Interviews 591-600
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591. LARSON, Frank (1920 - )
Professor, Department of Medicine; Director, Clinical Laboratories;
Director, School of Medical Technology; Medical director, Program in Medical
Technology, School of Allied Health Professions
At UW: 1947-89
and LARSON, Myrna Traver ( - )
Associate professor, Department of Pathology
At UW: 1966-1990
| Interviewed: 2002 | Length: 1.5 hours | |
| Interviewer: Ann Peckham | ||
Frank Larson's medical training and service in the army; His observation of atomic bomb tests at Bikini Island; His appointment and the positions he held at the UW; Myrna Larson's appointment as acting director of the university hospital's blood bank; Blood component therapy; Blood screening for infectious diseases; Retirement.
592. STEWARD, Joyce (1917-2004)
Professor of English; Founder and Director, Writing Laboratory [now Writing Center]; Director, English Department Introductory Courses
At UW: 1966-1982
| Interviewed: 2002 | Length: 4 ½ hours | |
| Interviewer: Bradley T. Hughes | ||
Background; Writing; Teaching writing; Teaching career at West High and LaFollette HS; Joining UW English Department faculty; English 309; Edna Thomas; William Lenehan; Edgar Lacy; Abolition of English 101-102; Starting Writing Laboratory [now writing center]; Image of Writing Lab; Writing Lab's relationship with faculty and with other departments, schools, and colleges; Summer workshop about writing labs; Her publications about writing labs; Starting English 250 (Women and Literature); Her national professional service with NCTE and CCCC commissions; Her book on writing in the social sciences; Her publications in retirement; Phi Beta Kappa.
593. McNEIL, Donald (1923 - 1996)
Special assistant to the president; Chancellor of Extension
At UW: 1963-69
| Interviewed: 1991 | Length: 1.25 hours | |
| Interviewer: Jim Gooch | ||
Merger of all extension operations; Conflict with Milwaukee campus; Fred Harvey Harrington; Lack of funding; Urban extension in the Milwaukee core; Relationship between UW-Extension and campuses; Role of research in extension; Henry Ahlgren; Theodore Shannon; Television, radio and instructional programming.
594. EMMERSON, Donald (1940 - )
Professor of Political Science; Director, Southeast Asian Studies Program
At UW: 1970-2001
| Interviewed: 2002 | Length: 2.5 hours | |
| Interviewers: Crawford Young and Matthew Dull | ||
Background; Fact and value in social science; Career in the Foreign Service; Princeton; Yale graduate program; Comparative politics at Wisconsin; Research; Southeast Asian studies.
595. PETERSON, Bernadine H. (1923 - )
Graduate student; Professor, Home Economics Education; District Program Leader, Home Economics Extension
At UW: 1957-61; 1965-85
| Interviewed: 1991 | Length: 1.25 hours | |
| Interviewer: Trinke McNurlin | ||
Frances Zuill; May Reynolds; Home economics extension; Elizabeth Simpson; Early interest in home economics and teaching; Ruth Myrland; Professional organizations.
596. LANDRY, Lenore (1923 - 1997)
Extension home economist; Graduate student, Home Economics; Assistant
state 4-H club leader; Home Economics Extension Specialist in textiles
and clothing
At UW: 1954-79
| Interviewed: 1991 | Length: 0.75 hours | |
| Interviewer: Trinke McNurlin | ||
Educational background; Frances Zuill; Relationship between extension and resident department; Educational Telephone Network; Publications on textile legislation; General impressions of her career in home economics extension.
597. VAN DE VEN, Andrew (1945 - )
Graduate student, economics; House fellow and head house fellow; Research assistant to the chancellor
At UW: 1967-72
| Interviewed: 2002 | Length: 1 hour | |
| Series: Housing Interviewer: Eric Olmanson |
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Acceptance to UW-Madison Business School; Position as house fellow at Adams Hall, head house fellow at Ogg Hall and house fellow at Witte Hall; Student demonstrations; High School Equivalency Program; Experimental seminar; "Man, Science and Society"; Edwin Young.
598. ROSE, Angela (1978 - )
Undergraduate student
At UW: 1998; 1999-2002
| Interviewed: 2002 | Length: 1.75 hours | |
| Interviewer: Allison Espeseth | ||
Childhood and high school; Sexual assault experience; Police investigation and trial of assailant; Petition drive to keep repeat sex offenders in jail; Arrival at UW; Decision to found Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment (PAVE) and Men Opposing Sexual Assault (MOSA); Prevalence of sexual assault at UW; Election as president of Wisconsin chapter of National Organization of Women (NOW); Future plans.
599. HILTS, Victor L. (1937 - )
Professor, History of Science
At UW: 1965-
| Interviewed: 2002 | Length: 2 hours | |
| Interviewer: Libbie Freed | ||
Childhood and early interest in history; Undergraduate and graduate education at Harvard University; Appointment to UW; Colleagues; Experience as departmental chair; Teaching; Students; Research; Interest in spinning wheels and weaving shared with his wife; Thoughts about retirement.
600. MERMIN, Samuel (1912 - )
Professor, Law
At UW: 1950-79
| Interviewed: 2002 | Length: 4.5 hours | |
| Interviewer: June Weisberger | ||
Childhood and family; Education at Yale College and Yale Law School; Work in the Departments of Labor and Agriculture and at the Office of Price Administration; Appointment to the University of Oklahoma and subsequently the University of Wisconsin; Teaching; Students; Mermin Committee; Majority and minority reports; Professional activities.
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