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This collection is composed of oral histories from current and former Center for Limnology faculty and employees created by UW-Madison’s oral history program.
Note: These interviews are also available through the University of Wisconsin Archives.
Instructions on how to find oral histories in the UW Catalog can be found at this link: https://www.library.wisc.edu/archives/archives/oral-history-program/oral-history-interviews/
| Title | Description | Creator | Date | Total Length |
| Arthur Hasler 1 | Interview is split across two cassette tapes and four files, one per tape side. Laura Smail interviews Arthur Hasler for the UW-Madison Oral History program about his family history, education, travel and work history. Periodic audio distortion. On the first tape, Hasler describes his work at and with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his role in developing the Limnology Lab and Trout Lake Station. Interview takes place in the Center for Limnology at UW Madison. Hasler talks about the city using Copper Sulfate to control the Algae blooms on the lakes in Wisconsin. Talks about other environmental issues he has come across in his career. Talked about Birge and Juday in the years before and after their retirement. On second tape, Hasler talks about Birge and the parking garage. Hasler discusses various lecturers and courses. Building a church on Regent Street. Talks about being selected as the first chairman of the International Congress Limnology in Madison in 1962, this was done every three years and brings scientists from Europe over to Madison. Hasler also mentions sending care packages during WWII | Smail, Laura | 1977 | 1:43:11 |
| Arthur Hasler 2 | Interview is split across two files, one per tape side. Bill Jordan interviews Arthur Hasler for the UW Oral History Program on his memories of the early days of the Arboretum and the next 20 years of development. Includes conversation on research done at the arboretum, Aldo Leopold, cooperation with the DNR, Norman Fassett, John Curtis, and others. Interview takes place in the Mckay center. | Jordan, Bill | 1979 | 0:50:01 |
| Dave Egger | Dave Egger discusses his career as Research Program Manager at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Limnology (CFL), the development of the CFL, and its faculty and his work to obtain grants for CFL research. | Lange, Bob | 2012 | 1:10:44 |
| Emily Stanley | Interview is split across two files. Topics of discussion include her early life in New England, her education, how she chose to study limnology and her early research and work in the field. She also discusses coming to the Center for Limnology (CFL) at UW-Madison and her research, colleagues students and teaching at the CFL. | Lange, Bob | 2012 | 1:33:11 |
| Jake Vander Zanden | Interview is split across two files. Topics of discussion include his research and teaching, the organizational culture of CFL, and his colleagues and students. He also spoke about his childhood, education at McGill University and Postdoctoral research at University of California-Davis. | Lange, Bob | 2012 | 1:43:42 |
| Jim Kitchell | Interview is split across 11 files and was conducted over the course of four separate days. Jim Kitchell discusses his childhood, undergraduate and graduate education, and career at UW-Madison. He grew up in Gary, Indiana near swamps and Lake Michigan. His early interest in water and water creatures such as fish and snakes influenced his career. He attended Ball State for his undergraduate degree majoring in biology and planned to go to graduate school in microbiology. He attended University of Colorado for graduate school with a focus on fish and fish ecology. He was offered a post-doc working on a project on Lake Wingra with John Manguson and moved to Madison in 1970. He then discusses his career at UW-Madison including his relationship with John Manguson, the Zoology department, tenure, the Great Lakes, lake ecosystems, invasive species, his work with the American Fisheries Society, the Center for Limnology, working with graduate students and teaching, reflections on students, his work with the NSF, his experience with UW-Madison administration, his work as the Director of the Center for Limnology, and his reflections on the future of the Great Lakes and lake ecosystems. | Lange, Bob | 2011 | 9:55:52 |
| John Magnuson | Interview is split across 11 files. Topics of discussion include: Early years and education; High school; Northern Illinois State Teachers College; University of Minnesota; Lloyd Smith and family; Masters thesis; University of British Columbia; Dissertation; Tuna behavior; Hiring by UW; Arthur Hasler; Zoology department; Madison Ecology Group; Teaching; Graduate students; Sea Grant; Center for Limnology; Long-Term Ecological Research; Climate change research; Planning grant exercises; Waters of Wisconsin Project; Great Lakes Fisheries Commission; International Joint Commission on Water Quality; American Fisheries Society; Ecological Society of America; Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change; Politics of climate change; National Research Council committees; Service activities; Dane County Lakes and Watershed Commission. | Lange, Bob | 2006 | 11:31:48 |
| Marilyn Larsen | Marilyn Larsen discusses her work as the Assistant Director and Research Program Manager at the UW-Madison’s Center for Limnology (CFL). Larsen spoke about how she came to CFL, her relationships with CFL faculty and staff, and funding, facilities and research at CFL. | Lange, Bob | 2012 | 1:12:36 |
| Paul Hanson | Paul Hanson discusses his career at UW-Madison’s Center for Limnology (CFL), beginning in 1992 when Hanson served as a consultant to computerize the Center and continuing as he received his PhD and began working as a research professor. Hanson discussed his colleagues and research at CFL, particularly the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) project. Hanson also spoke about his philosophy regarding the role of science in society and the importance of the CFL. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the UW-Madison Oral History Program. | Lange, Bob | 2012 | 0:58:16 |
| Steve Carpenter | Interview is split across 2 files. Topics of discussion include early life and education in Missouri and the Washington D.C. area, the influence of his chemist father on his interest in science, undergraduate education at Amherst College, undergraduate ecology research, Masters and PhD work at UW-Madison and how he moved towards aquatic ecology, Arthur Hasler, Jim Kitchell, first faculty position at Notre Dame, taking sabbatical at UW-Madison and then coming back to UW-Madison as Center for Limnology faculty, research with Jim Kitchell in Northern Wisconsin, research on the Madison lakes, Pew Fellowship to study economics in relation to ecology, climate change politics, University committees he served on, the careers of notable former graduate students under himself, organization of the CFL, Emily Stanley and her hiring, thoughts on effects of climate change and how research will change with it. | Lange, Bob | 2011 | 2:36:07 |