Interviews 471 - 480

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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471.   WEISBROD, Burton A.  (1931- )
Professor of Economics
At UW: 1964-1990

Interviewed: 1990 Length: 1.5 hours
Interviewer: Robert J. Lampman
Graduate work; Teaching at Washington University; Arrival at UW; Economics of human resources; Who Benefits from Higher Education in California and Who Pays for It; Disease and Economic Development; Campus growth during Vietnam era; Student protests; Altruism, Morality and Economic Theory; Graduate students; Uniqueness of UW Economics Department; Hiring process.

472.   FINMAN, Ted  (1931- )
Professor of Law
At UW: 1963-1993

Interviewed: 1994 Length: 7.5 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher
Background; Stanford Law Review; Yates vs. U.S.; Courses; Faculty for Peace; Research; Deans of Law School, 1963-94; Accreditation; Clinical education; UW faculty and state law; Interdisciplinary courses; Faculty governance system; Social Science Divisional Committee; Faculty Senate; University Committee; Collective bargaining and TAUWF; Outside funding; Enrollment issues; Grievance claims; Athletic Board; Eligibility rules; Sports cuts; Big Ten controversy; Censorship and Playboy; Sexual harassment; Hate speech codes; Democratic party politics; Retirement.

473.   DAMER, Jack  (1938- )
Professor of Art
At UW: 1965-

Interviewed: 1994 Length: 3.5 hours
Series: Printmaking
Interviewer: Warrington Colescott, Arthur Hove and Barry Teicher
Hiring by UW; Print program at Carnegie Mellon; Print programs in 1960s; Lithography; Impressions of UW in 1960s; Subject matter; Teaching; Popularity of printmaking; Critique; "Points of Departure"; Print shows; Print constructions; Lecture on print forgery; From prints to print constructions; Cycles of artist; "Streetsweeper"; Creating print constructions; Print examples; Isolation; Intuition; His mission at UW; Art and contemporary aesthetic; Current academic standards; Artist-teacher.

474.   KAESTLE, Carl F.  (1940- )
Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History; Director of Wisconsin Center for Education Research
At UW: 1970-1994

Interviewed: 1994 Length: 4 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher
Background; Undergraduate education; American School of Warsaw; Graduate education; Arrival at UW; UW colleagues; Vietnam War years; Department of Educational Policy Studies; Joan Roberts case; Minority faculty in departments of Educational Policy Studies and History; Chancellor Donna Shalala; Courses; Students; Research; Fellowships and grants; Scholarly collaboration; Wisconsin Center for Education Research; Committees; National Academy of Education; Appointment at University of Chicago.

475.   SCHAEFER, Rebecca  (1973- )
Undergraduate Student
At UW: 1991-1994

Interviewed: 1994 Length: 2 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher
Background; Funding; Greater University Tutoring Service (GUTS); Campus tours; Elizabeth Waters dormitory; Gamma Phi Beta; Greek governance; Course of study; Job as summer intern in Congress; UW publications; Leisure time; Computers; Alcohol abuse; Anti-smoking campaign; Religion; Student body; UW football; Discrimination within Greek system; Sifting and winnowing conference; Dean Mary Rouse; Chancellors Donna Shalala and David Ward; Early graduation; Future goals.

476.   DVORAK, Florence Marie  (1911- )
Undergraduate Student; Wife of Raymond E. Dvorak (Professor of Music and Director of University Band, #034)
At UW: 1929-1934

Interviewed: 1994 Length: 1.5 hours
Series: School of Music; Faculty Wives
Interviewer: Richard Lehman
Meeting Husband Raymond Dvorak; Coming to UW; UW prior to WWII; Music Department; Charles O'Neill and Carl Bricken; Husband's position on women in band; Status of female professors in Music Department; Guest conductors; Husband's work after retirement; His accident and subsequent conducting style.

477.   VARDI, Uri  (1947- )
Professor of Music
At UW: 1989-

Interviewed: 1994 Length: 1 hour
Series: School of Music
Interviewer: Jane Reigel Ferencz
Teaching in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem; Employment at UW; Musical background; Cello pedagogy; Selected recitals; School of Music's future.

478.   PETZOLD, Robert  (1917-1999 )
Graduate Student; Professor of Music; Associate Dean of School of Education
At UW: 1940-1941; 1946-1986

Interviewed: 1994 Length: 1.25 hours
Series: School of Music
Interviewer: Julie Dunbar
Undergraduate education at Milwaukee State Teacher's College; Master's degree in musicology; Ph.D. in education; Employment by UW School of Music; Integrated Arts program; Changes in student body; Administrative positions; Summer music clinic; Shift in emphasis from applied music to musicology; Development of Music Education program; Relationship between Extension and School of Music; Auditory perception research.

479.   DAVIS, Richard  (1930- )
Professor of Music
At UW: 1977-

Interviewed: 1994 Length: 1.25 hours
Series: School of Music
Interviewer: Roxanne Reed
Background; Book of essays; Spirituality and black musical aesthetic; Improvisational teaching style; Relationship with students; Young Bassists Symposium; Madison Plan; Invitation to teach at UW; Attitude toward racism; Lessons from Nicherin Shoshu Buddhism.

480.   LATIMER, James H.  (1934- )
Professor of Music
At UW: 1968-1978; 1981-

Interviewed: 1994 Length: .75 hour
Series: School of Music
Interviewer: Roxanne Reed
Background; Latimer School of Music; Musical influences; Max Roach; 20th- century percussion movement; Madison Marimba Quartet; Critics; Dale Gilbert; Black student movement; African-American Studies program; Diversity of curriculum; Disappearance of Duke Ellington tapes; Discrimination; Madison Symphony Orchestra; Florida A&M; Boston Youth Symphony; Marvin Rabin.


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