MADISON – Dorothy “Ellen” Allbeck Maurer died June 11, 2017, of congestive heart failure caused by chemo in 1995. In 1970, Ellen and Art moved to Madison to careers at the UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Art as a professor and Ellen as a publications editor in the Department of Agricultural Journalism. She specialized in working with “difficult” authors, drawing on her charm, patience and persistence as well as her editorial skills.
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