Category: Obituaries

Tom had a very strong work ethic having worked 34 years for AT&T (aka Wisconsin Bell, SBC, Ameritech) and another 10 years for UW-Madison DoIT.

He went on to earn his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he was the sports editor of the student newspaper, The Daily Cardinal.

He was a member of the Painter’s Local Union No. 802 since 1946, before his retirement from the University of Wisconsin-Paint Department.

She retired in 2012 as Vice Chancellor Administration and Financial Services, UW Extension. Susan took great pride in her lifetime career and accomplishments for the UW System and UW Extension.

Evelyn worked for over 40 years as a cook at UW-Madison campus. During that time, she met many students who became lifelong friends, and exchanged greeting cards for years even after they had graduated and moved on.

From 1970 to 1990, he served as administrator of the Department of Physics at UW-Madison.

Noted: He later received a master of social work degree from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and a doctorate in social work from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

At the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, where he was a professor, Akhtar created an accredited fellowship program that trained hundreds of electrophysiologists.

Paulanne found the perfect outlet for her outgoing personality, keen scientific mind, and attention to detail at WARF (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation). She passed the Patent Bar and worked at WARF as an intellectual property manager until the time of her death.

As Chief of Dentistry, he was the first full time hospital dentist at UW Hospital and Medical School—Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, focusing on facial trauma, facial pain, and general dentistry.

Thousands of people can thank Masood Akhtar for the reliable beating of their hearts. At the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, where he was a professor, Akhtar created an accredited fellowship program that trained hundreds of electrophysiologists

Noted: He was stationed in Hawaii during World War II and later earned a law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He became a lawyer in 1953, taking some cases to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and served on the Milwaukee County Board for 20 years.

Because he was a consummate scholar, he found an intellectual outlet through his appointments as an adjunct professor in the Departments of Applied Agricultural Economics and Meat and Animal Science at UW-Madison.

Donald worked as the senior research specialist in the Geology Department of UW-Madison. He was an integral researcher of the first moon rocks to return to earth.

He grew up in Rhode Island and joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, Graduate School of Business in 1947.

Grace was an Administrative Assistant at ASTD and UW-Madison Dept. of Housing.

Lobe took the position as a staff architect at the Department of Planning and Construction for UW-Madison in 1965 and retired from the University in July 1995.

He worked at UW-Madison DoIT for more than 20 years.

Jefferson was Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine.

Probstein worked as a research assistant in the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research from 1959 to 1981, and was selected to serve on the committee that developed guidelines for academic staff. In 1981, she joined the Environmental Toxicology Center at UW-Madison as an instructional program manager III, until she retired in 1998.

Donald worked as the senior research specialist in the geology department of UW-Madison. He was an integral researcher of the first moon rocks to return to earth. His work was a great contribution to our current understanding of geology.

You may have seen the obituary last week delivering the news that Dr. Jack Westman passed away at the age of 91. It told of his accomplishments through his long career, beginning at the University of Michigan and followed by his many years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he became one of the nation’s preeminent child psychiatrists.

Jim worked in construction as a brick layer … in the UW-Madison’s carpenter shop.

Larry Nelson was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School who served first as the assistant district attorney and corporation counsel of Iowa County for 17 years.

Wolman attended the University of Colorado for two years before transferring to the University of Wisconsin’s main campus in Madison, where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1972.

Kitty graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1962 and from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1967 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology.

Dr. Westman was on the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Michigan until 1965 when he established the Child Psychiatry Division at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.

He spent the first year of his academic career as a visiting lecturer at Emporia State University, 1973 to 1974, returning to UW-Madison as assistant dean of students and then to a joint position as native American studies coordinator and assistant professor of art.

He worked as a researcher at Walter Reed Army Institute and was an accomplished and published scientist, later retiring from UW-Madison as an administrator/researcher.

She received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Wisconsin in 1967 and a law degree from the Antioch School of Law, now part of the University of the District of Columbia, in 1978.

Born in 1917 to Italian immigrants in Philadelphia, Sanna studied mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison before briefly working in the steel industry and serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

After graduating with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1939, Charles began his career working for a United States Steel subsidiary in Gary, Ind.

June worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for over 40 years and was awarded Emeritus status upon leaving.

Pam was employed at Northwestern Mutual Insurance for nine years and the UW Health Sciences Library for 24 years.

Sue retired from the UW Memorial Library after 34 years.

Bob was associated with the University of Wisconsin Agricultural & Applied Economics Department with major responsibilities in farm management, as well as teaching in the Farm and Industry Short Course program. He retired from the University in 1988.

She worked at the UW Hospital, retiring after 25 years of service.

He went to work in maintenance at UW Madison in 1956, and retired from UW-Madison in 1986.

He retired from the University of Wisconsin Physical Plant after 22 years.

Charles Sanna earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1939 and joined the Gary, Ind., steel works of Carnegie-Illinois Steel, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel .

He worked for the UW-Madison General Library System for over 30 years.

Milan worked as an academic librarian for Slavic languages at UW-Madison Memorial Library for 32 years.

Vivian aspired to be a dancer and studied dance starting at age 12 at the Denishawn School in the Bronx. She graduated from Walton High School and briefly attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

In 1978, he took a faculty position at the University of Wisconsin to run the million-volt electron microscope at a national facility. For 16 years he also directed the internationally-known 3D Microscopy of Living Cells Course on UBC’s campus, providing the foundation for his best-known work, the Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy, still an essential resource.

He joined the faculty of UW-Madison Department of Mathematics, where he became professor Emeritus in 2016. In addition to his significant research contributions in mathematical logic and recursion theory, and his graduate and undergraduate teaching, Terry served for a couple decades as associate dean for the Physical Sciences in the UW-Madison Graduate School.

Ron became a music librarian at Mills Music Library in the Memorial Library at UW-Madison, until his retirement in 2017.

After returning to the University of Minnesota, he earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and joined the University of Wisconsin Chemical Engineering Dept. where he taught for 32 years.

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.

Born and raised in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Mr. Draeger served in the Army in the United States and occupied Japan. He went to college on the GI Bill, earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin.

He earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the University of Wisconsin and served in the Army during World War II in Europe, where he was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge.

As executive secretary of TAUWP, Ed, along with many others throughout the state, played a central role in a nearly 40-year effort to win collective bargaining rights for faculty and academic staff in the UW-System.

For 37 years, he worked for UW-Madison in Poultry Research, and 29 of those years at the University Turkey Farm in Arlington.

She was appointed head of the Business School Library at UW-Madison, a position she held for many years. In 1991, she moved to the Memorial Library where she served as bibliographer for higher education and transportation until her retirement in 2014.

He took a position at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and Hospital. Stuart taught and practiced medicine at the University from 1964-1996, when he retired.