Interviews 581-590

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; Pharmacy school and internship; Masters program in hospital planning at UW-Madison; Unit dose; Planning and construction of new hospital; Food and mail delivery systems; Buying consortium; Old hospital; Move to new hospital in 1979; Gordon Derzon; Privatization; "Just-in-time" inventory system; Bill Davis.

Childhood in Canada; Move to Madison; Husband Ralph Nafziger's decision to study journalism at UW; Jobs she had in Madison; William G. Bleyer; University League; Journalism building; Travels to Germany and Austria; Husband Ralph's sense of modesty.

Childhood; Undergraduate degree in nursing at Wisconsin; Work in maternity ward at Wisconsin General Hospital; Service in army nurse corps; Appointment as professor of nursing; Helen Denne Shulte; Christina Murray; Margery MacLachlan; Helen Bunge; Valerie Prock; Continuing education program in nursing; Retirement activities.

Undergraduate education in institutional management and dietetics; Internship; Appointment to the UW; Changes in food service during her career; Flexibility of UW food service in comparison to that of other schools; Student input into food service; Student behavior during the period of campus unrest.

Childhood; Early dance class; Decision to major in dance and earn a certificate in women's studies; Dance curriculum; Interarts and Technology program; Social life; Housing; Financing of education; Politics within the dance department; Future plans.

586. DERZON, Gordon (1934 - )
Superintendent, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; Chief Executive Officer, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
At UW: 1974-1999

and BROWER, Les (1939 - )
Associate Superintendent, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
At UW: 1974-2001

Gordon Derzon's background and appointment to UW; Construction of the new university hospital; Cooperative arrangement with the Veterans Administration Hospital; Problems with the construction of the hospital and with space allocation; Automated cart delivery system; Strike by service employees; Restructuring of hospital as a public authority; Renovation and expansion of hospital; Helicopter service.

Childhood in Mount Carmel, PA; BS and MS at Pennsylvania State; PhD at Davis; Katherine Esau; First position at Montana State College in Bozeman; Emma Fisk; Relationship of Botany Department to its teaching assistants; Emphasis of biology departments on molecular biology; Teaching; Research on phloem development and cambial activity in trees; Electron microscopy; Collaboration with Walter Eschrich; Service, awards and professional organizations; The Biology of Plants; Plant Anatomy.

Undergraduate education; Decision to attend UW-Madison; Economics department; Election as floor president and social coordinator in Witte Hall; Three years as a house fellow in Sellery Hall; Anti-war protests; Bombing of Sterling Hall.

589. BENNETT, E. Maxine (1915 - )
Professor, Department of Medicine
At UW: 1953-78

Childhood; Schooling; Internship at Madison General Hospital; Dr. Margaret Prouty; Hiring by Dean William S. Middleton; Triological Society; Women on Medical School faculty; Martha Peterson; Retirement activities.

Childhood; Evolution of the pharmacist's role; Decision to study pharmacy and to undertake graduate work; Research in the production of compressed tablets; Former students; Accomplishments during his career; School's strength in pharmaceutical physical chemistry and physico-kinetics; Closing comments.

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