[Oral History Program interview with Ira L. Baldwin, 1974. First interview of three]

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Baldwin, Ira L. (Ira Lawrence), 1895-1999

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Origins--Doctoral work at UW--Appointment to faculty--Research in bacterial physiology--Assistance to state industries--Bacteriology department--Cooperative research with other departments--Assista...

Origins--Doctoral work at UW--Appointment to faculty--Research in bacterial physiology--Assistance to state industries--Bacteriology department--Cooperative research with other departments--Assistant deanship of Agriculture--Recruitment of students from state--Relations of Agriculture and L&S--Financing students during Depression--Frank and Dykstra--Appointment as Dean of Agriculture--Achievements as dean--Developments in research after WWII--Achievements of Agriculture faculty--Appointment as vice-president--E.B. Fred--Coping with postwar enrollment--Postwar funding of research--The Center System--Campus Planning and Building Program--Changes in organizational structure of University--Pressure to get veterinary school--Deans during E.B. Fred's presidency--Politics and the University in 1940's and 1950's--Board of Regents--Return to teaching--Past presidents--School of Education--Land Grant College Association--Committee for Institutional Cooperation--AID--Environmental issues--War work in biological warfare--Dining clubs--Graduate School--Views on recent developments--The agricultural experiment stations--Research at the UW--WARF--The McCarthy era--Extension--Industrial Relations Research Center--History of campus buildings--History of student housing--Expansion of Administration--Faculty governance--University-Legislature relations--University and city--The CCHE--WARF--UW Foundation--Major figures in the University.

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