Interviews 151 - 160
Each Guide entry contains information about
an interview, including biographical data about the interviewee (name,
vital dates, dates at the UW-Madison, and principal positions held as
of the interview date), information about the interview (interviewer,
year conducted, length, and series, transcript, and restriction information
if applicable), and a list of key topics discussed in the interview. For
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151. SCOTT, Dorothea (1912-1998)
Lecturer, Library School; Wife of A. C. Scott (Professor of Theatre and Drama, #143)
At UW: 1963-1981
| Interviewed: 1979 | Length: 1 hour | |
| Series: Humanists at
Work Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Chinese Popular Literature and the Child; Learning Chinese; Background and library training; Marriage; WWII; Job as British Council librarian in China; Subsequent career; Writing; Courses taught at UW.
152. ENC, Berent (1938-2003)
Associate Professor of Philosophy
At UW: 1967-1969; 1971-
| Interviewed: 1979 | Length: 2 hours | |
| Series: Humanists at
Work Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Background in Turkey; Education; Research and teaching; Work method; Philosophy of science; Relationships with colleagues and students; Relevance of engineering and mathematics training for philosopher; Current work.
153. SHICK, Tom W. (1947-1987)
Graduate Student; Assistant Professor of Afro-American Studies
At UW: 1969-1970; 1972-1987
First Interview
| Interviewed: 1979 | Length: 4 hours | |
| Series: Humanists at
Work Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Background; Interest in African history; Stuyvesant High School; Finances; Graduate study; TA Strike; History faculty; Research in Africa and U.S.; Political activism at City College; Teaching and writing.Second Interview
| Interviewed: 1984 | Length: 2 hours | |
| Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Personalities in Afro-American Studies Department in 1970; Appointment; Finley Campbell's chairmanship; Department goals after his departure; Resulting policies in appointments and promotions; Changes in enrollment; Difficulty recruiting for Afro-American Studies.
154. COOKE, Robert E. (1920- )
Vice Chancellor of Center for Health Sciences
At UW: 1973-1977
| Interviewed: 1979 | Length: 1.5 hours | |
| Interviewer: Donna Hartshorne |
Background; Organizing Center for Health Sciences; Problems with communication; Patient care; Service to state; Relations with Mt. Sinai Hospital, Milwaukee; Politics at UW; John Renner and family practice; Medical ethics; School of Nursing; Building medical center; Negotiations with VA Hospital; Funding; Equipment; Relations with other Madison hospitals; Dean Lawrence Crowley; Merger; Budget; Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals; Vice chancellor appointment; Cancer research.
155. MACKENDRICK, Paul L. (1914-1998)
Professor of Classics
At UW: 1946-1984
| Interviewed: 1979 | Length: 1.5 hours | Transcript: 61 pages |
| Series: Humanists at
Work Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Background; Early teaching; Old-boy network at UW; Classics faculty; ILS; Faculty union; Experimental College; Administration; Legislature; Football; Dining clubs; Faculty meetings; Department secretaries; Merger; Functions and Policies Committee; Funding; WHA radio and television; University of Nigeria; Research; Ph.D. in archeology; Graduate students; Teaching; Job market; Value of classics.
156. MILLER, Judith G. (1947- )
Assistant Professor of French
At UW: 1977-
| Interviewed: 1979 | Length: 1.5 hours | |
| Series: Humanists at
Work Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Background and education; Study in France; Writing; Single life; Discrimination against women; Tenure problem; Academic life.
157. COOPER, John M. (1940- )
Professor of History
At UW: 1970-
| Interviewed: 1979 | Length: 1.5 hours | |
| Series: Humanists at
Work Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Book; Writing and research; Teaching; Caliber of students; Interaction with colleagues; History Workshop; Publish or perish; TA system.
158. CONKIN, Paul K. (1929- )
Professor of History
At UW: 1967-1979
| Interviewed: 1979 | Length: 2 hours | |
| Series: Humanists at
Work Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Background and education; Research, writing and teaching; Self-esteem and self-knowledge; Issues in History Department; Comparative World History program; Third world history; American history graduate program revision; Powerful figures in History Department; Scholarship and political involvement; Pressure to publish; Student evaluations; Educational policy; Power in University; Role of University; Functions of teachers and administration; Relationship of history and social sciences at UW; Religious studies; History as humanistic study.
159. BRANCAFORTE, Charlotte L. (1934- )
Associate Professor of German
At UW: 1966-
| Interviewed: 1979 | Length: 1 hour | |
| Series: Humanists at
Work Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Childhood in Germany during WWII; Scholarship; Research in 17th-century literature; Value of junior year abroad; Value of humanities.
160. SCHULENBURG, Jane A. (1942- )
Assistant Professor of Human Development, Extension, and Women's Studies
At UW: 1967; 1969; 1972-
| Interviewed: 1979 | Length: 1 hour | |
| Series: Humanists at
Work Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Teaching; Women's Studies program; Research; Reasons for studying medieval history; Men studying women's history; Interest in medieval women's history; Scholar, wife and mother.
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