lipham and Richard Rossmiller; Teaching and graduate students; Research interests; Accreditation examiner; Cardinal Strich College; Closing remarks. 

547.   SHEPPARD, Janice R.  (1949- )
Graduate Student; Assistant Dean of Students 
At UW: 1974-1983; 1987- 
 

Interviewed: 2000	Length: 2.5 hours
Interviewer: Brian D. Bunk

Graduate study at UW; Involvement in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues; ROTC controversy; Gay and Lesbian Issues Committee (GLIC); UW System LGBT issues network; GLIC report; Wisconsin Alumni Association Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Alumni Council; Faculty Senate committee on LGBT issues; Permanent LGBT liaison. 

548.   CRONON, William  (1954- )
Undergraduate Student; Professor of History 
At UW: 1972-1976; 1992- 
 

Interviewed: 2000	Length: 5.25 hours
Series: Chadbourne Residential College; Housing Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Childhood; Undergraduate study; Oxford University; Yale University residential college system; Goals upon returning to UW; Honors program; Origins and early planning for Chadbourne Residential College (CRC); CRC governance; Diversity in CRC; Staff members; CRC opening activities; CRC activities; Richard Keeling and Mary Layoun. 

549.   LUCE, Charles F.  (1917- )
Law School Student 
At UW: 1937-1941 
 

Interviewed: 2000	Length: 1.75 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Childhood and education; Platteville Teachers' College; Student life at the University of Wisconsin; Student clubs and organizations; Law School teachers and classes; Law School classmates; Robben Fleming; Willard Hurst; Wisconsin Law Review; Fund-raising for Law School; Advice to law students. 

Childhood and education; Smith College; Merle Curti.

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