Interviews 531 - 540 

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; Education and military service; Early career in Greece and with Atomic Energy Commission; Employment with National Academy of Science; Arrival at UW; UW Deans, chancellors and other colleagues; Research Committee; National Science Foundation; Research funding, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the federal government; Effects of student protest movement; Deans Robert Alberty, John Willard and Robert Bock; Graduate School Research Committee; Sea Grant Advisory Committee; Advanced Opportunity Fellowship Committee; Classified research at UW; UW System Merger; National Academy of University Research Administration; National Council of University Research Administrators; National Conference on the Advancement of Research; Council of Graduate Schools; Educational Testing Services and the Graduate Record Exam. 

532.   NEWCOMB, Eldon H. (1919-)
Graduate Student; Professor of Botany; Director of the Institute of Plant Development 
At UW: 1949-1990 
 

Interviewed: 1999	Length: 4.5 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Background and early interests in science; High school and college in Missouri; Paul Burholder and Barbara McClintock; Army service; Arrival at UW; Botany faculty conflicts; Hiring of Folke Skoog; Institute for Plant Physiology; Botany faculty and chairmen; Joshua Lederberg; Changes in the Botany Department over time; Student protests and the Sterling Hall bombing; Biocore; Teaching and students; Research grants; Research into plant metabolism; Discovery of microtubules; Peroxisomes and nitrogen fixation; Electron microscopy and the production of micrographs; Research trips to University of California-Berkeley, Harvard and Australia; Citation classics; Current state of botany; Jane Goodall; Honors and awards; Retirement. 

533.   KELBER, Shira  (1979- )
Undergraduate Student
At UW: 1997-2001 
 

Interviewed: 1999	Length: 2.75 hours
Series: Chadbourne Residential College; Housing Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Background and education; Decision to attend UW; Chadbourne Residential College (CRC); William Cronon; House Fellows; CRC government and mission groups; Faculty-Staff mission group activities; Faculty Fellows; Other mission groups; Academics in CRC; Career goals and plans; CRC's successes and challenges; Perceptions of CRC in other residence halls; Final thoughts on CRC.

534.   SLEDGE, George W.  (1928-1999 )
Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education; Associate Dean of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 
At UW: 1954-1993 
 

Interviewed: 1999	Length: 7.75 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Background; Education and extra-curricular activities; Arrival at UW; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) faculty; Courses taught, student advising and research; CALS Academic Planning Committee and CALS Curriculum Committee; Other committee work; National, state and church related activities; Appointment as associate dean of CALS; Kellogg curriculum reform project; Deans Rudolph Froker, Glenn S. Pound, Leo Walsh, Neal Jorgensen and Roger Wyse; CALS international programs; Changes in undergraduate education; Post- retirement activities; Closing remarks. 

535.   LAINES, Marian J.  (1936-2000)
Assistant Residence Life Director, University Housing 
At UW: 1966-1999 
 

Interviewed: 1999	Length: 2.5 hours
Series: Chadbourne Residential College; Housing Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Development of Bradley Learning Community (BLC); Michael Hinden and Integrated Liberal Studies (ILS); BLC and the Experimental College; ILS courses at BLC; Residence Life Coordinator; Origins of Chadbourne Residential College (CRC); Future of CRC; Concluding remarks. 

536.   CLARK, David L.  (1931- )
Professor of Geology and Geophysics; Associate Dean of the College of Letters and Science 
At UW: 1963-1991 
 

Interviewed: 1999	Length: 1.75 hours
Interviewer: John Fournelle

Background and university education; Graduate study and research; Conodont research; Arrival at UW; Geology Department faculty; Development of plate tectonics theory; Turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s; Fulbright Senior Fellowship; Arctic research project; Graduate students; Accomplishments as dean; Expansion of the Geology Department; Past and future problems in the Geology Department; Departmental vehicles. 

537.   GIVENS, Katie  (1979- )
Undergraduate student 
At UW: 1997- 
 

Interviewed: 1999	Length: 1.5 hours
Series: Chadbourne Residential College; Housing Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Background; First impressions of UW and Chadbourne Residential College (CRC); Bill Cronon and other staff members; Words and Writing Week; CRC Olympics; CRC government; Accomplishments and challenges as Forum Chair; Duties and responsibilities as house fellow; Residential college conference; Future of CRC. 

538.   FLEMING, Robben W.  (1916- )
Law school student; Director, Industrial Research Center; Provost/Chancellor. 
At UW: 1938-1941; 1947-1952; 1964-1968 
 

Interviewed: 1999	Length: 6 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Background and family; Beloit College; UW Law School and faculty; War Labor Board and Army service; Industrial Research Center; University of Illinois and labor arbitration; UW provost; Staff and Board of Regents; Hiring of deans; Mulvihill Committee; Faculty governance; Early student protests; Dow Chemical Company demonstrations; University of Michigan; Sterling Hall bombing; Accomplishments at UW; Closing remarks. 

539.   CORRY, Joe  (1932- )
Graduate Student; Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs and Outreach Development; Deputy to the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. 
At UW: 1957-1960; 1963-1998 
 

Interviewed: 1999-2000	Length: 13.25 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Background; Holy Cross; Navy service; Early graduate work at UW; Housefellow; Williston Academy; Graduate work with Philip Curtin; Peace Corps; Research in Kenya; Robert Clodius; UW Parkside and Green Bay; Fred Harvey Harrington; Merger and the Madison campus; Irving Shain; Student protest movement, Sterling Hall bombing and the TAA strike; Joseph Kauffman; F. Chandler Young; Department of Academic Affairs; Academic Affairs staff members; Mercile Lee and the Academic Advancement Program; Undergraduate Admissions; New Student Services; Student Financial Aid; Computing on campus; Foreign Students and Faculty; Career Advising and Placement; Academic Services; Outreach; Extension education at UW and Harrington's changes; Changes in extension programs after Merger; Office of Continuing Education; Regents Study Committee on Extension; Integration of extension faculty and services; Outreach and Extension after integration; Donna Shalala; David Ward; Futures Report and Future Directions booklet; Committee on Cooperation with Developing Universities; Records and Registration Committee; UW-Madison Continuing Education Council; System Advisory Council on Outreach; System Vice Chancellor's Committee on Implementation of 1988 Regent Recommendations on Extension and Institutional Relationships; Assessment Council; Chancellor's Committee on Arts Outreach; Associative Administrative Council; Culture of UW; UW System issues; UW-Madison Retirement Association. 

540.   FOSTER, E. M.  (1917- )
Graduate Student; Professor of Bacteriology; Director of Food Research Institute; Professor and Chairman of Food Microbiology and Toxicology. 
At UW: 1937-1987 
 

Interviewed: 2000	Length: 4.75 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Childhood and education; North Texas State Teachers College; Arrival and graduate study at UW; University of Texas; Camp Detrick; UW Bacteriology Department; Glenn Pound, Fred Harvey Harrington, Conrad Elvehjem and Joshua Lederberg; Graduate students; Teaching and research; Food Research Institute; Department of Food, Microbiology and Toxicology; Conjugated Linoleic Acid; Industrial sponsors; Honors and awards; Professional activities; Bio-engineered foods; Closing remarks. 

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