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“The union is the community center of the college for all members of the college family. As the center of college community life, the union serves as a laboratory of citizenship, training students in social responsibility and for leadership in our democracy.� —Porter Butts
Preserving the Past. Building the Future. The centennial anniversary of the Wisconsin Union on the UW-Madison campus is cause for great celebration! For all but the first 60 years of the University’s existence, the Union has been a welcoming place 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 a variety of locations—the 79-year-old Memorial Union, at Union South near Camp Randall, and in eight academic buildings around campus. It’s hard to imagine spending a day on the campus and not being touched by the Union in some way. However, much more important than the services it provides are the educational opportunities the Union affords its members and by extension, the greater University. The learning that occurs while programs are planned and presented, in the dialogue they foster after-the-fact, and the coming together of diverse people, cultures, disciplines, and perspectives breathes life into the University community, complementing more traditional classroom activities. The Union has come to be known as the “heart and soul” of the campus. Its focus on learning, while building community, has been the basis for that—as well as a growing feeling of warmth, familiarity and nostalgia through the years. Of course, none of the Union’s successes over the last century would have been possible without students. They are truly the lifeblood of the Union—its heart and soul. The title and position do not matter— student president, student manager, student participant—these and so many more are the reason the Union exists; the reason it succeeds. We have always served a far greater constituency and depend on all of them for our continued growth. But without the students, we would be just another community center, a retail shop, or a convention center. We have always been so much more—and from all accounts, always will be. As you will see in this commemorative program, the Union’s first 100 years were filled with excitement, challenges, and a great sense of joy. The stories are endless. Here’s to the next hundred years of exceptional student leadership, passionate learning, and fond memories …
Mark Guthier, Director
John Barnhardt, Union President
Union Board and Wisconsin Union Directorate Members 1907-1908 Robert P Ferry, Union Board George B Hill, Vice President Lee H Huntley, President Martin T Kennedy, Union Board B R Ryall, Union Board Willard L Stephenson, Union Board
1908-1909 Frank E Boyle, Union Board Gustave W Buchen, Union Board Eugene A Dinet, Union Board John D Gardner, Union Board John Messmer, Union Board Bennett Stiles, Secretary Alonzo H Tuttle, Union Board Walter G Von Kaltenborn, Treasurer
1909-1910 George W Blanchard, Union Board Samuel Kerr Jr, President James S Thompson, Union Board Reuben Trane, Treasurer John W Wilce, Union Board
1910-1911 Carroll Owen Bickelhaupt, Union Board Walter Buchen, President & Secretary Kenneth F Burgess, Union Board John L Childs, Union Board Arthur Jorgenson, Union Board Halbert Kadish, Union Board Morris B Mitchell, Union Board
1911-1912 Addison M Bleyer, Union Board Clarence R Cleveland, Union Board Albert H Ochsner, Union Board
1912-1913 William J Aberg, President & Treasurer Dexter Roundy Mapel, Union Board Charles R Roter, Union Board William H Spohn, Union Board Herbert R Sweetman, Union Board George B Welser, Vice President Frank H West, Union Board
1913-1914 Walter P Bloecher, Union Board Malcolm C Bruce, Secretary Harold M Davis, Vice Pres, Treasurer Milton B Williams, President
1914-1915 Warren Clark, Union Board Don C Dickinson, Union Board Fred Hall, President & Treasurer Harry J Koch, Secretary Lester C Rogers, Vice President William M Sporleder, Treasurer Crawford Wheeler, Treasurer
1915-1916 Hilding E Anderson, Union Board George E Booth, Secretary Edward M Pittenger, Union Board Edward S Reynolds, Union Board Crawford Wheeler, President
1916-1917 Chase Donaldson, Union Board Clarence W Hendrickson, Union Board Alex D Lange, Treasurer James H March, Union Board
Highlights of the Wisconsin Union’s Early Years (1907-1929) In his inaugural address, UW President Charles Van Hise calls for the construction of a Union building to provide for “the communal life of instructors and students in work, in play, and in social relations.” As a response to this challenge and emulating what Oxford and Harvard created, the student members of the Iron Cross Society organize the Wisconsin Men’s Union in 1907. The first floor of the old YMCA building is home to the Union board for several years, during which time, the Wisconsin Union establishes itself to serve as the campus-wide program board. The Wisconsin Union board took up sponsorship of the International Club which included Sunday Friendship hours, housing center, nationality nights, International Week staying true to its motto: Above All Nations is Humanity. Regent President Walter Kohler, Sr. volunteers to chair the Memorial Union Building committee to initiate plans and secure funding for the building. Meanwhile, Professor Ned Gardner and Jack Dollard pave the way to a capital campaign for alumni, faculty, and students to build a home for Wisconsin spirit. Hoping to raise $500,000 to build the Memorial Union, Porter Butts is later hired as a project assistant. The groundbreaking ceremony is held on Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, in 1925. University President Glenn Frank digs the first shovel full of dirt, declaring that the Union would convert the University from a house of learning to a home of learning. Lowell Frautschi, Student Union Board President 1926-1927, views the Union as “the promoter of all things socially and culturally of value to students.” Lowell led the class of 1927 to raise $137,000 in a two-week student campaign. A few years later, the building cornerstone is laid in a Memorial Day ceremony. The University’s military service record and Gold Star Honor Roll, together with the Union roll of 10,000 donors are sealed in the stone. Colonel Charles Lindberg is given an honorary life membership in the Memorial Union after he places a wreath on the building’s cornerstone in memory of his Wisconsin classmates who died in World War I.
Sidney F Miller, Vice President Louis G Weeks, Secretary
1917-1918 Lyman A Beeman, Union Board Eugene E Brossard Jr, Union Board Deane G Davis, Union Board Lyel N Jenkins, Union Board Philip Lafollette, Secretary Donald W Mcginnis, Treasurer Edward O Pringle, Union Board H Parker Weeks, Union Board Vice President
1918-1919 Gordon D Adams, Treasurer Herbert M Baker, Union Board Harold C Cheetham, President Stanley D Oshea, Union Board Ronald W Ramsey, Secretary
1919-1920 Loyal S Baker, Treasurer John W Brindley, Union Board Elmer M Doyle, Treasurer Laurence W Hall, Vice President & Mixers Loring T Hammond, Treasurer Fredric M March, Union Board Ronald W Ramsey, President Alfred H Taylor, Secretary Richard Tyrrell, Mixers
1920-1921 John A Bigler, President J Harold Draper, President William B Florea, Treasurer, Exposition Alfred Holton, Mixers Arthur H Kinnan, Football Returns Dale M Merrick, Tag Day Charles F Moore, Vice President
1921-1922
Groundbreaking, 1925
University YMCA building
natural “The Union is a all re laboratory whe ve a ha who will, may on of cti part in the dire rise, rp community ente ay be m cy where democra .” ed tic continually prac t E.B. —UW Presiden ) Fred (1945-1958
Loyal S Baker, Union Board Evrard C Caluwaert, Union Board Russell Frawley, Union Board Morton C Frost, Treasurer Leslie Gage, Secretary Arthur H Kinnan, President Dale M Merrick, Vice President Gordon B Wanzer, Union Board
1922-1923 John C Dawson, Secretary James R Fawley, Treasurer, Concerts Morton C Frost, Vice President & Mixers Leslie Gage, President Lee Mccandless, Convocation Oscar A Sander, Lathrop Dance Gordon B Wanzer, Union Board
1923-1924 John C Dawson, President Paul C Eschweiler, Union Board Lester Kissel, Union Board Malcolm Millar, Secretary Hawley V Porter, Union Board Oscar A Sander, Treasurer Samuel Thompson, Union Board Gordon B Wanzer, Vice President
1924-1925 Wes W Dunlap, Union Board James R Flickinger, Treasurer Lowell E Frautschi, Union Board Lester Kissel, President Malcolm Millar, Union Board Hawley V Porter, Union Board Norton Vernon Smith Jr, Secretary
John M Souerbry, Union Board Eugene W Tuhtar, Exposition
1925-1926 Thane Blackman, Union Board Gordon E Dawson, Union Board James R Flickinger, Vice President & Treasurer Lowell E Frautschi, Union Board Lincoln B Frazier Jr, Union Board Charles Gallagher, Union Board Osborne E Hand, Union Board Ewart L Merica, Union Board Norton Vernon Smith Jr, President John M Souerbry, Union Board
1926-1927 Jefferson D Burrus Jr, Union Board Vernon G Carrier, Sr Class Pres & Union Board Gordon E Dawson, Lathrop Dances John King Fairbank, Concerts Lowell E Frautschi, President Lincoln B Frazier Jr, Union Board Charles Gallagher, Union Board Clyde K Kluckhohm, Concerts Harold Konnack, Theater Ewart L Merica, Union Board Charles E Nelson, Union Board Franklin E Orth, Union Board
1927-1928 Edward P Cole, Theater Gordon E Dawson, Union Board Charles V Dollard, Lathrop Dances James J Hanks, Theater Clyde K Kluckhohm, President Harold Konnack, Union Vodvil Franklin E Orth, Union Board William Reeves, Union Vodvil Lauristen Sharp, Secretary Harry C Thoma, Union Board Francis Woolard, Concerts
1928-1929 William Banfield, Graduate Sallie Davis Basoberio, WSGA, Women’s Affairs John Burnham, Quarters George N Burridge, Membership Lowell Bushnell, Union Board Robert S Calkins, Union Board Edward P Cole, 1st Vice President J Robert Dehaven, Information John King Fairbank, Union Board Newman T Halvorson, Union Board & Finance James J Hanks, Commons Wallace M Jensen, Exposition Robert Kaudy, Literary F Schomer Lichtner, Studio Garrison Lincoln, Freshman Life And Interests Sally Owen Marshall, WSGA Willard L Momsen, Social Theodore P Otjen, Secretary Lauristen Sharp, President Jerome W Sperling, Union Board Ted Thelander, 2nd Vice President & House Francis Woolard, Rathskeller
Porter Butts—First Union Director, 1926-1968 Porter Butts was born February 23, 1903 in Pana, Illinois. He moved to Madison and enrolled as a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1920. Porter graduated in 1924 with his bachelor’s degree in English and accepted a position as alumni recorder and assistant fund raiser for the Memorial Union building project. After graduation, Porter served as the Wisconsin Union’s first director from 1926 until his retirement in 1968. He also served as a professor of Social Education and Community Leadership at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Association of College Unions International (ACUI) reflects, “Without question Porter Butts influenced the college union movement far more than any other individual.” Porter served as ACUI president in 1932 and as the editor of the publication The Bulletin for 34 years. He served as an officer and member of the Memorial Union Building Association, Community Welfare Council, Metropolitan Madison War Memorial Association, Rotary Club, and Madison Art Association. Porter also received the University of Wisconsin Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award. Porter accomplished a great many things including opening the first art gallery in an American college union, commissioning the murals in the Rathskeller, Old Madison, and the Paul Bunyan room, helping found the Hoofers Outdoor Recreation Club, and building the Wisconsin Union Theater. Under his supervision, the Wisconsin Union also hosted the first intercollegiate billiards tournaments, first craft shop, and the first ACUI professional development course. During his lifetime he served as a consultant for 115 college union buildings throughout the world including Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and the Philippines. His vision inspired the educational concept of college union programming, which remains the primary focus of the Wisconsin Union. Under his direction and leadership, thousands of students were trained to become leaders in their future communities. He personally trained 15 union directors and six ACUI presidents. Porter contributed to many literary publications including: The College Union Idea, Planning and Operating College Union Buildings, Art in Wisconsin—The Art Experience of the Middle West Frontier, Getting the College Union Building Project Under Way, and State of the College Union Around the World. Porter, who passed away April 23, 1991, will forever be remembered for his dedication and passion for the Arts at the Union and for his visionary insights on the college union idea and building community.
1929-1930 Henry H Behnke, Rathskeller George N Burridge, Exposition & Membership John Catlin, Union Board John L Dern, Information Edward J Fronk, 2nd VP, House & Program Newman T Halvorson, 1st VP, Secretary & Commons Waldo P Hawkins, Exposition Stuart L Higley, Library Earl M Hildebrand, Graduate
Our richest experiences come when we are acting with other
Theodore P Otjen, President Ben Porter, Secretary Marie Orth Post, WSGA William Powers, Quarters & Treasurer Ruth Burdick Sharp, Women’s Affairs & Studio Jerome W Sperling, Union Board
1930-1931 Henry Baker, Hoofers Hugh M Bloodgood, 2nd Vice President & Quarters R Freeman Butts, House & Program Robert S Calkins, Union Board Alex Cannon, Treasurer & Information John L Dern, President Orrin B Evans, Union Board Richard M Forester, Union Board Robert E Kommers, Exposition Edwin F Lattimer, Program Albert Martin, Secretary & Library Ben Porter, Secretary Ruth Burdick Sharp, WSGA & Studio Emmett Solomon, 1st VP, Commons & Quarters Betsy Owen Steel, WSGA Philip V Stone, Rathskeller Ernest P Strub, Union Board Margaret Modie Watrous, WSGA, Women’s Affairs Rathskeller, 1933
Games Room, 1935
Army mess hall in Old Madison Room, 1942.
people to achieve some common goal”—Porter Butts
1931-1932 Margaret Pennington Addison, WSGA & Quarters Robert C Bassett, Union Board Alex Cannon, President Katherine Truesdall Crampton, Studio Arnold Dammen, 2nd Vice President & Forum Bethana Bucklin Deighton, WSGA, Women’s Affairs George H Hampel Jr, Rathskeller Duncan T Jennings, Information Edwin J Kinsley, Quarters Albert Martin, 1st Vice President & House Priscilla Mead Rosten, Program George C Smith, Exposition Betsy Owen Steel, WSGA Arthur L Wadsworth, Secretary H Douglas Weaver, Union Board W Norris Wentworth, Library Elmer L Winter, Commons Frederic F Wippermann, Treasurer & House
1932-1933 Irene Schultz Anderson, WSGA Madeline Kann Baer, WSGA, Women Affairs, Quarters Laura Bickel, WSGA, Quarters, Library Charles C Bradley, Rathskeller Charles Carver, Union Board Patrick Daly, Union Board John E Forester, Program & Secretary Robert N Griswold, Union Board Robert D Johns, 2nd Vice President & House Rudolph Lowell, Graduate Hugh F Oldenburg, Union Board George Redmond, Union Board Charles A Reinbolt Jr, Information Stella Whitefield Revell, WSGA, Women’s Affairs Priscilla Mead Rosten, WSGA, Women’s Affairs Arthur L Wadsworth, President James S Watrous, Studio Kenneth Wheeler, Treasurer & Forum Elmer L Winter, Commons Frederic F Wippermann, 1st Vice President Freeland Wurtz, Exposition
1933-1934 Irene Schultz Anderson, Library W Malcolm Beeson, Grad Club Willard Blaesser, President Charles C Bradley, Hoofers
Jean Heitkamp Fleming, WSGA Thomas L Gilbert, Secretary & Dance Delmar Karlen, Union Board Frances Stiles Lamont, WSGA, Women’s Affairs Franklin B Lounsbury, Union Board Walter A Lunde, House Pablo Mabbun, International Club Howard A Morse Jr, Forum Carl Nuesse, Rathskeller Ann Elkington Olson, Information David G Parsons, Studio Charles A Reinbolt Jr, 2nd Vice President & Commons H James Sceales, Union Board William Schilling Jr, Treasurer & Quarters Kenneth Wheeler, 1st Vice President Freeland Wurtz, Program
1934-1935 Robert Beyer, 2nd Vice President Monica Clark Beyer, WSGA, Library Franz L Bidinger, Secretary Karl Boedecker, Rathskeller Gordon Corey, Exposition Jean Charters Graham, WSGA Roger Hagen, Forum Walter K Hamburg, Quarters Stanley F Johnson, Program John F Kienitz, Gallery Myron W Krueger, Men’s Assembly Frances Stiles Lamont, WSGA, Women’s Affairs Walter A Lunde, Hoofers & House Adolf Mehlich, International Club David Weldon Rau, Camera William Schilling Jr, President Marion Gorry Simms, Information Herbert Terwilliger, Treasurer & Commons Wilson L Weisel, 1st Vice President & Concerts Walter A Wittich Jr, Graduate
1935-1936 Fredric A Benedict, Hoofers Monica Clark Beyer, WSGA, Library Franz L Bidinger, Concerts Ethel Peterson Bliss, Graduate Club Karl Boedecker, 1st Vice President Arthur Bunce, International Club Crawford J Crosland, Information Bowden W Davis, House Ralph E Durant, 2nd Vice President & Dance Ralph Findley, Hoofers Donald L Griswold, Secretary & Rathskeller Witold Jankowski, Forum Rudolf A Jegart, Gallery Harold Judell, Commons Patricia Graney Ritchie, Women’s Affairs Frederich Roemer, Program Herbert Terwilliger, President John P Thomas, Hoofers William Winkler, Treasurer George Woolley, Graduate Club
1936-1937 Milton Bertle, Camera Club Mary Jane Howell Biel, WSGA Robert Blum, 1st Vice President Jack Clifford, Rathskeller Ruth Bachhuber Doyle, Library James Doyle, Senior Class President Edmund J Frazer, Forum Lavergne Cooke Freeman, WSGA, Women’s Affairs Donald L Griswold, Dance Robert Gray Gunderson, 2nd Vice President & House L D Percival King, Graduate Club Sam Nordfeldt, International Club
A Time for Arts, Leisure & Recreation: Highlight from the 1930s and 1940s The Board of Regents names the Wisconsin Union as the University Division of Social Education—the first and only union in the nation to be designated as such. Later, the Board also dissolves the Men’s Union to approve the creation of the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) to serve as the Union’s program board. The Union sees firsts in both its selection Carolyn Hall as the first female Union Council president and the selection of a female student to run the film projector in the Play Circle. She is believed to have been only one of three female projectionists in the country at that time. The Union continues that tradition with film classics at Lakeside Cinema on the Memorial Union Terrace as a beloved summer program.
The Wisconsin Union demonstrates its forward thinking and innovation, hosting a number of “firsts” at college unions throughout the nation. It is the first college union in the nation to incorporate a craft shop for students in its building. The Union hires Sally Owen Marshall as its first student director. Programmatically, the Union also boasts the first all ages college night club, Club 770, which began in Tripp Commons and has continued to be an important program of the music committee.
The elite guards of the King of England, founded in the 14th century, are the “beefeaters”—the oldest, continuously existing organization of its kind. The men —Ted Crabb who founded the Union are the Wisconsin Union’s original Beefeaters—stewards and protectors of the Union program. Each year subsequently, the student committee directors (chairs) and officers who have strengthened the Union through their service are inducted into the “Royal Order of Beefeaters” at the annual banquet.
The Union never closed a day during the war period. All service men and women on campus were made Union members and 2,000 servicemen were served in the Union dining rooms, three meals a day, everyday of the year. The Board of Regents approve the sale of 3.2% beer in the Union following the repeal of prohibition, making it the first college union at a public university to serve beer. Fudge Bottom Pie emerges. The pie is the work of two Union chefs, Lewis Marston and Maurice Coombs, who introduced it at the Union in the 1940s. Marston already had the recipe when he joined the Union as food production manager. With his head chef Coombs, he perfected the pie and put it on the Union menu sometime around 1945. In 1948, TIME Magazine praised Memorial Union, saying: “It’s almost impossible not to have a good time at Wisconsin.”
Harold Roberts, High School Public Relations Richard P Tinkham Jr, Treasurer & Concerts Carol Wagner, WSGA Marian Morse White, Information Horace Wilkie, Secretary William Winkler, President
1937-1938
Rathskeller, 1940s
James Watrous, 1936
Mary Jane Howell Biel, Library Hallie Whitefield Blum, WSGA Jack Clifford, President Foster S Curtiss, Hoofers Bruce E Douglass, Program Music Ruth Bachhuber Doyle, WSGA John Paul Frank, 2nd Vice President William Friedman, Treasurer Myron Gordon, House Lawrence T Hickey, Dance Earl D Johnson, Graduate Club Robert Jorgensen, Hoofers Sonja Frankowsky Kennedy, WSGA Rodney O Kittelsen, 1st Vice President John H Kuony Jr, Rathskeller Wilbur McDaniel, Camera Sami P Murad, International Club Stanley Nestingen, Secretary & Commons Arthur L Pelz, Gallery Norman Wengert, Forum Horace Wilkie, House
1938-1939
Army mess hall in Old Madison Room, 1942.
Beefeaters, 1940s
Elizabeth Hunt Antonius, Gallery Howard Bennett Bell, Dance Joe D Block, House Eric T Edwards, International Club Lloyd Ferguson, Graduate Edward Fleming, President Mary Goldberger, WSGA Louise Heskett, Information Sonja Frankowsky Kennedy, WSGA, Women’s Affairs Edward L Koblitz, Secretary Renold McKeown, Program Stanley Nestingen, President, 1st VP & Commons Chester Porterfield, Concerts William Reynolds, 2nd Vice President & House Edward Samp Jr, Forum Mary Helen Luebke Shultis, WSGA David H Steinberg, Commons Daniel S Turner, Hoofers Frank White, Camera Club Thomas Wyseman, Rathskeller John E Zimmerman, Treasurer
1939-1940
Union construcion, 1930s
Ice skating on the Union Terrace, 1940s
Robert Avery, Student Board Graham Benham, International John L Bruemmer, Student Board Farrington Daniels, Camera Club Eunice Rohrer Duncan, Information Leon D Epstein, Forum Richard H Garner, House Donald Hiller, Library John W Jenkins, Gallery Russell Jorgensen, Hoofers Edward L Koblitz, Treasurer & Concerts Robert P Moser, Activity Service Bureau Jerome T Murphy, Music Douglas C Osterheld, Commons, President Susan Poston Pratt, Student Board John C Putzer, Rathskeller Mary Theobald Reynolds, Theater Wayne Rounds, Workshop James R Schlosser, Information Wilson B Thiede, Activity Service Bureau Charlotte Wells, Secretary & Grad Club
Flora Dexter Woessner, Women’s Affairs John E Zimmerman, Student Board
1940-1941 Robert Avery, Student Board Boonrod Binson, International Ray Black, President John H Bosshard, Forum Joseph C Bradley, Gallery David G Briggs, Activities Bureau John L Bruemmer, Concerts Jerome Gumbiner, House Nathan S Heffernan, Student Board Donald Hiller, Library John W Hollenbach, Grad Club Wayne R Hugoboom, Music Barbara MacKey Kaerwer, Student Board Rep Donald R Klein, Camera Club Edwin Lachmund, Membership Arthur H Lehman, Music Dick Leonard, Information Edward B Miller, Commons Charles Mittelstadt, Hoofers Lois Montgomery, WSGA Mary Jane Astell Riopelle, Secretary, WSGA, Women Affairs Myrtle Lapidus Rubin, Workshop James R Schlosser, Treasurer Donald V Stophlet, Theater
1941-1942 Betty Biart Avery, WSGA & Student Board Allan Block, News Bureau Paul Boyer, Grad Club Martha Harshaw Clarke, Secretary & Library Murray Crummins, Rathskeller Al U Glen, Theater Robert J Lampman, Student Board Swen Herbert Stone, Film Elva Ristau Warren, Woman’s Affairs Patricia Bennit West, Gallery Olive Callaway Whiting, Activities Bureau John Wilson, Vice President & Commons
1942-1943 James R Blumenfeld, Concerts Francis J Bouda, Vice President Thomas E Brown, Activities Bureau Martha Frey, News Bureau Patricia Bissell Gould, House Nicholaus Grancharoff, International Club Merk Hobson, Film Marion Fredrichs Hotcaveg, Gallery George T Hunter, Grad Club Inge Jollos Irving, Theater Sanford H Levy, Games Donald E Maas, Commons Kenneth P Palmer, Commons Jean Woolf Sachs, Music Robert R Thompson, Hoofers Virginia Wicks Vidich, Forum William Whiting, Library John Wickhem, President
1943-1944 John B Bennet, Film James R Blumenfeld, Vice President Joan Hammerstron Buell, Games Anne Boegholt Clinard, Service & Operations Mary Jane Purcell Day, Forum Helen Dudar, News Bureau Lenore Sipes Gribbin, Library Roland Hodgson, Grad Club Helen Holden Ingersoll, Music Irene Sunny Jepson, Activities Bureau Betty Kletzien, Film
Hoofers Takes a Big Step Forward (1930s & 1940s) An announcement appears that promotes a student organization with a focus on outing programs. The announcement read: Please sign up if you are interested in participating on an Outing Club with skiing, camping, canoeing as a prospect. From this, six assembled to form an outing club including Dr. Harold C. Bradley, Sally Owen Marshall, and Union Director Porter Butts. In addition to being the first craftshop director, Sally designs the Hoofer emblem and is the first woman to jump off the ski jump. The name “Hoofers” is established in 1931 based on a similar group at Dartmouth known as the “Heelers.” At the UW, “Heelers” serve as apprentices to the upperclassmen “Hoofers” who manage the outdoor activities group. During this time period, the Wisconsin Union hosts the first Commodore’s Ball in Great Hall. The Hoofer clubs continue to play a crucial role in the Wisconsin Union—emphasizing the need to learn and grow outside of the formal classroom. Not only does Hoofers boast of the second largest sailboat fleet after the Naval Academy, it also accounts for fostering great leadership and incubating outdoor expertise. Four Hoofer members got their start on either the Muir Knoll ski jump or in a Hoofer sailboat and went on to become Olympians: Lloyd Ellingson (skiing), Walter Bietila (skiing), Paul Bietila (skiing), and Peter Barrett (sailing).
The Arts Flourish (1930s & 1940s) The Wisconsin Union is the first University of Wisconsin agency to commission several mural paintings. James Watrous completes a series of murals, which he began as a graduate student in 1933, depicting the legend of Paul Bunyan. The project is funded by a federal grant as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal in response to the Great Depression. The Union sponsors the first state-wide “Wisconsin Salon of Art” show which is held in the Memorial Gallery. From 1932-1939, the Memorial Gallery was the only art gallery in the city of Madison. In 1934, Watrous, as student chair of the Gallery Committee (now the Art Committee), recalls the Frank Lloyd Wright show of drawings and models. “Mr. Wright had these drawings and models in Chicago. He could not afford to get them back to Wisconsin so we made an agreement that we would truck them to Madison and have an exhibition.” The Wisconsin Union builds a 1300-seat theater, the first college union to invest in such a large arts enterprise. The Wisconsin Union Theater opens with a production of “Taming of the Shrew” starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. The Union Theater opens to rave reviews. At the 1939 World’s Fair in San Francisco, the Wisconsin Union Theater is voted as “one of the twenty-five most distinguished contemporary buildings in America” in an architectural competition. Sinclair Lewis called the building the “most beautiful theater with the most beautiful site in the world.”
Alice Strange Klymko, Hoofers Joyce Grothe Larsen, Gallery Virginia A Miller, House Carl Otjen, Vice President & House Walter Pancoe, Concert Manager Ken Richland, Concert Carolyn Hall Sands, President Myrth Beaurline Schuette, Gallery Barbara Lonam Stickle, Workshop Florence Fox Tomlinson, Commons Arthur Vidich, President Virginia Wicks Vidich, Activities Bureau Dolores Fagen Weinberg, Theater Mary Boyle Wickhem, Theater Hsia Ti Yeh, International Harry Zurheide, Games
minister to co“The Union will ilizing influences operative and civ e a democratic which help to mak ful. Education experiment success ered or removedcannot be a cloist ent….What we from-life experim y and some harmon seek is some unity ll fa to inclined in a world all too interests and e at ar apart into sep is ce. Here and for th spheres of influen ese th t ba m y to co campus we shall tr separations.” t C.A. Dykstra on —UW Presiden t. er’s opening nigh the Union Theat
1944-1945
Hoofer ski jump
Marjorie Biddick, Workshop Patricia Knapp Brady, Student Board Albert J Brandel Jr, Vice President Manny Chudacoff Chudwin, Film Anne Boegholt Clinard, Vice President & President Lucien Gagneron, International Ardith Macdonald Johnson, Secretary & Service Janet F Schmidt, Library Jane Gleick Komer, Hoofers Joyce Elmer Kosobud, Gallery Charles Curt Leben, Grad Club Tracy Lewis, Student Board Virginia A Miller, WSGA & Student Board Joyce Hines Muehling, News Bureau Dete Notaras Nagan, Concerts Jeannette Kennett Nickeson, Workshop Walter Pancoe, President William B Rodiger, Student Board Helen Jean Stavrum Sauer, News Bureau Patricia Blix Schmidt, Activities Bureau Janet Schmidt, Library Helen Seipp, Music Ursula Felton Sherman, Forum Margaret Gunderson Stiles, Treasurer & House Joan Sherer Walstad, Commons Jerry Wulk, Theater
1945-1946
Great Hall dance, 1947
Janet Bruechert Bauer, Workshop Dorothy Holden Bradley, Music Harland E Everson, Games Alice Kaven Grossberg, Film Charles J Hervey, House Barbara Raike Jarrow, Theater Edith Jones, Service Edith Jones Kelly, House & Service Joyce Elmer Kosobud, Gallery Anne Minahan, Secretary & Activities Bureau Frances Coate Niesen, Music Eugene Petersen, Library Helen Jean Stavrum Sauer, Treasurer & News Bureau Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa, Vice President Elliot Starks, Film & Gallery Walter Toy, International Club Betty Ann Clark Tracy, Library Jerry Wulk, President Leonand L Youman, Commons Judy Stillman Zirkle, Forum
1946-1947
Campfire on the Terrace, 1952
Memorial Union expansion, 1956
Thora Haaland Bautz, Workshop Patricia Knapp Brady, Dance Charlotte Donahue, Dance Mary Weir Fleming, Games Kal Goldberg, Forum Charles H Hawks, House Barbara Raike Jarrow, Vice President & Theater
Barbara Berge Jensen, News Bureau Marjorie Kruetzer Johnson, Commons Stephen Joy, Gallery Mildred A Kmetko, Film Anya Neprud Lund, International Club James Robert Moore, President Lawrence B Myers, Grad Club Gloria Tracey-Noble, Forum Walter Pancoe, Vice President Max H Rechnitz, Hoofers Richard Schwartz, Music Cynthia S Thompson, Library M Noreen Chandler Weber, Activities Bureau
1947-1948 Clarice Bergen Adams, Dance Robert M Beaugrand, Games Rella Israly Cohn, Theater Margaret Wilson Deyoung, Library Elizabeth Adams Ebbott, Commons Ralph Ebbott, Music Walter J Hanna, Forum Charles H Hawks, President Hans E Hopf, Hoofers Krishnaswami Iya, International Club Marilyn Rieder Janicek, Workshop Dwight A Johnson, News Bureau Margaret Power Lang, International Club Norman G Levine, Hoofers Richard J Lewis, Vice President Sudarshan Lal Mehta, House Robert S Rutherford, Grad Club Marilyn Shores Smith, Activities Bureau Mary Schneiders Steffgen, Gallery William K Witte, Commons Wayne Wolfert, Film
1948-1949 Robert Brenner, Games James H Burgoyne, Vice President Robert P Butts Jr, Games Rella Israly Cohn, Theater Janice Wegner Connally, Gallery Arthur C Cragoe, House Ruth Hadley Donovan, Crafts Clarence J Fenzau, Forum Robert Gresch, Music Melvin L Griem, Dance Nanette Biller Joelson, Commons William R Johnson, Activities Bureau Ray B Kuefler, Grad Club Felice Michaels Levin, News Bureau Richard J Lewis, President Frank E Newcomb, Library Edward A Ohm, Hoofers Ismael J Sousa, International Club David Weiss Jr, Film
1949-1950 Ruth Vilberg Bartholomew, Activities Bureau Dale Bender, Hoofers Max Casper Jr, Crafts James B Christoph, Forum Janice Wegner Connally, Gallery Bill Hibbard, News Bureau William R Johnson, President Burton A Lepp, House Richard G Livesay, Grad Club Barbara Connell Manley, Music David A Newcomb, Commons Rita Brown Peterson, Theater William J Pollard, Dance George Quicke, International Club Donald P Ryan, Games Dallis Shaver, Library
Creative Innovations: Highlights of the 1950s and 1960s The Memorial Union building celebrates its silver anniversary. The Wisconsin Union student leaders commemorate the Union’s first 25 years with the production of the film “Living Room of the University” portraying the purpose and programs of the Union. It won a Hollywood Screen Producer’s Award.
“I found the students at Wisconsin alert, intelligent, and uninhibited. Madison author and historian Ronald Radosh becomes It was a most friendly with an aspiring folk singer who frequently played stimulating meeting for me.” at a State Street coffeehouse called The Pad. One day, Radosh and the singer sit together on the Union Terrace, — Then-Senator John F. playing guitar. Kennedy, after his May 16, 1958, The singer boasts: “I’m going to be as big a star as Elvis speech at the Union Theater. Presley.” Radosh asks: “Singing Woody Guthrie songs?” …The singer’s name: Bob Dylan.
The original Union Building Committee is formally incorporated as the Memorial Union Building Association (MUBA), a tax-exempt educational corporation dedicated to serving the Wisconsin Union and its members.
“Having grown up in Madison, the Wisconsin Union has always been a big part of my life. My mother served on the Union board for many years. As a boy, our family’s great treat was to go bowling at the Union on a Sunday afternoon and then to the cafeteria for dinner. As a middle school student, I met John F. Kennedy after a speech he gave at the Theater. Like so many college students, Jessica and I nearly lived at the Union—studying, eating, dancing and sitting on the Terrace. As a husband and father, I’ve enjoyed many family occasions at the Union like the big party we had for my son Gabe’s 16th birthday with a DJ and dancing and my mother-inlaw’s 70th birthday celebration. We even had a huge Thanksgiving dinner there one year. The Union has always been such a great place to spend time with family and friends and I have many great memories of the time I spent there. No matter where you are in your life, there is always something for you at the Union. It’s what makes the Wisconsin Union so enduring. And the Union is what makes Madison and Wisconsin such a great place to live. Happy 100th Anniversary.” —Governor Jim Doyle
Richard T Suhm, Games Felix E Wassermann, Film David Weiss Jr, Vice President
1950-1951 Nancy Berryman, Theater Clarence G Bylsma, Vice President William P Casey Jr, Dance Gerald W Churchill, Forum James D Forsyth, Hoofers Mohit C Gupta, International Nancy Lane Humphrey, Library Charlotte Sundt Johnson, Activities Bureau Anne Vanzandt Jones, Crafts John A Keenan, Games Charles Koerble, Summer President & Grad Club Henry Lippold, Commons Judith Rosenthal Lippold, House Barbara Connell Manley, Music Clarence Muth, Film David A Newcomb, Games Charles Quinn, Gallery Donald P Ryan, President Joanne Jaeger Schmitz, News Bureau Neal Steinhoff, Dance
1951-1952 Catherine Gregerson Anderson, Music William R Bailey, Activities Bureau Arthur R Braatz, Commons Carol Schindler Brand, Public Relations Larry Eberlein, Dance Jack R Gay, Gallery Alan F Gregory, Grad Club Nancy Erickson Horton, Crafts Robert Immerman, Film John A Keenan, Games Janet Koym Keenan, News Bureau Alan G Macdiarmid, International Club Barbara Connell Manley, President Gloria Markowitz, Library Don A Olson, Vice President & Theater Arnold Petersen, Hoofers Donald Reich, Forum Paula Abramson Scarr, House
Wisconsin Union Galleries
1952-1953 Margaret George Baker, Crafts Melvin Boyce, Grad Club Carol Schindler Brand, Vice Pres & Public Relations Richard John Hanscom, News Bureau Allan Hershfield, Film Robert Immerman, Theater Susan Weber Kaiser, Dance Eloise Barton Nelson, Library Robert H Peterson, Hoofers Kenneth E Reich, Commons Gwyn T Ricketts, Gallery Caryl Raffman Rigler, Activities Bureau Paula Abramson Scarr, House Caryl Weiss Starobin, Music Lawrence Suhm, President Robert Tehan Jr, Forum Raymond M Volp, Games Russell V Webber, International
1953-1954
Union Theater 25th Anniversary
Pie eating contest, Stiftskeller, 1962
Joy Bell, Library Palmer H Boeger, Grad Club John Bowen, House Theodore Crabb, President Peter J Dunlop, International Club Boris Frank, Hoofers Glen Kaufman, Film Stanley Krippner, Forum Eloise Barton Nelson, Vice Pres & Public Relations
Michael Nightingale, Dance Gretchen Hardt Oakley, Theater Irene Herman Patner, Personnel Bureau Shirley Hudson Pearson, Crafts Helen Frederick Peterson, Commons Robert Sherrer, Grad Club Ann Wilson Swift, News Bureau Robert Tehan Jr, Games Mary Demeter Thurrell, Gallery Gloria Anderson Waity, Library James Wockenfuss, Music
1954-1955 William S Barlow, Film Doris Neuman Beringer, Gallery Kay Carney, Dance Robert D Cope, President Mary Hope Derby, News Bureau Sandie Wallerius Goulet, Placement Joanna Gewertz Harris, Theater Robert Herrmann, Forum John Hoff, Hoofers Abdul Jandali, International Club Edward H Kohn, Hoofers Sue Hilgers Laudon, Commons Richard Mann, Grad Club Bruce Mann, Tournaments Marty Small Meyer, Vice Pres & Public Relations Agnes Broadway Sharer, Music Gloria Anderson Waity, Library Irene Elkin Washow, House Nancy Rynders Whitney, Crafts Judy Otto Wojta, Gallery
1955-1956 Gar Alperovitz, Forum William S Barlow, Theater Mary Nicholas Brown, Vice Pres & Public Relations Kathleen Barnard Cuneo, Dance D Dorairaj, International Club Jan Marshall Fox, Crafts Sandie Wallerius Goulet, Library Stanley Gregory, Hoofers Bette Cox Hardeen, Library James C Heft, Film Martin J Hein, Placement John Perham Hobbins, President Alice Kearby Krebs, News Bureau Lida Reber Mead, Music Sylvia Sachtjen Payne, Commons William Scott, Grad Club Mrs Marvin R Shaw, International Club Judy Hicks Stiehm, Gallery Judith Kopplin Tjebben, House Ruth Pommerening Trowbridge, Tournaments
1956-1957 Gar Alperovitz, President Evie Sanford Beran, Grad Club Gerald Cowley, Hoofers Judith Vandermuelen Crain, President’s Assistant Ada E Deer, International Club Darlene Mcleod Forsberg, Music Bette Cox Hardeen, Library Dean W Hess, Theater William J Immerman, Film Donald Kaufman, Gallery & Secretary Barry Kaufman, Tournaments Rollyn Kauth, Theater Alice Kearby Krebs, Vice Pres & Public Relations Ingeborg M Kuhn, Placement Cordelia Wagner Reimers, Forum Anne Gromme Ross, Crafts Susan Edgerton Sell, Public Relations William Smythe Jr, Commons
Theodore Crabb—Second Union Director, 1968-2001 Theodore Crabb (more fondly known as Ted) was born July 4, 1932 in Janesville, Wisconsin. Ted moved to Madison and enrolled as a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1950. As a student leader in government, Ted helped get first-ever voting rights for students on the Student Life and Interest Committee, previously controlled by faculty. He also worked in the Rathskeller on the grill from 2 pm to midnight. Later, Ted became the Wisconsin Union president in 1953. Ted graduated in 1954 with his bachelor of science degree in American Institutions from UW-Madison and was offered a position as the Union outing adviser. After graduation, Ted met his wife, the former Barbara Brandriff, who was the chair of the Union Forum committee and now a federal judge. Ted left to become the Director of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union for four years and eventually returned to Madison to become the second director of the Wisconsin Union beginning in 1968, serving until 2001. His legacy promoting and championing student rights and student activism both as a student and an administrator has set a solid foundation for many generations of students. He accomplished a great many things including successfully framing the Union as a safety zone for nondestructive debate during the Vietnam era, renovating the Union Terrace to be a symbol for unity, completing a $2 million fund raising campaign, embracing the multicultural murals in the Trophy Room, and helping to create the Morgridge Center for Public Service in the Red Gym. Under his vision and direction, the Wisconsin Union also trademarked and standardized the Union Terrace chairs, saw the opening of Union South, and renovated the lakeshore. The Union also found space for the first campus blood donation center (Young Blood), supported the first peer-to-peer tutoring service center (GUTS/HASH), forged a unique partnership with the campus daycare center—Bernie’s Place and initiated one of the Union’s most popular membership benefits for Madison community members, the Mini Course program. During his tenure he continued the Union Director’s role as as advisor to the Iron Cross Society, the campus junior/senior honorary society. The Society has represented some of the best and brightest of the University’s graduates over the last 100 years and Ted’s advice and guidance to this diverse group of student leaders did not go unnoticed. Chancellor John Wiley asserts, “Ted’s commitment to the original idea of the Wisconsin Union—that we at the university have a responsibility not only to produce scholars but well-rounded individuals—has paid off for innumerable graduates in a myriad of ways.” Ted Crabb will continually be recognized for his commitment to student empowerment, activism, and engagement. Ted emphatically exclaims, “I love this place.”
“The Union must continue to serve as a laboratory where students learn
Ted Crabb as Uni on President at Union’s 25th birt hday said, “Our building, th e program, the sta ff, and the results ha ve become a legen d in the Union mov ement. Wisconsin is today the stand ard, the goal, and the ultimate in stu dent Union work throughout the co untry.”
Donna Rubin Steinburn, Hoofers Ruth Pommerening Trowbridge, Dance Doris Feldman Weisberg, House Mary Jane Alt Wilson, News Bureau
1957-1958 Lucy Pederson Baddeley, Library Jon Dolf Bass, Grad Club Karen Olson Christenson, Crafts Judith Vandermuelen Crain, Placement Diane Schaefer Curtis, House Jack C Davis, Forum Renee Rosholt Elrick, Theater Willis M Gillett, House Nancy Hooper Horvath, Dance William J Immerman, Film Spiros Jannides, International Club Clarence Lobb, Tournament Janet Wilkens Mackenzie, Gallery David Meissner, Vice President & President Janet Pratt Montgomery, Public Relations Robert R Ream, Hoofers Joel L Skornicka, Music Barbara Nemetz Weigner, News Bureau Doris Feldman Weisberg, Vice President & News Bureau Sue Trimble Wilson, President’s Assistant
1958-1959
Memorial Union Terrace
Barbara Brandriff Crabb, Forum Jack C Davis, Vice President Maureen Drummy, House Roger S Erickson, Film Barbara Gordon Furstenburg, Music Karen Hampe Hand, Literary James L McEathron, Music Charles F Merbs, International Club Ann Flora Millen, Placement Ruth Hibbard Mitchel, Hoofers Dagny Quisling Myrah, Gallery Gene Schunk Opton, Tournaments Aren Holmberg Salen, Theater Joel L Skornicka, President Mary Kay Harmon Smith, News Bureau Walter S Stolz, Crafts Sally Gressman Turner, Social Richard Wendt, Grad Club Susan Hazekamp Weston, Public Relations
1959-1960
Union South construction, 1971
leadership and put into practice democratic principles.”—Ted Crabb
Harvey Barash, Vice President Barbara Bigger Carlson, Tournaments Jack C Davis, President Sheldon Friedstein, Public Relations Barbara Gordon Furstenburg, Music Philip M Gottschalk, Social Charles J Gruneisen, Grad Club Judith Schwartz Hamel, News Bureau Betsy Johnson Ingle, Gallery Coralee Phillips Krueger, House Patricia Powills Krug, Crafts John R Lawson, Hoofers Sheila Campbell Modjeska, Placement & Vice President Sybil Berntson Moore, Forum Rebecca Colwell Quarles, Literary Sadig Saleh, International Club Karen Holmberg Salen, Theater Robert Simenson, Placement Thomas Edgar Stanley, Film
1960-1961 Robert T Bohm, Film Michael L Comer, Public Relations Carol Hoppenfeld Hillman, Forum Robert M Jacobson, Theater
Mervin Lynch, Grad Club Glen R Ohm, Hoofers Thomas D Ray, Crafts Robert P Schmidt, Music Leslyn Schmidt Shires, Literary Diane Blanchard Sieker, House Robert Simenson, Vice President John D Swanke, Placement Mary Haroz Tamm, International Club Richard Taylor, Social Daniel E Webster, President Judith Oakland Willis, News Bureau John Wing, Tournaments Lois A Wittich, Gallery
1961-1962 Carol Adamson, Hoofers Madhau Apte, International Club Joanne O Neill M Brownell, House Dorothy Wagner Clover, Gallery R Warren Comstock, Social Judith Zuelsdorf Eggleston, Tournaments Stephanie Ogden Grant, Film Ellen Katz Greenberger, Crafts Julia Demerath Hardin, Theater Carol Falk Johnson, News Bureau Mary Mansnerus Levy, Literary Charles Meissner, Vice President Marjorie Scott Osterhoudt, Grad Club Jackie Tingle Polzin, Music Robert P Schmidt, President Carol Nechrony Skornicka, Forum John D Swanke, Placement Richard Taylor, Pub Rel, Sum Pres,
1962-1963 John G Collier, Grad Club Peggy Krug Douma, Summer President Stephanie Ogden Grant, Vice President Sharon G Hadary, Literary Richard F Halverson, Forum Mary Mansnerus Levy, Public Relations Joan M Longmire, Tournaments Laverne Wanish Macknight, Gallery Elizabeth Beers Martin, Theater Joseph Mollica, Grad Club Sallie Mulliken Olsen, Social Hope Kramp Olson, News Bureau Gilbert A Peters, Hoofers Dennis W Pipkorn, Film Sandra Cartwright Schink, Crafts Farooq Ahmad Siddiqui, International Club Carol Nechrony Skornicka, President William D Sprague, Placement & Special Services Marilyn Wells Sprague, Secretary Thomas S Wallsten, House Gary J Wirth, Music
1963-1964 Mary Ann Jennings Allin, Forum Virginia Crownhart Brenneis, Social Jean Stoiber Dallia, Theater Ulla Nielson Evans, Film Sue Harrington Francis, Public Relations George Glushenok, Film Richard F Halverson, President Gary E Krejcarek, Music Mary Kay Bauman Larson, News Bureau Joan M Longmire, Tournaments Jean Falligant Love, Literary Kerry McGrath, Crafts Don R Murdoch, Special Service Joan Wilkie Murdoch, Vice President Robert Newman, House Richard Olsen, Gallery
Protests and Progress: Highlights of the 1970s and 1980s As campus grows, so too does the demand for another Union. Memorial Union South is designed and constructed on the south side of campus. The Union continues its rich tradition of being a college union pioneer. YoungBlood opens at Union South—the nation’s first full-time campus blood donation center. Bernie’s Place Day Care Center opens on campus, sponsored by the Union. Similarly, the Volunteer Service Office opens in Union South. Also housed in Union South, the Greater University Tutoring Service/Housing Assistance Student Help (GUTS/HASH, now GUTS) opens. More than 20,000 students participate in the program each year, making it the largest organization of its kind at any American college or university. Memorial Union celebrates its golden anniversary with the theme “A Half Century of Constructive Involvement,” including a 200-pound cake in the shape of the Union and the Hoofers-sponsored “Great Goldfish Giveaway,” which involves dumping 1,000 goldfish in the Library Mall Fountain. Included in the celebration is a 1,000-gallon milk shake that serves more than 10,000 shakes from the Union Terrace. At the time, it is the world’s largest milkshake. The Union expands its horizons as the Multicultural Center is established in the browsing library of the Memorial Union until it relocated to the newly renovated Red Gym. Alternative Breaks becomes a WUD committee directed by Catherine Colyer. Mini Courses opens its doors to the UW community, providing out-of-classroom learning opportunities that furthers the Union’s mission of social education. A newly-renovated Union Terrace opens, featuring additional seating and an outdoor Brat Stand. Thousands of visitors attend the grand re-opening festivities where a giant paper mache fish was created to honor the new addition. “Almost everyone will tell you that their favorite place on campus as a student is the Terrace and I was no different. My fondest memories date back to when I was a graduate student in physics from 1964-1968 and I was a member of the Hoofer Sailing Club. I had my final challenge before being certified with the tech dingys—‚this includes capsizing the boat, swimming around to the bottom of the boat, pulling down on the centerboard to get it upright, then climbing back into the boat, bailing out the extra water, probably putting the rudder back in, and sailing off into the sunset. I did it on my first try! There isn’t a lot that has changed at Memorial Union since those days and when I came back in 1975 as a faculty member, I walked into the Union and it was just as I remembered it. The only thing that is different is the role of the communal TV set. Most students didn’t own TVs so hundreds of students would watch the CBS evening news in the Main Lounge on the 2nd floor of the Union. It was during the Vietnam era and antiwar activism. People would hoot and holler at the news, laugh and joke together. It was entertaining to watch the crowd watching the news. The Union plays an important role in really bringing people together and providing a space for students to interact with one another.” —Chancellor John Wiley
Steve Rollin, Grad Club Gerhardt Schroeder, Hoofers Irving Seaman, Honorary Vice Chairman Byron Weng, International Club
1964-1965
Santos Zingale painting
Pat Curran Anderson, Gallery Linda Goodsell Bergh, Tournaments Mary Chrouser Bess, Crafts Marilyn Domas, Grad Club Suzanne Dawson Fahey, House Peter Fernandes, International Club Richard W Gerber, Grad Club, Hoofer Margie Alt Griffith, Social Julia L Heller, Film David Knox, Forum Jean Falligant Love, Vice President Joan Wilkie Murdoch, President Jeanne Oates, Special Service Robert S Perlstein, Theater Beth Verner Reynolds, Public Relations Margie Mercer Steere, Literary Susan Husting Stoddard, Tournaments Janet Hinding Volat, News Bureau Elmire Morgan Whipple, Music
1965-1966 Bonnie Strauss Alpert, News Bureau Mary Chrouser Bess, Vice President Robert B Bittner, Grad Club Larry Cohen John F Ebbott, Forum Kenneth W Feldman, Hoofers Arthur G Field, Gallery Bruce P Garner Anne I Haberland Emerson, Literary Diane Kalsched Hoge, House Ira M Kleinman, Film David Knox, President Kenneth Kuehlthau, Hoofers Jane A Lichtman, Literary Barbara Schulz Linnenbrink, Special Services Kathryn Hansen Liss-Kress, International Club Larry Mass, Music Berry A Matthews, Crafts Jeanne Oates, Administrative Vice President V Gail Parshal Pakalns, Theater Raymond D Patch, Tournaments Brian D Smith, Public Relations Philip Wiese, Summer Social Randolph S Young, Social
Union Terrace reopening, 1987
1966-1967 Benita Bell, House Dennis R Berger, Film Miriam Boell Boegel, Music Patricia Carlson Brodhagen, Public Information Marcia Myers Carlucci, Special Services Bruce Feay, Grad Club Robert E Gilson, Hoofers Dan Leicht, Outreach Barbara Schulz Linnenbrink, President Claire Schroeder Lundgren, Gallery Ann Prisland, Tournaments Clayton B Russell, Vice President Vinod Kumar Sahney, International Club Jay M Schonfeld, Crafts Bruce B Schultz, Literary Robin Lovrien Schwarz, Theater Catherine Dietrich Taylor, Social Albert Teplin, Forum Randolph S Young, Administrative Vice President Union Celebrates 50 years with a thousand-gallon milk shake.
Memorial Union Craftshop
1967-1968 David J Alt, Social Donna Breslin, House
Kenneth J Bures, Grad Club Lucy Cooper, Forum Joanne Disch, Administrative Vice President Sandra Edsall, Recreation Orville Harris, International Club Daniel Hirsch, Film Dan Kocks, Summer Vice President Dan Leicht, Summer President Judith E Litman, Literary Rod J Matthews, Public Information Nancy Schiffer Miller, Special Service Susan M Ohlson-Elo, Gallery Ann Prisland, Vice President Sheila Ramson-Mahoney, Campus Outreach Clayton B Russell, President Ann Sheski Rybolt, Theater Joellen Carone Schroedter, Crafts Kathy Dwyer Southern, Music James Stenswold, Tournaments Joann Rosenberg Wilson, Hoofers
1968-1969 David J Alt, Summer President And Social Ruth Reiter Brown, Theater Robert Clingan, Summer Vice President Kathie Abbott Gascoigen, Administrative Vice President Mark Goldblatt, Film Ray Reider Golden, Gallery Doug Haffer, Music Barbara Hindin, Public Information Paul Kurnit, Outreach Bill Lawson, Hoofers Chris Grothe Littig, Crafts Elizabeth Meier-Abplanalp, International Club David Milofsky, Literary Ann Prisland, President Joe Rousseau, Grad Club Dennis Schatz, Vice President Peg Solomon, House Ellen Pfund Spangler, Recreational Coordinator Tim Spangler, Rec Services Art Stengel, Special Services Neil Weisfeld, Forum
A Call for More Celebration in the 1970s & 1980s Eleanor Roosevelt speaks at the Union Theater’s 50th Anniversary. Union Theater audiences since 1939 have seen some of the most famous actors, dancers and musicians of the century. The also have heard renowned leaders; philosophers and scientists. The Theater’s autograph book is a Who’s Who of twentieth century leaders in arts and ideas: Fritz Kreisler, Ella Fitzgerald, Indian Prime Minister Nehru, Frank Lloyd Wright, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert Frost, Itzhak Perlman, John F. Kennedy, Yo-Yo Ma, T.S. Eliot, Jesse Jackson, Arthur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz, Louis Armstrong, Martha Graham, Dave Brubeck, the Lunts. Over the years, eminent personalities have communicated from the stage with over ten million people, and their influence has rippled throughout the world. The Union Theater has constantly won their praise for its facilities and its acoustics, but mostly for its audiences, who in turn continue to be the life force of the theater.
“Students always provided such value to the theater and the theater reciprocated; students were extremely productive, capable staff and volunteers and the theater provided a wonderful education in return. Theater staff served as great role models; a woman leading such an important theater, which was unheard of in those days, brought many young women into the field. Fred Buerki, the Theater Technical Director was the first to hire women students as stagehands. Many theater professionals received important training and life experiences in the Union Theater.” —Fan Taylor
1969-1970 Stacy Allen, Literary David J Alt, President Benita Bell, Music Joan Kurlan Brunkow, Gallery Marion Tucker Caplan, Vice President Steven Greguske, Rec Services Barbara Hindin, Public Information Peggy Sterner Jones, Summer President & Grad Club Aman Khan, International Club Wilma Barnes Lankford, Forum Phoebe A Miller, Administrative Vice President Judith Moel, Theater Pat Rasmus, Theater Marilyn Rice, Crafts Connie Applegate Schatz, Social Eleanor Hymen Schreckengost, Crafts George Schwenke, Rec Services Merrill Stass, Secretary Howard B Tolkan, Special Services Ellen Whitman, Film Cal Williams, Hoofer President
1970-1971 Henry D Blinder, Film Marcia J Busching, Theater Victoria Emory Damron, President Jill S Feldman, Social James F Jensen, Theater Donald Kao, Union South
“The Memorial Union has been a meaningful part of my life since childhood. My fondest memories of the Union date back to when my grandmother was on staff of the UW Theater Department. She designed and constructed costumes for many UW theater productions. Her costume shop was in the basement of the Union and, as a young girl, I spent many hours there helping out with projects. When my grandmother needed a long strand of pearls for a 1920’s flapper costume, for example, she would spray paint gum balls white. It was my job to string them together. Even now, each time I walk through the Union, sit on the Terrace, visit the Rathskeller, or stop for ice cream, part of me remembers that little girl roaming backstage at the theater watching magic unfold.” —U.S. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin
William E Kasdorf, Literary Marjorie A Morton, Gallery Susan A Mulloy, Public Information Sharon M Pero, Music Andreas Philippou, International Club Carl Reiche, Union South Steven C Schaffer, Memorial Union-Vice President Steven L Schleifer, Union South-Arts & Crafts Jeffrey Schwartz, Hoofer Representative Kamalkant Z Shah, Union South-Public Relations Alan I Silow, Union South-Dance Constance Smith Barr, Stu/Adm Relations, Union South Ronnie J Sokol, Forum Wendy Becker Spatz, Crafts Howard B Tolkan, Special Services Frank Vazquez, Hoofer President Wesley Weidemann, Grad Club Kathleen Welch, Union South-Film James Wessing, Union South-Vice President
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1971-1972
Wisconsin Union Theater
Diversions at Union South, 1990
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Fan Taylor with Naomi Rhodes, 2007
Randall Berler, Literary Alexandra Bonfante-Warren, Union South Heather M Buxton, Gallery Sudipta Chatterjee, Film Bruce A Chevis, Union South Jean Froehlke Clough, Forum Debbie Dunn, Theater Jill S Feldman, Vice President-Union South Murrell Gramtham, Grad Club Tala Gail Gregg, Public Information Dieter Cotter Gruenert, President Nancy Morbeck Haack, Special Service Mark W Haebig, Vice President Donald Kao, Union South Joan Kessler, Crafts Anthony L Kiorpes, Social Mary Kleefisch Klasen, Union South Sally Giese Knight, Social Mary M Kopp, Union South Joyce M Ksicinski, Union South Linda Larkin, Union South Robert D Lenburg Alan Linkowski, Music Linda B Olson, Union South Lois Poppe, Union South Robert R Schroeder, Union South B D Sharda, International Club Michael H Smith, Union South Jon Stewart, Union South Daniel J Swanson, Union South Sue Greenberg Thompson, Union South Michael Wagner, Hoofer Representative Jon Wetzel, Union South Jean Douglass Wightman, Music
1972-1973 Glenn Bostedt, Hoofers Kent Brostrom, Ideas & Issues Monica Carollo, International Affairs Bruce J Heil, Arts & Crafts K Lyn Kirshenbaum, Social Sally Ann Giese Knight, President John Krieck, Service & Outreach Jon Olson, VP-Service & Operations James Pappas, Summer Ideas And Issues William Patterson, VP-Service & Operations Carl Reiche, VP-Personnel & Prog Evaluation Kathie Jacobsen Roskom, Theater Arts Janet Schmidt, President
1973-1974 Dave Alesch, Hoofers Bruce J Heil, Arts & Crafts John Krieck, Vice President-Program
Joe Lillis, Outreach And Services Stephen S Morse, Vice President-Operations Dave Nemschoff, Ideas & Issues Jeffery S Olenick, International Affairs Ellie Oppenheim, President William Patterson, Theater Echo Ann Scott, Social Judy Shields, Social
Moving Into the 21st Century: Highlights from the 1990s and 2000s
1974-1975 James H Bigwood, Film Daniel Castleman, Vice President-Operations Kathleen Deuel, Vice President-Program Dorothy L Lutter, Ideas & Issues Paula Perrone Neumann, Outreach & Service Mary Oberembt, President Pat Tennessen Plantz, Social Catherine A Swan, Hoofers Barbara Underberg, Arts & Crafts Leslie Watkins, Theater Arts Carl R Werowinski, Special Events
1975-1976 Karen Adamski, Ideas & Issues Gail Simson Becker, Theater Daniel Castleman, President George M Davis, Special Events Amy Frankfurt Dwyer, Committee Affairs Coordinator Marsha Brelefeldt Eddleman, Social Darline Girardeau, Cultural Affairs Ronna Silver Lugosch, Arts & Crafts Alan Nakasto, Outreach And Services Martha Davis Pohl, Hoofers Barbara Underberg, Vice President-Program Carl R Werowinski, Vice President-Operations
1976-1977 Glenn Deutsch, Ideas & Issues Mark E Gitter, Vice President-Program Peter A Glicklich, Vice President-Operations Thomas H Goulde, Arts & Crafts Lisa Grube, Special Thomas G Gullick, Theater Arts Braderick D Harper, Cultural Affairs Michael McKeown, Committee Affairs Coordinator David D Nelson, Union South-Social Joellen Jende Sletter, Memorial Union Social Stephen J Smith, Outreach & Service Barbara Underberg, President Marsha Zuckerman, Hoofers
1977-1978 Robert E Browne, Cultural Affairs Susan Garetz, Campus Services Mary Gribble, Hoofers Lisa Grube, Vice President-Program Thomas G Gullick, Theater Arts Ana Marie Guzman, Ideas & Issues Margaret Rierdon Jensen, Ideas & Issues Ken J Lonnquist, Union South-Social Keith McCarten, Vice President-Operations Karen Janusiak Orsak, Arts & Crafts Bob Pingry, Memorial Union-Social Fred Stanek, Committee Affairs Coordinator Rebecca Weiss, Campus Community Outreach Paul Zuchowski, President
1978-1979 Jill Bauman, Union South-Social Kristine Kleman Bay, Campus Services Michael T Brody, Theater Arts Kevin L Brown, Cultural Affairs Debra Carlson Faison, Community Outreach Melissa A Ferrari, Arts & Crafts Barbara Goodman, Personnel Coordinator
The Wisconsin Union’s web site is introduced to connect to its new users. With a similar intent of welcoming students and connecting them to campus, the Memorial Union (MU) Bash welcome party is hosted for new students for the first time. It was so successful that MU Bash has grown into an annual campus tradition. As the Union’s story continues, programming and partnerships lead to more college union firsts. The Wisconsin Union Directorate Film committee works with other campus groups to organize the first Great Wisconsin Film Festival. The Union’s Music and Entertainment Committee book a band with an opening act, a little known group called Smashing Pumpkins who were paid only seventy-five dollars for the gig. Ever heard of the Indigo Girls, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the BoDeans, Garbage or Phish? Not many people had when those acts played the Unions during their early, pre-fame days. Recognized as a successful student leadership program, the University asks the Union to assume campus-wide responsibility for alcohol-free, late-night programming. The Wisconsin Union takes strides to embrace diversity and promote multiculturalism. The Multicultural Murals in Memorial Union’s Trophy Room across from der Rathskeller, were completed by artist Leo Taguma. The two murals—“The Nourishment of Our Human Dignity” and “The Inheritance of Struggle”—are dedicated as a lasting enhancement reflecting the growing diversity and highlighting the wealth of a hybrid culture in America. The first person of color to be the Union President is Janelle Wise. The first Madison World Music Festival is hosted in the Union Theater and Union Terrace incorporating world-renowned musicians and performers to bring World Music to the Madison community. The Union is the first organization on UW-Madison campus to implement a living wage for all non-student limited-term employees.
James R Hartman, Vice President-Program Linda Kantor Bob Kuntze, Vice President-Program Adam E Lakritz, Theater, VP-Operations Karen Janusiak Orsak, Vice President-Operations Steve Romero, Memorial Union-Social Peggy Shukur, Ideas & Issues Fred Stanek, President & Personnel Coord. Alan L Yatvin, Hoofers
1979-1980 Michael T Brody, Theater Arts Adel Elmaghraby, Cultural Affairs Bonnie Fechner, Campus Services Cindy Halbritter Goodrich, Union South-Social Margaret Jones Johnson, Memorial Union-Social Jodi L Jacobson Kanner, Ideas & Issues Ann D Kirking-Post, Community Outreach Adam E Lakritz, President Colleen McBride, Vice President-Program Brenda Noach, VP-Personnel & Publicity Lynn Thiele, Arts & Crafts Maureen Whiteman, Ideas & Issues Alan L Yatvin, Hoofers
1980-1981
ble lesson “The most remarka m m unity in is the power of co ” cultivating an idea ra, Cross —Miguel Gueva 1993, Cultures director Mural was MUBA Trustee. ent that a lasting enhancem ing grow would reflect the light the gh hi d an diversity id culture in wealth of a hybr America.
Trophy Room Mural
Lakeside Cinema on the Terrace
Michael D Chimberoff, Theater Arts Beth Lerner Daniels, Ideas & Issues Adel Elmaghraby, Cross Cultures Bill Goins, Summer Theater Paula R Haraldson, President Jeffery Hoffman, Film Peggy Jones Johnson, Summer MU Social Kitty Kocol, Art Judy Lee Summer, Union South Programmer Mary Process Marvel, Campus Community Services Nancy Miracle, MU-Social Debra Melby Rankin, Film Peggy Shukur, Vice President-Program Carol Flinn Ulrich, Union South-Social Stuart Utley, Hoofers Julie Victor, Vice President-Personnel
1981-1982 Arlan Birkett, Film Beth Lerner Daniels, President James M Deloye, Memorial Union Social Carol Gifford, Vice President-Program Amy M Grimm, Art Sue Kaeppel Harned, Hoofers Brad Hippert, Summer Film & Cultural Affairs John I Hirsh, Theater Arts Terry Iselian, Summer Union South Programmer Sara Follick Lurie, Campus Community Services Leigh Feifer Reisch, Summer MU Social Jayne Stevlingson, Union South-Social Linde Tesch, Ideas & Issues Derek Wilson, Vice President-Personnel Hollis Wormsby, Cross Cultures
1982-1983
Winter Carnival, 1997
Tim Bahr, Memorial Union-Social Beth Barber, Summer Film & Cultural Affairs Michele Couturier, Ideas & Issues James M Deloye, Vice President-Program Andrew Flaherty, Art Joy Goberville, Vice President-Personnel Jeff Heggem, Theater Arts Cindy Hanson Hocker, Campus Community Services Lasisi Ibrahim, Union South-Social Mark MacDougall, Summer Union South Programmer Daniel Olsen, Film Marnie Pope, Summer MU Social Renee Huehns Ramirez, Cross Cultures Linde Tesch, President
Bruce Yatvin, Hoofers
1983-1984 John Buford, Memorial Union-Social Sheri Carter, Vice President-Program David Chalfant, Ideas & Issues Sheryl Facktor, President Mike Fasulo, Summer MU Social & US Social Mark MacDougall, Summer Union South Programmer Lori Nevins, Art Peggy Panosh, Film Marnie Pope, Cross Cultures Jessie Popp, Summer Film & Cultural Affairs Amy Truby Powers, Campus Community Services Katie A Ripple, Theater Arts Chris Robaidek, Hoofers Susan M Vandehei Dibbell, Vice President-Personnel
1984-1985 Paula Mishler Bell, Memorial Union-Social Dan T Bodner, Arts Lee A Buttala, Ideas & Issues Rebecca A Carroll, Summer MU Social William Clifton, Summer Union South Programmer Stu Fields, Cross Cultures Pam Garvey, President Peter Hoppmann, Theater Arts Kelti Johnson, Summer Film & Cultural Affairs Lori Tate Pannell, Vice President-Personnel Peggy Panosh, Vice President-Program Michael D Prasad, Union South-Social Kim Simmons, Campus Community Services Carl W Stenbol, Hoofers Gary Wahlgren, Film
1985-1986 Lee A Buttala, Vice President-Personnel Richard P Butwinick, Summer MU Social Rebecca A Carroll, Vice President-Program Lori Freed, Summer Film & Cultural Affairs Michael P Garvey, Adult And Family Outreach Irene M Graff, Cross Cultures Carolyn Helmke, Film Judith Pritzlaff Hickey, Art Susan J Klebanow, Memorial Union-Social Karla J Kroeplin, Union South-Social Dale Peters, Hoofers Kelly Holden Sidikman, Campus Community Services Jon J Snowden, Ideas & Issues Carl W Stenbol, President Laura Greene Welch, Theater Arts Lisa Winkler, Summer Union South Programmer
1986-1987 Lyz Bodner, Theater Michael W Cell, Summer MU Social Kara Dinhoffer, Campus Outreach Janelle Munson Dixon, Vice President-Personnel Andrew Fok, Summer US, US-Music & Ent Mike Garvey Tim Gleason, Vice President-Program Clark Heindl, Hoofers & UC WUD Rep Mark Kaplan, Art Laura Keegan, Games & Activities Jay D Koritzinsky, Union Council Alumni Rep Karla J Kroeplin, President Anne Lambert, Other Andreas Leimbach, Cross Cultures Josh Lerner, Film Tina Lopresto-Dugan, Adult And Family Outreach Pat Mansfield, Union Council Faculty Rep Michael Mark, Vice President-Program Heidi Meyers, MU-Social & UC WUD Rep Ingrid Moser, Summer Film & Cultural Affairs
Mark Guthier—Third Union Director, 2001-present Mark Guthier was born September 29, 1964 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He attended Indiana University where he earned two degrees, a Bachelor’s degree from the Kelley School of Business in 1987 and a juris doctorate from the Indiana University School of Law in 1990. While finishing his legal studies, Mark was introduced to the college union field as a graduate student in the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) headquarters in Bloomington, Indiana. By the end of that one-year internship, he knew that his career path had forever been altered. He accepted a program advisor position at the Indiana Memorial Union in the fall of 1990. In 1992, he married Amy Schroeder, originally from Janesville, Wisconsin. In 2001, she and their five children joined him as he assumed the position of Union Director at UW-Madison. For many unions around the country, active advising for the Union Director is seen as a luxury—something that takes a back seat to the seemingly more important tasks of operations, financial management, and strategic planning. However, at the Wisconsin Union, this is still seen as integral to the position and for Mark, advising the Union President is one of the most attractive components of his position. His commitment to students is recognized by colleagues from ACUI and in all corners of campus.
“Mark advocates for shared governance and gets that it’s not about the outcome it’s about the process. He is a humble, non-pretentious, visionary leader. Personally, I have appreciated his professional mentorship and support. Mark is wholly committed to advancing adventures of a lifetime at the Union.”
Under Mark’s leadership, the Wisconsin Union has seen the —Lori Berquam, Lakefront on Langdon project completed, the celebration of Dean of Students Memorial Union’s 75th anniversary, the Morgridge Center for Public Service’s 10th anniversary, the first Madison World Music Festival, and be the first organization on campus to pay all LTEs a living wage. Mark is a well-respected administrator on campus, quietly influencing campus processes and Union practices. Mark’s most apparent accomplishment has been his devotion for the Wisconsin Union’s building project. His leadership in envisioning the project, hosting a community-building process, and his dedication to the students has been a stronghold for the project’s success thus far. Mark has worked hard to ensure that the Union’s values, programs, and facilities are around for generations of UW-Madison students to enjoy, learn from, and embrace.
“The Union is something truly special that we all have in common. Being
Richard Ralston, Union Council Faculty Rep Elizabeth Shine, Ideas & Issues
1987-1988 Barbara Brodie, Vice President-Personnel Darren Dematoff, Ideas & Issues Sean Doyle, Cross Cultures Henry Bradshaw Elsesser, President Michael Frohna, Science & Society, Summer US Kristi Highum, Summer Film & Cultural Affairs Rachel Holley, Campus Outreach Elinor Knepler, Art Stuart E Mann, Summer MU Social Carol Marshall, Games & Activities Ingrid Moser, Film Dean Otto, Vice President-Program Meg Reticker, US Music And Entertainment Mary Schmid, MU Music And Entertainment Denise Sobering, Hoofers Nida Tautvydas, Theater Arts
1988-1989
75th Anniversary Veterans Day event
TerraceFest 2005
Michael Baker, US Music And Entertainment Kristi Beall, Summer Union South, VP-Program Ann Ertl, Campus Outreach Michael Frohna, President Eric Hanson, Science And Society Sandy Kao, Cross Cultures Dina Lampa, Summer MU Social Lisa Langer, Art Kate Lorenz, Summer Film & Cultural Affairs Michael Maggiore, Film Michael R Mitchell, Vice President-Personnel Ingrid Moser, Vice President-Program Carol Hanson Rojahn, Hoofers Esther Rose, MU Music And Entertainment Amy Schuster, Activities & Games Nida Tautvydas, Theater Arts Roxanna Turner, Ideas & Issues
1989-1990 Darren Dematoff, Vice President-Program Steve Splitgerber Demille, Film Libby Edwards, Summer Union South Programmer Dinesh Gunatilaka, Cross Cultures Pam Hanrahan, Science And Society James A Hoffman, Summer MU Social Alexander J Hofmann, MU Music And Entertainment Sandy Kao, Film Lecia Keaton, Theater Arts Karin Koslow, Campus Outreach Anna Lotter, Art Margaret McCormick, President Andrew Paradowski, Science & Society Jillian Pitt, Summer Film & Cultural Affairs Jim Rogers, Hoofers Jennifer Tabakin, Ideas & Issues Jeffrey J Tackes, Activities And Games Roxanna Turner, Vice President-Personnel Michael D Wilkes, US Music And Entertainment
1990-1991
Lakefront on Langdon
its steward is an awesome responsibility we all share.�—Mark Guthier
Damon Barglow, Ideas & Issues Justin Bass, MU Music And Entertainment Kit Conway, Travel Committee Brian Doyle, Summer Union South Programmer Catherine Colyer Dyke, Vice President-Personnel Greg H Fahlstrom, Film Krista J Farber, Summer Film Bennet Hirschorn, Summer MU Social Jodi Geng Jensen, Campus Outreach Turbado Marabou, Art Kathy Moquin Markeland, Science & Society Kiersten Marshall, Cross Cultures Naomi P Munzner, Summer Cultural Affairs
Tim Prince, Hoofers Jim Rogers, President Anita Thesen, Theater Arts Beth Waters, Vice President-Program Jennifer Zahn, US Music And Entertainment
Wisconsin Spirit Soars (1990s-2000s)
1991-1992 John Banczak, Hoofers Brad Brunson, MU Music And Entertainment Jeanne Frohna, Summer Union South Programmer Roger W Howard, Union Council Judith Labiner, Cross Cultures Lia Berrettini Landis, Campus Outreach Brian Lane, Science And Society Jennifer Settecase Lane, Summer Cultural Affairs Adam Locketz, US Music And Entertainment Tahminae Madani, Theater Arts Opie Markeland, Ideas & Issues Kiersten Marshall, Vice President-Program Maggie Oneill, Travel Jim Rogers, President Pete Rosenzweig, Summer MU Social Hilary Ross, Art Tracey K Smith, Film Kate Hussey Young, Vice President-Personnel Steve C Yun, Science And Society
1992-1993 Michele S Biro, Vice President-Personnel Jacqueline M Ganser, Science And Society Amy Gerold, Vice President-Program Miguel Esteban Guevara, Cross Cultures Judith Labiner, President Jeff Ladewig, Ideas & Issues Brandon Mason, Theater Arts Shana Mathur, Art Robert Meisenburg, US Music And Entertainment Jennifer Meyer, Travel Kevin Oneill, Campus Outreach Ian Rosenberg, Film Kristine Rotan Sum, Film, MU Music, Jam Sardar, Summer Music Jennifer Schlegal, Summer Cultural Affairs
1993-1994 B Wesley Anderson, Hoofers Cassie Anderson, Summer Cultural Affairs Michael Emerson, Film Kevin Fogarty, Vice President-Program Josh Fogel, Alternative Breaks Heather Frankovis, US Music And Entertainment Wendy Jepson, Vice President-Personnel Renee Larose, MU Music And Entertainment Rachel Lehman, Campus Outreach Eva Leung, Summer Film Jodi Milner, Art John Morgan, Ideas & Issues Tamar Peltz, Travel Roman Perri, Vice President-Personnel Greg Reisch, Summer MU Social Ian Rosenberg, President Nichole Smaglick, Theater Arts Jeannina Smith, Science And Society Safiya Tolson, Cross Cultures
1994-1995 B Wesley Anderson, Hoofers Karen Baumgaertner, Distinguished Lecture Series Daniel Bogstad, Performing Arts Jenny Brehl, Alternative Breaks Lora Daley, Cross Cultures Teri Fair, Travel Martha Hahn, US Music And Entertainment Jeff Haupt, President Holly Kaster, Film Tina Kaufman, Campus Outreach
In honor of the Memorial Union’s 75th anniversary, oversized Union Terrace chairs are decorated by artists and displayed throughout the city. The College Library lobby is the new location for the oversized “Pink Flamingo” chair originally designated for display on Bascom Hill. Trailing the Memorial Union’s anniversary by a few years, Hoofers from all over the country, from many decades, and from many Hoofer clubs returned to Memorial Union to celebrate the past 75 years of Hoofer magic. A special note from Marilla Eggler, who was in the first Hoofer Club, and who joined in on the celebration, shares her stories with Hoofers young and old. Also, the Hoofer Equestrian Center opens in the town of Montrose.The Hoofer Riding Club has been the official riding club of the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1939. It has a number of its own horses, and manages the Hoofer Equestrian Center, a boarding facility with 30 stalls. The club offers riding lessons at all levels in balanced seat, western, hunt seat, dressage, and jumping. Lessons are offered to HRC and Equestrian Team members six days a week, during two sessions each academic semester and during the summer. The Hoofer Riding Club motto is:
“To nurture our horses today, To teach for tomorrow, To embrace excellence always, To serve our equine community, for a lifetime of quality service to the UW and Dane County community.” As the south campus continues to grow, the Wisconsin Union plays a crucial role in fostering Wisconsin spirit. At the Badger Bash tailgate party at Union South before each football game, approximately 1,400 pounds of brats, 700 gallons of beer and soda, and 60 gallons of ice cream are consumed. Alumni, students, and visitors join together to sing Varsity, enjoy a performance from the UW marching band, and enjoy the Union’s concessions.
“As every Badger knows, The Union is at the center of student life at the University of Wisconsin. The Union is a place that brings everyone together, and that’s how I always remember it. I can recall so many times sitting out on the Terrace with friends or attending one of the Union’s many special events. The Union represents the very best of the University of Wisconsin, putting all the wonderful aspects of UW-Madison in one unique and special place. The Union is an integral part of the UW experience, and I’m very pleased to be part of the organization’s centennial celebration.” —U.S. Senator Russell Feingold
Rachel Lehman, Vice President-Personnel Justin Lowman, Art John Neff, Art Matt Smith, Contemporary Issues Jeannina Smith, Vice President-Program Todd Zeff, MU Music And Entertainment
1995-96 Jennifer Brehl, Vice President-Program Debi Breimayer, Alternative Breaks Jenny Chen, Community Services Marcia Cristall, Art Katherine Goerman, Travel Garry Golden, Distinguished Lecture Series Chad Lillethun, MU Music And Entertainment Petrina Lin, Performing Arts Justin Lowman, Vice President-Personnel Lisa Nett, Union South Entertainment Erik Rasmussen, Hoofers Jan Saiz, Cross Cultures Matt Smith, President Jason Stephens, Film Graeme Zielinski, Contemporary Issues
1996-1997 Badger Bash at Union South
Paula Bersie, Hoofers David Chaffin, Vice President-Program Clayt Freed, President Jessice Gallas, Community Services Colleen Hayes, Vice President-Personnel Liz Laufenberg, Performing Arts Josh Lenius, MU Music & Entertainment Bryan Marra, Contemporary Issues Kris Martens, Travel Nancy O’Neale, Cross Cultures Danielle Reiff, Distinguished Lecture Series Stephen Rice, Alternative Breaks Gretchen Rothenberger, Art Robin Schmoldt, Union South Entertainment
1997-1998 Paul Bellrichard, Travel Adelia Bussey, Art David Chaffin, President Jessica Fee, Contemporary Issues Jessica Fisher, Community Services Sarah Hagen, US Entertainment Brent Helt, MU Music & Entertainment Liz Laufenberg, Vice President-Program Jennifer Lawton, Vice President-Personnel Adam Loewy, Distinguished Lecture Series Christopher Reichert, Cross Cultures Cindy Ryals, Alternative Breaks Susie Weber, Hoofers Lori Woodall, Performing Arts Taylor Vignali, Film
1998-1999
Hoofer Riding Club
The College Library lobby is the new location for the oversized “Pink Flamingo” chair originally designated for display on Bascom Hill. All chairs were displayed in campus and city locations, where they remained until late spring 2004. The Bascom Wildlife chair was designed by Jeanne Morledge and sponsored by Steve Brown Apartments/Private Residence Halls.
Nicole Anderson, Performing Arts Chris Bouda, Community Services Adam Briggs, Distinguished Lecture Series Cristy Buss, Art Alec Chabalowski, Hoofers Jon Hertzberg, Film Reuben Jacobson, Alternative Breaks Steve Lederman, Contemporary Issues Clinton Lewis, Music & Entertainment Kris Martens, Vice President-Program Natalie Mazzuca, Music & Entertainment Nicole Muehlenhaus, Cross Cultures Jim Norton, Vice President-Human Resources Susie Weber Younkle, President
1999-2000 Yujin An, Travel Peter Antaramian, Hoofers
Jen Ahlstrom, Art Jennifer Collins, Alternative Breaks Rebecca Dilley, Contemporary Issues Brent Helt, President Matt Jacobs, Music & Entertainment Karen Kersting, Vice President-Human Resources Eric Olson, Vice President-Program Alden Oreck, Distinguished Lecture Series Michael Oskin, Cross Cultures Ben Runkle, Music & Entertainment Cj Wagner, Performing Arts Allison Winton, Community Services Amy Yu, Film
2000-2001 Peter Antaramian, President Meaghan Brennan, Alternative Breaks Elizabeth Butzer, Travel Natale Fuller, Contemporary Issues Zachary Hartjes, Alternative Breaks Rachel Herszenson, Performing Arts Sandy Lucas, Film Lisa Mumm, Music & Entertainment Bethsaida Nieves, Art Mark Reischel, Distinguished Lecture Series Diallo Shabazz, Vice President-Program Joseph Teklemariam, Music & Entertainment Stephanie Thomas, Hoofers Michelle Van Der Puy, Community Services Amy Yu, Vice President-Human Resources
2001-2002 Steve Bauman, Union Council Fac/Staff Rep Meaghan Brennan, Vice President-Program Elizabeth Burke, Film Elizabeth Butzer, Travel Dan Erdman, Union Council Alumni Rep Aaron Hammes, Music & Entertainment Jeffrey Heerhold, Community Services Marsha Landretti, Union Council Fac/Staff Rep Timothy Lindl, Distinguished Lecture Series Lori Lukowski, Art Prem Mansukhani, Hoofers Rachel O’Leary, Vice President-Human Resources Brittany Reed, Performing Arts Rob Staude, Alternative Breaks Lynn Stathas, Union Council Alumni Rep Amy Thornton, Contemporary Issues Andrew Wallmeyer, President
2002-2003 Laura Amundson, Art John Blomberg, Contemporary Issues Matt Brockdorf, Community Services Lauren Brunstad, Performing Arts Brendan Fischer, Music & Entertainment Aquene Freechild, Global Connections Aaron Hammes, Vice President-Program Ann Hanson, Distinguished Lecture Series Joe Holm, Alternative Breaks Brittany Reed, Performing Arts Mike Schoenike, Hoofers Emily Schuster, Film Kari Shafer, Vice President-Human Resources Rob Staude, President
2003-2004 Hillary Berwick, President Matt Brockdorf, Vice President-Administration Silas Mayberry, Vice President-Human Resources Liz Yablon, Vice President-Program Dave Ponce, Alternative Breaks Laura Amundson, Art Anna Becker, Community Services Renee Gasch, Contemporary Issues
Preserving the Past, Building the Future 2010 and Beyond The Wisconsin Union’s building project has two overall priorities: preserving the legacy of the students and alumni who built Memorial Union and setting the standard for the 21st century union on the south side of campus. Students voted to reinvest in the time-honored Memorial Union and that a new south campus union be constructed. A world-class institution like the University of Wisconsin-Madison demands a world-class union. Whether it is artistic performances, recreational activities, or quiet discussion groups, Directorate and student organizations need adequate space and up-to-date facilities to bring the campus community together. University life is so much more than one academic experience in a particular school or college. To fulfill that vision, students, staff, alumni, and faculty united to produce the Student Union Initiative. Because student campaigning and commitment were traditions handed down generation to generation since the 1920s, the students took on the responsibility and have committed segregated fees to support the Wisconsin Union’s building project. The student initiative passed with an overwhelming margin of 2-1 (64.9%) in October 2006. Contrary to popular opinion, the Wisconsin Union receives no tax dollars. Of the $167 million project, approximately $97 million will come from student-approved fees and the Union’s revenue will cover $30 million in the coming years. The centennial anniversary provides an opportunity for Union family and friends to join together to celebrate its accomplishments. The college union idea foundation laid by Porter Butts, the traditions of student leadership and excellence forged by Ted Crabb, and the new vision for a 21st century Union shaped by Mark Guthier all work together to give us the organization that we know today. The Union truly is a home for Wisconsin spirit and must continue the tradition that began 100 years ago including developing dynamic student leaders, bringing the diverse elements of the campus together, and building loyalty to the greater University. Only then can the Wisconsin Union remain the heart and soul of this great university and ensure that generations of students have sufficient space to meet, collaborate and create as well as to experience those fabulous sunsets from the Union Terrace.
Jake Behrens, DLS Michelle Reed, Film Aquene Freechild, Global Connections Mike Schoenike, Hoofers Jenny Ng, Music Lauren Brunstad, PA Alison Rootberg, Theater Arts
2004-2005
2006 Homecoming parade. The Union’s first float, an attempt to recreate the 1920s fundraising drive that built the first Union.
Matt Brockdorf, President Ben Hawke, Vice President-Administration Jake Zabkowicz, Vice President-Human Resources Nina Pascucci, Vice President-Programs& Promotion Megan Lipke, Alternative Breaks Christena Gunther, Art Heather Killeen, Community Services Brian Jenks, Contemporary Issues Adam Diederich, DLS Lindsey Mueller, Film Ingrid Stokstad, Global Connections Jenny Dahlberg, Hoofers Stacy Lansing, Music Adam Robinson, Student Performance Jenna Riedi, Union Theater
2005-2006 Janell Wise, President Eric Palm, Vice President-Administration Shayna Hetzel, Vice President-External Rerlations Jenna Riedi, Vice President-Internatl Relations Christopher Konieczka, Alternative Breaks Christena Gunther, Art Kristina Mueller, Community Service Matthew Rink, Contemporary Issues Hope Wallace, DLS Elliot Weber, Hoofers Sarah Kantor, Music Joanna Borgione, Film Adam Robinson, Student performance Megan Fork, Union Theater Kirstin McCabe-Krudwig, Global Connections
2006-2007 Shayna Hetzel, President Rachelle Stone, Vice President-Administration Dylan Heaney, Vice President-External Relations Kristina Mueller, Vice President-Internal Relations John Barnhardt, Alternative Breaks Danielle Lindenberg, Art Mitra Jalali, Community Service David Christopher, Contemporary Issues Alexander Grace, DLS Derek Paulson, Film Sarah Williams, Global Connections Megan Reinbold, Hoofers Wyndham Manning, Music Michael Hammerling, Publications Jayme Zwerling, Student Performance Laura Katzman, Union Theater
2007-2008
Get Out the Vote for the Student Union Initiative
Swing the Vote dance
John Barnhardt, President Rachel Bocek, Student Performance Quoctrung Bui, Music Courtney Byelich, Union Theater Drew Egan, Publications Amanda Green, Vice President Erin Hallbauer, Film Jacklyn John, Community Services Aaron McKean, Distinguished Lecture Series Maya Oyarbide-Sanchez, Alternative Breaks Adam Putzer, Contemporary Issues Megan Reinbold, Vice President Tristan Sather, Hoofers Shira Weiner, Global Connections Christie Wilmot, Art
How will you leave your legacy?
Photos provided by Jeff Miller and Michael Forster Rothbart/UW-Madison Univeristy Communications, Connie Reeves/Wisconsin Union and the Wisconsin Union photo archives.
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