Oral History Entries 811-820

 « Return to the Interviews by Number Page

Click on the list to the left to see a particular interview record.

HOPKINS, Diane McAfee (1944-)

Professor Emeritus and former Assistant Director of the UW School of Library and Information Studies

At UW: 1987-2002

  • Interviewed: 2006
  • Interviewer: Sandy Pfahler
  • Length: 2 hours

Childhood and education in in Houston, Texas; family influences; undergraduate education at Fisk University in Nashville; graduate studies at Atlanta University; career in school librarianship; Director of the Bureau of School Library Media Programs; Ph.D. work in Education at the University of Wisconsin; research on access to library materials and intellectual freedom; faculty position at UW School of Library and Information Sciences; research and publishing; tenure process; campus climate for women and people of color at UW; service on campus, state, and national boards and committees; awards; retirement and personal activities.

SCHAUB, Tom (1947-)

Professor of English

At UW: 1986-

  • Interviewed: 2006
  • Interviewer: Robert Lange
  • Length: 9.5 hours

Family background; Origins of literary interests; Teachers; Cornell College; Newberry Scholar; Research on John Barth; Yale Divinity School; SUNY-Buffalo; Poughkeepsie Day School; University of Iowa; Dissertation research on Thomas Pynchon; UC-Berkeley; Hiring by UW; English department; Curriculum revision; Department chairmanship; Composition requirement; Setting salaries and merit raises; Second term as department chair; Fundraising; Board of visitors; Future projects.

THIS INTERVIEW IS RESTRICTED UNTIL 2015 AND MAY NOT BE USED WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED, WRITTEN CONSENT OF TOM SCHAUB.

MUNDT, Linda (1946-)

Senior Outreach Specialist, School of Library and Information Studies

At UW: retired in 2006

  • Interviewed: 2006
  • Interviewer: Sandy Pfahler
  • Length: 1.25 hours

Childhood and family life in Indianapolis, Indiana; early education; undergraduate studies and campus life at Butler University in Indianapolis; teaching public school in New York City; work at UW Law School; Medical school and interest in health and healing; Master’s degree in Arts Administration from Columbia University in New York; career as outreach specialist in the School of Library and Information Studies; storytelling tours; committees and projects; new career as feng shui consultant.

EICHHORN, Susan (1939-)

Retired Research Program Manager, UW Botany Department

At UW: 1963-2001

Childhood and early life in Deerfield, Illinois; public school in Deerfield and Highland Park; family background; undergraduate studies in math and biology at the University of Illinois; employment at UW; teaching high school in the Washington DC area; return to the UW Botany Department as academic staff; working with Professor Ray Evert on textbooks; research and literature searches; grant funding and budgets; balancing work and personal life, art shows.

PHILLIPS, Jean (1958-)

Senior Librarian, UW Space Science and Engineering Center’s Schwerdtfeger Library

At UW: 1983-86 as graduate student, 1986-current as librarian

Childhood and early education in the Green Bay, Wisconsin, area; family background; education in Catholic schools; part time jobs; undergraduate education at St. Teresa and St. Norbert Colleges; interest in literature and writing; graduate studies in Library Science at UW; Career as a professional librarian at UW; the Space Science and Engineering Center and Schwerdtfeger Library; electronic and digital libraries; campus and library system service; climate for women in the sciences; honors and awards; family and recreational activity.

PALMENBERG, Ann (1948-)

Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Institute for Molecular Virology

At UW: 1970-1975, 1978-

Early years and education; St. Lawrence College; Graduate study at UW; University of Zurich; Postdoc at UW; Research; Faculty position; Teaching; Honors and awards; Campus climate for women; Students; Leisure.

KUTLER, Stanley (1934-)

Emeritus Professor of History and Law

At UW: 1964-

  • Interviewed: 2006
  • Interviewer: Robert Lange
  • Length: 3.5 hours

Childhood and early education in Cleveland, OH; Family influences; Undergraduate education at Bowling Green University; Graduate study in History at Ohio State University; Dissertation research; Hiring by UW; Research and Teaching; Student protest era; Writing and publications; Changes in the history department; Foreign travel and exchanges; UW students over the years; Research on Richard Nixon and Watergate; Legal efforts to gain access to Watergate materials.

THIS INTERVIEW IS RESTRICTED DURING KUTLER’S LIFETIME AND MAY NOT BE USED WITHOUT HIS EXPRESSED, WRITTEN CONSENT.

ASKEY, Richard (1933-)

Professor Emeritus, Mathematics

At UW: 1963-

  • Interviewed: 2006
  • Interviewer: Robert Lange
  • Length: 8 hours

Family background; Education in mathematics; Washington University; Graduate study; Bell Labs; Teaching; Hiring by UW; Math department; Research; Committee service; TA strike and campus protest; Faculty Senate; Courses; Notebooks of Ramanujan; Mathematics education; New Math; “Math Wars”; Graduate students.

PEARLMUTTER, Jane (1953-)

Associate Director, School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS); Director of Continuing Education, SLIS; Graduate and undergraduate student

At UW: 1969-1976, 1985-

  • Interviewed: 2006-2007
  • Interviewer: Sandy Pfahler
  • Length: 3 hours

Family background; Education; UW undergraduate; Campus activism; Graduate study in library science; Dane County Project on Rape; Program coordinator in continuing education; Teleconference, correspondence, and online courses; Virtual collection development; Associate directorship of SLIS; Distance learning; Tours of Scotland; Campus climate for women; Honors and awards.

KRUSE, Virginia “Ginny” Moore (1934-)

Director of the Cooperative Children's Book Center

At UW: 1976-2002

  • Interviewed: 2006
  • Interviewer: Sandy Pfahler
  • Length: 2.25 hours

Family background; Early education; Oshkosh State College; Teaching; Work as a librarian; Graduate study at UW; Muriel Fuller; Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC); Intellectual Freedom Service; Committee service; Campus climate for women; Honors and awards.