Interviews 651-660

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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Birth in Germany and flight from persecution; Education in Venezuela and Mexico; Private practice in Arizona and Texas; Hiring by UW Medical School; Family Practice Program; reasons for leaving UW.

Early years and education; Medical and nursing school; Hospital experiences; Immigration to the US; Texas Women’s University; Research and masters thesis; hiring by UW; Nurse-Physician Team Program; Department of Family Medicine and Practice and its personnel; Nursing profession; Teaching; Trends in health care.

Childhood; Education in psychology and zoology at University of California, Los Angeles; PhD in zoology at University of Florida, Gainesville; Experiences as a woman in science; Research; Fieldwork in Haiti studying birds; Appointment to UW; Postdoctoral positions; Research, teaching and administrative positions at UW; Bird-banding project with the Biology Core Program; Interest in academic staff issues; Reflections on challenges faced during career.

Childhood; Undergraduate education in math; Work as a programmer; Graduate degrees in land resources and computer science; Difficulties of interdisciplinary work; Career ambitions.

Undergraduate training; Work experience in UAW plant; MA and subsequent work at University of Illinois; Hiring by School For Workers (SFW); SFW colleagues; SFW directors; SFW budget over time; Classes taught; Relationship of unions and management over time; Research; Faculty governance; Committee work.

#656. MAKI, Dennis G. (1940 - )
Undergraduate student; Medical student; Assistant professor; Ovid O. Meyer Professor of Medicine; Head, Section of Infectious Diseases
At UW: 1958-1967; 1974-

Interviewed: 2003-2004	Length: 2 hours
Interviewer: Ann Peckham

Small-town life in Wisconsin; Undergraduate years in UW Chemistry Department; physicist at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory; UW Medical School; Work in Boston hospitals and Center for Disease Control; Preceptorship in Marshfield, WI; Return to work for UW Medical School and planning the University Hospital; Research interests in infectious disease; Intensive care at University Hospital; Postgraduate teaching; Health care in the USA; Malpractice and Medicare bureaucracy.

Education; Work with unions; Hiring by School for Workers; Teaching; Traveling; Staff; Titles and benefits; Reflections on career at UW.

Background; Establishment of Integrated Liberal Studies (ILS) program; Problems facing ILS in the 1970s; Restructuring of program; Steering committee; Faculty recruitment; Legacy of Experimental College; Alexander Meiklejohn; Global Cultures program; Bradley Learning Community; International Learning Community; Reflections on career at UW and the importance of a liberal arts education.

#659. MONTROSS, Harold (1920- )
Graduate student; Dean of the Division of Professional and Human Development (within UW-Extension)
At UW: 1949-84

Background; UW-Extension; Position as dean of Professional and Human Development; School for Workers; Faculty.

Upbringing in Pennsylvania; Undergraduate career at University of Michigan; work for The Michigan Daily; Travel in Morocco; Harvard School of Education; League of Women Voters; Feminism; Dudgeon School; County Board; Beltline; State Highway Commission; State Department of Administration; School Board; State Legislature; Children and Human Services Committee; political interests; parenthood.

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