Interviews 821-830

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Growing up in Atlanta; UW undergraduate; Library school at Emory; Service in the US Army; Graduate study at Columbia and Chicago; Butler Librarian at Columbia; Consulting in Indonesia; UW Library School; Teaching; Research.

#822. BESANT, Michelle (1958 - )
Graduate student, Director of the School of Library and Information Services Laboratory Library
At UW: 2003- current

Childhood and early years in Madison and other cities; high school in Evanston, Illinois; undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign; poetry and literature; feminism and political activism; A Room of One’s Own book store; graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin; the culture of librarianship; The Jail Project; faculty at SLIS; academic position at Florida State University; teaching and research; return to Madison as Director of the SLIS library; library education; professional activities; personal life; the future of libraries and library education.

#823. KRIKELAS, James (1932- )
Professor Emeritus, School of Library and Information Studies
At UW: 1967-1997

Childhood and early life in Cudahy, Wisconsin; the family owned Greek restaurant; public elementary and high school; undergraduate studies; military service; graduate studies at UW School of Library Science; Career as a librarian; doctoral studies at the University of Illinois; library catalog usage research; computer technology in libraries; hiring by SLIS; teaching and research; culture of the department; significant developments in the field; campus and department service; Fellowship awards to teach in Greece; family history research.

#824. PAWLEY, Christine (1945 - )
graduate student, Associate Professor, UW School of Library and Information Studies
At UW: 1991-96, 2006-current

Childhood and early life in North London; education in public school system; Oxford University; teaching secondary school; marriage and moving to the United States; graduate studies in the School of Library and Information Studies at UW-Madison; research and Ph.D. dissertation; teaching positions in Minnesota and Iowa; publications and research; teaching; return to UW as Associate Professor in SLIS; the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America; professional associations; climate for women at UW; culture of SLIS; personal life, family, and hobbies.

Childhood and early years in Denmark; German occupation during World War II; education in public schools and gymnasium, University of Copenhagen; study of literature and poetry; graduate study at the University of Chicago; impressions of American culture; teaching in Denmark; hiring by UW Department of Scandinavian Studies; teaching and research; the student protest years; department chairmanship; the John Brinkman tenure case; the Folklore Program; editorship of Scandinavian Studies; relationship with university administration; graduate students; post-retirement projects.

#826. DRAINE, Betsy (1945 - )
Professor Emerita, English Department; Former Chair, Women’s Studies; Former Associate Vice-Chancellor
At UW: 1976-2005

Interviewed: 2006	Length: 9 hours
Interviewer: Bob Lange

Family background; Early education; Role models; Mount Holyoke undergraduate; Teaching in Philadelphia; Graduate study at Temple; Hiring by UW; Editing; Teaching; Tenure; Gender discrimination; TA strike; Committee service; Course on Booker Prize recipients; Associate chair of the English Department; Chair of Women’s Studies; Associate Vice Chancellorship; Post-tenure review; Gender equity pay exercise; Grievances of women faculty; Chancellors; Barrows case; Campus climate for women; Parental leave policy; Spousal hire policy; Gender equity in UW System; Office of International Studies; Retirement.

#827. GULBRANDSEN, Carl (1947 - )
Managing Director, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
At UW: 1997-present with WARF

Childhood and early life in Viroqua, Wisconsin; Family life and education; Undergraduate education at St. Olaf College in Minnesota; The Vietnam War era and campus life; Graduate study at the University of Wisconsin; Military service in the US and Germany; Ph.D. in Physiology at UW; Law degree from UW; Private practice; Patent law and intellectual property issues; Hiring by WARF in 1997; Intellectual property cases at UW; Developments in WARF programs and operations; WiCell and stem cell research; The Wisconsin Institutes for Research.

#828. BOYER, Paul (1935 - )
Emeritus Professor of History
At UW: 1980-2002

Childhood and early education in Dayton, Ohio; Family background and influence of religion on his family life; Upland Academy and Upland College; service with UNESCO and world travel; undergraduate and graduate study at Harvard; editorship of Notable American Women; research on Salem witchcraft trials; academic position at University of Massachusetts; hiring by University of Wisconsin history department; research on the atomic bomb and American culture; History department politics; service on department and campus committees; research on the history biblical prophecy in America; visiting professor positions at UCLA and Northwestern; Academic Planning Council; work with the UW Press; The Institute for Research in the Humanities; UW administration; activities since retirement; the future of the UW and higher education.

#829. BOLL, John J. (1921 - )
Professor Emeritus, School of Library and Information Services
At UW: 1956-1992

Childhood and early years in Germany and Switzerland; education in the German system; emigration to the United States; undergraduate studies at Union College in Schenectady, NY; military service in World War II; graduate study at Columbia University and the University of Illinois; hiring by UW; teaching and mentoring graduate students; expansion of the SLIS; committee service and professional organizations; technological change and librarianship; family life and retirement activities.

Childhood and early education in Nebraska and Missouri; family background; undergraduate studies at the University of Missouri in Columbia; graduate school in library science at the University of Illinois; professional library work; PhD studies at Illinois; the Library Research Center; dissertation research; hiring by UW School of Library and Information Studies; teaching and research; tenure process; service as Director of SLIS; curriculim development; professional organizations; service on campus committees; department facilities in the Helen C. White building; retirement activities; the student protest era of the 1960s and 70s.

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