She found work in the cafeteria making salads at Truax Field. Later she would continue that line of work for the UW at Chadbourne Hall. One time people were complaining that her Jell-O was so salty; she found out someone accidentally put salt in the sugar container.
Noted: From there, Spangler became an art professor for the University of Wisconsin in Madison, then, aspiring to make more money for his family, started doing work for some commercial firms in Milwaukee.
She worked for 37 years for the University of Wisconsin at the Memorial Library as an academic librarian.
Fran spent more than 25 years working at UW-Madison in the Genetics department working for the famous Professor Oliver Smithies.
Kit Saunders-Nordeen, the first director of women’s athletics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died on Jan. 1 after battling with Alzheimer’s for several years. She was 80.
She was employed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an administrative assistant for 28 years, retiring in 2009.
She then started her career as an administrative assistant for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agriculture, which she retired from in 1994 after over 40 years and created even more lifelong friendships.
Franklin Delano Wilson, Ph.D., the William H. Sewell-Bascom Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, passed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Wallace then worked for the University of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin System for 21 years under five different UW presidents. His final position was Vice President of Administration and State Government Affairs – coordinating UW planning, development and finances with the legislative and executive branches of state government.
He was a trusted and responsive administrator, serving as Associate Dean and then as a Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin.
Kit Saunders Nordeen, who pioneered women’s athletics at the University of Wisconsin in the 1960s and ’70s, and as a top national administrator fought for equal opportunities for women athletes in the tumultuous years following the passage of Title IX, died Jan. 1, 2021.
Saunders Nordeen, who oversaw Badgers women’s athletics after the UW Athletic Board approved varsity status in 1974, died Jan. 1 at age 80. She suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, according to an obituary.
He worked as a tool and die maker for the University of Wisconsin-Madison for many years.
In 1965 David joined the faculty of the UW School of Medicine, Seattle, where he cared for patients, taught medical students, and conducted kidney metabolism research. In 1974 he became the Head of Nephrology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine.
She worked full-time in the Inorganic Chemistry Department for the University of Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene for 26 years.
In 1960, Irene took a job in the UW’s Zoology Department where she prepared and taught laboratories in comparative anatomy, embryology, and parasitology. She worked closely with professors and many generations of graduate student assistants.
He was an NIH Postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, England, before returning to Madison in 1961, to join the University of Wisconsin faculty in Biochemistry. His research focused on the metabolism, action, and nutritional significance of Vitamin K.
In addition to the farm, Nils worked for the UW-Madison in the computing center (now DoIT) for 28 years.
Boykoff also taught classes for the UW-Madison Law School between 1979 and 1991, including his favorite seminar: “Select Problems in Legislation.”
Noted: In 1941, with a loan from Mr. Lee, he began studying at the University of Wisconsin. He worked nights at a newspaper, The Madison Capitol Times. Because Madison had a curfew for anyone under 18, he said, “I am probably the only police reporter in history who had to get a special pass to be out at night.”
Earl worked for over 30 years at the University of Wisconsin as an animal caretaker.
Dr. Waclaw Tadeusz Szybalski, a long-time professor at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.
Jeanette Ross, Professor, Emeritus Status, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, died Dec. 21, 2020, at her residence in Madison.
John Elton Ross, distinguished emeritus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and pioneer in the study of the role of mass communication in environmental decision making, died Dec. 3, 2020. He was 94.
After college she taught high school history, directed the women’s dormitory at Coe College, earned her master’s degree from UW-Madison, and eventually became the Assistant to the Dean of Women at UW. She met and married Joseph Lee Shaw in 1951. She left the workforce to raise three children, returning to the campus in 1963 as Assistant Dean in the College of Letters and Science and eventually the Assistant Director of the Faculty Advising Service, a position she held until her retirement in 1990.
Noted: The couple moved to Madison to continue their studies. Both became University of Wisconsin professors, and she also worked at a law firm before her appointment to the court.
He was a part-time lecturer on factory-built housing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
He taught and provided supervision for decades at the University of Wisconsin Madison School of Social Work and Department of Counseling Psychology.
Betty then decided to return to her first love of librarianship and served as a law librarian and later an instructor in legal research at several law schools, including Duke Law School and finally the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison.
In 1982, Terry and Mary Ann, along with their now four children, moved to Madison, Wis., where he assumed the Directorship of the Waisman Center for Mental Retardation and Human Development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
(Ret. Col.) David G. Dibbell Sr., M.D., Professor Emeritus and past Division Chair, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery, passed away peacefully at home and on his terms on Nov. 19, 2020 .. One of his greatest accomplishments and the legacy he leaves is building the first program in reconstructive surgery at the UW Department of Surgery, where he created international outreach programs, providing plastic surgery and care in Central and South America.
After graduation, Donna worked at the University Hospital in Madison as a Medical Technologist in the bone marrow lab until she retired in 2003.
Abrahamson, a New York City native, graduated first in her class from Indiana University Law School in 1956, three years after her marriage to Seymour Abrahamson. The couple moved to Madison and her husband, a world-renowned geneticist, joined the UW-Madison faculty in 1961. He died in 2016. She earned a law degree from UW-Madison in 1962. Abrahamson worked as a professor and joined a Madison law firm, hired by the father of future Gov. Jim Doyle, in 1962.
Noted: At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Meg received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and history. She also played drums in the marching band.
From 1969 to 1980, he was employed as a systems programmer at the University of Wisconsin’s Madison Academic Computing Center.
She worked as a secretary for the University of Wisconsin, retiring in 2002.
Until his retirement, Richard was employed as the Senior Academic Librarian Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In 1975, she moved to Madison, Wis., where she joined the faculty at the UW Medical School. During her tenure, Renata made foundational contributions to the fields of medical genetics, human developmental disabilities, genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis. She established the Statewide Genetic Services Network in Wisconsin, instituted the University of Wisconsin Master of Genetic Counselor Studies degree program, and advocated tirelessly for genetics services in Wisconsin and at the national level.
Renata Laxova died early Monday after a brief illness, according to her older daughter, Daniela Lax. She was 89. Laxova was a professor emeritus of genetics at UW-Madison, where she worked from 1975 until her retirement in 2003. Her long list of academic accomplishments on both sides of the Atlantic include establishing the first genetic counseling clinic in Europe and the first cytogenetics laboratory, and extensive work in genetics with children and the developmentally disabled, according to her curriculum vitae.
Dan spent his entire career working for the University of Wisconsin Extension Service, primarily for Dodge County as the Livestock Specialist and farm financial analyst.
Flora worked as a research assistant in Prof. Andrews’ lab, in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin. She took pride in supporting the research students and contributing to family income.
Orpha spent a few years teaching and providing in-home daycare services before her long-term employment at UW-Madison Registrar’s office, retiring in 1996.
Bob was a member of the U.S. Army Reserves in 1968, worked throughout his years in Human Resources and became HR Director at the University Wisconsin Hospital, Madison.
Louis was emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin.
He began working at UW–Madison in 1986, and his skills in leadership and administration grew as his work was recognized. At the time of his death, Bob was the Associate Director of Research and Sponsored Programs and Director of Research Financial Services.
Sue took a position at UW School of Medicine and Public Health where she worked with Allergy/Asthma research.
Bob received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, where he continued for over 60 years as a professor in the chemical engineering department and as Professor Emeritus after his retirement.
He was invited to join the Madison faculty in 1954, as the nation’s first CES Training Specialist. In 1956 he was awarded a Fellowship in the newly established National Center For Advanced Study in Extension Administration, sponsored by The W.K. Kellogg Foundation. There, in January of 1957, he was granted the nation’s first Ph.D. in extension administration.
Richard worked as a plumber for over 45 years, most recently at UW Hospital, where he retired in 2006.
He was a Professor of Physics at the University of Iowa (1967-81), and a Visiting Professor at UCLA (1974-75) and the University of Colorado-Boulder (1980-81), before joining the University of Wisconsin faculty in 1981. He began his career in nuclear physics, but soon changed to plasma physics because “it looked like it would be more fun (and it was).” Not only did he make groundbreaking contributions to his chosen field, but he gained the respect and admiration of his colleagues, both as a physicist and a human being.
He worked for 30 years at the University of Wisconsin in the IT Department and was Field Service Manager.
Hall transitioned to the Badger munitions factory in Baraboo, Wis., as a plant manager for two years, until finding his true career calling in human resources and management training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She was employed at the University of Wisconsin Primate Research for over 17 years.
Doris retired from the University of Wisconsin Law School after 26 years of service.
In 1961 he joined the University of Wisconsin Dairy Science Department as a leader of educational and training programs for the National Dairy Herd Improvement (DHIA) program. Under his leadership, participation by farmers increased to include well over half of all dairymen in the state, and average milk production per cow more than doubled.
Her major accounting experience was 12 years as account examiner with the University of Wisconsin extension division.
From 1954 until his retirement in 1989, Jim worked as a professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was Chairman of the Department from 1967-72, Director of the University-Industry Research Program 1972-76, Wisconsin Electric Utilities Professor of Energy Engineering 1976-89, Director of the Energy Research Center 1976-89, and served on the Graduate School Research Committee.
Merritt Norvell, a former University of Wisconsin halfback who became a successful Madison businessman and fought for racial equality, died Monday. He was 79.
He was employed as an engineer with Univac Sperry Rand, served aboard the U.S. Geophysical Polar Center ship and worked for the UW – Madison, retiring as a chemist from the Wisconsin Occupational Health Laboratory.
She moved to Madison in the early 1960s to work in the state Extension office and to complete a master’s degree in Home Economics Cooperative Extension. She is named on the “100 Women Wall” in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, honored for her outreach to Wisconsin communities through her work with University Extension.
