Interviews 751-760

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Early education; MIT; Women’s movement; Graduate study at UW; Laboratory work; Waisman Center; Research.

Family history; Childhood; High school education; Naval service; Undergraduate and graduate education at UW; GE Research Laboratory; Teaching at UW; Research; Physics department; Student unrest; Sterling Hall bombing; Department chairmanship; University Committee; Physical Sciences Division Committee; Athletic Board; Higher education.

Childhood and early education in Reedsburg, Wisconsin; The influence of family and teachers; Undergraduate education at the University of Wisconsin in the 1950s; Air Force ROTC training; Completion of a Master’s Degree at UW; Service as an Air Force weather forecaster in France; Return to UW to complete a Ph.D.; Graduate student life and influential mentors at UW; Joining the UW faculty in 1966; The university during the student protest era; Research agenda at UW; Teaching; Service on department committees and as Chair of department; Collaborative research with national and international organizations; Awards and Honors; Legacy as a mentor of young scientists; The UW administration; The quality of UW students; The issue of global warming.

NOTE: This interview is restricted until 1/1/2016 and can only be used with the expressed, written permission of John Kutzbach.

#754. HELLMUTH, Phillip (1937- )
Associate Dean, College of Letters & Science
At UW: 1964-1999

Early education; Law school; Business school; College of Letters & Science administration; Budget process; Dow riots; Deans; University-Industry Relations; Research institutes; WARF; Campus protests; Academic staff; Academic Staff Advisory Committee; Tuition appeals; Retirement.

Early life and interest in veterinary medicine. Educational background. Degree programs. How she came to Wisconsin. UW School of Veterinary Medicine and its national reputation. Research with cranberries. Professional organizations for veterinarians. Women on campus. Application process for School of Veterinary Medicine.

#756. KARP, Howard (1929 - )
Emeritus Professor of Music
At UW: 1972-2000

Interviewed: 2006	Length: 4 hours
Interviewer: Robert Lange

Background. Introduction of music in his life, first piano teacher. The Depression. Influential performances in his life: Horowitz, Rachmoninoff, etc. Influential teachers, Jack Radunsky and Rosina Lhevinne. Oberlin conservatory of music and Julliard School of Music. Various concerts and competitions Karp performed in. His repertoire. Teaching at the Universities of Kentucky, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Working with his son Parry. Fulbright to Vienna. Karp family annual concert. His favorite composers.

Early education; University of Buffalo; Graduate study in geology at Stanford; Geology and Geophysics Department; Tenure; Publications; Teaching; Institute for Environmental Studies; Committee service; University Committee; Honors and awards; Campus climate; Leisure; Scientific accomplishments.

Early years and education; Macalester College; Sexism in the science field; Graduate study at Iowa State; UW department of pharmacology; Teaching; Tenure; Controlled Substances Board; Wisconsin Cancer Pain Initiative.

#759. STEUDEL, Karen (1946- )
Professor of Zoology

At UW:

Background, childhood. Attending the University of Wisconsin and being in the education program. Protests and turmoil on campus during the 1960s. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Anthropology department. Receiving her Ph.D. from Madison. Research trip to Africa, the Leakeys. Discusses being the first female to be hired in her department in the same manner as men. Culture of the her department. Zoology 101 and Animal Structural Design courses. Describes her research as an locomotive physiologist. Differences between the department when she first began and today. Women on campus. Committee work. Her life outside of teaching and research.

NOTE: THIS INTERVIEW IS RESTRICTED UNTIL 2012 AND CAN ONLY BE USED WITH THE EXPRESSED, WRITTEN CONSENT OF KAREN STEUDEL.

Childhood; Early education; Family history; University of California at Berkeley; UW department of French and Italian; Teaching; Students; Research; Publications; Tenure; Department chair; TA strike; Service activities; Committee service; Faculty governance; Chancellors; Meriter Hospital.

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