FOR UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MADISON ALUMNI AND FRIENDS SPRING 2017 Call of Duty The UW enlisted in World War I. Page 22 Vision “Inside College Basketball’s Most Political Lock- er Room” was the New York Times headline for a fall story that featured Badgers Nigel Hayes, Jordan Hill, and Bronson Koenig. In September, Koenig joined protests against construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Days before the article, Hayes and Hill stood one step behind their teammates during the national anthem to protest inequities that African Americans face, an action they repeated during the season. Photo by Andy Manis/Associated Press On Wisconsin 3 Meeting Spaces • Event Rooms • Guest Rooms Conference Packages • Great Dining Options CONTACT US TODAY! 601 University Ave., Madison, WI 53715 (608) 441-7117 • (877) 77-FLUNO/35866 fluno.com *Subject to restrictions. Please call for more information. 4 On Wisconsin SPRING 2017 Contents Volume 118, Number 1 Jennifer Warren. See page 40. SAM COMEN SAM DEPARTMENTS 2 Vision 7 Communications 9 Observation OnCampus 11 News 13 Bygone Cambodia Protests 17 Conversation Danielle Evans 18 Exhibition Stitching History 20 Contender Eric Brown II 21 Sports FEATURES OnAlumni 22 The Great War at Home 50 News When the U.S. entered the First World War, the UW joined 52 Exhibition Poage Sculpture the fight by training soldiers, conducting poison-gas 53 Tradition Spring Fashion Show research, and sending students to work on Wisconsin farms. 54 Class Notes By Erika Janik MA’04, MA’06 62 Diversions 66 Destination The Sett 30 A Matter of Interest RICHTER BRYCE When the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in a decade, staffer Simon Potter MS’97, PhD’90 was in charge of carrying out that change. He talks about his front-row seat in keeping the economy humming. By Victoria Finkle 34 Around the World in Eight Badgers As more Americans decide to live and work abroad, we checked in with alums on each of the seven continents to see how they like their new lives and what advice they have for fellow Badgers who dream of similar moves. By Sandra Knisely ’09, MA’13 40 Rebel Alliance Women helm just a fraction of Hollywood films, a fact that Jennifer Warren ’63 has been working steadily to change Cover JEWISH MUSEUM MILWAUKEE MUSEUM JEWISH since trading acting for directing three decades ago. By Andrew Faught Undergraduate students partici- pate in a military 44 The Disease Detective training march UW professor Tony Goldberg is on a life-saving mission: near the Red Gym identify unknown pathogens before they jump to a new host in 1916. Design inspiration. and cause disease in other animals — and humans. UW Archives See page 18. By Terry Devitt ’78, MA’85 S05392 On Wisconsin 5 WHEN ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRY WORK TOGETHER, WE ARE BOUNDLESS. WISC.EDU | #BOUNDLESSTOGETHER 6 On Wisconsin SPRING 2017 Communications BIG APPLE BADGERS A core group of UW alumni is Potato, Reviewed cerns are. The article mentioned deeply influential in the worlds of Thanks for another great issue Roundup Ready seeds without art, fashion, finance, media, and of On Wisconsin [Winter 2016]. I acknowledging the health and sports in New York City. Univer- especially liked the potato article environmental concerns associ- sity Communications recently [“Potato, Interrupted”] by Nicole ated with the use of glyphosate. launched a video series that fea- Miller. Keep them coming. Finally, there was no mention tures some of these grads sharing of who is funding horticulture James Jolin MD’66 insights into how the university Waukesha, Wisconsin research at the UW. Any influ- shaped their careers. The alumni ence on the research based on I found “Potato, Interrupted” donations from agriculture or profiled have previously been misleading. The statement, “We food companies should have been featured in the pages of On Wis- found that there have been no noted in the article. consin, including Jeffrey Sprecher cases of GEs causing problems Earl Ratledge MS’61 ’78, chair of the New York Stock for human health” overlooks Mesa, Arizona Exchange; Stacy Igel ’99, creator genetically engineered crops of the Boy Meets Girl clothing line; that have been manipulated to be Kidnapping Sleuth and Troy Vincent x’92, executive “Roundup Ready.” “Grain of Truth” [Winter 2016] vice president of football opera- Roundup is the trade name was very interesting. It was my tions for the NFL. for the most widely used her- dad, Lewis Bornmann of the New bicide in the world, glyphosate. Jersey State Police, who worked (2) COMMUNICATIONS UNIVERSITY Glyphosate has been proven to with Arthur Koehler to solve be carcinogenic and is currently the kidnapping of Charles Lind- found in the bloodstreams of 85 bergh’s baby. percent of people living in the As the execution of kidnapper United States. Making corn or Bruno Richard Hauptmann took soybean plants Roundup Ready place shortly prior to my birth, I means that even greater amounts have no direct knowledge of the of herbicide can be applied to case, but I heard a lot about it, as Jeffrey Sprecher ’78 crops, increasing exposure to my dad was frequently requested both humans and wildlife. to speak about it. I hope that, in the future, When I attended the UW, your magazine will refrain from my dad asked me to contact Mr. spreading untruths about herbi- Koehler, but he died shortly after cides being benign. Your readers, my arrival in Madison, so it was their children, and their grand- never possible to meet him, to my children will be grateful to you. dad’s great disappointment. Elena Saporta ’73 Lewis Bornmann MS’69 Stacy Igel ’99 (right) Cambridge, Massachusetts Redding, California To watch, visit youtube.com/UW- Really enjoyed “Potato, Inter- Our Bad Madison and select “Big Apple rupted.” My father, Jerome I look forward to reading, in the Badgers.” Pamperin, grew corn as feed for next issue of your Communica- dairy cows. He prided himself tions section, how many letters on keeping the weeds in the corn and emails you got pointing out SLIDESHOW to a minimum. He would have that when Charles Lindbergh x’24 “The Great War at Home” (page been the first in line to embrace went on his barnstorming tour 22) vividly depicts campus during the weed-control qualities of to support commercial aviation, World War I. View more images at Roundup Ready seeds. there were only 48 states, so he onwisconsin.uwalumni.com. Dick Pamperin ’63 couldn’t have gone to 49. S05411 ARCHIVES UW–MADISON Marion, Wisconsin Lee (Wallace) Wikoff ’67 Minneapolis I wanted to express my disap- pointment with “Potato, Inter- Editor’s Note: You were not the rupted.” While I understand the only alert reader to point out that, value of food research, I found unless he was time traveling, Mr. the article one-sided. The author Lindbergh would have visited only mentioned that people have the 48 states that existed at that concerns about GMO foods but time. Alaska and Hawaii did not did not explore what those con- become states until 1959. On Wisconsin 7 Yi-Fu is a Vilas professor emeritus at UW-Madison. He did his homework and chose the only continuing care retirement community in downtown Madison. Now he can walk to work, enjoy the vibrancy of city living, and bask in the knowledge that his future SMARTEST is secure. 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The university’s first master plan was drafted in Toni Good ’76, MA’89; Kent Hamele ’78; Danielle Lawry; Preston Schmitt ’14, 1850, a year before the first campus building — North Hall — opened University Marketing its doors. The plan called for five buildings. Over the years, UW offi- cials have continued to imagine new possibilities for campus and con- PHOTOGRAPHERS ceive ideas for accommodating growth and change. Jeff Miller and Bryce Richter, University Communications The (figurative) foundation for campus as we know it was laid in 1908, with a plan drafted by two University of Pennsylvania architecture CLASS NOTES/DIVERSIONS EDITOR professors in consultation with the UW’s Arthur Peabody 1913. It pri- Paula Apfelbach ’83, WFAA oritized open spaces anchored by stately buildings such as Agricultural EDITORIAL INTERN Hall. Riley Vetterkind x’17 President Charles Van Hise 1879, 1880, MS1882, PhD1892 hired Pea- body as university architect in 1906, and Peabody remained involved ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES in campus planning after becoming state architect in 1916. He designed Madison Magazine: 608-270-3600 or oversaw construction of Barnard, Birge, Sterling, and Lathrop Halls, ADDRESS CHANGES AND the Field House, the Carillon Tower, Mechanical Engineering, and the DEATH NOTICES Stock Pavilion, among others. 888-947-2586 or 608-308-5420 Peabody’s work also includes the beloved Memorial Union, patterned Email: [email protected] after a pair of Italian renaissance palaces. Despite its hero status on Quarterly production of On Wisconsin is campus, the building had one famous detractor: Frank Lloyd Wright supported by financial gifts from alumni x1890.