Interviews 831-840

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Childhood and family life in and near Highland, Indiana; vegetable farming; undergraduate study at Indiana University; military service; graduate study at Indiana; science librarianship; Ph.D. study at Illinois; teaching and research; hiring by UW; library technology; UW during the student protest era; library school facilities and offices; teaching graduate students; citation studies and collection development; writing books; campus service and professional organizations; family and personal time; love of Madison and the lakes.

#832. LYALL, Katherine (1941 - )
President Emerita, University of Wisconsin System
At UW: 1981-2004

Family background; Early education; Cornell; Stock analyst; Graduate study in economics; Assistant professorship at Syracuse; Johns Hopkins Center for Urban Policy; Work in the Carter Administration; Donna Shalala; UW Vice President for Academic Affairs; Joseph Kauffman; Robert O’Neill; Economic development; Budgets; Catch-up debate; Merger of UW System; Relationship between UW System and state government; Executive Vice President; Acting President; “Shaw Triangle;” Enrollment; State funding; Academic staff re-titling; Board of Regents; Chancellors; Public Accountability Report; PK-16 Leadership Council; Learning Innovations; Plan 2008; Rivalry between Madison and Milwaukee; Public perception of the university.

#833. PAYNE, Stanley (1934- )
Professor Emeritus of History
At UW: 1968-2005

Family background; Origins of interest in history; Pacific Union College; Graduate study; Dissertation research; Teaching at Minnesota and UCLA; Hiring by UW; Personalities in the history department; Research; Study of fascism; Campus political climate; Sterling Hall bombing; Administrative structure of the history department; Lawsuits and cleavages in the department; Decline of the history department; Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights (COFAR); Political correctness; Weakening of faculty governance; University administration; Restructuring of departmental administration; Graduate students; Problems facing UW in the 21st century.

#834. RAGOTZKIE, Robert (1924 - )
Emeritus Professor of Meteorology and Environmental Studies; former Director of the Sea Grant Institute
At UW: 1959-1990

Childhood and early education in Albany, New York; undergraduate study at Rutgers; Service in the Army Air Corps during World War II; graduate training at Rutgers; scientific mentors; Ph.D. training at UW Madison; developing a research agenda; faculty position at the University of Georgia and research at Sapelo Island; hiring by UW; the early years of the Department of Meteorology; tenure as department chair; growth of the department; the Sea Grant Institute; service on national and international boards and committees; UW during the student protest era; UW administration and leadership; post-retirement activity.

Childhood and early education in rural New York; Early interest in literature and film; Undergraduate study at State University of New York in Albany; Intellectual development and growing interest in film studies; graduate school at the University of Iowa; dissertation on Dreyer; hiring by UW Department of Communication Arts; Department faculty and politics; Social science research on the UW campus; Research and publication in areas of film studies; Developments in the field of film studies; Department and campus administration; graduate and undergraduate teaching and mentoring.

NOTE: THIS INTERVIEW IS RESTRICTED DURING BORDWELL ’S LIFETIME AND CAN ONLY BE USED WITH THE EXPRESSED, WRITTEN CONSENT OF DAVID BORDWELL.

#836. BRUALDI, Richard ( 1939- )
Professor of Mathematics
At UW: 1965-

Interviewed: 2007	Length: 7 1/2 hours
Interviewer: Bob Lange

Family background; Early education; Scouts; Work; Undergraduate education at Connecticut; Graduate study at Syracuse; Marriage; Dissertation; National Bureau of Standards; Hiring by UW; Teaching; Tenure; Research; Era of campus protest; Math Research Center; University of Sheffield; Sterling Hall bombing; Editorial board for Linear Algebra; Exchange Scholar in Budapest; Graduate students; Publications; Colleagues; Institute for Mathematics and its Applications; Department chair; Curriculum Committee; Other committee service; Honors and awards; Future of the university.

#837. TARR, David (1931 - )
Professor of Political Science; Chairman of the Athletic Board
At UW: 1963-1995
SEE ALSO: Interview 614, conducted in 2003

Growing up in the Depression; Interest in politics; University of Massachusetts; Army service; Graduate study at Chicago; Teaching; John F. Kennedy; Legislative Reference Service; School for Advanced International Studies; Cuban Missile Crisis; Hiring by UW; Teaching; Student dissent; “Truth Squad Presentation”; Guerilla theater; American Specialist Program; Department chairmanship; Athletic Board; Title IX; Athletics budget; Carlton Walker case; Cofield case; Audit by Legislative Reference Bureau; Faculty representative to the Board; Center for International Cooperation and Security Studies; Research; Retirement.

#838. ZWEIZIG, Douglas (1938 - )
Professor Emeritus, School of Library and Information Studies
At UW: 1982-2000

Family background; Education; Lafayette College; Graduate education in English and library service; Dissertation; Consulting; Hiring by UW; Research; Teaching; Professional activities; Changes in the field; Writing; Retirement.

#839. DOWNEY, Greg (1967 - )
Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
At UW: 2001-

Family background; Early education; Education in computer science; Programming; Technology; Graduate study in history of science; Research; Hiring by UW; Teaching; Tenure; Service.

Family background; Growing up in Osceola; UW-River Falls; Graduate study in parasitology; Research; Hiring by UW; Department chair; Tropical Disease Research Unit; Students; Committees; Public health; Honors and awards; Leisure.

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