Noted: Bill Haberman was born on April 20, 1940, in Princeton, N.J.; his father, Frederick W. Haberman, was teaching there. In 1947, Frederick Haberman joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a communication arts professor and, later, chairman of the Athletic Board.
A star golfer, football and basketball player in high school, Bill Haberman also was a star academically, his son said. After graduating with a degree in history from UW-Madison, Bill went to Harvard Law School, returning to Wisconsin and joining the law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich in Milwaukee.