Interviews 851-860

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Early life and education in Walpole, Massachusetts; undergraduate study at Oberlin College; marriage and family; graduate program at UW in nutritional science; faculty position in nutritional sciences and UW Extension; teaching and outreach activities; position with the USDA; later career at UW; committee service; professional organizations; honors and awards; family and retirement activities.

#852. NIENHAUSER, William H. (1943 - )
Halls- Bascom Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature
At UW: 1973-

Childhood and family life in Missouri, New Jersey, and Ohio; Service in the U.S. Army; Training at the Army Language School; Undergraduate and graduate study at Indiana University; Study in Germany; Hiring by UW; the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature; Service as department chair; Teaching and graduate students; Relations with UW administration; Service on campus committees; Research, translation, and publication; Grants and awards; The future of Asian studies at UW.

#853. HUBERTY, James (1949- )
Undergraduate and Graduate Student, Collector of material related to student protest movement of the 1960s and 70s
At UW: 1967-74

Childhood and early education in Kiel, Wisconsin; family life; Catholic elementary school and public high school; growing interest in politics; enrollment at UW-Madison in the fall of 1967; academics, ROTC and campus life; growth of antiwar and other protest movements; increasing personal involvement in protests; collecting posters and flyers related to protest and cultural events; increasing campus tension and the bombing of Sterling Hall; declining participation in the protest movement; graduation in August 1971; service in a National Guard medical unit; graduate study at UW in Education; family and work life after leaving UW; using the collection of posters and other material in schools; the legacy of the Vietnam War years in American life.

#854. CASEY, Charles (1942 - )
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
At UW: 1968-

Childhood and early education in St. Louis, education in Catholic elementary and high school; undergraduate study at St. Louis University; early research; graduate study in chemistry at MIT; research and dissertation; postdoc at Harvard; hiring by UW; significant research projects; teaching; graduate students and postdocs; department administration and campus committee work; science research at UW; recent developments in the chemistry department; National Academy of Sciences; consulting work in the chemical industry; Presidency of American Chemical Society; university administration; the future of science education at UW and the nation.

Childhood and family life; early education; undergraduate study at St. Norbert’s College and UW Madison; theater at UW in the 1960s; MFA at Yale; academic and technical director positions; hiring by UW; faculty and culture of Theater department; Union Theater; University Theater; notable performances; teaching and mentoring graduate students; university committee service; arts facilities on UW campus; the future of the arts at UW.

#856. WAHBA, Grace (1934 - )
I.J. Schoenberg Hilldale Professor of Statistics, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
At UW: 1967-

Interviewed: 2007	Length: 1.5 hours
Interviewer: Sandy Pfahler	RESTRICTED

Family background; Early education; Cornell undergraduate; Work for ORI and IBM; Graduate study at Maryland and Stanford; Hiring by UW; Research; Tenure; Graduate students; Committee service; Climate for women; Professional organizations; Honors and awards; Leisure; Family.

NOTE: THIS INTERVIEW IS RESTRICTED UNTIL 5/1/2017 OR THE DEATH OF GRACE WAHBA AND CANNOT BE USED WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED, WRITTEN CONSENT OF GRACE WAHBA.

#857. LADSON-BILLINGS, Gloria (1947 - )
Professor of Curriculim and Instruction, School of Education
At UW: 1991-

Family background; Childhood; Early education; Racial awareness; Church; High school; Morgan State; Civil Rights Movement; Teaching; Graduate study at Washington; Curriculum development; Graduate study at Stanford; Anthropology of education; Research; Teaching in East Palo Alto; Spencer Fellowship; Recruitment to UW; Research and writing of the book Dreamcatchers; Teaching duties at UW; Strengths of the university and the department; University leadership; Public school education; Service on the Athletic Board; College athletics; Future of higher education.

#858. BRINKMANN, Waltraud (1937- )
Emerita Professor, Geography Department; Senior Scientist, Nelson Institute for Climatic Research
At UW: 1974-

Childhood in wartime Berlin; Early education; Berlin Airlift; Work in Canada; Undergraduate education; PhD study at the University of Colorado; climate and weather research; hiring by UW; Reid Bryson; tenure procedure; grants and research funding; teaching and graduate students; women in the Department of Geography; campus climate for women; committee service and organizations; awards and honors; new research; retirement activities.

#859. de BOOR, Carl (1937 - )
Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
At UW: 1972-

Childhood and early education in Germany; Life in postwar East Germany; Study at the University of Hamburg and Harvard University; Early mathematic research; Employment at General Motors; Ph.D. work at Michigan; Academic position at Purdue University; Teaching and research; Consulting at the Los Alamos Research lab and military research; Hiring at the Mathematics Research Center with appointments in mathematics and computer science; Research and teaching; Graduate students; Awards and honors; Service on campus committees; End of the Mathematics Research Center; Late-career and retirement activities; National Medal of Science.

Childhood and early education on Long Island; Catholic elementary and high school; family background; undergraduate study at Fordham University; graduate study at the University of Georgia; research and dissertation; research job at Oak Ridge Laboratories; research at Yellowstone National Park; hiring by UW; teaching and mentoring; funding and grants; campus climate for women in the sciences; committees and organizations; family and recreation.

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