Interviews 761-770

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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Early years; Family; Education; University of Illinois; Military service; Marriage; Graduate study at Cornell; UW Philosophy Department; Wittgenstein Society; Hume Society; Teaching; Publications; Department chairmanship; Center System philosophy program; Sterling Hall bombing; Fellowships; Deans; Sterling Hall bombing; TA strike; Courses; Faculty governance; Committee service; Summer seminar; American Philosophical Association; Evil; Honors and awards; Committees; Philosophy of law program; Colloquium on teaching of philosophy; Funding for research; Quality of students; Future of higher education.

Early years and education; Family; Bennington College; Graduate study at UW; Social Security Administration; Children; Nature Conservancy; Institute for Environmental Studies; Dane County Natural Heritage Foundation; 1000 Friends of Wisconsin; Travel; Walrus Club.

Family background; Early education; Central Baptist Seminary; Religious faith; National Guard; William Jewell College; Southern Baptist Seminary; Revival meetings; Graduate study of sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill; Opera; Research on kinship; UW-Madison Sociology Department; Family course; Stratification; Tenure; Campus protest; Dow riots; Living and teaching in Uganda; Makerere University; Publications; Research on Indians in Uganda; Idi Amin; Research on “early birds;” Editing; National Council on Family Relations; Director of graduate studies; Student recruitment; Faculty Senate; Social Sciences Divisional Committee; African Studies Program; Departmental review committees; Higher education; L&S deans; Madison Opera; Teaching in Estonia; Lectures in the Far East; Preaching; Family; Singing.

Early education; Family; Swarthmore College; Research; Field research in Kenya; Dissertation research in Brazil; Beloit College; Hiring by UW; Anthropology department; Tenure process; Department chair; Muriqui monkeys; Teaching; Committee service; Climate for women on campus; National Academy of Sciences; Hilldale Professorship; Leisure.

#766. BURGESS, Ann (1942- )
Director and Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Biology Core Curriculum
At UW: 1960-1964; 1972-2002

Interviewed: 2006 Series: Women in Science and Engineering	Length: 2 hours
Interviewer: Sandy Pfahler

Early education; Undergraduate at UW-Madison; Research in McArdle Lab; Graduate study at Harvard; Postdoc in Geneva; Assistant scientist; Biology Core Curriculum (Biocore); Directorship of Biocore; Biology education; BioQUEST Consortium; Biocore Prairie Restoration Project; Developments in teaching biology; National Institute for Science Education; Biology major; Involving girls in science in elementary school; Climate for women on campus; Academic staff; Chemistry education; Biology 2010; Honors and awards; Ombuds Office; Campus Natural Areas Committee; UW-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve; Retirement.

Family background; Early education; Science school; Undergraduate education at Cornell; Graduate study at UCLA; Postdoctoral research; Women in science; Hiring by UW; Teaching; Tenure; Research; Creating a Collaborative Learning Environment; Field of biological inorganic chemistry; Women in physical sciences; Denise Denton; Physical Sciences Divisional Committee; Committee of Faculty Rights and Responsibilities; Diversity; Campus climate for women; Honors and awards; Women in Science and Engineering Residential Learning Community; Family and leisure.

Early years and education; Case Western Reserve University; University of Michigan Medical School; Residency in pediatrics; Fellowship at UW; Hiring by UW; Waisman Center; Autism; Clinical work; Teaching; Research; Rett syndrome; Community service; Tenure vs. CHS track; Climate for women on campus; Professional organizations; Honors and awards; Leisure; Family.

#769. APPLE, Rima (1944- )
Vilas Life Cycle Professor, School of Human Ecology and Women's Studies Program; Graduate student

At UW: 1971-1981, 1992-

Family; New York University; Marriage; Systems engineering at IBM; Move to Madison; Computer programming at the Department of Public Instruction; Graduate study at UW; Research and dissertation; SUNY-Stony Brook; Teaching at UW-Milwaukee; Editorial work; Research on scientific motherhood; Hiring by UW School of Family Resources and Consumer Sciences (FRACS); School of Human Ecology; Teaching; Women’s Studies Program; History of home economics; Teaching; Publications; International lecturing; Committee service; Climate for women on campus; Vilas Life Cycle Professorship; Honors and awards; Family and leisure.

Family background; Early education; High school; Washington University; Travel in Europe; Graduate study at Cal Tech; Dissertation research; Postdoc in London; Hiring by UW; Research program; Graduate students; Publications; Teaching; Tenure; Administrative developments in genetics and medical genetics at UW; Terms as department chair; Genetics Training Program; Clinical Genetics Unit; Biocore; Institute for Cross-College Biology Education; Medical Scholars; Associate Dean of the Medical School; Acting Dean of the School of Allied Health Professions; University Committee; Faculty salaries; Faculty unionization; Faculty grievances; Graduate School Faculty Executive Committee; Biology Division Curriculum Planning Committee; Center for Biology Education; Policy on conflict of interests; CHS track in the Medical School; Faculty governance; Committee service; University administration.

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