Interviews 711-720
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#711. ROGERS, Joel (1952 - )
Professor of Law, Sociology, and Political Science
At UW: 1987-
| Interviewed: 2005 | Length: ½ hour | |
| Interviewer: W. Lee Hansen | ||
Educational background; Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS); Industrial Relations Research Institute (IRRI).
#712. BORN, Stephen M. (1940 - )
Professor, Urban and Regional Planning; Graduate student
At UW: 1966-
| Interviewed: 2005 | Length: 10 hours | |
| Interviewer: Robert Lange | ||
Family background; Education; Work for Shell Oil; PhD studies at UW-Madison; Campus protest; Dissertation research; Desert Research Institute; Water resource and land management; Director of the Inland Lake Project; Department of urban and regional planning; Faculty recruitment; Funding problems; Student recruitment; Teaching; UW-Extension; Outreach projects; Ground water management and planning; Research; University administration; State Office of Planning and Energy.
#713. MEYER, Thomas C. (1926 - )
Professor, Pediatrics and Continuing Medical Education
At UW: 1961-1995
| Interviewed: 2005 | Length: 2 hours | |
| Interviewer: Ann Peckham | ||
Medical education; Residency training; Neonatal intensive care unit; Continuing medical education; Department of Family Medicine; Retirement; Pediatrics department; Honors and awards; Dr. Irene Ibler.
#714. TORPHY, John (1940 - )
Undergraduate student; Associate Vice-Chancellor for the Budget; Vice-Chancellor for Administration
At UW: 1959-1962, 1989-2003
| Interviewed: 2005 | Length: 8 hours | |
| Interviewer: Art Hove | ||
Early years in Madison; Education; Peace Corps; Assistant deputy mayor in San Francisco; Work in Puerto Rico; Poverty programs; Wisconsin state budget director; Secretary of the Department of Administration; Insurance commissioner; Welfare reform; Division of Health; Division of Care and Treatment Facilities; UW Law School; LaFollette Institute; Assistant Vice-Chancellor for the Budget; UW System Budget; WISTAR; Madison Plan; Madison Initiative.
#715. SARTO, Gloria (1929 - )
Professor Emerita, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
At UW: 1955-1976, 1983-1986, 1997-
| Interviewed: 2005 | Length: 2 ½ hours | |
| Interviewer: Ann Peckham and Judith Leavitt | ||
Family background; Education; Nursing; University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School; Obstetrics and gynecology; PhD in genetics; Medical practice; Department chair at Northwestern University and the University of New Mexico School of Medicine; National Center of Excellence in Women's Health; Women's movement.
#716. FREILING, Loretta (1929 - )
Executive Secretary, Institute for Research in the Humanities
At UW: 1959-
| Interviewed: 2005 | Length: 1½ hours | |
| Interviewer: Robert Lange | ||
Early years and education; Hiring by UW-Madison; Marshall Clagett; Institute for Research in the Humanities--founding, funding, and directors; Fellowships; Library.
#717. BOX, George E. P. (1919 - )
Professor, Statistics and Industrial Engineering; Director of Research, Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement
At UW: 1960-
| Interviewed: 2005 | Length: 4 hours | |
| Interviewer: Robert Lange | ||
Family history; Elementary and grammar school; Work and study in chemistry; Politics; Army service; Chemical Defense Experiment Station; Poison gas; Imperial Chemical Industries; Visiting Research Professor at the University of North Carolina; Statistical Techniques Research Group at Princeton University; Teaching; Chairmanship of statistics department; Consulting; Statistics for Experimenters; Time series research; Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement (CQPI); Math Research Center; Statistics faculty; Fellow of the Royal Society; Bayes’ Theorem.
#718. WALLACE, Ronald (1945- )
Professor, English Department
At UW: 1972-
| Interviewed: 2005 | Length: 5 hours | |
| Interviewer: Robert Lange | ||
Family history; Education; Interest in poetry; Graduate school; Dissertation; Teaching creative writing at UW; Madison literary community; MFA program; Honors and awards; Publications.
#719. BITZER, Lloyd (1931 - )
Professor Emeritus, Communication Arts
At UW: 1961-1994
| Interviewed: 2005 | Length: 4 hours | |
| Interviewer: Robert Lange | ||
Early years and education; Undergraduate and graduate education; Teaching at the University of Wisconsin; Department of communication arts; Student protest; University Committee; Forensics program; Research; Committee on Undergraduate Education; Retirement.
#720. SCHEUB, Harold (1931- )
Professor, Department of African Languages and Literature; Graduate student
At UW: 1965-
| Interviewed: 2005 | Length: 6 hours | |
| Interviewer: Robert Lange | ||
Childhood; Race relations in Gary; Air Force service; College education; Teaching at Valparaiso University; Masindi Senior Secondary School in Uganda; Department of African languages and literature; Research in South Africa; Teaching philosophy; Committee service.
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