Interviews 691-700

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Educational and career background; Industrial Relations Research Institute (IRRI); Directorship of IRRI; Reasons for closing of the IRRI.

Educational background; Industrial Relations Research Institute (IRRI)–decline and fall; Student recruitment.

Educational background; Industrial Relations Research Institute (IRRI); Affirmative action and student recruitment; TA strike; Decline and fall of the IRRI.

Educational and career background; Industrial Relations Research Institute (IRRI); 1980 TA strike; Diversity within the IRRI; Faculty issues.

#695. JONES, JR., James E. (1924 - )
Professor Emeritus, Law School and Industrial Relations
At UW: 1969-1997

Educational and career background; Work in the Labor Department; Teaching; Industrial Relations Research Institute (IRRI).

Industrial Relations Research Institute–structural and budgetary weaknesses; Committees; TAA; Industrial Relations Graduate Student Association (IRGSA); Student recruitment; Law and industrial relations program; Center for the Study of Equal Employment and Affirmative Action.

Third Interview

Interviewed: 2004-2005	Length: 17 hours
Interviewer: June Weisberger

Early years and education; Naval service; Industrial relations; University of Wisconsin Law School; Labor Department; Labor relations legislation; Affirmative action; Civil Rights; Labor management policy; Associate solicitor for the Labor Department; Philadelphia Plan; Academic career at UW-Madison; Teaching; Industrial Relations Research Institute (IRRI); Athletic Board; African Studies department; Legal Education Opportunities (LEO) program; William H. Hastie Teaching Fellowship Program; Public Service; Federal Impasses Panel; Retirement; Autobiography.

#696. VOOS, Paula B. (1949 - )
Director, Industrial Relations Research Institute; Associate Professor, Department of Economics and IRRI
At UW: 1981-1998

Interviewed: 2004	Length: ¾ hour
Interviewer: Charlotte Frascona

Educational background; Industrial Relations Research Institute; Directorship of the IRRI; Strengths and weaknesses of the IRRI.

Educational and career background; Quality Reinvestment Exercise; Industrial Relations Research Institute; Faculty recruitment; Closing of the IRRI.

Educational and career background; Research; Industrial Relations Research Institute; Faculty recruitment; Closure of the IRRI.

#699. FORREST, Barbara (1951- )
Administrator, Industrial Relations Research Institute (IRRI)
At UW: 1974-

Interviewed: 2004	Length: ½ hour
Interviewer: W. Lee Hansen

Industrial Relations Research Institute (IRRI); Job placement; Admissions and recruiting; Faculty recruitment; Methods course; Financial aid; Closure of the IRRI.

Family and childhood; Educational background; Interest in natural science; Cornell University Veterinary School; Medical Service Corps; Department of Agriculture; Genetics Department; Department of Veterinary Science; Physical facilities; Faculty; Off-campus facilities; Expansion of the Department of Veterinary Science; Brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication programs; Research in Denmark and England; Chairmanship of veterinary science; Associate Dean for Biological Sciences; Negotiation with the TAA; Graduate school research and fellowships committees; University Committee; School of Veterinary Medicine; Graduate Students.

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