UW Madison professor John A. Schoenemann. John entered the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned a B.S. degree in Soils in 1950. In that same year, John became Horticultural Agent for Racine and Kenosha counties. In 1954, he received his M.S. degree in Horticulture and was appointed Extension Horticulturist-Vegetable Crops. John A. Schoenemann has served the Wisconsin potato industry and the University of Wisconsin for thirty-five years.