Interviews 191 - 200
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(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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191. SACHSE, William L. (1912- )
Professor of History
At UW: 1938-1977
| Interviewed: 1980 | Length: 2 hours | |
| Interviewer: Donna Hartshorne |
History Department; Introduction of Third World history; Development of departments at Milwaukee and Superior; Caucus system; Department personalities.
192. COHEN, Philip P. (1908-1993 )
Graduate Student; Professor of Physiological Chemistry; Acting Dean of Medical School
At UW: 1931-1938; 1941-1979
| Interviewed: 1980 | Length: 6 hours | Transcript: 120 pages |
| Series: Life Sciences
Interviewer: Laura Smail |
University Committee actions in late 1960s; His background; Experiences as graduate student in 1930s; Changes in Physiological Chemistry Department; Research; On being a Jewish medical student; WARF fellowship; Department chairmanship; Recruiting faculty; Working with graduate students; Dean William Middleton; Acting deanship of Medical School; More on Department; Salaries; Effects of grants; Dean John Bowers.
193. BRADFORD, Lola (1900- )
Administrative Secretary, President's Office
At UW: 1927-1962
| Interviewed: 1980 | Length: 1.5 hours | |
| Interviewer: Donna Hartshorne |
Years as secretary and then administrative assistant under presidents Glenn Frank, Clarence Dykstra, E. B. Fred, Conrad Elvehjem and Fred Harvey Harrington; Their different styles of work; Mary Frank and Lillian Dykstra.
194. ROBINSON, Stephen M. (1942- )
Undergraduate and Graduate Student; Professor of Computer Sciences and Industrial Engineering
At UW: 1959-1962; 1969-
| Interviewed: 1980 | Length: 1 hour | |
| Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Work in Numerical Analysis Laboratory (NAL) as high school student; Job in NAL as undergraduate; Issues in computer use; Preston Hammer and development of computing at UW; Issues in choice of and access to computers; Mathematics Department and computers; Reorganization of NAL; Tension between computer professionals and social science researchers; NAL becomes Computer Science Department; Requirements of Department; Mervin Muller; Developing vs. using computers; Mathematics Research Center; Competition with Physics Department for space; History of computing on campus.
195. SCOTT, Charles T. (1932- )
Professor of English
At UW: 1963-2000
| Interviewed: 1980 | Length: 7 hours | |
| Series: TA Strike, 1970
Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Background; Development of English as a second language (ESL) at UW; English department issues in late 1960s; Freshman composition; Chairmanship; Bargaining with TAA; Effects of TAA strike; Student evaluations; Rating of department; Tenure review cases; Effect of anti-war movement on careers in English department; Department's move to Helen C. White Hall; Current issues.
196. COHN, Frieda (1915-2003)
Undergraduate and Graduate Student; Librarian, Madison Academic Computing Center
At UW: 1936-1990
| Interviewed: 1981 | Length: 1 hour | |
| Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Background; Mark Ingraham; Jobs at UW; Undergraduate experience in 1930s; Developments in computing and computer center.
197. HURST, J. Willard (1910-1997 )
Professor of Law
At UW: 1937-1981
| Interviewed: 1981 | Length: 3.5 hours | Transcript: 108 pages |
| Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Background and education; Apprenticeship with Felix Frankfurter and Chief Justice Louis D. Brandeis; Invitation to come to Madison; Lloyd Garrison; Course in law and society; Research; Rockefeller grant; Deanship and accreditation issues in Law School; Relations with State Bar Association; Contrast between current students and students of fifty years ago.
198. BRODIE, Abner (1905-1993 )
Professor of Law
At UW: 1949-1976
| Interviewed: 1981 | Length: 1 hour | |
| Series: TA Strike, 1970
Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Background; Pre-UW employment; Jacob Beuscher, Nathan Feinsinger and Lloyd Garrison; Teaching; Contribution to issue of recognition of TAA.
199. PONDROM, Cyrena N. (1938- )
Professor of Comparative Literature and English
At UW: 1963-
| Interviewed: 1981 | Length: 6 hours | |
| Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Comparative Literature Department; Beginning of equal rights movement for women and Association of Faculty Women; Appointment to chancellor's office; Work on personnel policy; Issue of salaries of women faculty; Commission on Status of Women; Relations between Madison campus and System administration; Tenure home issue; Development of office of academic personnel; TA work stoppage; TAA grievances; Introduction of personnel action form; Issue of rights and rules for academic staff; Her background and education; Writing.
200. PENNIMAN, Clara (1914- )
Undergraduate and Graduate Student; Professor of Political Science
At UW: 1947-1950; 1953-1984
| Interviewed: 1981 | Length: 5.5 hours | |
| Interviewer: Laura Smail |
Background and experience; Undergraduate and graduate studies in political science at UW; Ph.D. work at Minnesota; Appointment at UW; Relations with women faculty; Scarcity of women candidates in political science; Position of women at UW; University Committee; Appointment to Merger Implementation Committee; Discussions with Governor Patrick Lucey regarding Merger; Work of Merger Implementation Committee; Personalities; Issue of legislative scholarships; Political Science Department; Importance of faculty governance system; Chairmanship; Difficulty recruiting faculty; Research.
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