Interviews 431 - 440

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 more detailed information about an interview, or to obtain a copy of an interview contact the Oral History Program.

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Background; Southwestern Methodist College; Arthur Pearse and parasitology; Michael Guyer; Anatomy; Cytology; Zoology Department faculty; American Association for Advancement of Science conference; Doctoral research at Memorial Hospital, New York; Housefellow; Discrimination; Cancer research; Planned Parenthood; Cybernetics.

Hiring by UW; C. Leonard Huskins; Traditionalism of Botany Department; Department faculty members; Formation of Institute for Plant Development; Mark Ingraham; Conrad Elvehjem; Federal funding; Graduate School; Interdisciplinary research; Clubs and organizations; University committees; Teaching; Biocore; Biotron; Botanic Garden project; Presidents E. B. Fred and Fred Harvey Harrington; Professional memberships; Honors.

Background; Lane Technical High School; Armour Institute of Technology; ROTC; Western Electric; Naval Research Laboratory; University of Chicago; W. Dewey Neff; Cats; Central Institute for Deaf; Clinton Woolsey; Electrophysiology; Electronics laboratory and computing facility; Localization; NIH; UW Neurophysiology Department; Human subjects; Research; Computers; Jerzy Rose; John Brugge; Research Animal Resource Committee; Teaching; Pair grant; Training grant; Laboratory Instrument Computer program (LINC); Mervin Muller; Preston Hammer; Discrimination; Virtual space; Program project grant; Doughnut seminars; B&B Club; Sharington Society; Molecular neuroscience; Madison Friends of International Students; Neurophysiology Department faculty; Chairmanship; Department's reputation; Social activities; Politics and funding.

Background and education; Graduate work at UW; Crown gall organism; Plant Pathology Department; Employment; Professors' research interests; Living conditions during graduate school.

Background; Marketing education; Department of Educational Policy Studies; Distance learning and Educational Telephone Network; National Vocational Education Act; Continuing and Vocational Education; Associate deanship of School of Education; Dance Department's termination; Work with Summer Sessions as associate dean of School of Education; Computer laboratories; DPI; Dean John Palmer; Summer Sessions under Clay Schoenfeld; Deanship of Summer Sessions; Enrollment management; Budget reduction; Facilities; Streamlining and strengthening creativity in Summer Sessions; Perpetual Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO); Office of pre-college programs.

Early childhood and education; Undergraduate work; Office of high school relations; Graduate work; Summer sessions; Director Clay Schoenfeld; Dean's Council; Office of special students; Budget; Protest on campus; Facilities; Bicentennial festival; Enrichment and enhancement programs; Dean Harland Samson's emphasis on enrollment management, budget reduction, upgrading facilities, streamlining and enhancing creativity; Committee work; Summer sessions service organizations; Mental illness organizations; Other interests and activities.

Background; Max Delbruck and Cold Spring Harbor idea; Ernst Hadorn and Zoologisches Institut; Politics and players in Department of Physiological Chemistry; John Bowers and Medical School; Teaching career; Biology core curriculum; Graduate students and diversity; Research interests, techniques and funding; Committee work.

Background; Housing; Courses and requirements; Leisure time; United States Armed Forces Institute correspondence courses.

Background; Extension courses; School of Commerce; Pearl Harbor; Statue of Abraham Lincoln; Job at Burger Boat Company; Dormitory store; UW football; Scrap metal drives; Dormitory rivalries; Alpha Kappa Psi; Active duty; Post- WWII campus environment; Memorial Union; Discrimination; General Mills; UW singing tradition.

Highlights of athletic career; Years as UW athletic director.

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