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VOL. 2, NO. 1
Terrace Views
INSIDE:
World Music
Festival
Page 3
Morgridge Center
and the Kauffman
Grant Page 7
History of
Memorial Union
Page 8
The Iron Cross
Page 10

Terrace
Views
Editorial Directors
Glenda Noel-Ney
Julie Vincent - BS ‘74, MS ‘79
Membership Coordinator
Ian Stewart
Contributing Writers
John Barnhardt ‘08
Sietske Brown BA ’99, MS ‘07
Lucy Lloyd ‘69
Amanda McGowan ‘08
Tristan Sather ‘07
Forest Taylor ‘07
Jamie Williams ‘07
Editorial Advisors
Chris DuPré
Marc Kennedy ‘87
Jan Montgomery ‘59
Design, Layout and
Production
Jan Montgomery ‘59
Connie Reeves
Mary Rohrdanz
Janet Trembley
Terrace Views is published three
times a year by the Wisconsin
Union and funded in part by the
Memorial Union Building
Association (MUBA).
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Questions to:
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Letter From the Director
“The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.”
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the
Wisconsin Union on the UW-Madison campus.
For all but the first 60 years of the University’s
existence, the Union has been a home for its
thousands of students, faculty, staff and alumni—
as well as the greater Madison community. What
started as a new idea for a small midwestern
university has grown into a nationally recognized
campus landmark. Little more than a men’s club
at first in 1907, the Union now offers over 1,000
programs annually and provides important
services to the campus in various locations—the
79-year-old Memorial Union, at Union South
near Camp Randall and in eight academic
buildings around campus.
Throughout this issue of Terrace Views you
will find stories that demonstrate our
philosophical foundation over the last 100
years—students are at the center of all that we do. However, we are more than a “student
center.” We have always been—and always will be—a place that builds community
among all our members. We have held fast to our belief that students are the best ones
to lead that community building effort. Our feature articles on the Union’s founding,
its early years and today’s program highlights all have that in common. While it may
seem “common” to those of us who have always experienced the Union this way, it was
not commonplace at all in 1907.
After reading this issue, I ask you to consider this—“What would the Union be like
without student leaders … student volunteers …. student employees?” Would it still
provide thought-provoking programs, exciting entertainment and almost a round-theclock
service to the campus and community? I doubt it. Certainly it would be a great
loss to all of us who use the Union regularly.
Even more significant would be the educational loss. The Union plays an
important role in the Union’s educational mission—through the learning that occurs
while programs are planned and presented, in the dialogue they foster after-the-fact and
in the coming together of diverse people, cultures, disciplines and perspectives.
Creating a place for this to happen in 1907 and supporting it philosophically with
student leadership was truly remarkable. The fact that we take that for granted today
speaks volumes to the Union’s success over the years. We have all of you to thank for
that.
I invite you to enjoy this issue of Terrace Views. When you’re finished, stop by the
Union. Join us as we begin our next 100 years!
All my best,
Mark
Cover photo from Wisconsin Union
archives
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Los Martires del Compas at World Music Festival, 2005
September Heralds World Music
in Madison
Madison World Music Festival
continues to celebrate diversity in
its fourth year.
One of Madison’s highlights returns on
September 13-15 when the Wisconsin Union
Theater, collaborating with other campus
departments and community groups, presents
the 2007 Madison World Music Festival.
In its fourth season, the festival will bring
extraordinary artists from all over the world for
free performances on the Terrace, in the
Theater and possibly in other venues such as
Music Hall. According to Esty Dinur, chair of
artistic selection for the festival, the 2007
World Music Festival has taken on a gypsy
theme with three gypsy acts appearing, one
each night. “Each year themes emerge, but this
time we decided to do kind of a showcase,”
Dinur said.
The three Romani (Gypsy) acts
include Gypsy All-Stars, led by the young
Macedonian/Turkish clarinet virtuoso Ismail
Lumanovski, with Tamer Pinarbasi from
Turkey on kanun, Panogiotis Andreu from
Greece on bass, Seido Salifoski from
Macedonia on percussion/darbouka and
Zildjian Award winner Jordan Perlson from
Philadelphia on drums. The members of the
Hungarian Romano Drom, whose name
means “Gypsy Road” in the Romani language,
use Tsollar, Lovar, Beash and Romanian
melodies to create the band’s repertoire, which
is also influenced by Spanish and Arab music.
The Dhoad Gypsies from Rajasthan, India—
the birthplace of the Roma people—comprise
the sapera-kalbelya ('fakirs,’ dancers and snake
charmers), the langas (poets), the manganyar
(troubadours) and musicians to create an
atmosphere of magical enchantment and an
extravaganza of sound expressed through a
whirlwind of glittering, shimmering colors and
dance.
The Middle East is represented with three
fantastic acts. Haale, who was born in New
York City of Iranian descent, performs an all-
Persian show and creates a trance-inducing
tapestry. Gerard Edery sings in Spanish,
Ladino and Hebrew; his trio performs
Sephardic folk songs and music, ranging from
the Renaissance to today. The Maurice El
Medioni and Roberto Rodriguez Trio offer a
brilliant cross-cultural collaboration between
Algerian Jew and Rai pioneer El Medioni and
Latin Cuban drummer Rodriguez, bringing
two distinct musical roots into a new 21st
century fusion.
Also from Cuba (via Holland) comes
Estrella’s Guajira with vocalist Estrella Acosta
and seven of the best Cuban musicians in
Europe who will take you on a trip through
their land’s countryside with a fresh take on
traditional songs.
World Music Festival student coordinator
Jessica Benish said she is particularly excited
for Estrella Acosta’s dance music performance.
“If it’s out on the Terrace, people will get really
into her,” Benish said.
José Cobles, nicknamed Puerto Plata, is
from the Dominican Republic and sings in a
style reminiscent of the Dominican guitar
tradition of the 1930s and ’40s when bolero,
merengue and son were all variations of the
same Afro-Iberian fusion. His band includes
virtuoso guitar legends Edilio Paredes and
Frank Mendez.
From Colombia comes the 70-year-old
Petrona Martinez, one of the most authentic
Afro-American voices of the Caribbean. She is
the reigning queen of bullerengue, an Afro-
Colombian dance rhythm which originated in
the small towns of Bolívar and Córdoba as
songs to be sung by pregnant women confined
to their homes, unable to attend village dances.
Zimbabwean Louis Mhlanga performs a
refreshing, contemporary approach to the
traditional African dance rhythms of his
country. He has played with Orchestra
Baobab, Oliver Mtukudzi and Habib Koite
and produced albums for King Sunny Ade,
Vusi Mahlasela and others. Dobet Gnahore,
the Ivory Coast dynamo who performed in the
Theater as part of “Acoustic Africa,” plays in
the Willy Street Fair as part of the World
Music Festival.
“We get the kind of music that is really
not available to Americans nowadays,” Dinur
said. “One regret is that, because I am one of
the organizers, I miss some of it. I want to be
there as an audience member.”
An act Dinur is especially excited for is
Dragon Knights, an act of stilt walkers who are
also puppet masters dressed in impressively
embellished costumes. “They’re from another
world, not another country,” she said.
Benish urges all music lovers to come
enjoy World Music Festival. “This year World
Music Fest is going to have something for
everyone,” Benish said. “Everyone should
come out. It’s going to be a really, really great
weekend. I’m so excited.”
The list of acts for World Music
Festival 2007 is still incomplete. Please
check the Wisconsin Union Theater’s
website, www.uniontheater.wisc.edu, to
see an updated schedule and to learn
more about each scheduled performer.
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Wisconsin Union Theater Season—Sure to Delight
Lila Downs
This fall brings an amazing new
season at the Wisconsin Union
Theater.
This year’s season runs from the ten dancers
and five musicians of Tango Fire to harpist
Yolanda Kondonassis with the Rossetti
String Quartet to the amazing Complexions
Contemporary Ballet.
If World Music is up your alley, then
you must see sitarist Anoushka Shankar,
Ravi Shankar’s daughter, who will be
bringing her Rise Project to the Theater.
And how about the Israeli-Ethiopian Idan
Raichel Project; African musicians Youssou
N’Dour and Hugh Masekela; or the 2005
World Music Festival sensation Lila Downs?
If you enjoyed Joshua Bell last season,
then be sure to pick up tickets for Hilary
Hahn, 27-year-old violin superstar. The
Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher
O’Riley, Frederica Von Stade and
Anonymous Four with Darol Anger and
Scott Nygaard are some of the other
performers in our Concert Series.
Jazzy souls will go crazy for Paquito
D’Rivera, a Cuban born clarinetist; 81-yearold
drummer Roy Haynes; and up-andcoming
youngsters Gretchen Parlato and
Esperanza Spalding.
On September 20, Andrew Bird will
bring his multi-genre inspired folk rock to
the Union Theater. American Players
Theatre will bring “The Merchant of
Venice” and Olympia Dukakis will perform
her acclaimed “Rose.”
These are just some of the 32 acts and
two festivals in the 2007-2008 season, so be
sure to look at our complete listing of
events at www.uniontheater.wisc.edu.
WISCONSIN UNION THEATER
Concert Series
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 8 p.m.
Edgar Meyer and Mike
Marshall, bass and mandolin
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 8 p.m.
Hilary Hahn, violin
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 8 p.m.
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp,
and Rossetti String Quartet
World Music
THURSDAY-SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 13-15, 2007
Madison World Music Festival
Free
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 8 p.m.
Anoushka Shankar
“Rise Project”
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 8 p.m.
The Idan Raichel Project
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 8 p.m.
Youssou N’Dour
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 8 p.m.
Hugh Masekela’s
Chissa All-Stars
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Where Quality Endures and New Traditions Begin
Special Events
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 8 p.m.
Andrew Bird
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 8 p.m.
American Players Theatre:
“The Merchant of Venice”
Keyboard
Conversations®
With Jeffrey Siegel
Mills Hall
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 7:30 p.m.
America—Fascinatin’
Rhythms!
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 7:30 p.m.
Festive French Fare
Jazz Series
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 8 p.m.
Paquito D’Rivera Quintet
Travel Adventure
Film Series
OCTOBER 1-2, 7:30 p.m.
Tibet, A Light in the Darkness,
with Sean Cassidy & Patricia
Keith
OCTOBER 29-30, 7:30 p.m.
La Belle France
with Monty Brown
NOVEMBER 19-20, 7:30 p.m.
Pacific Coast with Bob DeLoss
This schedule includes events for the first half of the
2007-2008 Theater Season. For a complete listing, go to
www.uniontheater.wisc.edu
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Students Foster
Art Sale Success
When Christena Gunther first
joined the WUD Art Committee
in 2003, not very many people
knew of the Student Art Sale.
It was more of an afterthought for the
committee, not many students submitted
work and not many people showed up. But
all that has changed over the past few years.
The idea of an annual student art sale,
an all-but-elapsed event in the Wisconsin
Union Gallery Committee’s long history of
many different types of art sales, was
reincarnated in 2003. Under the leadership
of director Laura Parke Amundson (2002-
03, 2003-04), the Art Committee
revitalized the sale and put it back on the
official annual agenda.
When Christena was appointed director
in 2004, she and her committee took on the
challenge of refining, reorganizing and
developing the program into what it is
today.
“The students systematized the
process,” said Robin Schmoldt, Art
Committee advisor and collection manager.
“Christena and her committee reorganized
it and made it much more professional.”
The committee developed an effective
inventory system to keep track of every
transaction and kicked up their marketing
efforts to get more student artists to submit
work and more potential customers to
attend the sale. They also made the sale
more user-friendly by adding informational
signage, changing the hours of sale to cater
to people working on and off campus and
dedicating more time to great presentation
of the work.
After the sale was reformulated for
2004, it started to see an exponential
increase. In 2003, just over $300 in student
art work sold and eight artists had sales.
Over the past three years, the sale has
consistently sold over $1,500 in student
artwork, with an average of 18 artists with
sales each year. “Since implementing these
changes, each year sales have increased and
the quality of art work is high and diverse—
ranging from jewelry, stationery, paintings,
prints, drawings, photography and ceramics
in a variety of styles,” Christena said.
“Every year since [the sale was
reformulated], the sale has seen incredible
growth and development,” Robin reiterated.
“As excitement about the sale spreads via
word of mouth, more student artists are
getting involved and more community
members are walking through the doors.”
The sale has gained a reputation over
the last few years as a great place to obtain
student art at reasonable prices. It has also
received good coverage from the Wisconsin
State Journal and other local publications.
“As soon as we open our doors, we will have
people coming in to get first dibs on the
‘cool’ stuff,” Robin said.
Both Robin and Christena agree that
the sale is a wonderful opportunity for all
involved. “The student artists gain
knowledge in sales and receive much-needed
cash; the customers purchase original art
that is of high quality and an affordable,
reasonable price; and the WUD Art
Committee takes a small commission of
each sale to go toward purchasing art for the
Union and paying for gallery supplies,”
Christena said. “This is one of the few
instances where everyone benefits.”
Christena enjoyed her two-year term as
committee director. “Working closely with
WUD's dedicated volunteers is always a
pleasure,” Christena said, “but from a selfish
vantage point, I liked working the sale so I
could have first dibs on all of the great art!”
Christena purchased numerous prints from
the sale and now has them framed and
hanging in her apartment in New York City,
where she is working on her master’s degree
in Visual Arts Administration at NYU.
“Visitors to our apartment always
compliment the art and with pride I tell
them it's by Madison artists.”
The annual Student Art Sale takes
place every November in Memorial
Union’s Porter Butts and Class of
1925 Galleries. This year, the sale will
take place from Nov. 14-16. For more
information, visit the Art
Committee’s Web site,
http://www.union.wisc.edu/art.
Wisconsin Union
Gallery Schedule
September 28 - November 6
Opening Reception, 7-9 p.m.
Sept. 28, Main Lounge
Porter Butts Gallery:
Sculptures by Alonso Sierralta
Class of 1925 Gallery:
“Good is Good, Bad is Better”
by Huey Peckerhead
(linocuts, acrylic & tempera
paintings)
Theater Gallery:
Paintings by Doug Rassier
Lakefront on Langdon Gallery:
Glass artwork Martha Kauppi
November 14-16
Wisconsin Union Galleries:
Student Art Sale
Hours to be determined; visit
www.union.wisc.edu/art for more
details.
December 2 - January 22
Opening Reception 2-4 p.m.
Dec. 2, Main Lounge
Porter Butts Gallery:
“Passion, Pathos & Pageantry”
by Alex Wagman (sculpture) and
Phil Joanou (oil painting)
Class of 1925 Gallery:
Photography by Cara Cole
Theater Gallery:
“Take Back the Light!”
by John Norback (encaustic works)
Lakefront on Langdon Gallery:
Fairy tale inspired photo works by
Jessie Eisner-Klyle
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Plan ahead: Which Mini Course is right for you?
Mini Courses has something to offer everyone this autumn, whether you’d like to take
advantage of the last days of summer with one last outdoor adventure or you’re set on getting
a head start this holiday season with gift-making or baking.
Curling: Rocks on Ice - Tuesdays, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m., Oct. 16 & 23
This on-the-ice course teaches the technique and strategy of this fast growing winter and
Olympic sport.
Sandhill Crane Weekend Odyssey – Saturday, 7:00 a.m. – Sunday, 7:00 p.m., Oct. 27 & 28
Travel to Indiana to see the fall staging of the Sandhill Cranes (25,000 cranes gathered in a
single field!) and visit the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Holiday Gift Making: Mini Courses offers a variety of great courses so you can give thoughtful
handmade gifts this coming holiday season:
Holiday Candy Making – Monday, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Nov.19
Handmade Card Making – Wednesdays, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Nov. 7 & 14
Mosaic Gifts – Mondays, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m., Nov. 5 – 19
Jewelry Chain Making – Thursdays, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m., Nov. 1 – 29
Enamel Pendants & Earrings – Wednesdays, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m., Oct. 31 – Dec. 5
Check out the full course listing of over 130 unique learning opportunities offered by your Wisconsin Union Mini Courses
program this fall. Visit www.wisc.edu/minicourses or pick up a copy of Break Away!, the Mini Courses catalog. Call (608) 262-
3156 if you haven’t received your copy.
Hoofer Council 2007-2008: Slating a Year of Outdoor
Opportunities and Student Involvement
The 2007-2008 Hoofer Council
has hit the ground running.
With the difficult task of following up a year
that saw a historic level of success with new
events, a fabulous 75th Anniversary reunion
and celebration and financial stability
throughout the six Hoofer clubs, this
enthusiastic group of 19 Hoofer leaders is
looking to expand success to new heights. The
fall semester provides the perfect opportunity
to get new students involved in great outdoor
opportunities available at Wisconsin Hoofers
with the Memorial Union Bash, Hoofer
Olympics and the popular All-Hoofer Kickoff.
The Hoofer Council serves as governing
board for Hoofers, working to support all
Hoofer clubs through collective marketing,
fundraising and program planning, is a
resource and knowledge-base for Hoofer
leaders and also helps program events for
Hoofers as a whole. The executive members of
council are elected in the last week of March
and they appoint officers to chair subcommittees
and sit on Council. Each Hoofer
club also appoints a representative to sit on
Council. Council works on events such as
MU Bash, All-Hoofer Kickoff, Hoofer
Olympics, Winter Carnival and Hoofer
Extravaganza.
Following early success with a wellattended
Hoofer Extravaganza in June, Hoofer
Council President Tristan Sather and
executives Kaitlin Janusz, Kyle Olsen, Patti
Schmidt and Ryan Schmudlach will work
with club representatives and committee chairs
to tackle projects that apply to all Hoofer
clubs.
The role of Hoofers within the Union
Building Project is high on the list, as future
years will see both exciting changes and new
challenges for Hoofer facilities as the project
gets underway. Also on this year's slate is
improving the relationship between the
Outdoor Programs Office and Outdoor
Rentals, continuing financial stability within
Hoofer Council and all Hoofer clubs,
programming successful events and developing
effective and resourceful student leaders.
For more information on Hoofer
Council, visit www.hoofers.org or email
general@hoofers.org with any questions.
-Tristan Sather, Hoofer Council President
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Morgridge Center Encourages Entrepreneurship
with Kauffman Grant
This fall, the Morgridge Center for
Public Service is promoting
entrepreneurship among UW-
Madison students and enhancing
local business in Wisconsin through
a $5 million grant from the Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation.
In December 2003, the Kauffman Foundation
launched its Kauffman Campus Initiative,
providing grants to universities around the
country to begin programs to foster college
students’ interest and support in local business,
according to the Kauffman Foundation Web
site.
The University was selected in November
2006 to receive the Kauffman grant,
Morgridge Center faculty director Michael
Thornton said. The five-year grant attempts to
encourage entrepreneurship among UW-
Madison students and to stimulate Wisconsin
business by funding programs involving UW-
Madison students in local business. The
university matches the $5 million with an
additional $20 million in services and
programs.
“The Kauffman Foundation gives money
to other non-profit institutions and
organizations designed to help students get a
leg up,” said Danielle Majors, a graduate
assistant and grant writer for the Morgridge
Center.
The Morgridge Center is using the
Kauffman grant to create internships for
students with non-profit organizations and
businesses around Wisconsin, focusing on
News in Brief
Dane County, Milwaukee and Ashland areas.
The Morgridge Center chose to focus part
of the Kauffman grant in the Ashland area to
help increase the number of students from
rural areas attending UW-Madison. Ashland
can be used as a model to incorporate other
towns into the program, “so students from
rural areas consider UW as a viable option for
college,” Thornton said.
Majors said the goal is to get students into
the UW-Madison System to work toward a
degree. In the summer, students are sent back
to their local community as business interns,
where they could eventually return to become
entrepreneurs.
Internships will help prevent the
increasing “brain drain” local communities
such as Ashland experience when students
leave to attend college and never return to
their local community, Thornton said.
“The desire of campus is to try to keep some
of the students who are Wisconsin born,”
Majors said. “A lot of Wisconsinite students in
the Wisconsin system leave and go to other
states.”
Any UW-Madison student junior status
or above, including graduate students, are
eligible for an internship through the grant,
Thornton said. The application procedure for
spring 2008 internships begins this fall, and
students will take service learning classes before
interning with local organizations or
businesses.
While the Kauffman Grant funds
continue for five years, Thornton hopes the
program will continue long after the grant
expires. “The idea is the Kauffman Grant
would plant a seed on campus, and we would
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continue with the programs after the five
years,” Thornton said.
Thornton said the benefits of the
Kauffman Grant are plentiful. The expertise of
students on campus is valuable to businesses
and non-profit organizations of Wisconsin.
The program enhances strong civic
engagement by local businesses while
providing students with structured
opportunities to learn about social
involvement.
The internships are paid, an attractive
perk to most college students searching for a
job that looks good on a resume. “Internships
are things students really want to do,”
Thornton said, “whether they’re paid or not.”
For more information on the Morgridge Center
for Public Service, visit www.morgridge.wisc.edu.
To learn more about the Kauffman Foundation,
visit www.kauffman.org
—Amanda McGowan
Robin Schmoldt and James Allen
Craftshop Mural Points to
Creative Opportunities
A new, hand-shaped mural now hangs outside
the entrance of the Memorial Union Craftshop.
The piece is composed of tiles hand-painted by
Craftshop artists and mounted into the mural by
Craftshop Manager James Allen. All Union
guests are invited to come and view the newlymounted
mural outside the Union Craftshop on
the fourth floor of Memorial Union.
Badger Bash:
Tailgating at Its Best!
Join in the Badger Spirit at Badger Bash every
home football game this fall at Union South.
Festivities kick off two hours before game
time and include the UW Marching Band,
cheerleaders, pre-game coverage and contests.
Visit www.union.wisc.edu/badgerbash for
more information.
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Wisconsin Union: The First 100 Years
“Nothing that the professor or laboratory can do for the student can take the place of daily close companionship with
hundreds of his fellows.” —President Charles Van Hise
In its first 100 years, the Wisconsin Union has defined itself as the “heart and soul” of UW-Madison. However, the idea of this place, a
Union, came long before the building and the Terrace we associate the Union with today. In 1904, President Van Hise called for a union
and commons on the UW-Madison campus in his inaugural speech. By 1907, the Wisconsin Men’s Union was founded, bringing to life
the idea of a center for students in Madison. The Union has grown to be a place where students, faculty, alumni and community
residents can socialize and relax. In celebrating its centennial anniversary, we look at the Wisconsin Union’s history, 1907 to the Union
we know today.
1900s-1910s
In 1907, the student members of the Iron
Cross Society organized the Wisconsin Men’s
Union and leased the first floor of the
university YMCA, located just west of the Red
Gym. The Men’s Union popularized the YMCA
by increasing student activity through billiard
tables, games, dances, exhibitions, shows,
meeting rooms and more.
In 1916, the Men’s Union lease was
terminated by the Y. The Y objected to the
Union’s sale of cigars and use of billiard tables.
The Union relocated to the Raymer House.
By 1919, the Regents agreed to let the
Memorial Union Building Committee of
students, faculty and alumni raise $500,000 to
build a Union building to serve as the
University’s War Memorial. Regent President
Walter Kohler, Sr., who later became Governor,
agreed to chair the committee.
1920s
The 1920s were marked by the campaign
efforts to build a Union building. In 1920, the
Union Board presented its first concert series.
During the early campaign years, sociology
Prof. Ned Gardner traveled around the country
finding “lost” UW-Madison alumni (since no
records of alumni were kept at this time) and
signing up individual pledges ranging from $5
to $500.
“I took a train and went up there and got hold of
one of the leading alumni and said, ‘I want to see
Mr. and Mrs. So and So.’ He said, ‘You can’t talk
to them – they’re poor. They haven’t got any money
at all.’ I said, ‘They are graduates of Wisconsin;
their parents were graduates of Wisconsin; and
they’ve got children at the university. Let’s go talk
to them.’ I went in and told them the university’s
need, that the university was suffering a loss of
morale because it had grown so large, and there
were no facilities for students to get to know each
other. This tall, old gentleman got up and said,
‘Professor Gardner, I think we’d like to take two of
those life memberships.’” —Prof. Ned Gardner
Jack Dollard, who assisted Gardner in 1922
and succeeded him in 1923, brought the
campaign to campus, working with Union
Board, class presidents and student service
organizations in staging annual campaigns. In
those campaign years of the mid- to late 1920s,
one of every two students pledged $50 or more
—the equivalent to about $500 in today’s
dollars—to create a building some would never
use as students.
On Armistice Day, 1925, UW President
Glenn Frank dug the first shovelful of dirt,
signifying the start of constructing a Union
Building.
Porter Butts was appointed the first Union
Director in 1926. The Union’s governing body,
Union Council, was created in 1927. The
Memorial Union building formally opened on
October 5, 1928.
1930s
On October 12, 1929, known as “Black
Tuesday,” the stock market crashed, beginning
the Depression Era of the 1930s. On this day,
all Madison banks closed. By noon, the Union
was already issuing meal books on credit to 300
students caught without cash. Throughout the
Depression, the Union was determined to
provide students with the lowest costs possible.
Prices were reduced 20 to 33 percent and meal
prices were cut to an average low of 24 cents.
In 1930, the first Salon of Art opened. In
1931, the Hoofers Outing Club was formed
and the Memorial Union Craftshop opened.
The Board of Regents approved the sale of 3.2
beer at the Union in 1933, making it the first
union to serve beer at a public university.
Women gained more privilege at the
Union, opening the Katskeller for daily
afternoon teas for women in response to the
male-only Rathskeller. By 1937, women could
enter the Rathskeller during the summer
session.
The Union was recognized by the Regents
as UW’s Division of Social Education in 1935.
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The Union Theater opened October 9, 1939,
with a performance by Alfred Lunt and Lynn
Fontanne in “The Taming of the Shrew.”
Also in 1938-39, the Wisconsin Men’s
Union and the Union Program Board dissolved.
The Union’s programming responsibilities were
turned over to the Wisconsin Union
Directorate, a programming body, including
women, to provide cultural, social and
recreational programs.
1940s
By the early 1940s, sunburst chairs appeared on
the Union Terrace. During World War II,
2,000 Navy personnel were fed in the dining
rooms for three shifts a day, every day of the
year, and all service men and women were given
membership privileges.
The Rathskeller fully opened to women for
the first time in 1942-43. By 1944, there were
3.6 women for every man on campus, and in
1943-1944, Carolyn Hall became the Union’s
first woman president.
1950s
1960s
The political and social
unrest of the 1960s
brought many significant
events to campus. In
1962, Martin Luther
King Jr. gave a
memorable speech to a
Union Theater crowd. The Union became an
increasingly popular student gathering place,
with a 1967 survey showing 18,663 students
entering the Union daily.
In 1968, Porter Butts retired after 42 years
as Union director. Ted Crabb, the Union
student president in 1953-54, was appointed
the second Union director. By 1969, Union
programs truly reflected the 1960s era. Jesse
Jackson, Andrew Young and Nathan Wright all
spoke at the Union this year and a student
production of the play Peter Pan led to a
campus-wide ban on nudity in all University
drama.
“The culture was changing so much that every
month felt like a different year … There was a
sensibility among students that they could change
the world. The student union was the cultural and
political headquarters.”
—David Maraniss, Washington Post reporter,
UW-Madison alum and author of “They
Marched Into Sunlight,” a book about
Vietnam and the United States.
1970s
1980s
In 1983, the Memorial Union Building
Committee purchased the necessary tools and
dies to keep the sunburst chairs on the Terrace.
In 1986, the legal drinking age in Wisconsin
increased from 18 to 21 years old, meaning
while all students were welcome at the Union,
only those 21 years and older could drink the
beer served. In 1987, thousands of visitors
attended the grand opening festivities of a
newly renovated Union Terrace. The Union’s
Browsing Library served as the first home to the
University’s Interim Multicultural Center in
1988. After years of success, the Union Theater
celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1989 with
many special programs, including the Vermeer
String Quartet, The King’s Singers, a lecture by
Rosa Parks and more.
1990s
In 1995, the
Morgridge Center
for Public Service
opened and became
a department of
Wisconsin Union.
The Red Gym became its permanent home in
1998. By 1997, the Wisconsin Union launched
its first Web site. In 1999, the Hoofers Riding
Club found a permanent stable in the town of
Montrose, just southwest of Madison.
2000s
The Union
During the 1970s, the Union had hit a
welcomed its third
crossroads. Enrollment and revenue were down
director Mark
The 1950s brought further advancement to the and the campus decentralized. In spring 1971,
Guthier in 2001 as
Union. In 1952, the original Memorial Union Union South opened, serving the southwest
Ted Crabb retired.
Building Committee became the Memorial part of campus. The new Union opened with
In 2003, the Union
Union Building Association (MUBA), a taxexempt
the motto “Fewer Walls, More Bridges.” The celebrated its 75th anniversary of the opening
educational corporation to serve the Union expanded its programs as well, offering of the Memorial Union building. This decade
Wisconsin Union. In 1953, the Union
the first Mini Courses in 1972. In 1978, the also marked the creation of a Student Union
celebrated its first 25 years with the production Memorial Union celebrated its golden 50th Initiative. Much like the building campaign of
of the film “Living Room of the University,” anniversary with the theme “The Wisconsin the ‘20s, students once again took the lead in
portraying the purpose and programs of the Union: A Half Century of Constructive raising funds to renovate Memorial Union and
Union. It won a Hollywood Screen Producer’s Involvement.” Also in the 1970s, the Union completely redesign Union South. In October
Award. In 1956, the Union kitchen and opened a day care and the first full-time blood 2006, the Student Union Initiative passed,
cafeteria were remodeled and expanded at a cost donor center on a college campus.
jump-starting a campaign to improve the
of more than $1 million.
Union buildings into the future. This year, the
Wisconsin Union celebrates its centennial
—Amanda McGowan
anniversary of the founding of the Wisconsin
Men’s Union and all it has contributed to
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UW-Madison in 100 years.
9

The Iron Cross: A society servicing the university
The wind blew up off Lake
Mendota, pushing Richard
Hollen’s jacket tight against his
back and lifting his collar into his
face as he hiked up Bascom Hill.
He straightened his jacket and
hunched his shoulders, letting the
wind pass over him and continued
his trek toward the square.
For the second time, he briefly considered
turning around. Finals loomed in the near
future and he had quite a bit of ground to
cover to catch up. He only lingered a
moment though and then quickly pushed
finals out of his mind for the last time. Right
now, all he wanted was a relaxing evening
with some friends.
The wind gusted again, this time hitting
him fully in the side of the face and
throwing his hair wildly to the side. He
scowled and tried to walk faster. Quickening
his pace, he trotted down the other side of
Bascom and strode toward the parade
grounds. He thought again about the letter
he had received from his old friend “Ducky”
Bigelow, who had transferred to Yale from
Wisconsin the previous semester. Something
in the letter had caught his imagination and
refused to go away.
Ducky had written that, at 8 p.m. on a
Wednesday, he had been visiting a friend at
his apartment. Suddenly, there had been a
sharp knock at the door, which his friend
then answered. Two men in dark suits were
standing outside, one holding a small, black
briefcase. The other had clapped his friend
roughly on the shoulder and said, “Skull and
Bones: Do you accept?” His friend was
thrown off guard, but he quickly pulled
himself together and accepted the offer. He
was then handed a small scroll and the two
men left.
Ducky had departed soon after, seeing
that his friend wished to be alone. The
experience had stuck with him though,
enough that he had included a vivid
description of it in his letter to Richard.
Richard knew of the secret societies at
Yale, but this was the first time he had ever
heard a firsthand account. The thought of an
elite society, carrying out its work behind the
scenes of everyday life on the campus,
excited him, vaguely reminding him of a
story he had read once in an adventure
magazine. Of course, there would have to be
some purpose behind such an organization.
He began to think about how grand it would
be if Wisconsin had an organization like
that.
Reaching the square, he turned into a
brightly lit tavern, his head buzzing with
ideas. He saw two friends enjoying a drink at
a far table and, shouting a hello, went to join
them.
The Iron Cross, ancient symbol of the
Teutonic Knights, became the title, as well as
symbol, of UW-Madison’s very own elite
honors society in the early 1900s. The
conception of and initial push for Iron Cross
was credited to Richard “Dick” Hollen by
Willard Stephenson (Iron Cross 1907), and
Willard believed that it had occurred
sometime in 1902. In any event, the Iron
Cross was already an established presence by
the time Willard became a member.
The society based itself on the idea of
working for the good of the university,
without thought of recognition or reward. Its
credo—“Strength without ostentation”—
encapsulated the society’s beliefs and values.
Iron Cross members were originally taken on
the faith or recommendation of a friend or
university alumnus and election into the Iron
Cross was based upon three years of actual
campus performance.
Every year, the Iron Cross shield would
be chained to the pillars before Bascom Hall,
the names of that year’s inductees etched into
it.
“That was how we found out who was
elected,” said Ted Crabb (Iron Cross 1953),
“You would walk by the front of Bascom and
see your name on the plaque or someone else
would see it and come and tell you.”
Iron Cross inductees have the
distinction of being the best of each class,
those students who stand out among their
peers both academically and through public
service. The Iron Cross shields can be seen
today on the walls outside the Rathskeller.
“The shields are an ongoing tribute to the
society that helped found and continues to
support the Union,” commented Jeff Kunz
(Iron Cross 1971), alumni chair of the
Memorial Union Building Association
(MUBA). “We need these leaders again to
help our University and its students by
rebuilding Union South and renovating the
Memorial Union.”
Though relatively anonymous, it can be
assumed that the Iron Cross carried out a
great many tasks and services for the
university and university presidents. As
Willard Stephenson wrote in a letter to
Porter Butts in the 1960s, “When he
(President Van Hise) wanted something
done, he had Professor Sharp come to me.
An Iron Cross meeting would result.”
After discussion, members would be
selected to perform the required task and it
would be carried out. Willard tells about
how Iron Cross members were a driving
force in cleaning up Big Ten football
recruiting in the early part of the 20th
century and how the Iron Cross organized
the dunking in Lake Mendota of an entire
platoon of University regiment after they had
been insubordinate to a 2nd lieutenant.
By far, the most visible Iron Cross
achievement on campus has been the
founding of the Wisconsin Union in 1907.
At the request of President Van Hise to save
the failing YMCA on Langdon Street, the
Iron Cross established the Wisconsin Men’s
Union, thus saving the YMCA from
financial ruin. Once established, the
Wisconsin Men’s Union used the main floor
of the YMCA as a general place for students
to gather. They installed club rooms,
meeting rooms, newspapers, billiard and card
tables and a cigar stand. Iron Cross members
also persuaded some of the popular men on
campus to rent rooms upstairs, solidifying
the Union’s place in the collective student
mind of the university.
In 1916, the YMCA board, having been
opposed to tcigars and billiard tables from
the beginning and finally on solid financial
footing, gave the Wisconsin Men’s Union the
boot, prompting them to seek a new home.
In 1928, through the hard work and selfless
generosity of thousands of individuals,
including many Iron Cross members, the
brand new Wisconsin Union opened its
doors, thus giving the entire university a
place to call home.
—Forest Taylor
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Celebrating 100 Years
T H E H E A R T A N D S O U L O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F W I S C O N S I N
Show your support of the Wisconsin Union
and help us secure our place as the “heart and soul” of UW–Madison for the next 100 years.
Your support will make a difference to the thousands of students, faculty, staff, annual and
lifetime members, and community residents who enjoy this institution.
Simply visit www.uwfoundation.wisc.edu, click on Wisconsin Union, and designate your gift, or you can mail your check,
payable to the UW Foundation – Wisconsin Union to:
UW Foundation, US Bank Lock Box, P.O. Box 78807, Milwaukee, WI 53278-0807
Please remember to indicate which fund you are supporting. For additional information on naming opportunities at the
Wisconsin Union, contact Glenda Noel-Ney, Director of Development at 608-262-2687, or noelney@wisc.edu.
Current priorities for support include the following:
Wisconsin Union Building Fund
(12904520)
Support the historic renovation of
Memorial Union and reconstruction
of a new, “green” environmentally
sustainable south campus union.
Wisconsin Union Theater Endowment
(1290659)
Continue the tradition of bringing
world-class performers and inspirational
speakers to the University and greater
Madison community.
Morgridge Center for Public Service
(12901311)
Advance the Wisconsin Idea by promoting
civic engagement, strengthening teaching
and learning, and building collaborative
partnerships through public service, servicelearning
and community-based research.
Hoofers Fund (12904606)
Make outdoor recreation experiences
accessible to everyone, through six
different clubs offering fun and exciting
activities for beginners to experienced
outdoor recreation enthusiasts.

74th Annual Tudor Holiday
Dinner Concerts
Participate in one of the Wisconsin Union’s most festive traditions—
Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts—on November 28-30, December 1, 2,
4, or 5, 2007.
Hors d’oeuvres are served at 5:45 p.m., dinner at 6:45 p.m. and the choir sings throughout
the night! Union members can use the application below to buy tickets before the event
opens to the public on October 1, 2007. For more information, visit
www.union.wisc.edu/tudordinners.com or call (608) 262-2201.
The Wisconsin Union Tudor Holiday Dinner
Concert Order Form
ORDER NOW–DON’T DELAY! Ticket requests will be filled in order of receipt. Parking information and answers to
frequently asked questions will be mailed with tickets.
Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts: November 28-30, December 1-2 & 4-5, 2007. Due to demand, please indicate your top
three preferred dates, at least one of which must be a Tuesday-Thursday evening.
1._______________________________________________________________________
2._______________________________________________________________________
3._______________________________________________________________________
Please note two-tier price. Enclose payment based on first choice of date. Refunds for overpayment will be mailed
with tickets, if necessary.
Sun/Tue/Wed/Thur
Fri/Sat
_____ Number of tickets $ _____ ($37.50/member • $42.50/non-member)
_____ Number of tickets $ _____ ($40.00/member • $45.00/non-member)
_____ Number of vegetarian dinners requested
Ticket total___________
Processing fee $2.50 per ticket x ____ tickets = $___________
TOTAL $ ___________
Orders that do not include the processing fee will be returned.
Name ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Daytime Phone ( _________ ) ___________________________________________________________________________
Address ______________________________________________________________________________________________
City __________________________________________________________________________________________________
State _____________________________________ Zip Code ___________________________________________________________________________
Union Membership: ❑ Life ❑ Annual ❑ Student
Membership or Student ID number _______________________________________________________________________
Payment: ❑ Check enclosed
Please make checks payable to Union Theater Box Office.
❑ Visa ❑ Mastercard ❑ American Express ❑ Discover
Card Number __/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/
Expiration Date: month _____________ year _____________
Signature ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Return order form with payment to: Union Theater Box Office, 800 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706
Please call (608) 262-2201 with questions.
Mary Osgood & Norm Plunkett
Union Sighting
Many of Mary Osgood’s fondest
memories as a student at UW-
Madison in the 1950s involve
canoe trips with her dorm mates
in the all-women’s Barnard Hall.
After deciding the Union was a perfect place
for a reunion, Mary and her husband, Norm
Plunkett, traveled to Madison to spend a
weekend catching up and reminiscing with
nine of Mary’s Barnard Hall-canoeing
friends.
Mary graduated from UW-Madison in
1957 with a degree in child development and
now lives in Denver, Colo., and Atlanta, Ga.,
and works as a watercolor artist. Mary is the
fourth generation in her family to attend
UW-Madison and can trace her family’s
history in Madison to before the Civil War.
Mary’s great-grandfather, Dewitt
Clinton Salisbury, was a pioneer who settled
in Oregon, Wis., in 1846. Dewitt and his
brother lived in South Hall at UW in the
early 1860s. In his last semester at UW,
Dewitt was called to fight in the Civil War
after Abraham Lincoln made a proclamation
in 1862 to help save the Union. Two weeks
before graduation, Dewitt left UW to fight
in the war, saying he had learned everything
he needed and didn’t need the diploma to
prove it. Dewitt went on be a farmer, do
some law work and serve as Dane County
Superintendent of Schools.
Dewitt’s daughter, Grace Salisbury—
Mary’s grandmother—earned a teaching
certificate at UW-Madison. Mary’s mother
and father both attended college at UW-
Madison, and Mary and her brother followed
in the family’s footsteps. Mary and Norm
said they enjoyed their stay in Madison at
the Union and can’t wait to come back.
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Wild GRAPEVINE
F A L L 2 0 0 7 C O N N E C T I N G Y O U T O W I S C O N S I N U N I O N F R I E N D S & F A M I LY
In This
Issue
MUBA Trustee Doris
Weisberg: An
Engaged and Giving
Supporter
16
Peter Antaramian:
A High Standard of
Leadership
17
Dan Erdman:
Designing for the
Future
19
Roland Liebenow
20
Reflections From
Ted Crabb
Students in the Union’s 100 years
When the Wisconsin Union celebrates the 100th anniversary of
its founding this fall, it can look back on a century of student
involvement in governance and programs of the Union. Unlike
many unions across the country, the Wisconsin Union has
never called itself a “student union.” It has always served a
broader group: the entire university community, as well as city
and alumni members. Yet the Wisconsin Union is a “student
union” in an important respect. It was begun by students; it is
governed primarily by students; and its programs and activities
are student-led and student-organized.
It was the students of the Iron Cross society who formed the
Wisconsin Men’s Union and the Union Program Board in 1907. The two organizations were unique. The
Wisconsin Men’s Union was the first all-campus student governing board, and the Union Board was the
first all-campus programming board. It sponsored programs in facilities around campus and in the city —
from Bascom Hall and the Armory to the Parkway Theater on the Capitol Square.
Students spearheaded the fund drive in the 1920s that raised the money to build the Memorial Union.
One of every two students on campus during that decade contributed to the Union Building Fund.
Students were part of the writing of the constitution for the Union in 1927, along with faculty and
staff. In addition to changing the name of the Wisconsin Men’s Union to the Wisconsin Union, the new
constitution called for a governing board composed of nine students and six non-students. This kind of
student participation was unheard of at the time, but the proposal won support from the student body, the
faculty and the Board of Regents. The governing board, known then and now as Union Council, was given
the responsibility to set the policies for the new union. For the past 80 years, the student majority Union
Council has provided the governance and leadership for the Union to stay current with the times.
When the Union Theater opened in 1939, the Union Council voted to change the name of the
original Union Program Board to the Wisconsin Union Directorate and made it responsible for the
Continued ...
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programs in the new Union Theater, as well
as for other all-campus programs. The
council also recommended the formating of
a new all-campus student governing board
to replace the former Wisconsin Men’s
Union. The new Student Board was
approved by the student body in an allcampus
referendum.
For 100 years, the Union Program
Board (until 1938) and the Union
Directorate (since 1939) provided
programming social, cultural and
recreational programs for the campus
community. In addition, planning these
programs provided learning opportunities
outside the classroom to supplement
student “in class” learning.
In the 1970s, when the University of
Wisconsin merged with the Wisconsin State
Colleges, the state Legislature recognized
student governance. Enacting Wis. Stat. §
36.09(5), the Legislature made it official
that students would participate in
governing the respective campuses, along
with faculty and academic staff. In response
to the new merger legislation, the Board of
Regents officially recognized Union Council
and the Wisconsin Student Association (the
student governing board) as governing
boards.
In the last two years, students led the
long and difficult effort to win student
approval of an increase in the student
segregated fee to provide substantial
funding for a new south campus Union and
for the refurbishing and updating of a
portion of the Memorial Union.
Each year of the last 100, a new group
of student leaders has emerged to take on
the responsibilities and challenges of
governing the Wisconsin Union. Over the
years, these student leaders have addressed
such questions as whether the Union should
be a smoke-free facility, whether it should
provide temporary housing for the Multi-
Cultural Center, whether Playboy magazine
should be sold in the Union and how much
free speech could be accommodated in the
Commons corridor, as well as the more
mundane but fundamental issues of rental
rates and the Union’s annual budget.
And each year, the Union Directorate,
the all-student programming board, has
sponsored the lectures, music, films, art
exhibits and outing opportunities that make
the campus such a vibrant place. The
Directorate chairs and their committee
members choose the lecturers, the
performers, the artists, the bands and the
Hoofer trips, handle all the technical details
that go into presenting a performance or
exhibit or running a ski trip, including the
many financial decisions involved in
operating free and paid programs under the
Union budget.
At the time of my retirement in 2002, I
said what I believed, “that students are the
Union’s largest constituency and the ones
most central to its mission. At the same
time, they are the ones in whom we place
responsibility for the running of the Union.
If someone were to ask why we place so
much responsibility for programming and
governance in the hands of students, we
would ask in return, ‘Why would we not?’
We’ve been doing it for all these years and
we’ve sponsored thousands of educational
programs that provided leadership training
and experience for thousands of students.”
This is the purpose and the essence of the
Wisconsin Union.
—Ted Crabb
NEWS FLASH!
Terrace Views is going online!
Dear Union Members,
I am pleased to announce that beginning with our Winter/
Spring issue, Terrace Views will be available on our Web site.
We have implemented a subscription service that allows you to
be notified when it has been posted—well before copies will be
in the mail.
For those of you who would rather read Terrace Views
online, please go to www.union.wisc.edu/terraceviewssubscribe
and fill out your subscription information. All you need to sign
up is your name, an active email address and the ID number
printed on the back page of this publication next to your name.
If you have any questions, or have problems subscribing,
please contact Ian Stewart at (608) 262-2263 or me at (608)
890-1736 and we’ll be happy to assist you. If you have any other
ideas to enhance Union member benefits, don’t hesitate to
contact me at jvincen1@wisc.edu with your suggestions. I look
forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
Julie Vincent
Assistant Director, Wisconsin Union
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Welcome
2007-08
WUD Officers
As another year begins at
the Wisconsin Union, we
are able to welcome our new
Wisconsin Union
Directorate officer team.
View from the Fifth Floor:
Student Involvement in the Wisconsin Union Building Projects
John Barnhardt, Wisconsin Union President
In preparing for the Wisconsin Union’s new
South Campus Union building and Memorial
Union building projects, many students are
finding ways to give their input and have a
hand in the design process through new
student led organizations. These groups, the
“Design Committee,” and our newest student
organization, “Wisconsin Union Initiative,”
are focused solely on the Wisconsin Union
Building Projects.
The “Wisconsin Union Initiative,”
composed entirely of students, except for a
staff advisor, Facility Improvement Planner
Gwen Drury, will begin meeting in fall 2007
and work to raise awareness, support and
input for our Wisconsin Union building
projects.
This student organization will advance
the Wisconsin Union’s mission by advocating
for the Wisconsin Union. It will work to
connect UW-Madison students to the
Wisconsin Union building project, educate
the campus student community on Union
changes, building project updates, design
forums and other similar business and recruit
students to serve on design advisory groups as
part of the Design Committee.
The Design Committee began meeting
last winter and has already made many
advances in its mission to design the new
Union buildings. This committee is chaired by
myself, the Union President, and is composed
of both staff and students.
I was fortunate enough to have served on
the committee last year, which should ease the
transition to chairperson this year. The Design
Committee meets biweekly. A few members
traveled to Atlanta, Ga., this past spring to
attend the 2007 ACUI (Associated College
Unions International) conference. At this
conference we learned a lot about the design
process that we are beginning, saw many
union design conceptual drawings and
presentations, and were also able to converse
with many accomplished architects from
around the country.
At the last design committee meeting of
the semester, all of the Design Advisory
Groups (DAGs), small design teams focusing
on more detailed aspects of the building
project, presented their findings and
recommendations for design, so far. The
presentations were outstanding! The Design
Committee showed how invested they all were
in every aspect of this project with
presentations from the Outdoor Spaces DAG,
Sustainability/Green Design DAG, Future of
Hoofers Group, Programming DAG,
Architectural Materials DAG, Recreation
Project Team and the Microbrewery/Sports
Pub DAG.
Both of these student-led groups will
work closely this fall with the rest of the
Wisconsin Union to help this building project
succeed on all fronts. Please look for updates
and information on these groups and
information on other Wisconsin Union
happenings at www.union.wisc.edu.
The 2007-2008 officers are:
John Barnhardt, Union President;
Megan Reinbold, Vice President for
Program Administration; and
Amanda Green, Vice President for
Public Relations.
John Barnhardt is a senior
majoring in legal studies and expects
to graduate in May 2008.
Originally from Eau Claire, Wis.,
John transferred to UW-Madison
from Lake Superior State University
in Sault Ste Marie, Mich. Last year,
John served as the Alternative Breaks
director on the Wisconsin Union
Directorate.
Megan Reinbold is a senior
majoring in engineering mechanics
and astronautics and also expects to
graduate in May 2008. Megan’s
hometown is Plymouth, Minn.
Megan was the Hoofer President for
2006-2007.
Amanda Green came to the
Union all the way from Austin,
Texas and is majoring in consumer
science and political science.
Amanda also plans to graduate in
May 2008. Last year, Amanda
served as the Vice President for
Programs for Hoofers.
—John Barnhardt
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Doris Weisberg
MUBA Trustee an
Engaged, Giving
Supporter
“The Union really was a second
home for me on campus and
made a big campus seem
manageable,” MUBA Trustee
Doris Weisberg said. “It provided
many hours of happiness for me.”
Doris graduated from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison in 1958 with a
bachelor’s of science in psychology. She
joined the Union Directorate during her
sophomore year, was elected chairman of
House Committee her junior year and
served as Union president her senior year.
Doris was first attracted to becoming
involved in the Union because of the
student leadership and teamwork
opportunities it offered. “I liked the idea of
a group working for one common purpose,
and I loved learning about how to put on
big events,” Doris said. “I learned how to
lead a group and the value of community
service.” She also made many great friends.
“The Union was just a very fun place for a
student in the 1950s,” she said.
“It’s important for all of us to know
that the Union has been supported by
students from the start, and that we need to
continue to contribute to good things and
to places that have been good to us,” Doris
said. “The Union is an institution on
campus that contributes so much to student
life, and I think it has given so much to me
that it seems just right to give back.”
Today, Doris continues her involvement
with the Union through her support of
contemporary political discussion on
campus. Raised to be aware of what was
going on politically, she has been interested
in politics all her life.
“I came from a family that talked
politics 90 percent of the time,” Doris
recalled. “My dad was very interested and
involved, and everyday was a synopsis of
what was going on.” Her husband Robert,
shares her interest in national and world
affairs. Together they created the Doris and
Robert Weisberg Current Issues Symposium
Fund, which enables the Union to bring
noteworthy speakers presenting on current
affairs to campus, benefiting teaching,
research and public service at the University.
“It is my hope to see that students at
the University today are interested in what’s
happening in the world of politics, and that
they have the opportunity to listen to
people speak and attend seminars that they
are interested in and that are relevant to
their lives,” Doris said.
Doris likes to remain involved and upto-date
with the activities of the Wisconsin
Union Directorate (WUD) Contemporary
Issues Committee. “It keeps me in touch
with what college students are thinking
about now,” she said. She enjoys
brainstorming topics students today may be
concerned about and is satisfied that, over
the past five years, the committee has
successfully presented topics right on target
with student interest—from conservation to
immigration to the future of the food
supply.
Doris and Robert’s support of political
activism also inspired them to include a
bequest in their estate plans that will
establish the Doris Feldman Weisberg and
Robert Weisberg Chair in Liberal, Political
Thought, which will support and honor a
distinguished faculty member in the
department of political science at UW-
Madison.
Although Doris had lost contact with
the University for about 30 years, she
returned to Madison on vacation and fell in
love with it all over again in 1997. When
Ted Crabb called in 1999 and asked her to
consider serving as an associate trustee for
the Memorial Union Building Association
(MUBA), she was thrilled. “As a trustee, I
have the opportunity to give input and to
determine the course of the Union in the
“When I go back to the Union
today, I have to have a brat
and I have to have an ice
cream cone—fudge ripple.”
—Doris Weisberg
future,” Doris said. “That’s extremely
exciting to me.” She was elected as a trustee
in fall 2006.
Doris grew up in Racine, Wis., and
originally wanted to go east for college, but
her father persuaded her to stay in Madison.
Doris is happy she stayed. “I’ve been
associated with many colleges. Each one is
unique and different, but my favorite is
Wisconsin.”
Doris did eventually move east. After
her time at the UW-Madison, Doris moved
to New York, earned her PhD from
Columbia, and taught speech pathology and
audiology at City College in New York for
26 years, serving as chair of the speech
department. During that time, she also took
on side projects in an area that has been a
lifelong passion—food. One of her side
projects included starting the prestigious
Cooking School at Macy’s Department
Store in New York City.
Doris married Robert Weisberg in
1969. Robert, a native of Brooklyn and a
graduate of Brooklyn College, is wellknown
as a pioneer of cable television.
Robert was one of the co-founders of HBO
and developed Bravo and American Movie
Classics, two popular cable networks.
Robert volunteers for the Committee for
Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in
American (CAMERA), a media watchdog
group based in Boston that monitors media
coverage of Middle East reporting.
When Doris retired from her career
teaching, she was asked to be part of the
launch team for a then brand new television
network—the Food Network. Doris eagerly
accepted the position, taking on the role of
Food Editor of the network. Doris has also
produced cooking programs for Lifetime
Television.
With her experience, Doris knows good
food. “When I go back to the Union today,
I have to have a brat and I have to have an
ice cream cone—fudge ripple.”
—Jamie Williams
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Peter Antaramian
Peter Antaramian:
A High Standard
of Leadership
If you were to ask someone who
knew him, chances are good that
you will hear Peter Antaramian
described as a “natural leader,”
an outstanding individual with
an engaging personality and an
ear for anyone who had
something to say.
“That was one of the truly beautiful things
about Peter—he took a real, genuine
interest in knowing you,” said Jim Rogers,
Hoofers Outdoor Programs Coordinator.
“There was an immediate comfort zone
when you met him.”
A natural athlete, Peter immediately
gravitated towards Hoofers after arriving in
Madison, joining both the sailing club and
alpine ski team. Peter was very popular and
easy to talk to and never had a hard time
making friends. In his junior year, he was
elected Hoofer Council president by his
peers. Peter took his leadership role very
seriously. When he applied for Wisconsin
Union president in 2000, he put his own
personal philosophy
down on his application,
writing, “Leadership is a
quality, not a title.”
During his time as
Hoofer president and
then afterwards, as
president of the Union,
Peter exemplified just
that quality of leadership,
listening to everyone and
doing his best to make
sure that all of the
student leaders in the
various Union clubs and
committees were
involved and their voices
were heard. “Peter did
not take leadership; he
looked at it as something
he had to earn,” said
Susan Dibbell, Assistant
Director for Social
Education. “He was very concerned with
bringing everyone in and getting everyone
involved.”
During his time at the Wisconsin
Union, Peter was the first recipient of the
Lowell Frautschi Leadership Award, an
honor given to students who have shown
growth and talent in leadership and an
understanding of the principles and ideals
of the Wisconsin Union. In 2000, Peter was
inducted into the Iron Cross society and,
upon graduation, he was asked to serve as
an associate trustee for the Union. He
accepted the position eagerly.
Not long after graduating from UW-
Madison, Peter was diagnosed with cancer
and began to receive treatment. Despite his
increasing sickness, Peter refused to
compromise himself in any way.
Susan Dibbell remembers Peter’s
unhesitant support of the Union and his
eagerness to help in any way possible. “Two
years ago we did a study on the Hoofer
Equestrian Club, and we asked Peter to
come in and talk to the committee
members. He was pretty sick at that time—
he had lost his hair from the chemotherapy,
but it was the same Peter. He never let his
sickness limit him. He only looked
forward.” Peter passed away in September
2006, but in the same way that he made it a
priority to remember those around him,
those who knew him well enough to call
him a friend have not forgotten him.
This year will see the creation of two
“Peter did not take leadership;
he looked at it as something he
had to earn,” said Susan
Dibbell, assistant director for
Social Education. “He was
very concerned with bringing
everyone in and getting
everyone involved.”
funds in Peter’s name. The Peter
Antaramian Hoofer Endowment Fund,
sponsored by his wife, Kristin Antaramian,
will support Hoofers, and more specifically,
special programs sponsored by the Hoofer
Council that will encourage interest and
participation in Hoofer clubs.
The Antaramian Recruitment and
Involvement Fund, started by Peter’s
parents, will encourage greater student
participation in WUD committees and
clubs, with a focus on recruiting students
and training them to become active
participants and leaders of programs and
activities at the Wisconsin Union,
something Peter cared about very much.
The fund will work on two levels—on one
side, it will bring people into the Union as
club members and leaders. On the other, it
will work to make sure those students are
actively involved with that club and the
Union itself. Not just concerned with
getting people in the door, the Antaramian
Recruitment and Involvement Fund will
have as much to do with what people are
doing once they join.
As Susan Dibbell says, “These
scholarships are Peter—they fit him so
well.”
Though Peter passed much too early, in
many ways he is still here, with his friends
and family. Moments may be fleeting, but
can live forever in the stories of friends, and
it is in this way that Peter remains, with
those who knew and loved him—in the
moments they remember and the stories
they tell.
—Forest Taylor
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Hoofer Riding
Club Reaches
Into the
Community
The Hoofer Riding Club (HRC)
has continued on its road to
success over the last few months
due to various outreach efforts.
The HRC was pleased to host several
different events at its facilities in Belleville,
Wis., and is continuing to expand its
relationships with many different
organizations at UW-Madison and in the
Madison community. These events have
allowed adults and children to take part in
the many educational and social
opportunities that the HRC and the Hoofer
Equestrian Center have to offer.
In March, in conjunction with the
UW-Madison Department of Animal
Science, the UW-Madison Veterinary
School and Lake County, Ill., Extension,
the HRC hosted a bi-state workshop
entitled Equine Health Check-Up. Using
Hoofer horses and several different stations,
more than 40 participants had the
opportunity to practice hands-on equine
horse healthcare, which included emergency
assessments that horse owners may have to
cope with. The workshop was a great
opportunity for vet students to hone and
practice their skills. Students
learned how to provide useful
demonstrations, allowing
participants to perform proper
assessments of their horses’
health. HRC members also
participated in the event,
learning not only how to
provide injections, but also to
recognize potential injuries
and how to handle them.
In other outreach news,
the HRC hosted about 100
Future Farmers of America
(FFA) students from more
than 20 surrounding
communities to allow them to
practice their judging skills
using Hoofer horses and
riders. Students were given the
opportunity to watch several
HRC members display their riding abilities
using the Hoofer horses, allowing FFA
students the opportunity to continue
developing the skills needed to judge a
horse as well as the its rider.
The HRC also hosted guest speaker
Elaine Kramer, the first and only Wisconsin
woman to be inducted into the Cowgirl
Hall of Fame. Known for her
accomplishments as a Roman Rider in the
1950s, Elaine showed her film “Dreams to
Reality” and participated in a question-andanswer
session. The event also showcased
her memorabilia from throughout her
career, giving attendees a glimpse into the
life of an accomplished performer and
horsewoman.
The HRC opened up its trails to
various groups and organizations for trail
rides on HRC horses at the Hoofer
Equestrian Center, including the Women in
Science and Engineering program, the
Hoofer Outing Club and a local Brownie
troop. The Hoofer Equestrian Center offers
rides on 300 acres of accessible trails, in
beautiful scenery, providing students, adults
and children with a chance to enjoy the
horses and the great outdoors.
This summer, the HRC also provided
15 kids from various Madison
neighborhoods the chance to ride and learn
about horses. The HRC is proud to be able
to give these kids the opportunity to learn
about grooming and tacking up horses, as
well as riding lessons.
—Sietske Brown
HRC Marketing Chair
Faces at the Union
Jamie Williams, Development
Intern for the Wisconsin Union,
graduated in May with honors.
While at UW-
Madison, Jamie
majored in
journalism and
spent one and a
half years as an
intern at the
Union. Hired
in May of
2006, Jamie
was a major
contributor to
the look and feel of the new “Terrace
Views” newsletter, even helping to come up
with the name by spinning Tom Garcia’s
idea of “View from the Terrace.”
In July and August, Jamie traveled
Greece and Egypt and, upon her return,
plans to settle in San Francisco, at least for
now. She will not be alone—former Union
Membership and Development Intern
Becky Sommersberger moved to San
Francisco last summer as well. “I made a lot
of really good friends at the Union,” said
Jamie. “The Union and Terrace will always
hold very pleasant memories for me.”
Jamie’s replacement as Development
Intern is Amanda McGowan, a senior at
UW-Madison, also majoring in journalism
and mass communications. Since joining
the Union in May, Amanda has already
become an invaluable member of the Union
team. “My favorite thing about the Union
so far has been the friendly atmosphere,”
said Amanda. “I really enjoy coming to
work everyday.”
News in Brief
MU Movies
MU Movies will be free starting this fall with
screenings on Friday and Saturday only.
Union Tailgates
Members can reserve space for personal tailgate
parties so call Wisconsin Union Central
Reservations at (608) 262-2511 to reserve space
for 2007 UW Football season.
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Dan Erdman
Designing the
Future of the
Union
Although Dan
Erdman does not
feel like an oldtimer,
he admits he
has family ties to
the Union going back over half a
century.
Today, as a member of the Memorial Union
Building Association Board of Trustees and
member of the Design Committee for the
Wisconsin Union building project, he is
working to extend those ties well into the
future.
“I really looked forward as a child to our
family’s regular dinner outing at the
Memorial Union cafeteria,” says the Madison
native. “Back then it was a place for the
Dion Wisniewski:
An Essential Student
at the Union
Dion Wisniewski
views his job as the
student supervisor
at Essentials as an
opportunity to
exercise his
leadership skills and
to interact with the multicultural
student body and Madison
community.
In fall 2007, Dion, a native of Delavan,
Wis., will be a junior majoring in medical
microbiology and immunology. Taking the
advice of a friend, Dion began working at
Essentials in August 2005. After working
whole community, and there were lots of
families dining there. The highlight for me
was definitely the aquarium at the entrance.”
Dan is the youngest child of UW
graduates Marshall and Joyce Erdman. Joyce,
as a student in the 1940s, became the first
woman president of the Wisconsin Student
Association and later served as a MUBA
Trustee. In fact, it was Ted Crabb who asked
Dan to fill the vacancy left on the board
after his mother’s death in 1992.
After graduating from the UW-Madison
in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree in art
history, Dan received a master’s of
architecture degree from the University of
Illinois in l986 and moved to San Francisco,
in part to get “away from the family
business.” That business was his father’s
Marshall Erdman & Associates, a nationally
recognized design and building firm in
Madison. While Dan was working for a
small architectural firm in San Francisco, his
father recruited him to help develop and sell
a new furniture system Erdman & Associates
was manufacturing called Techline.
Dan eventually did join the family
business and moved back to Madison in
1991. Today he is back on his own, where
his business pursuits range from designing
two years at Essentials, Dion is now the
student supervisor at the Essentials desk.
When not working for Essentials, he
facilitates two of the training workshops for
new Wisconsin Union employees. One
workshop is Union 101, which is an
introduction to Wisconsin Union
employment. It includes a history of the
Wisconsin Union, a survey of the facilities
and services available at the Memorial
Union and Union South and customer
service training. Another is cashier training
which covers the Wisconsin Union’s cash
procedures.
All the Union employee training
workshops are created and facilitated by
students. The student leaders review and
update the training annually. Mary Hoddy,
the Coordinator for Staff Education and
Training, advises the students conducting
these workshops.
Dion states that the single most
important thing he has learned at Essentials
is how to work with a hugely diverse group
of people. “You work with and serve every
ethnicity of student and staff and the
and building homes, to developing
commercial real estate, to owning a small
neighborhood café.
While an undergraduate at the UW-
Madison, Dan was a volunteer on the
Memorial Union Art Committee and fondly
remembers working with Jan Fox, the
advisor to the Art Committee at that time.
As a Trustee, Dan served as MUBA
representative on the Union Council, where
he was surprised by the students in the
Wisconsin Union Directorate.
“I was amazed at how much time and
effort the students dedicated to their roles at
the Union,” Dan said. “It’s nearly a full-time
job for some of them. And I thought I had a
full schedule as a student!”
As a member of the Design Committee,
Dan is happy to lend his experiences to the
project. He will be involved in planning the
new Union South building and refurbishing
Memorial Union. As Dan aptly puts it:
“This is a huge moment in the history of the
Wisconsin Union, and I am excited to be a
part of it. We all will be helping shape the
future of the Wisconsin Union that will be
around for years to come.”
—Lucy Lloyd
general Madison population. You learn to
be very patient and to handle a wealth of
information about the Wisconsin Union,
the UW-Madison campus and the city of
Madison. It is a great opportunity for
Essentials employees to broaden their
knowledge and awareness of all the
programs and offerings at UW-Madison.”
Essentials is in many cases the first and
most important contact for visitors to the
UW-Madison campus. The Wisconsin
Union embodies the spirit of the University.
It is “essential” these students get it right!
In addition to his work at Essentials,
Dion is a volunteer at Meriter Hospital in
the Emergency Room. After graduating
from college, Dion plans to attend medical
school. Dion is an avid Wisconsin hockey
and football fan and plays the violin in his
spare time.
We thank Dion and all the Wisconsin
Union student employees for their
contribution to the vitality and strength of
the Wisconsin Union and the University.
—Lucy Lloyd
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Roland Liebenow, past and present
Honoring memories
A letter of
remembrance
Sharing with you a letter from a UW
alum and lifetime Union member,
reminiscing fond Union memories
brought back to mind after reading
Terrace Views.
I attended the University of Wisconsin from
1940 to 1948, receiving degrees of Bachelor of
Science and Doctor of Medicine. The recent
copy of Terrace Views of the Wisconsin Union
reminded me of how much the Memorial
Union has meant to me over the years. I have
been a Life Member since 1943.
Almost immediately as a freshman, I
found the Union a place to frequent, from
casual relaxation in the uniquely decorated
Rathskeller and fascination with the Paul
Bunyan Room to “get acquainted” dances in
Great Hall. Later I found it a meeting place
for a variety of organizations, such as the
Camera Club and Alpha Phi Omega
(Scouting Fraternity), Plaid Shirt Week
Committee and a medical fraternity. I became
a member of the Union Workshop Committee
in 1942 and 1943, took part in a bowling
league at the Union Bowling Alleys, and sang
on the Union Theater Stage in university
men’s chorus competitions. Phi Eta Sigma and
Phi Kappa Phi installations were held there,
which enhanced the building’s prestige. There
were also the old movies shown in the Play
Circle at a very minimal cost.
Over the years I enjoyed the special
attractions provided by the Union. Plays put
on by the Wisconsin Players, Haresfoot
performances, national traveling shows and
the University Concert Band. I especially
remember Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in
“Oh Mistress Mine.” Then there were the
Formal Balls; the Junior and Senior Proms.
What events with National “Name Band” and
dancing in three locations—Great Hall, Tripp
Commons, and (I believe) der Rathskeller.
There was also the year that the Union held a
New Years Eve Dance on Dec. 31, 1943. My
date and I had our picture taken there, which
appeared on a Section Frontispiece in the
1944 Badger.
My most unique memories are related to
actually living at the Union from 1944 to
1947. A medical school professor, Dr. Noel
Gillespie, rented or leased Suite B over Tripp
Commons and invited me to share it with
him. Our common bond was the Scouting
Organization. What a suite—three rooms: a
living room with a working fireplace, a study
and a large bedroom with twin beds. The
adjoining bath had the longest tub I have ever
seen. We were supplied with fresh towels and
linens twice a week and firewood on demand.
I had my own keys to the Tripp Commons
entrance and a mail cubby hole at the Union
Reception Desk (which was then upstairs next
to the main entrance). As you are probably
aware, traveling shows were also housed up
there, and these created some unique personal
experiences, such as having Rudolf Serkin
knocking at the door, Ezio Pinza singing in his
shower, and Porgy and Bess actors running up
and down the corridors all night. Of course,
dances and parties in Tripp Commons down
below, which lasted until midnight, were
something else if you wanted to sleep.
Since graduation, my wife and I have
enjoyed many events at the Union, from plays
and travel film series to Tudor Dinners and
Class Reunion Dinners in Great Hall. We
even have spent an occasional night in your
guest rooms. How sad that old Suite B was
closed down; it was such a great place to live.
Sincerely Yours,
Roland Liebenow, M.D.
Dr. Roland Liebenow earned his Bachelors of
Science in Medical Science and his Medical
Degree from the University of Wisconsin-
Madison in 1944 and 1948. Roland had the
unique opportunity to live in Memorial Union
with Dr. Noel Gillespire from 1944 to 1947,
one of the most convenient locations on campus
for only $5.00 a month.
After graduation, Roland worked in private
practice for over 17 years in Lake Mills, Wis.,
and later served as Medical Director of North
Western Mutual for 15 years. Roland still lives
with his wife, Martha, in Lake Mills, Wis., and
enjoys taking trips back to Madison to visit the
Union, especially for performances in the
Wisconsin Union Theater and the annual Tudor
Dinners. Now retired, Roland stays busy with
various local organizations, including the Lake
Mills Library Board, Lake Mills Rotary Club,
Lake Mills Historical Society and the Marquardt
Manor Nursing Home Board. Roland also
published two books, a compilation of articles he
wrote about historical subjects for local
newspapers in the past 13 years and small book
on the history of London, Wis.
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Faces at the Union
“My mother told me two things,”
says Julie Vincent, Assistant
Director of Member & Retail
Services and Information Systems
at the Wisconsin Union.
“When I was a
freshman, she told
me that I had to
buy season tickets
to the Union
Theater. When I
was a senior, she
told me to make
sure that I bought a
Lifetime Union
Membership. The
Union and the
University of Wisconsin have been a family
thing for me and I really feel at home here.”
Julie Vincent has been at the Union for
19 years, spending a majority of that time as
the Director of Food Service and, then, as
the Assistant Director of Food and Retail.
Recently, Julie transitioned into her new
role and, in just a few months, has begun to
revamp many of the older procedures and
campaign materials. In addition to
acclimating herself to her new position,
Julie has continued to supervise Retail and
Recreation. She has also started working
more in Strategic Planning and with the
Trustees. Between having worked at the
Union for some time and being very project
oriented, she feels she is adapting well to the
new environment.
Though considerably busy at the
Union, Julie still finds plenty of time to
enjoy herself outside the building. An avid
gardener, Julie spends some of her spring
and summer outside in her garden and in
the fall, due to a number of oak trees, she
spends considerable time raking. Julie also
volunteers at the hospice in Fitchburg and,
when at home, loves cooking, fine wine,
knitting and sewing, her dog and
entertaining friends.
“I have so many favorite things about
the Union,” says Julie, “On one hand, it’s
the building itself. I love the architecture
and the historical perspective. On the other
side, it’s the people who work under this
roof that make being here so special. And
the Terrace! The Terrace is wonderful.”
Grapeviner News
1930’s
JEAN FLEMING (WSGA ’33-’34, Voting
Member ’76-‘85) Washington, D.C., is 97
and still walks more than a mile a day!
1940’s
ARTHUR CRAGOE (House and UC
WUD Rep ’48-’49) Springfield, Ill., was
awarded the President’s Award in the
Society of Actuaries for his years working
abroad as a volunteer for the International
Executive Service Corps since his retirement
in 1992. ARTHUR’S last two assignments
were in Ghana and Rwanda. ARTHUR and
his wife Louise hosted a family reunion for
their four children, spouses and
grandchildren on Green Lake, Wis., in
summer 2006.
TOM BROWN (Activities Bureau ’42-’43)
Rockford, Ill., is trying to travel more. He
spends January and February in Santiago,
Mexico, just north of Manzanillo each year
and enjoys it very much. There, he stays in a
lovely condo group overlooking the Pacific.
He and his wife spent March in Colorado,
trying to ski and will be taking a river cruise
in Portugal this October. They also had their
youngest grandchild graduate from high
school last spring in Hudson, Ohio.
KEN PALMER (Hoofers) Seattle, Wash., is
recovering well from a triple bypass surgery
in January.
JERRY WULK (Theater ’44-’45, President
’45-’46) Long Beach, CA, was recently
elected secretary of the Long Beach Arts
Council. He is also a new board member of
“Footlighters” for Musical Theatre West. He
remains a member of the Los Angeles
Taylor Sister City Committee and is an
active volunteer for the Long Beach
Symphony, Long Peach Playhouse. He also
serves as President of the Board for
AblilityFirst.
1950’s
PETER BARRETT (Hoofers ’56-‘58) was
inducted into the Madison Sports Hall of
Fame in June of this year. PETER, one of the
most accomplished sailors in the world, sailed
in three Olympics, winning a silver medal in
Tokyo in 1964 and gold in Mexico City in
1968. PETER passed away in 2000 at 65.
CAL MUTH (Film Committee ’50-‘51)
Palm Bay, Fla., had a great trip to the
Galapagos Islands. CAL is enjoying
traveling; Northern Mexico/Copper
Canyon, a Rhine cruise and Caribbean
cruise so far. CAL is looking forward to
visiting Chile and Argentina later this year.
He had a great time with the family in
Gatlinberg visiting Dollywood.
STANLEY KRIPPNER (Forum ’53-’54)
San Francisco, Calif., was an invited speaker
at a conference on complexity theory in
Pohnpei, Micronesia. STANLEY spoke on
“Chaos and Complexity in the Dreaming
Brain.”
ROBERT COPE (Wisconsin Union
President ’54-’55, Iron Cross ’55) Bath,
N.H., and his wife, Margaret, are happily,
and productively, retired. They live and
labor on their farm in Bath, N.H., bordered
by the Connecticut River. With their
younger son, Tom, they raise Red Devon
Cattle for grass fed markets. Their older
son, Oliver, is an architect in New York and
their daughter, Elize, is a lawyer in Portland,
Maine. They have six grandchildren.
1960’s
DENIS BERGER (Film Committee ’64-
’68, Chair ’66-’67) New York, N.Y.,
married Alice Simon, also UW Class of
1968, in that same year. DENIS and Alice
have two daughters, Jennifer, 32, and
Sabrina, 28. DENIS and his family all
devote their time and energies into
economic, health and social justice
programs and movements. For the past 15
years, DENIS has been a proud member of
the New York City Labor Chorus. To this
day, DENIS is an avid filmgoer and his love
of foreign films with real character
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Grapeviner News
development, great actors and “deep”
storylines was pushed forward at
Wisconsin. The WUD Film Committee,
theater and all who worked together on
film programming were a very important
part of DENIS’S university life in those
activist and life-changing times. Since
1978, DENIS has owned a custom silkscreen
printing, embroidery and
promotional products manufacturing
business (www.2MProductions.com). One
of its main purposes is to serve non-profit,
community-based organizations in their
fundraising and marketing.
DENNIS SCHATZ (Vice President of
Union Directorate ’68-’69) Pullman,
Wash., was named an Association of
Science-Technology Centers (ASTC)
Fellow, a distinction that has been awarded
only 24 times in ASTC history. DENNIS
is the Co-Director of Washington State
LASER and Vice President of Education at
the Pacific Science Center. DENNIS is the
first non-government, non-CEO to receive
this award.
PATRICIA WELLS (Publicity Director
’69-’72) Paris, France, is the author of the
recently released “Vegetable Harvest,” a
cookbook which focuses on vegetables as
the center of a meal, rather than a
compliment. The author, or co-author, of
nine culinary classics, PATRICIA lives in
Paris with her husband, Walter.
DANNY O’SULLIVAN (Hoofer Advisor
’60-’61) Stoughton, Wis., was the first fulltime
Hoofer advisor from 1960-61, when
PETER HARKEN was the sailing club
commodore and PETER BARRETT was
sailing in the Olympics and had the
pleasure of working with PORTER
BUTTS, TED CRABB and FAN
TAYLOR. After leaving the Union,
DANNY became Assistant Union Director
at West Virginia University and later
Union Director at the University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater. DANNY was also
active in the Association of College Union-
International as chair of the Recreation
and Outdoor Recreation Committees.
Now retired, DANNY has settled in
Stoughton, Wis., and was delighted to find
that the city is restoring the Stoughton
Opera House, where he has been able to
continue “playing union” as President of
the Board and by booking talent for
concerts. www.stoughtonoperahouse.com.
KERRY McGRATH (Crafts ’63-‘64)
Urbandale, Iowa, retired from the State
Historical Society of Iowa in 2006.
KERRY continues to volunteer on various
historic preservation projects, research 19th
century American history, work in her
garden and hang out with Stephanie
Ogden Grant (’64) and Barbara Fredrich
Kennedy (’66).
LOIS ANN WITTICH (Gallery ’60-‘61)
Phoenix, Ariz., daughter of Walter A.
Wittich, class of ’32, celebrated her father’s
99th birthday with him at Royal Oaks
Lifecare Community in Sun City, Ariz.
Ms. WITTICH is busy creating and
distributing her art works. For more
information, visit www.loisawittich.com.
KATHRYN LISS (International Club ’65-
’66) Asheville, N.C., is retiring and
returning to Asheville, N.C., after five
years in Maryland and Washington D.C.
She expects to continue training in conflict
resolution and mediation as an
independent consultant.
1980’s
JULIE P. VICTOR (Vice President of
Personnel ’80-‘81) Chicago, Ill., and her
husband Clyde Partner are just settling
into a new home on Chicago’s northside
Lincoln Square neighborhood. They live
with their four-year-old son, Dylan, and
their elderly dog, Ernie. Their home life is
busy with attending to the needs of a
funny, determined and curious little boy
and an arthritic dog. JULIE has been a
clinical social worker for 20 years and now
maintains a private practice out of her
home. She works with individuals, couples
and families. Since the birth of her son,
JULIE has developed a particular interest
in the transition to new parenthood and
runs groups for new mothers. JULIE
maintains vivid and pleasing memories of
her experiences with WUD and the
Wisconsin Union.
JIM ROGERS (Hoofers and UC WUD
Rep ’89-’90, Wisconsin Union President
’90-’92) Madison, Wis., is enjoying
holding on to his hat keeping up with the
Hoofer student leaders and their
tremendous enthusiasm and programs—24
Big Brothers/Big Sisters to Tyrol to ski and
board, a CPR class, three buses of students
paying final amounts (over $28,000) for a
Jackson Hole spring break, a Hoofer
Council Retreat, rollerderby, a free night of
climbing at Boulders for 110 campus
participants—and all of that in just one
weekend! In January, JIM spent a month
backpacking in South America. Highlights
included volcano-biking in Puerto Varas,
Chile with Gustavo and enjoying the hot
beaches of Rio.
ANN KLEINHANS (Campus Outreach
’87-’89) Mauston, Wis., recently made a
career change, moving into the challenging
field of “human development,” when she
and her husband George became parents
to a beautiful little girl last June. After
almost nine years in Investor Relations for
Milwaukee-based Actuant Corporation,
ANN feels very fortunate to have the
opportunity to be a stay-at-home mom.
KARA MERTZ (Outreach ’87-’88)
Boulder, Colo., has been the recycling
coordinator for the city of Boulder for the
past 13 years. She and her husband Steve
have two children, one 13-year-old and a
10-month-old baby. KARA was just
promoted to be the assistant to the city
manager for Boulder.
1990’s
KRISTINE ROTAN (Music ’92-’93)
Portland, Ore., hopes to visit her mother
next year in the Philippines, where her
mother is working with Peace Corps.
KRISTINE ran her first ultra-marathon on
June 23. For the race, she was able to raise
$1000 for the Women of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. KRISTINE is also
looking forward to the final step in the
promotional process to become a fire
captain in the Portland Fire Bureau.
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Grapeviner News
LORI WOODALL-SCHAUFLER
(Director of Performing Arts ’97-’98) Port
Washington, Wis., is still performing as an
actress in California and Wisconsin, as well
as the Chicago area. LORI has appeared in
numerous national and regional
commercials and industrials, as well as TV
guest spots and independent film. Up next
for LORI is directing Concordia
University’s production of “Blithe Spirit,”
where she’s currently serving as resident
theater professor.
BRIAN G. LANE (Director of Science and
Society ’91-’92) Plainfield, Ill., was awarded
the professional designations FHIMSS—
Fellowship in HIMSS (Healthcare
Information Management Systems Society)
and FACHE—Fellowship in ACHE
(American College of Healthcare
Executives). BRIAN has also been
promoted to the new position of Vice
President of Market Development/Strategic
Alliances for the American Hospital
Association.
JAMES NORTON (VP Human Resources
’98-’99) and BECCA DILLEY
(Contemporary Issues ’99-’00) Twin
Cities, Minn., were married in Madison on
May 12. The couple honeymooned in
southern Spain, visiting Sevilla, Granada
and Ronda. Although they were not
married at the Union, they did bring many
family and friends to the Terrace for beer,
brats and Babcock Hall ice cream. BECCA
is working in Minneapolis as a
photojournalistic wedding photographer
(www.beccadilley.com). JIM has been hired
to write a column for the San Francisco
food magazine CHOW (www.chow.com)
and he’s also been reviewing restaurants for
Minnesota Monthly.
BRENT HELT (Music and Entertainment
’97-’98, Wisconsin Union President ’99-
’00, Iron Cross ‘99) Washington, D.C.,
works for the Government Accountability
Office in Washington, D.C.
TIM PRINCE (Hoofer Council President
’90-’91) Portland, Maine, lives with his wife
Lisa in Portland. He frequently uses his
Hoofer skills while sailing on Casco Bay,
skiing on area slopes, hiking on area trails
and camping in the great outdoors! He also
utilizes leadership skills, initially honed in
Hoofer club meetings and WUD activities,
while serving on the Board of Portland
Trails and in his job as Vice President of
Planning and Ancillary Services at Mercy
Hospital.
CATHERINE COLYER DYKE (Vice
President-Personal ’90-’91, Iron Cross ’90,
Voting Member ‘97) Marshfield, Wis.,
moved to Marshfield with her husband in
July. CATHERINE has taken the
Wisconsin Bar exam to be sanctioned to
practice law in Wisconsin and her husband
has accepted a position with the Marshfield
Clinic.
KAREN KERSTING (WUD Vice
President ’99-‘00) Twin Cities, Minn., is
completing her graduate work at the
University of Minnesota in guidance and
counseling. Upon graduation, she plans to
return to Washington D.C.
2000’s
BECKY SOMMERSBERGER
(Membership Intern ’02-‘06) San Francisco,
Calif., moved to San Francisco in June
2006. She loves living in a new city and
says San Francisco has a lot of Madison-like
qualities that make her feel like she’s not
too far from home. She recently started a
new job at Esurance, an auto insurance
company headquartered in downtown San
Francisco. She is on their marketing team
and works on the production of their email
marketing campaigns. While she misses
Wisconsin, BECKY has no plans of moving
home anytime soon!
RACHEL GALANT (Performing Arts
Committee Director ’00-’01) Chicago, Ill.,
has been at her “new” job for a year at
Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago
as a staff occupational therapist. Her
husband, Ron, has been working as a patent
scientist at a Chicago law firm for a year
now as well. He will also be starting parttime
law school in the fall. Though busy,
RACHEL and Ron always make time to
visit Madison and the Wisconsin Union in
the summers.
ADAM ROBINSON (Student Performance
Director ’04-’06) Washington, D.C., moved
from Washington D.C. this summer to
Iowa to work on Hillary Clinton’s
presidential campaign.
KRISTINA MUELLER (Community
Service Committee Director ’05-’06, Vice
President of Internal Relations ’06-’07)
Merrill, Wis., graduated in May and is
moving to New Hampshire to work on Sen.
Christopher Dodd’s presidential campaign.
BILL NIEMEYER (Associate Trustee ‘05)
Portland, Ore., was elected President of the
Portland chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni
Association.
In Memoriam
WILSON THIEDE (Activity Service
Bureau ’39-’40, Voting Member ’76,
Emeritus Trustee ‘03) Madison, Wis.,
passed away in late May at 91.
ROBERT KEYES (Hoofers Outing and
Climbing Club ’55-‘60) Seattle, Wash.,
passed away on June 11, 2007.
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The Memorial Union
Building Association Trustees
and Associate Trustees
MUBA CHAIR
Jeff Kunz ‘71
VICE CHAIR
Janet Pratt Montgomery ‘59
William Johnson ‘50
TREASURER
Theodore Crabb ‘54
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Hank Walter
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Mark Guthier
UNION PRESIDENT
John Barnhardt
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Jeff Bartell’65
Miriam Boell Boegel ‘68
Catherine Coyler Dyke ‘91
Henry Brad Elsesser ‘88
Dan Erdman ‘80
Sheryl Facktor ‘84
Pam Garvey ‘85
Miguel Esteban Guevara ‘95
Carol Hoppenfeld Hillman ‘61
Bill Kasdorf ‘71
Lucy Lloyd ‘69
Barbara Connell Manley ‘52
Doris Meissner ‘69
David Milofsky ‘69
Joan Wilkie Murdoch ‘65
Mark Musolf ‘63
Walter Pancoe ‘47
Ann Prisland ‘69
Doris Weisberg ‘58
ASSOCIATE TRUSTEES
Jeanne Oates Angulo ‘66
Betsy Behnke ‘64
Michael Brody ‘80
Ruth Reiter Brown ‘69
Marcia Carlucci ‘68
David Chaffin ‘98
Judith Crain ‘58
David Cross ‘76
George Cutlip ‘71
Thea Lerner Daniels ‘84
Susan Dibbell ‘84
Peggy Douma ‘63
Carol Falk ‘63
Jan Marshall Fox ‘57
Sheldon Friedstein ‘61
Thomas J. Gulick ‘78
Sharon Hadary ‘63
Mark Haebig ‘72
Jeff Haupt ‘95
Brent Helt ‘00
Hans E. Hopf ‘49
Roger Howard
William Immerman ‘59
John Krieck ‘75
Jane Lichtman ‘66
Barbara Schulz Linnenbrink ‘67
David Maraniss
Kiersten Marshall ‘94
Karen Johnson Mathews ‘99
Margaret McCormick ‘90
Gregg Mekler ‘79
Marty Small Meyer ‘55
David Nemschoff ‘76
Paula Perrone Neumann ‘75
Bill Niemeyer ‘94
Jon Carl Olson ‘74
Ellie Oppenheim ‘72
Lynne Parish ‘78
Robert Perlstein ‘66
Elizabeth Preston ‘98
Noel Radomski ‘88
Glenda Dewberry Rooney
Ian Rosenberg ‘95
Mary Rouse
Rose Mary Rupnow ‘49
Steven C. Schaffer ‘72
Susan Edgerton Sell ‘58
Peggy Shukur ‘81
Tom Smith ‘66
Marilyn Sprague ‘64
Lynn Stathas ‘88
Peg Gunderson Stiles ‘45
Tom Sylke ‘82
Greta Van Susteven ‘76
Jim Wessing ‘72
Cal Williams ‘70
Derek Wilson ‘82
Judy Labiner Wolfe ‘93
Kate Young ‘92
Susie Weber Younkle ‘00
Sherry Zander ‘74
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