Interviews 571 - 580

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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571. DAVIDSON, Charles H. (1920- )
Graduate student; Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Professor, Computer Sciences; Professor, General Engineering
At UW: 1941-44; 1949-87

Childhood and education; American University; Graduate studies at UW; World War II; Physics department; Digital computer; Design features of digital computer; Engineering Computing Laboratory; WISC and IBM 1620; Early computer use among students; David Wilson; Gene Amdahl; Computer Aided Engineering Center; Office of Information Technology; Computer Science 132; Personal computers; Tad Pinkerton; Professional organizations; Extra-curricular activities; Square dancing.

572. EBERHARDT, Herbert (1924-1990)
Owner of Cardinal Beauty Shoppe

Childhood and education; Tuberculosis; Inheriting his father’s business; Marriage and children; Business during the 1960s and 1970s; Effect of Sterling Hall bombing on downtown business; Student styles of hair and clothing; Student customers; Diversity of clientele; State Street businesses; Madison City Council; Closing remarks

573. UNDERWOOD-BULTMANN, Andrew (1980- )
Undergraduate student; House fellow, Barnard Hall
At UW: 1999-

Childhood and family; Musical education; Chadbourne Residential College; Diversity Mission Group; Steering Committee; William Cronon; Jennifer Gilbride-Brown; The Forum; Barnard Hall; Serving as House Fellow; Laura Armstrong; Sustainability of Chadbourne Residential College.

Childhood and family; Naval hospital work as a ward corpsman; Korean War; Bethesda Naval Hospital; Directorship of facilities planning in the surgeon general's office; Appointment as executive officer of the Navy School of Hospital Administration; Appointment to UW as associate vice chancellor of health sciences; Robert Cooke; Center for Health Sciences; Space allocation in the Center; Family practice program; John Renner; Construction of Clinical Science Center; Move from the old hospital to the new site; Patient move; Consultant work; Retirement.

Childhood and early interest in medicine; Undergraduate degree in nursing from Texas Christian University; Graduate study at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver; Tenure as associate dean of Continuing Education at the University of Colorado; Creation of a nurse-practitioner program; Development of a school of nursing at the University of Kentucky; Work at the University of Rochester; Appointment as dean of the School of Nursing at UW; Chronic lack of resources; Growing emphasis on research; Development of a doctoral program in nursing; Difficulty attracting senior faculty; Nursing Dimensions; Need for a new building for the School of Nursing; Involvement with the Red Cross; Future plans.

576. MARTEN, Eldor A. (1901-1985 )
Undergraduate student; Graduate student
At UW: 1923-27

Education; Department of Chemistry; Social activities; Research areas.

577. FARBER, William O. (1910- )
Graduate student, Political Science
At UW: 1933-35

Education; Decision to earn a Ph.D. in political science at UW; Classes; Professors; Frederick Ogg as departmental chairman; Living conditions in graduate residence; Social life; Later career.

578. BROWN, Marion (1947-)
Assistant Professor of Human Ecology (formerly Family Resources and Consumer Sciences); Vice President of University of Wisconsin Foundation
At UW: 1973-

Background; Undergraduate work at UCLA; UW-Madison School of Family Resources and Consumer Sciences (currently Human Ecology); Chancellor's Scholarship Program (CSP); Martha Taylor; Mercile Lee; Need- versus merit-based scholarships; Irving Shain and Bryant Kearl; Promoting CSP; First year of CSP; Role of UW Foundation; Need for new staff; Future of CSP.

579. GULLICKSON, Stuart (1924-2007)
Undergraduate Student; Professor, Law School
At UW:  1942-43; 1946-50; 1967-89

Childhood; Decision to study electrical engineering at UW-Madison; Six years spent in the army; Return to Madison and enrollment in pre-law; Clerkship with LaFollette, Sinykin and Doyle; Work at Schmitt, Eckhardt and Gullickson; August Eckhardt and Continuing Legal Education for Wisconsin; Gordon Sinykin; Leonard Schmitt; General practice course; Tenure as senior legal counsel for Chancellor Edwin Young; Diversity in the Law School; Anti-Vietnam protests; "Rumor center"; Impact of federal copyright law on academia; Edwin Young; Tenure as associate dean of the Law School and as chair of the Extension Law Department; Tenure as vice chancellor of legal affairs for Chancellor Donna Shalala; Importance of teaching law students about legal practice; Retirement plans.

580. LASKY, Patricia
Graduate Student, Pediatric Nursing; Assistant Professor; Associate Dean; Interim Dean; Executive Associate Dean, School of Nursing
At UW:  1966-

Childhood; Early interest in nursing; Decision to study at Marquette University; First positions taken; Masters degree in pediatric nursing at UW-Madison; Florence Blake; Doctoral study; Tenure as associate dean; Integration of nursing continuing education into the School of Nursing; Collaborative nursing degree program between Continuing Education and the Schools of Nursing on five UW campuses; Encouraging nurses to continue education at the college and graduate level; Tenure as interim dean and executive associate dean; Future of nursing.

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