Wittich joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin in 1944 and became the director of the Bureau of Audio Visual Instruction, a 16mm film lending library that served the entire state. While a faculty member of the School of Education, he became an innovator of using media to enhance classroom teaching, and with his exhaustive research he and his co-author published Audio Visual Instruction, Their Nature and Use.
Category: Obituaries
Herbert Goetsch – Longtime public works chief left mark on Milwaukee, Summerfest
Noted: Goetsch served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Army Reserves until 1964, retiring as major in the Army Corps of Engineers. He worked for Milwaukees Department of Public Works for about 30 years after receiving his bachelors degree in civil engineering in 1949 and masters degree in 1954, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Kliebard, Herbert Martin
After earning his doctorate, Herb joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the departments of curriculum and instruction and educational policy studies in 1963. He never fully retired, and was professor emeritus in the School of Education until the time of his death.
Garver, John Cormany
Other than a short stint at the University of Illinois, John’s academic career was spent at UW-Madison in the Biochemistry Department, where his research focused on fermentation. He developed several new fermentation techniques that he shared with his colleagues and which benefited numerous lines of research.
Bloch, Peter Conrad
He was a senior research scientist at the Land Tenure Center and taught at both the Department of Economics and the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Ecology in the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison until he retired. He and his wife, Mimi, are still affiliated faculty in the African Studies Program at the UW-Madison.
Platz, William Thomas
Platz mentored students at UW Law School Legal Defense Project.
Cork, Genevieve S. “Gen” (Otis) (Weitzel)
“Gen” worked for the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a lab assistant for over 15 years, until her retirement
Irwin Purtell helped Harry Quadracci found Quad Graphics
Noted: Irwin Shadbolt Purtell was born in Milwaukee on May 21, 1936, and earned an economics degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His fathers business was real estate, but Wins interests were in the stock markets, dogs, the outdoors and he even moonlighted for many years as a weekend farmer in rural Wisconsin.
Stone, June B.
June was the assistant to the associate chair of the English department at UW-Madison for many years, retiring in 1996.
Weiner, Thomas E.
Thomas was a microbiologist at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene.
Feiereisen, William J. “Bill” : Madisondotcom
Bill was a professor of Mechanical Engineering until his retirement in 1994.
Desotell, Larry W. “Big Lar”
He was employed with the University of Wisconsin for over 34 years in the maintenance department.
Nurse Dockery dedicated her life to community wellness
Noted: She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a bachelors of nursing in 1977. She earned a masters in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1996.
Winspur, Steven
Winspur taught French literature at North Carolina State University, Columbia University, and UW-Madison.
Elvehjem, Robert Stuart
Elvehjem’s career included positions at WARF and the UW.
Zach, Richard E.
Zach served as the chief engineer in the Planning and Construction Department at UW-Madison for 31 years.
Dally, Alfred David M.D.
Dally taught at UW-Madison Medical School as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine from 1969-83.
Robert Stuart Elvehjem
Robert Stuart Elvehjem, age 77, passed away peacefully from multiple complications on Friday, April 24, 2015. He was born on March 13, 1938 in Madison to Conrad Arnold Elvehjem and Constance Waltz Elvehjem. Bob graduated from West High School and the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a BS in Bacteriology. He served in the U.S. Army. Bob’s career included positions at WARF and the UW.
Schweppe, Ralph
Schweppe worked for UW-Madison as a carpenter until his retirement.
Siegfried, Robert
Siegfried is a former chair of the History of Science Department. During his UW tenure, he created nine courses, served on a dozen UW committees and published many articles and reviews. His primary focus was classroom teaching, but his commitment to the public understanding of science led him frequently to write and lecture for the lay-audience.
Doug Moe: The showman side of Stanley Kutler
The columnist, who first met Stanley Kutler in Dec. 2001, says because the former UW–Madison professor was an esteemed author and academic, he had a showman side to him.
Custer, Arlene Ann
Custer worked for 43 years in the Registrar’s Office until her retirement in 2011.
Williams, Anna Maria
Williams is a former assistant professor in the Department of Medicine and Bacteriology.
Karlov, Victoria L.
Vicki was employed as a teacher at UW-Madison Preschool Lab.
UW’s Paul Ginsberg guided students through tumultuous times
In nearly four decades on campus, from 1951 to 1990 and as dean of students from 1970 to 1987, Ginsberg witnessed such historic events as the post-World War II arrival of GIs and the Vietnam War protests. Ginsberg died Monday in Madison at age 90.
Hartshorne, Donna Elizabeth nee Spies
Hartshorne worked for the University of Wisconsin’s Archives and was head of The Oral History Project.
Nelson, James G.
Nelson joined the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in September 1961 where he was elevated to the rank of professor in 1969. He served as a member of the faculty at Wisconsin until he retired in 1995 as Professor Emeritus.
Stanley I. Kutler, Historian Who Got Nixon Tapes Released, Dies at 80
Stanley I. Kutler, a historian who fought for the release of President Richard M. Nixon’s White House tapes and concluded that they proved Nixon was “deeply and intimately involved in sometimes criminal abuses of power, both before and after the Watergate break-in,” died on Tuesday in Fitchburg, Wis., a suburb of Madison. He was 80.
Kutler, Stanley I.
tanley I. Kutler, Professor Emeritus of American History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who specialized in U.S. legal and constitutional history, the Vietnam War, and the Watergate era, died April 7, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was 80.
Stanley Kutler Battled the ‘Luxuriant Privilege’ of Imperial Presidents
Louis Brandeis was, of course, correct when he observed that, just as “sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants,” so “publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases.”
UW’s Watergate historian dies at 80
MADISON — Watergate historian Stanley Kutler, who successfully fought for the release of President Richard Nixon’s secret tapes, died Tuesday. He was 80.
Stanley Kutler, who won release of Nixon’s secret tapes, dies at 80
Watergate historian Stanley Kutler, who successfully fought for the release of President Richard Nixon’s secret tapes, died Tuesday in Wisconsin. He was 80.
Watergate historian Kutler dies; sued to release Nixon tapes
Watergate historian Stanley Kutler, who successfully fought for the release of President Richard Nixons secret tapes, has died in Wisconsin. He was 80.
UW historian Kutler forced release of Nixon tapes
University of Wisconsin-Madison historian Stanley Kutler wasnt content to merely write about history. He made it, too.
Stanley Kutler, the man who sued Nixon and won, dies at 80
Kutler, the man who sued Richard Nixon for the release of the tapes and won, died Tuesday after suffering a series of health problems over the past two months, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. He was 80.
UW-Madison professor Stanley Kutler, 80, Watergate-Nixon historian, dies
Stanley Kutler, the pre-eminent historian on Nixon-Watergate, lover of words and the freedom to use them, and the sort of professor who considered providing inspiration to be part of his mission, died Tuesday. The longtime UW-Madison history professor and prolific writer was 80 and had been in ill health, according to his son, Andy.
Watergate Historian Kutler, Who Fought For Release of Nixon’s Tapes Dead
Watergate historian Stanley Kutler, who successfully fought for the release of President Richard Nixon’s secret tapes, died in Wisconsin. He was 80.
Erickson, Orla L.
She worked at the University of Wisconsin as an administrative assistant for the Dean of General Engineering for over 25 years.
Moore, Ramon E. Ph.D.
He previously served as professor of computer sciences at University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also worked in the Mathematics Research Center.
Sylvester, Diane Jean Wolff
She spent her working career as a business administrator for the University of Wisconsin housing department.
Schneider, Mayvis G.
Mayvis’ career included working in various capacities at UW-Madison. She worked for and with such notable campus pioneers as Drs. Harry Waisman and Paul Carbone.
Plopper, Jim
He was a Spanish instructor at his beloved UW-Madison.
Imhoff, Hazel Marie Friedl
Hazel moved to Madison, and out of school began working for the State of Wisconsin at the Memorial Union and also tap dancing at the old Eastwood Theater before she met and married Harry Imhoff on Aug. 18, 1933. In addition to working for the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union, Hazel worked for University of Wisconsin Neurological Hospital as a nursing assistant and as a cook/chef for University of Wisconsin Residence Halls for a total of more than 20 years before retiring in 1976.
Budig, Barbara J.
Budig worked at the UW Department of Ophthalmology.
Bill Darling remembered as caring doctor, state senator’s supportive husband
Noted: Darling, a graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin, met his future wife when they were undergrads at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Alberta Darling recalled. The couple married in 1967.
Richter, Earl F.
Richter joined the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation WARF, now Covance, on Sept. 1, 1949, as a chemist, and enjoyed a highly successful career in chemistry and leadership.
Fleming, Rosemary V.
Rosemary was the tour coordinator at the UW-Madison Arboretum from 1965 to 1980.
Paulson, John A.
He worked as head of the Planning and Construction Department at the University of Wisconsin in Madison for over 40 years.
Scott, Esther Elizabeth nee Jensen
Scott worked at the UW Medical Library
Hunt, Marian R.
Hunt worked in the Clinical Laboratory at University Hospital for 37 years.
Craig, William Alexander, MD
In 1970, Bill returned to the UW to complete his medical residency in internal medicine and then a fellowship in the newly emerging specialty of infectious diseases. He joined the UW faculty in 1973, as a founding member of the new infectious disease division.
Skinner, Alexander Neil
rom 1963-64, he was invited to teach Hausa at UCLA, and then in 1966, he was hired by the African Languages and Literature Department of UW-Madison. … At UW-Madison, Neil taught Hausa, Fufulde, and Arabic language and literature.
Gombar, Thomas J. “Tom”
An art historian, he retired in 2007 as Emeritus Curator of Visual Resources at the UW Madison Department of History.
Boutwell, Luella Mae
Lou began a career with UW-Madison in 1946 where she served as a dietician at Elizabeth Waters Residence Hall on the UW Madison Campus until 1954.
Mackin, La Vonne E. “Sam”
Sam graduated from Tomah High School in 1967 and worked at UW Hospital as a health unit coordinator and also served as president for the UW Union Local 1942.
Brightbill, Frederick Stamm
He was a professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison
Hovland, Alvin “Al”
After his college education, he began his career teaching at UW-Madison in the Physical Education Department. From 1957 to 1958, he served as assistant basketball coach under Coach Harold “Bud” Foster. Al directed the required and elective physical education programs for men as coordinator from 1960 to 1980. He retired in 1985 after 37 years in the department.
Alvin “Al” Hovland
Hovland began his career teaching at U.W. Madison in the Physical Education Department. From 1957 – 1958, he served as assistant basketball coach under Coach Harold “Bud” Foster. Al directed the required and elective physical education programs for men as coordinator from 1960 – 1980. He retired in 1985 after 37 years in the department.
Deischer, Jerry Deane
He worked for 35 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the University Hospitals, the University Physical Plant and the University Division of Information Technology before retiring in 2004.
Williams, Harry “Willie”
Harry worked for William Powell cleaning, Bob & Gene’s and the UW Hospital Physical Plant. After 29 years at the UW, Harry retired in protest at the age of 55.