“One on One” Interviews, 1976-1977

Contents List

Container Title
SC 309
Published stories, 1976-1977
Tape 989A
No.   1
James Abourezk interview, March 29, 1977
Physical Description: 80 minutes 
Scope and Content Note: James Abourezk, U.S. Senator from South Dakota, interview by John Kole. Discussion of Abourezk's observations of the legislative process in Washington, D.C., and his reasons for deciding not to run for the seat again after completing his freshman term.
No.   2-3
David Adamany interview, Spring, 1977
Physical Description: 110 minutes 
Scope and Content Note: David Adamany, former Wisconsin revenue secretary under Governor Patrick Lucey, interview by David L. Beal. Discussion of taxation in Wisconsin, tax reform under Lucey, and comments about the shortcomings of professorial evaluation in the modern university.
No.   4
Werner Baum interview, February 25, 1977
Physical Description: 25 minutes 
Scope and Content Note: Werner Baum, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, interview by Ralph D. Olive. Discussion of UW-Milwaukee as an urban campus, curriculum, and funding.
No.   5
Lee S. Dreyfus interview, June 22, 1977
Physical Description: 30 minutes 
Scope and Content Note: Lee S. Dreyfus, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, interview by Loran H. Osman. Discussion of current status of political parties in Wisconsin, possibility of Dreyfus running for governor, and his “ruraplex” idea.
No.   6
Robert W. Greene interview, April 16, 1977
Physical Description: 80 minutes 
Scope and Content Note: Robert W. Greene, Suffolk editor of Newsday, interview by Richard Kenyon. Greene led a team of 36 reporters from 23 news organizations investigating organized crime and political corruption in Arizona after the June 1976 bomb murder of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles.
No.   7
Robert L. Habush interview, October 14, 1977
Physical Description: 135 minutes 
Scope and Content Note: Robert L. Habush, attorney, interview by Richard Kenyon. Discussion of Habush's specialty, product liability law, and a successful 1975 case which he believes is the largest personal injury verdict in Wisconsin history.
No.   8
Robert W. Hansen interview, July 7, 1977
Physical Description: 75 minutes 
Scope and Content Note: Robert W. Hansen, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, interview by Richard Kenyon. Hansen's 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court expired in December 1977. Discussion of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Wisconsin court system in general.
No.   9
Theodore M. Hesburgh interview, Spring, 1977
Physical Description: 90 minutes 
Scope and Content Note: Discussion with Father Hesburgh on the state of higher education, particularly private higher education, in the United States.
No.   10
Donald Pinkel interview, Summer, 1977
Physical Description: 75 minutes 
Scope and Content Note: Donald Pinkel, professor and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), interview by Neil D. Rosenberg. Discussion of childhood cancer and other children's diseases and how they are treated, with one of the country's pioneer researchers in childhood cancer.
No.   11
George Reedy interview, 1977
Physical Description: 25 minutes 
Scope and Content Note: George Reedy, dean of Marquette University's College of Journalism and former press secretary to Lyndon Johnson, interview by K. S. Kinney. Discussion of television and its impact on national politics.
No.   12
Henry S. Reuss interview, February 26, 1977
Physical Description: 55 minutes 
Scope and Content Note: Henry S. Reuss, a Congressman since 1955 and chairman of the House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee, interview by K. S. Kinney. Discussion of system of federal taxation and impact of “financial squeeze” on those in the lower 40 percent income brackets.
No.   13
Milton Silva interview, 1976
Physical Description: 35 minutes 
Scope and Content Note: Milton Silva, an associate professor of psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), interview by Neil D. Rosenberg. Discussion about the relationship between holidays, overeating, and overdrinking.
No.   14
H. Edwin Young interview, March 25, 1977
Physical Description: 30 minutes 
Scope and Content Note: H. Edwin Young, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, interview by Ralph D. Olive. Discussion of various issues on UW campuses including faculty collective bargaining, student attitudes as opposed to the 1960s, and curriculum.