Interviews 661-670
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#661. SIMON, Sharon (1950 - )
Assistant professor, School for Workers
At UW:
| Interviewed: 2004 | Length: 1.5 hours | |
| Interviewer: Maurice Better | ||
Background in labor law; Hiring by School of Workers; Faculty; Teaching; Students; Current thoughts on labor education.
#662. CRAIG, Judith S. (1940 - )
Graduate Advisor, Department of Economics; Associate Dean, College of Letters & Science
At UW: 1965-1967, 1971-2001
| Interviewed: 2004 | Length: 16 ¼ hours | |
| Interviewer: Barry Teicher | ||
Early schooling; Bryn Mawr; UW Economics Department; College of Letters & Science; Business office; Appointment as associate dean; E. David Cronon; Joseph Kauffman; Restructuring of dean’s office; Donald Crawford; Crawford Young; Phillip Certain; Strategic plan; Associate deans; Dissertation; L&S teaching assistants workshops; Academic staff; Space assignment issues; Community building activities; Fundraising activities.
#663. BRENNAN, Robert W. (1934 - )
Associated with the University Research Park
| Interviewed: 2004 | Length: 1 hour | |
| Interviewer: Arthur Hove | ||
Chief of staff for Madison mayors; Chamber of Commerce; Economic development plans; Wisconsin Technology Council; “Town-gown” relations; Wisconsin Innovation Network; Merger; WARF; Research Park.
#664. SMITH, Nathan J. (1921- )
Undergraduate student; Medical student; Professor of Pediatrics
At UW: 1939-45; 1957-64
| Interviewed: 2004 | Length: 1.25 hours | |
| Interviewer: Charles C. Lobeck | ||
UW tent colony; Undergraduate education at UW; UW Medical School; Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital; Employment at UW Medical School; Department of Surgery controversy; Retirement; E.B. Fred; Medical School's service to the state of Wisconsin.
#665. BENDER, Margaret (1916 - )
Project Associate, Meteorology; Associate Scientist, Center for Climate Research; Senior Scientist, Environmental Studies, Center for Climate Research
At UW: 1963-1981
| Interviewed: 2004 | Length: ½ hour | |
| Series: Women in Science
and Engineering |
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Early years and family life; Study of chemistry at Mount Holyoke and Yale University; Marriage and arrival in Madison; Center for Climatic Research and University of Wisconsin Radiocarbon Lab; Joseph and Betty Hirschfelder; Retirement.
#666. NAMENWIRTH, Marion (1939 - )
Assistant Professor of Zoology
At UW: 1971-79
| Interviewed: 2004 | Length: 2½ hours | |
| Series: Women in Science
and Engineering |
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Childhood; Interest in biology; Undergraduate education; Graduate education in genetics and embryonic development at Indiana University; Appointment to UW; Women in the sciences in the 1970s; Association of Faculty Women; Consciousness-raising; Women’s movement; Zoology Department; Research; Teaching responsibilities; Tenure proceedings; Sex discrimination suit against the University; Women in Science reading group; Ruth Bleier; Gender and scientific professions.
#667. MIDDLECAMP, Catherine Hurt (1950 - )
Distinguished Faculty Associate, Chemistry; Graduate student
At UW: 1972-
| Interviewed: 2004 | Length: 1 hour | |
| Series: Women in Science
and Engineering |
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Graduate school experience; Mentors at UW; Goals as a teacher; Fellowships and awards; Integrating women’s studies into the chemistry curriculum; Chemistry in Context; Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award; Invitation to teach in Integrated Liberal Studies.
#668. PARTER, Seymour V. (1927 - )
Professor Emeritus, Computer Sciences and Mathematics
At UW: 1963-1996
| Interviewed: 2004 | Length: 2¾ hours | |
| Interviewer: Joyce Coleman | ||
Study of mathematics; employment at Los Alamos; academic career at MIT, Indiana, Cornell, UW; relationship with Barkley Rosser; history of Math Research Center; impact of student protest movements, Vietnam War, and TAA strike; colleagues and development of the Math, Computer Science, and Numerical Analysis Departments; impact of Sterling Hall Bombing; research interests and articles; involvement in Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
#669. LAXOVA, Renata (1931 - )
Professor of Medical Genetics and Pediatrics
At UW: 1975-2000
| Interviewed: 2004 | Length: 4.75 hours | |
Series: Women in Science and Engineering |
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Childhood in Brno; Hitler’s invasion of Czechoslovakia; Kindertransport; Nicholas Winton; War years spent in England; Return to Czechoslovakia; Medical school; Life under communist regime; Position at children’s hospital; Research on twins; PhD in genetics; Prague Spring; Invasion of Czechoslovakia in August, 1968; Escape to England; Lionel Penrose; Research at Kennedy-Galton Center on mental retardation; Appointment to UW; Waisman Center; Work in prenatal diagnosis and genetics counseling; Genetic Contact Network; Wisconsin Teratogen Project; Teaching; Perinatal Foundation; Retirement activities.
#670. YALE, Charles E. ( 1925- )
Professor of surgery; Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery; Director, University of Wisconsin Gnotobiotic Laboratory
At UW: 1964-1991
| Interviewed: 2004 | Length: 1 hour | |
| Interviewer: Ann Peckham | ||
Early years and education; Naval aviator; Standard Oil Research Laboratory; Western Reserve University Medical School; Residency at the University of Cincinnati; VA Hospital; Hiring by the University of Wisconsin; Research on intestinal strangulation in germ-free animals; University of Wisconsin Gnotobiotic Laboratory; Practice at the University Hospital; Medical School administration and practice plan; Gastric surgery; Health care.
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