She earned her nursing degree at Bethesda Hospital in St. Paul, her Bachelors degree 1959, Masters in 1964 and Ph.D. in 1966, all three at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Jane was a Professor and Associate Dean in the School of Education retiring in 1992.
Kay worked the majority of her career in cancer research at the University of Wisconsin. Over the years she became the “lab mom” by her description. She spent 47 years working at the UW’s McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research.
After graduation, Jason continued his service to the University, transitioning to a full-time role in 1997 as an advisor in the International Student Services Office (ISS). Over the next two decades, Jason rose to the position of Associate Director of ISS, where he played a pivotal role in shaping the international student experience at UW-Madison. His leadership extended to various campus-wide committees, including the Exchange Coordinators Committee, the International Student Recruitment and Marketing ad hoc committee, and the Behavior Intervention Team (BIT).
Rowlands grew up in Wisconsin and later attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Here’s a look at her ties to the Badger State, and the career that paved her legacy as one of Hollywood’s legendary actors.
After graduating from Washington-Lee High School in 1947, she attended the University of Wisconsin and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. She met Cassavetes, a struggling actor who had admired one of her student performances and wooed her ardently for three years.
Virginia graduated from high school in Arlington, Va., and attended the University of Wisconsin, but she dropped out to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, where she began her acting career.
Rowlands quit the University of Wisconsin in her junior year to pursue an acting career in New York. Like other actors of her generation, she gained invaluable experience in the thriving field of television drama in the 1950s, appearing on all the major series.
June went on to become a Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin, where she taught and advocated for women’s rights for over two decades until her retirement.
In 1986 he accepted a dual appointment at the University of WisconsinMadison in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Department of Liberal Studies, Division of University Outreach. A consummate teacher-scholar, Professor Risley loved teaching undergraduate and graduate students, who appreciated his extensive knowledge, warmth and wit. While directing the University’s Spanish and Portuguese outreach programs, he enjoyed offering adult continuing education classes in the evenings and developing courses in new areas, especially in Latin American literature. He retired from the profession in 2011.
She began acting in high school and continued her involvement in the theater at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy in 1972.
She attended the University of Wisconsin, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, and DePaul University, where she earned a master’s degree in the subject.
While a student in economics at the UW-Madison he began working in 1971 for the UW Department of ADP, which later became DoIT. He started as a computer operator, then advanced to programmer and analyst for the Registrar. His last position was with the UW Mail Team as senior analyst for all email iterations.
Dr. Scott received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale in 1967. He taught for several years at the University of Wisconsin, where he was active in the antiwar movement and acquired a deeper interest in Southeast Asian rural peoples.
Larry D. Davis, Emeritus Professor of Physiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, died on July 14, 2024, at the age of 89. During his career at UW-Madison his successful work in cardiovascular research earned him the Wisconsin Heart Association Outstanding Researcher Award in 1974.
Penny was a homemaker while her children were young, then worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Library, for 24 years, until her retirement in 2011.
“May their memory be a blessing.”
This traditional Jewish saying is usually heard in the context of hearing of someone’s passing. I found myself writing these words earlier today when I learned of the death of Dr. Murray Katcher, a fellow pediatrician and consummate child health advocate. I could call him a personal hero and role model, but the reality is that he went well beyond: a hero to children everywhere, and a role model to anyone who wishes to know how to live a purpose-driven life.
Murray held the position of Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health. As such, he saw patients, conducted research, and published a ton of articles. He taught general pediatrics and injury prevention to a variety of health professions students.
During his career at UW-Madison his successful work in cardiovascular research earned him the Wisconsin Heart Association Outstanding Researcher Award in 1974. He especially enjoyed teaching and was honored when his students voted to award him the Medical Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award twice, in 1988 and 1993. In recognition of his many contributions to the University and the Physiology Department, he was awarded Emeritus Status in June 1996.
After moving to Madison, he went on to work at the Babcock Hall Dairy at UW-Madison for many years.
After a stint at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana he became a tenured professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he worked for more than 20 years. He was especially proud of the numerous interdisciplinary student trips he led to China.
Leo began his teaching career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1964, first serving as an Assistant Professor in the Soil Science Department, then as an Associate Professor, and subsequently rising through the ranks, eventually becoming full Professor and Chair. Leo’s long and impressive career culminated in his appointment as Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) in 1979 and served in this capacity until 1991.
He went on to complete his PhD in Physiology in 1970, and joined the UW faculty. Over the course of his career, he advanced engineering applications in medicine, taught, and mentored graduate students in Medical Physics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Radiology. He retired as Professor Emeritus in 1994.
He retired from UW-Madison in 1997 as Adjunct Professor Emeritus of Counseling Psychology and as Director of Training at the University Counseling Service.
In 1991, he applied to work at the School for Workers in Madison, WI, and started another chapter of his life.
She worked in several Madison-area laboratories, most recently with the UW-Madison Carbone Center.
Soon after, the moved to Madison, where in 1955 Ralph was hired by John Bowers at the UW Medical School to be Business Manager but was immediately put to work shepherding the Alumni Association as his major focus for 34 yeas.
Marquette University President Michael Lovell died on Sunday following a three-year battle with cancer and a decade of service to the university, the university announced over the weekend.
The last time University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone saw Marquette University President Michael Lovell in person was about a month ago. Over beers at Cafe Hollander on Downer Avenue, they caught up on their high-pressure jobs, their families and their futures.
Both leaders were diagnosed with cancer in recent years: Mone announced he had lymphoma in 2020 and Lovell revealed he had a rare cancer known as a sarcoma in 2021. The experience bonded the leaders of Milwaukee’s two largest universities even closer together.
Burt’s area of expertise was Healthcare Law and he advised nursing homes, doctors, acupuncturists, and hospitals. He taught courses in the School of Nursing and in the Law School at the University of Wisconsin (Madison).
For three years he taught at UW Stout in Menomonie. The last fifteen years of his career he worked as a research engineer at Forest Products Lab in Madison.
Born in Stevens Point, Behrendt earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
University of Wisconsin graduate Sidney Williams Jr., the first African American to start at quarterback in the Big Ten, passed away earlier this month.
In 1970 she was employed by the School of Music at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, serving as Undergraduate Advisor in Music Education, and for ten years, from 1976 to 1986, also as administrator of the Summer Music Clinics for junior and senior high school students. She retired from the university in 1998.
The last 28 years of his career were at the UW- Madison in the Art Department becoming an Emeritus Professor.
Jackie also worked in editorships; Professional Project Manager at American Family Insurance; and Administrative and Research Assistant to Dean, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
For several decades, he worked happily in two half-time jobs at UW-Madison, the first as a technical writer at Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE), an academic unit that he first joined in 1966. In 1974, he began concurrent employment as a computer programmer at the Waisman Center, a UW research hub on developmental disabilities and neurodegenerative diseases.
He was subsequently hired as Professor in the Department of Scandinavian Studies, where he taught Finnish and Scandinavian Linguistics. During his time at the University of Wisconsin, he chaired several faculty committees and on two occasions he was the Chair of Scandinavian Studies.
In 1963, she moved to Madison, WI, to work as a Clinical Instructor teaching in the area of fluency disorders in the Speech and Hearing Clinics at UW-Madison in addition to maintaining her own private practice. Her work at UW also included chairing or serving on a number of university committees as well as elected to serve on the department’s review committee from 1987-1991.
Bob went on to achieve his doctorate in High Energy Particle Physics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison (1970) where he conducted post-doctoral research and taught with a multi-disciplinary team at the Marine Studies Center and the Institute for Environmental Studies.
In 1971, Les became a member of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin – Madison to direct the composition program. Later, Les added woodwind performance and jazz studies to his teaching curriculum. Les was completing his 53rd year at UW-Madison when he passed.
In 1970, following clinical work in Bridgeport Connecticut, Larry joined the faculty of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at UW-Madison. He began his prolific research career at the Waisman Center where he established the Phonology Clinic and built what may be the largest database in the world of recordings of children’s speech.
After two persistent years, Dr. Tass Deuland finally convinced Ron to be the inaugural chair of the Department of Pathobiological Sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Wisconsin when the school opened in 1983. He remained chair until 2016.
In 1946, Margaret accepted a position as membership secretary at the UW Memorial Union. She married Dale Fose on August 28, 1948 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Madison. When their first son was born in 1949, Margaret began her career as a stay-at-home mom until 1979 when she returned to work at the UW Memorial Union Director’s Office. She retired in 1988.
She became a professor in the Department of Physical Therapy in 1968 after receiving her PhD in physical education and anatomy. During her 20-plus years in this Department she played an important leadership role, by helping to develop the graduate program in therapeutic science and by serving as coordinator of the Physical Therapy program.
As a Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, astrophysics was both his career and his passion.
After working 34 years at the UW-Madison, she retired in 1996.
After spending a short time in industry, he joined the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin in 1965 and retired in 1990. While at the University of Wisconsin-Madison he taught many different courses in the area of structural engineering and developed special courses in thin shell structures.
Upon graduation, she worked at the University of Wisconsin – Madison Memorial Union.
Dr. Lucille Barash Glicklich Rosenberg accomplished something rare in 1950. She graduated from UW-Madison as a pediatrician.
It was one of many accomplishments throughout her career that contributed to her reputation as a trailblazing woman in medicine in the Milwaukee area.
At a time when autistic children were denied admission to public school, her founding of Los Niños, an early haven of acceptance for autistic children, was a testament to both her empathy and her drive for practical solutions. This same blend fueled her academic achievements – a PhD from the University of California at Santa Barbara and a position as a beloved professor and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Robert worked at Ray-O-Vac for 12 years; and later as an Administrator with the UW – School of Medicine and Public Health’s Center for Health Policy and Program Evaluation (CHPPE) and the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute. He retired from the University after more than 30 years in 2009.
For more than 30 years, Mary worked for the State of Wisconsin finishing her career as a program assistant at the UW Carbone Cancer Center where she often joked that she started at the Cancer Center BC (before Carbone).
In 1983, he joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, as a Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology with a joint appointment in the Department of Genetics. Al was an international recognized authority on the genetics of host-pathogen interactions.
He joined University of Wisconsin Madison-Extension as an Assistant Professor and Community Development Educator in Sauk, Kenosha and Racine counties. He was promoted to Professor and named Director of UW-Extension Local Government Center in Madison, WI.
Many physicists took to X, formerly Twitter, to pay tribute to Higgs and share their favourite memories of him. “RIP to Peter Higgs. The search for the Higgs boson was my primary focus for the first part of my career. He was a very humble man that contributed something immensely deep to our understanding of the universe,” posted Kyle Cranmer, physicist at the University of Wisconsin Madison and previously a senior member of the Higgs search team at the CMS.
In 1960, Julius returned to the University of Wisconsin as an assistant professor in the Departments of Biochemistry and Genetics. There he discovered how bacteria sense attractants and repellants; this research, the study of “Chemotaxis,” was carried out for 40 years. Julius opened up this field; there are now over 1000 scientists, worldwide, studying it.
Lois was employed at Springs Window Fashions, formerly Grabers of Middleton, for several years and later at UW Hospitals and the Physical Plant in Madison as a housekeeper and janitor for almost 23 years. She often spoke with kindness of all the caring people she came in contact with and enjoyed her work very much.
Later in her career she worked both at the UW Medical School and the UW School of Veterinary Medicine doing medical transcription.
She believed that further education would offer new opportunities and so she earned, with honors, an MA in Public Policy and Administration with a concentration in bioethics from The LaFollette Institute at UW and immediately accepted a position as a staff member in the office of the Health Sciences Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University. Shelley’s charm often won the day in vital ethics deliberations.
She attended the University of Denver and later the University of Wisconsin.
