Biography Joseph Hickey was an acclaimed ornithologist, researcher, and professor who contributed to the culture of conservation of Wisconsin. He began in New York City as a founding member of the Bronx County Bird Club during his teenage years. After meeting Ernst Mayr at a meeting of the Linnaean Society and being encouraged by Mayr to …
Biography James High was born in Belleville, Ohio and received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1864. He earned law degrees from Wisconsin and the University of Michigan. He served with the 49th Wisconsin Volunteers in the Civil War and was appointed first lieutenant and regimental adjutant in 1865. After the war, …
Biography Ruth Hine (1923-2010) was a pioneer, conservationist, writer and editor. She paved the way for women in conservation as the first woman to obtain a PhD in zoology from UW. She held develop programs for endangered species, paving the way for others to study the disappearance and sightings of critical species and to keep …
Biography Gertrude Johnson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from New Hampshite Conference College in 1896 before coming to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1910. Here, she organized and directed the University Pioneer Educational Theatre Program. Through her hard work and dedication, she developed the first courses for credit in oral interpretation of literature and …
Biography Burr Jones, a native of Evansville, received his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and law degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received an honorary doctorate from the University in 1916. Jones practiced law in Madison after his graduation and was appointed District Attorney for Dane County in 1872. He was elected to the United States Congress …
Biography Louise Phelps Kellogg is a noted historian, author and editor. Born May 12, 1862 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Kellogg graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and also studied in Paris and London. In 1901, she was appointed Research Assistant in the library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin where her work had a lasting …
Biography Probably no other University of Wisconsin professor was privileged to have so many students as William Henry Kiekhofer. It is estimated that enrollment in Wild Bill’s elementary economics classes alone, spiraling for 38 years, reached a grand total of 70,000. Teaching was an exciting mission for the scholar, for his audience a dynamic and …
Biography Theodore Kronshage, Jr. was born in Boscobel and received his Bachelor’s degree and law degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He practiced law for 34 years and was known as the “lawyer’s lawyer”; he was one of the best trial attorneys in Milwaukee and was frequently consulted by other attorneys on cases. …
Biography Belle Case La Follette was a lawyer, journalist, editor, suffragist and counselor who provided much of the intellectual sophistication behind the Progressive Movement for which her husband, Bob La Follette, was known. She devoted much of her life to the cause of women’s rights. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she “clerked” for …
Biography Robert M. La Follette was born in Primrose, WI and received his B.S. degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1879). He entered the Wisconsin Law School and, at the end of one term, passed the state bar examination. He practiced law in Madison and in 1882 was appointed district attorney for Dane County. He …