Interviews 601-610

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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601. JONES, Charles (1931- )
Professor of Political Science
At UW: 1955-60; 1988-97

Interviewed: 2002 Length: 2.5 hours  
Interviewer: Crawford Young and Matthew Dull  
Youth and education; Graduate education in political science at UW; Military service; Enewetak nuclear tests; Faculty members: Ralph Huitt, Leon Epstein, Henry C. Hart, William Young; American Political Science Association; American Political Science Review.

602. LINDBERG, Leon (1932- )
Professor of Political Science
At UW: 1961-97

Interviewed: 2002 Length: 1.75 hours  
Interviewer: Crawford Young and Matthew Dull  
Youth and education; Interest in sociology; Dissertation and other works on European integration; Appointment to UW; Beginning of interest in political economy; Interdisciplinary work; Collaborations with Stuart Scheingold and others; Visiting scholar appointments; Teaching; Influence of political science department on American politics; Charles Anderson; Vietnam era; Committees.

603. CROAN, Melvin (1931 - )
Professor of Political Science
At UW: 1967-

Interviewed: 2002 Length: 1.75 hours  
Interviewer: Crawford Young, Rachel Girshick and Matthew Dull RESTRICTED DURING LIFETIME
Youth and education; Harvard University; UW in the Vietnam era; Eastern European and Soviet politics; UW political science class of 1967 (Melvin Croan, R. Booth Fowler, Edward Friedman, Theodore Marmor, Donald Hansen); Faculty members, including Crawford Young; Political science graduate program.

604. BRINK, Joyce (1918 - )
Wife of R. Alexander Brink, Professor of Genetics (#012)

Interviewed: 2002 Length: 0.5 hours  
Interviewer: Alma Baron  
Childhood and training as a nurse; Marriage to Alexander Brink; Helping her husband with his experiments on corn genetics; Continuing association with her husband's former students.

605. SCHILLING, Robert (1919- )
Undergraduate student; Medical student; Professor of Medicine; Chairman, Department of Medicine
At UW: 1936-43; 1946-49; 1951-89

Interviewed: 2003 Length: 1.25 hours  
Interviewer: Ann Peckham  
Childhood; Medical education at UW; Internship; Naval service; Fellowship to research hematology; Appointment to UW; Research on Vitamin B12 absorption.


606. FOWLER, Booth (1940- )
Professor of Political Science and Integrated Liberal Studies
At UW: 1967-2001

Interviewed: 2003 Length: 2.75 hours  
Interviewers: Crawford Young and Matthew Dull  

Background and childhood in Niagara Falls, NY; Carrie Catt; Haverford College; Harvard University; Harvey Mansfield; Louis Hartz; Michael Walzer; UW political science faculty; Vietnam; Murray Edelman; Teaching undergraduates; TAA; Political theory at UW; Relations between political science faculty.

607. LINDBERG, David C. (1935- )
Professor of History of Science; Director, Institute for Research in the Humanities
At UW: 1967-2001

Interviewed: 2003 Length: 1.5 hours  
Interviewer: Ronald L. Numbers  
Childhood; Education at Wheaton College and Northwestern University; Decision to study the history of medieval science at Indiana University; Appointment to UW; Teaching; Research; Awards and honors; Evolution of the department; Institute for Research in the Humanities; Integrated Liberal Studies program; Retirement.

608. EISINGER, Peter K. (1942 - )
Professor of Political Science
At UW: 1969-97

Composed: 2003   Transcript: 10 pages

Childhood; Undergraduate and graduate education; Decision to study "the politics of the poor"; Appointment to UW; Political science department; Institute for Research on Poverty; La Follette Institute; Decision to leave the UW in 1997.


609. H'DOUBLER, Margaret (1889-1982 )
Professor, Physical Education and Dance
At UW: 1906-10; 1910-16; 1917-1954

First Interview
Interviewed: 1972 Length: 1.5 hours  
Interviewer: Mary Alice Brennan  

Undergraduate education at UW; Appointment as instructor of physical education; Leave of absence in New York to study philosophy and to research dance; Development of dance program at UW; Orchesis; Philosophy of dance.

Second Interview
Interviewed: 1975 Length: 0.75 hours  
Interviewer: Carl Gutknecht  
Establishment of dance program at UW; Leave of absence in New York to research dance; Philosophy of dance.

610. BRENNAN, Mary Alice (1937 - )
Professor, Physical Education and Dance
At UW: 1959-2002

Interviewed: 2003 Length: 5.5 hours  
Interviewer: Allison Espeseth  
Childhood; Early interest in dance and sports; Undergraduate work in physical education; Masters degree in dance from UW; Appointment to UW; Integration of men's and women's physical education departments; Relationship between dance and kinesiology; Interest in Laban work; Movement fundamentals course and other teaching; Tenures as chair; Moratorium on dance major in 1988; Development of Interarts and Technology program; Collaboration with Indian dance scholar; Committees; National dance organizations; Dance in the public schools; Retirement.


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