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Biography/History
On 13 October 1955, Governor Walter Kohler of Wisconsin signed into law the merger of the
Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee and parts of the University of Wisconsin-Extension to
form the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). Dr. J. Martin Klotsche, president of the
Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee, was appointed provost. In January 1965, the title
provost was changed to chancellor. The chancellor is the chief administrative officer at
UWM, and reports to the UW System Board of Regents.
Provosts and Chancellors
1956-1965 |
Provost J. Martin Klotsche
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1965-1973 |
Chancellor J. Martin Klotsche
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1973-1979 |
Chancellor Werner A. Baum
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1979-1980 |
Interim Chancellor Leon M. Schur
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1980-1985 |
Chancellor Frank E. Horton
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1985-1986 |
Interim Chancellor Norma S. Rees
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1986-1990 |
Chancellor Clifford V. Smith, Jr.
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1990-1991 |
Interim Chancellor John H. Schroeder
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1991-1998 |
Chancellor John H. Schroeder
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1998-2003 |
Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher
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2003-2004 |
Interim Chancellor Bob Greenstreet
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2004-2010 |
Chancellor Carlos E. Santiago
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2010-2014 |
Chancellor Michael Lovell
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2014 |
Interim Chancellor Mark Mone
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2014- |
Chancellor Mark Mone
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J. Martin Klotsche
Johannes Martin Klotsche was born in Scribner, Nebraska, on November 28, 1907. He entered
Midland College at age thirteen and graduated four years later with the highest scholastic
average in his class. Klotsche earned a Ph.D. in History from the University of Wisconsin
in 1931, and came to the Milwaukee State Teachers College that same year as a history
teacher. In 1942 he was appointed dean of instruction and, in 1946, named president of the
college. In 1951 the institution was renamed Wisconsin State College, and in 1956 it
became the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Klotsche was appointed provost of the new
university and in 1965 his title was changed to chancellor. He retired as chancellor in
1973, but remained on the faculty of the history department until 1978. The author of
The Urban University and the Future of Our Cities (1966),
Klotsche served as president of the Association of Urban Universities. He also wrote a
history of the development of UWM since its founding, The
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: An Urban University (1972), Confessions of an Educator (1985), Life
Begins At 80 (1991; with Dr. Adolph Suppan), and The
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: A Historical Profile, 1885-1992 (1992; with
Frank A. Cassell and Frederick I. Olson). Klotsche died on 4 February 1995.
Werner A. Baum
A native of Germany, Werner A. Baum received his B.S. degree in mathematics, his M.S. in
meteorology, and his Ph.D. in meteorology, all from the University of Chicago. He began
his academic career at the University of Maryland. Baum next spent fourteen years at
Florida State University, first as the head of the department of meteorology and later as
vice president for academic affairs. From 1963 to 1965, Baum was vice president for
academic affairs and a professor of meteorology at the University of Miami. He left Miami
in 1965 to assume the position of vice president for scientific affairs at New York
University. In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Baum Deputy Director of the
Environmental Science Services Administration (now the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration). Baum was president of the University of Rhode Island before coming to
UWM. Baum served as UWM's chancellor from 1973-1979, and then retired.
Frank E. Horton
Frank E. Horton received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Western
Illinois University and a master's degree and Ph.D. in geography from Northwestern
University. Horton was professor of geography, director of the Institute of Urban and
Regional Research, and dean for advanced studies at the University of Iowa. Horton was
also a member of the Executive Committee and chair of the Urban Affairs Division of the
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. Before assuming the
leadership of UWM, Horton served as vice president for academic affairs and research at
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Horton was UWM's chancellor from 1980-1985. He
left UWM to assume the presidency of the University of Oklahoma, and is currently
president of the University of Toledo in Ohio.
Clifford V. Smith, Jr.
Clifford Smith received a B.S. in civil engineering from the State University of Iowa, an
M.S. in environmental engineering and water resources from the Johns Hopkins University,
and a Ph.D. in radiological science, also from Johns Hopkins. He served as special
assistant to the chancellor of the Oregon State System of Higher Education and for two
years as the director of the Council for the Advancement of Science and Engineering
Education/Research for Industry. Smith was a member of the faculty at the City University
of New York, Tufts University, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of
Connecticut. Smith came to UWM from Oregon State University, where he was head of the
Radiation Center and the Department of Nuclear Engineering. Smith was chancellor at UWM
from 1986-1990. He left UWM to become president of the General Electric Foundation.
John H. Schroeder
John Schroeder received his Ph.D. in 19th-century US naval, diplomatic, and maritime
history from the University of Virginia in 1971. Prior to being named chancellor,
Schroeder served as a professor in the UWM Department of History and as vice chancellor
from 1985 to 1990. During his tenure as chancellor, Schroeder saw UWM named one of only
125 Research II universities in the country by the Carnegie Foundation, a designation
recognizing its contribution to teaching and research. He also launched a long-range
planning process that resulted in a strategic plan for UWM that called for a continuation
of the university’s commitment to research excellence and student learning.
Schroeder returned to the History Department following his resignation as chancellor in
1998.
Nancy L. Zimpher
Nancy L. Zimpher was UWM's sixth chancellor and first female chancellor. During her
tenure, the faculty, staff, and students of the university strengthened their connections
with off-campus constituents by developing the Milwaukee Idea, which focused on improving
education, economic development, and the environment and public health. The processes
behind the creation of the Milwaukee Idea were chronicled in the book A Time for Boldness: A Story of Institutional Change, which Dr.
Zimpher co-wrote with Dr. Stephen L. Percy, director of UWM's Center for Urban
Initiatives, and Mary Jane Brukardt, former senior writer at UWM. Dr. Zimpher and her
husband, Dr. Ken Howey, were deeply involved in the creation and first years of the
Milwaukee Partnership Academy, which seeks to ensure the academic success of K-12 students
in Milwaukee. The coalition represented by the academy, including the Milwaukee Public
Schools, Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association, Milwaukee Area Technical College,
Metro Milwaukee Association of Commerce and Private Industry Council, is a perfect example
of the collaborative, far-reaching partnerships that typified Dr. Zimpher's
administration. On October 1, 2003, she became the first woman president at the University
of Cincinnati.
Carlos E. Santiago
Throughout his tenure, Chancellor Santiago focused on the university's historic mission
of providing student access and opportunity, delivering high-quality instruction, and
becoming a premiere research university.
Working in concert with the university's governance structure, he led UWM during a period
in which enrollment and degrees granted both grew by 12 percent, student retention through
Access to Success increased for all students and especially students of color, doctoral
programs increased from 19 to 30, and two new academic schools, for public health and
freshwater sciences, were established.
Research expenditures increased from $36 million (2003-2004) to $68 million (2009-2010),
an increase of 89 percent. Two affiliate organizations of the UWM Foundation, the Real
Estate Foundation and Research Foundation, were created during Chancellor Santiago's term.
The Real Estate Foundation coordinated the privately funded construction of two new
residence halls: RiverView (2008) and Cambridge Commons (2010). Santiago retired in
October 2010 to become the Chief Executive Officer of the Hispanic College Fund.
Michael R. Lovell
Michael R. Lovell was confirmed as the eighth Chancellor of the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee in May 2011. He joined UWM in 2008 as dean of the College of
Engineering & Applied Science and a professor of mechanical engineering. He was
subsequently named a State of Wisconsin Distinguished Professor, a designation by the
University of Wisconsin System that recognizes and supports professorships in areas of
vital or emerging significance to the state.
Chancellor Lovell continued to push forward several university construction initiatives
including its 89-acre Innovation Campus in Wauwatosa; $53-million expansion of its School
of Freshwater Sciences on the Milwaukee inner harbor; and the first phase of the Kenwood
Interdisciplinary Research Complex, the first new all-academic building to be constructed
on the UWM main campus in nearly two decades.
Lovell created or strengthened partnerships with many Milwaukee-area corporations. Work
with Johnson Controls and the University of Wisconsin was especially successful as was
work in the area of freshwater science, where the he served on the board of The Water
Council and supported the university's participation in the Global Water Center.
Chancellor Lovell is Chairman Emeritus of the Mid-West Energy Research Consortium, which
has grown to have corporate and academic representatives from seven states who are united
in their desire to make the region the U.S. leader in energy, power, and control.
Mark Mone
Mark Mone was confirmed as the ninth Chancellor of UWM in December 2014. In his previous
position he was a Professor of Management in the UWM Lubar School of Business, and also
served as the former Chancellor's Designee for Strategic Planning and Campus Climate. Mone
joined the UWM faculty in 1989, serving for more than 15 years as the Associate Dean for
Executive Education and Business Engagement. His responsibilities involved external
relations for the School, including partnerships with business, medical, legal,
government, and not-for profit organizations. Mone was responsible for the Executive MBA
program, the longest running program of its kind in Wisconsin, Career Services, and other
financial and marketing functions.
Mone received a B.S. in Management from Central Washington University, his M.B.A. from
Idaho State University, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Organization Theory
from Washington State University.
Prior to joining the Lubar School of Business, Mone taught Organizational Behavior and
Strategic Management in the College of Business and Economics for five years at Washington
State University. He also taught at HotelConsult in Le Bouveret, Switzerland, and
regularly led Executive MBA students on international residencies. While at Washington
State University, Mone received the Alumni Association's Award for outstanding teaching.
He also received both the UWM School of Business Administration Advisory Board's Annual
Award for Teaching Excellence and the Advisory Board's Izzet Sahin Annual Research
Award.
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