Category: Obituaries

He worked for 47 years at the University of Wisconsin DoIT Center.

arbara worked as a serials acquisition librarian at the UW Memorial Library from 1950-1956.

He began his teaching career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1953, where he was a distinguished member of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering for over 50 years. His research interests were in separation processes and controlling the dynamics of biological systems.

He worked at the UW in the Carpenter Shop.

Nataliya was an interpreter for UW Hospital.

She was a member of the UW Foundation Board of Directors beginning in 1982 (ex-officio in recent years), and was the first woman to chair the Foundation (1996-1998).

Esther served as head of the Wisconsin Restaurant Association and later was a dietitian for two residence halls at UW-Madison.

For his professional career, Fritz worked in sales positions at Nabisco and Great Lakes Homes, following which he entered an extended career with UW-Madison Housing, both in student housing and family housing.

Odin, a McFarland canine and member of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department, died Oct. 3. Odin, who had been with the UWPD since June 2010, lived with his handler, Lt. Brent Plisch.

Peter Fox, 21, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, passed away unexpectedly and found peace on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017.

When Mark Cook died Sept. 9 from complications of cancer at the age of 61, there was a great outpouring of admiration and affection on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus and beyond.

John worked for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in the Water Resources Research Program and for several years a joint appointment with the Soil Science Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

She worked for the UW Medical Center as director of outpatient services.

Marcus excelled in his profession as a Cardiovascular Perfusionist for 27 years in the UW-Madison Hospital’s Department of Cardiac Surgery.

In addition, she taught the Instructional Materials Production Course for the University of Wisconsin Library School for 12 years.

Mark Cook was not content to confine his research to a lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Mark Cook was not content to confine his research to a lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

At the time of his death, Professor Bentley was A.P Crary Professor Emeritus of Geophysics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

A long-time professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whose research yielded advances in human health and food production had died of cancer. Mark Cook passed away at his home on Saturday at the age of 61.

Mark Cook, an animal science professor at the University of  Wisconsin-Madison, died at home this week from cancer complications.

Dr. Boutwell was a Professor Emeritus of Oncology at the University of Wisconsin—Madison and an Emeritus Program Member for the UW Carbone Cancer Center. He was a founding faculty member of the Department of Oncology at McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. He was regarded as a groundbreaker for many studies demonstrating cancerous tumor growth.

He became the first Medical Director of U-Care, later to become Unity HMO. During his 35 plus year career at the UW Hospital and Clinics, he became a beloved caregiver, friend and coworker to many in the community.

Charles R. Bentley, who in the 1950s led a team of scientists that measured the West Antarctic Ice Sheet for the first time, and who later explained the mechanics of the fast-moving ice streams that drain the sheet, died on Aug. 19 at his home in Oakland, Calif. He was 87.

He took a tenured position in the Linguistics Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1963.

He was named Director of University Center for Cooperatives in 1970, a position he held until his retirement in 1989.

Truman Frederick Graf was a well-known Madisonian and internationally known Agricultural Economist who taught at UW-Madison.

An accomplished pianist who performed both in the United States and Europe, Carroll was a longtime member of the Music Faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison prior to retiring in 2002.

He was a Professor of Sociology from 1962-1999 at the UW-Madison.

Cheri was a proud University of Wisconsin-Madison Badger, where she earned her Masters of Social Work and Juris Doctor Degrees that launched her onto a distinguished life of service.

From 1995 until retiring in 1999, he was with the University of Wisconsin Foundation.

He worked for UW Memorial Library at the circulation desk and took a break in the afternoon every day to sit and read on the Terrace.

Beginning in 2013, he worked for UW Health as General Counsel, Vice President of Legal Affairs & Compliance at UW Medical Foundation.

MADISON / COBB—Bob “Wally” Wunderlin, age 60, of Madison, formerly of Cobb, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, in Madison.

Later she moved her career to the University of Wisconsin Medical School and then the Department of Economics as the Administrative Department Head.

He worked in computer sciences for UW-Madison up until his retirement.

She worked as an administrative assistant for ASCS, the State of Wisconsin and the UW Medical School throughout the years, where she made many wonderful friends.

Dr. Visick served as a Senior Research Fellow at the Au Sable Institute for Environmental Studies, having planned to attend in August a program honoring its founder and director, a professor emeritus at UW-Madison, with whom he founded the Academy of Evangelical Scientists and Ethicists.

Patricia worked as the Chair and Jan and Kathryn Ver Hagen Professor of Translation Research for UW-Madison Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology in the School of Medicine and Public Health. She founded the Keely Lab in the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research which explores how cellular interactions with the extracellular matrix result in invasive, metastatic carcinoma.

The Lewis Nine Springs E-Way is an impressive example of the UW-Madison professor’s gift for designing environmental corridors that enhance relationships between people and nature, said Bill Lunney, a longtime Dane County Parks Commission chairman.

Lewis became the founder and director of the Environmental Awareness Center (EAC), part of the School of Natural Resources and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He had joint appointments with the Department of Landscape Architecture, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, and the University of Wisconsin-Extension. Lewis also served as chair of the UW Landscape Architecture Department from 1964 to 1972 and taught undergraduate and graduate design courses.

Joan was employed by UW-Madison, working in the Bursar’s office.

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.

Harold F. Deutsch, 98, of Belleville, WI, passed away Monday morning (June 12, 2017) at Door County Medical Center. He became a professor at the U.W. Medical School and joined the Department of Physiological Chemistry (now Molecular Biology) where he worked for the remainder of his career.

She was a faculty member of the UW School of Nursing and an original faculty member of the Nursing Department at Edgewood College, where she helped build and develop the program.

After graduation from UW College of Pharmacy, he worked for over 35 years as a pharmacist at University Hospital.

He came to the UW-Madison in 1980, beginning a 23 year teaching career, retiring in 2003. In addition to teaching in the music composition program from freshman through doctoral students, he taught electronic music, directed the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, designed and built the school’s analog electronic music studio and its first digital electronic music studio, served as Director of Electronic Music, and chaired the Theory/Composition Area.

Ed worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Library.

MADISON – John J. Moskwa, age 67, of Madison, Wis., died on Saturday, June 3, 2017, at his home in Madison, from pancreatic cancer. He founded the Powertrain Control Research Laboratory, the UW College of Engineering’s Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) program, and received five U.S. patents and numerous industry and teaching awards, including being the only university professor ever to receive SAE International’s most prestigious award for automotive engineering innovation, the Edward N. Cole Award.

In 1947, she applied and got the position as Secretary to the Dean of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin. She worked there 30 years until her retirement.

He joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin Biochemistry Department in 1956 and, except for an interval as professor of nutrition and food sciences at MIT, he spent the remainder of his career at Wisconsin.

He remained in McFarland until 1995 as Elementary School Principal and taught graduate courses for several of the University of Wisconsin campuses. He also worked on many projects for the National Science Foundation and the Research and Development Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A former Dean and CEO at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County, Tom became the eighth president at Lake Superior State University on July 1 2014. He received his doctoral degree in archaeology and anthropology at UW-Madison and spent 21 years teaching at various private and public institutions. Dr.Tom was a firm believer that everyone should be afforded access to a liberal arts education.

Ann served as advisor to UW undergraduates in political science; she served as both staff and board member of the Wisconsin Humanities Committee; she was a member and president of the board of the Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries and volunteered at many of the used book sales.

She worked for UW Madison School of Medicine and Public Health in a capacity that she loved.

He retired from his position in the UW Physical Plant in 1996 to sail the seas.

Dr. Baugh held several professional positions within the University of Wisconsin System, including Executive Director of the “Five-Year” Program (Madison), Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs/Assistant Professor (Oshkosh) and Senior Academic Planner, Academic Affairs (System Administration – 27 Campuses). He also served as the Executive Director for the Wisconsin Council of Criminal Justice (appointed by the Governor) prior to being appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1981 to serve as the Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

After graduating from UW-Stevens Point in 1963, Corky took a job at the Wisconsin Union in Madison, where he worked until his “first” retirement in 1995. During his tenure, Corky led the design and construction of the original Union South in 1970 and was the founder of the Badger Bash at Union South in 1972, a Badger Football institution to this day.

After graduation, she accepted an assistant professorship at the University of Wisconsin, where she taught, wrote, hosted local radio programs and, worked on her doctorate in Economics.

He spent a short time at Northwestern before landing a position at the University of Wisconsin – Madison as the administrative assistant to the school of music and accompanist for countless student concerts and recitals. He retired from the university in 1987.