Interviews 441 - 450

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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441. FINMAN, Susan F. (1928- )
Research Assistant; Undergraduate Advisor, History; Committee Services Program Coordinator; Secretary of Faculty
At UW: 1966-1993

Interviewed: 1993	Length: 4.25 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Childhood; University of Chicago; 1968 Democratic National Convention; Undergraduate advising in Department of History; Secretary of faculty's office; Peter Bunn; Program coordinator for committee services; Secretary of faculty; Computers; UW System; Faculty governance; Chancellors and faculty governance; Students and governance; Academic staff and governance; Legislators' and Board of Regents' impact on UW; New faculty services; University Committee chairs; University Committee commissions and committees; Issues of increased emphasis on teaching and collective bargaining; Secretary of faculty's staff; Concluding comments.

442. BAEUMER, Max L. (1917- )
Professor of German
At UW: 1965-1987

Interviewed: 1993	Length: 5.5 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Childhood and education; Germany under Nazi rule; Post-war Germany; Coming to America; Logos; German Department; TA strikes and effect on Department; Retirement; Research; Funding; Doctoral requirements; Institute for Research in Humanities.

443. KORACH, Robert S. (1923- )
Undergraduate Student, Economics; Student Manager, Truax Bus System
At UW: 1941-1943; 1946-1947

Interviewed: 1993	Length: 1 hour
Series: Housing Interviewer: Mailed questionnaire

Background; Alexander Meiklejohn's Experimental College; Transportation courses; Military; Truax bus system; Presidents Clarence Dykstra and E. B. Fred; Fred Harvey Harrington; "Wild Bill" Kiekhofer; Career in transportation.

444. DITTMAN, Stevan C. (1949- )
Undergraduate Student, English
At UW: 1967-1971

Interviewed: 1993	Length: 1 hour
Interviewer: Mailed questionnaire

Background; Finances; Courses and instructors; Erosion of UW's reputation; Daily Cardinal; Leisure activities; Student protest movement; Bombing of Army Mathematics Research Center and its aftermath; Graduate study; Career.

445. OLSEN, Lois C. (1925- )
Undergraduate Student, Nursing
At UW: 1943-1948

Interviewed: 1994	Length: .5 hour
Interviewer: Mailed questionnaire

Background; Finances; Housing; Nursing program during WWII; Post-WWII campus environment; Discrimination; Career.

446. MIMS, Paul C. (1923- )
Undergraduate Student, English
At UW: 1946-1949

Interviewed: 1994	Length: 1 hour
Interviewer: Mailed questionnaire

Background; Military service; Housing; Campus politics; Job in Harry Harlow's laboratory; Women and discrimination; Career.

447. LYLE, Robert E. (1926- )
Graduate Student, Chemistry
At UW: 1946-1949

Interviewed: 1994	Length: 1.25 hours
Interviewer: Mailed questionnaire

Background; Chemistry Department faculty; Finances; Relationship among graduate students; Discrimination against women; Campus personalities; UW's influence on development of organic chemistry.

448. NORTHCLIFFE, Hilda (1926- )
Undergraduate Student, Art
At UW: 1948-1953

Interviewed: 1994	Length: .75 hour
Interviewer: Mailed questionnaire

Background; Plight of working students; Influence of TAs; Art school; Politics; "Goodbye Harry" clubs; Discrimination; Career.

449. GARLINGTON, Jack (1917- )
Graduate Student, English
At UW: 1949-1953

Interviewed: 1993	Length: .5 hour
Interviewer: Mailed questionnaire

Background; Learning Japanese; UW English Department; TA position; Paul Fulcher; Edgar Lacy; Memorial Union; Discrimination; University of Utah; Summer foreign student program; Fulbright fellowships; Western Humanities Review Literary Magazine; Reflections on UW.

450. CRONON, E. David (1924- )
Graduate Student; Professor of History; Dean of College of Letters and Science
At UW: 1949-1952; 1962-1994

and JENKINS, John W. (1946- )
Graduate Student; Researcher, College of Letters and Science
At UW: 1971-

Interviewed: 1994	Length: 1.5 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Origination and organization of UW History Project; Glenn Frank and his administration; Clarence Dykstra and his administration; Academic freedom; Faculty governance; Student life; Outreach activities; Research, historical sources and staff.

Note: See also individual interview with E. David Cronon, #026.

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