Interviews 561 - 570

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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561.   KAYSER, Helen (1892-1985)
Undergraduate Student: Assistant, Dean of Women
At UW: 1910-1913; 1933-1960

Childhood and education; Paul Kayser; Sophomore advising at UW; Dean of Women’s office; Stella Kayser; Women at UW.

562.   HOWARD, Roger (1941- )
Graduate Student; Associate Dean of Students; Interim Associate Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs
At UW:  1969-2001

Student and faculty speech codes; Discriminatory harassment rules; Speak-Up and MARK programs; Childhood; Undergraduate education at Doane College; Peace Corps experience in Tanzania; Decision to study at Wisconsin; Appointment as director of Witte Hall; Student unrest and alienation; Dean of Students office; Division of Student Affairs; Student Conduct Policy Committee; Academic and non-academic misconduct; Student discipline; Campus Assistance Center; Rumor control; Drug Information Center; Mental health services and suicide prevention; Merger legislation and s. 36.09(5); Student governance; Wisconsin Student Association; Student role in the allocation of segregated fees; Segregated University Fees Allocation Committee; Greater University Tutoring Service; WISPIRG; Associated Students of Madison; Pail and Shovel Party; Student Services Finance Committee; Appointment of students to faculty committees.

563.   MANLEY, Lisa (1979- )  &  MENN, EMILY (1978- )
Undergraduate students, residents of Chadbourne Residential College
At UW: 1997-2001

Chadbourne Residential College; Jennifer Gilbride-Brown; William Cronon.

564.   ERDMAN, Joyce  (1924-92)
President, Board of Regents
At UW: 1980-82

Education; Middlebury College; Bureau of Labor Statistics; League of Women Voters; Family life; Democratic Party involvement; Governor Goodland’s Commission on Human Rights; Rebecca Barton; Menominee Indians; Office of International Studies and Programs; Village of Shorewood Hills governance board; Board of Regents; System merger; Community involvement; Madison Community Foundation.

565.   BREMER, Howard  (1923-  )
Undergraduate; Law Student; Patent Counsel, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
At UW:  1941-44; 1946-48; 1960-88

Childhood and family; Education; Milwaukee; World War II; UW during the war years; Chemical Engineering and Law School at UW; Navy service; Procter & Gamble; Technology transfer; Litigation; Batelle Development Corporation; Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF); Philip Derse; Ward Ross; Dale Wurster; Edward Rosten; Licensing and patents; Hector DeLuca; Bayh-Dole Act; Carl Gulbrandsen; UW faculty and WARF; Marvin Woerpel; WARF Board of Trustees; International relations of WARF; Research and grants; Robert M. Bock; Patent laws; Professional organizations; Society of University Patent Administrators; Association of University Technology Managers; Retirement.

Note: See also joint interview with Hector DeLuca, #559.

566.   WELKER, Wally (1926-  )
Instructor, Physiology; Professor, Neurophysiology
At UW: 1952; 1954-1991

Childhood on family farm; Early interest in nature; Military service in the Phillippines; Decision to attend American University; Transfer to psychology department at University of Chicago; Summer school at UW; Research on novel object attraction and habituation with chimpanzees; Neurophysiology research group at UW; Relationship between neurophysiology and physiology; Clinton Woolsey; Neurosurgery; Mapping sensory receptor surfaces onto the cerebral cortex; Joseph E. Hind; William Rhode; Robert Benjamin; John Barnard; Konrad Akert; Jerzy E. Rose; Collection of brain casts.

567.   GILES, Lawrence T. (1924-2001 )
Undergraduate student; Medical student; Clinical Faculty Member of Medical School
At UW: 1942-51; 1958-1992

A transcription of a dialogue between Dr. William Middleton, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School, and L.T. Giles, which took place October 28, 1970 at the Veterans Administration Hospital library.

568.   WARD, David (1938- )
Graduate Student; Professor of Geography; Associate Dean, Graduate School; Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost; Vice-Chancellor for Health Sciences; Chancellor
At UW: 1960-63; 1967-

Background and early education; Undergraduate work at University of Leeds; Fulbright fellowship; Graduate work at UW; Carleton University and University of British Columbia; Judith Freifeld Ward; Hiring by UW Geography Department; Andrew Clark; Richard Hartshorne; Arthur Robinson; Glenn Trewartha; Student protest movement; Changes in Geography Department; Teaching; Undergraduate education; Financing higher education; State support of higher education; Research; Cities and Immigrants: Poverty, Ethnicity and the American City; Professional activities in geography; University service; Faculty governance; University Senate Committee on Affirmative Action; Hiring as vice chancellor.

569.   GARNER, Omai (1978- )
Undergraduate student; Chancellor's Scholarship Program
At UW: 1997-2001

Childhood and education; Chancellor's Scholarship Program; Paul Barrows; Mercile Lee; Ronald McNair Program; Diversity at UW; Closing remarks.

570.   DAUN, Robert J. (1936 - )
Researcher, WARF Laboratories
At WARF:  1959-1996

Childhood and education; WARF Laboratories; Phil Derse; Vitamin Chemistry; Cancer screening; Custom Synthesis Services; Collin Schroeder; Vitamin D; Pesticide screening and analysis; Nutrition; Internal Revenue Service; Association of Official Analytical Chemist research method; Federal regulations and guidelines; Nitrosamines; Sugar research; Red Three; Sale of WARF Labs; Ralston Purina; Hazleton Labs; Corning; Closing comments.