THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Madison 6
DEPARTMENT OF SOILS                                                   July 15, 1947
Professor Aldo Leonold,
Dept.of Wildlife Management,
Old Entomology Building.
Dear Aldo:
Dean Kivlin kindly spent sometime with me this morning review-
ing the records of candidates for the Wisconsin Garden Club Federation
Scholarship. Dean Kivlin oointed out that the words "from Wisconsin" in
the agreement mean not merely a student from the University of Wisconsin
rather than from some other school but a resident of the state of Wis-
consin. This automatically disoualifies Mr. Henri Fribourg and Mr. Maynard
Fosberg.
We then reviewed the record of Mr. Gerhard Lee and also that of
Mr. Eldon Zicker, both residents of Wisconsin. Of these two, Mr. Zicker
has by far the higher standing scholastically and must, I believe, be
given first place as a candidate. I suggest Mr. Gerhard B. Lee as
alternate. I understand that you will return to Madison toward the end
of this week and suggest that, as chairman, you recommend Mr. Zicker for
this scholarship for the reasons given below.
Mr. Eldon Zicker attended high school at West Allis and spent
one year at River Falls State Teachers College, River Falls, Wisconsin.
He then entered the University of Wisconsin and has been in attendance
for four semesters. He took the pre-forestry course with the object of
entering a forestry school in his junior year. However, he has decided
to continue the study of soil science including soil conservation, botany,
geology and ecology with a view to preparing himself for work in land
utilization and particularly non-agricultural land. He now hopes to enter
Yale University as a graduate student and take a Master's degree in
forestry or wildlife management.
Mr. Zicker has earned a grade point average of 2.25. He has
taken 15 credits of botany, 5 of geology, 3 of climatography and 5 of
zoology. He has been employed part-time as a laboratory assistant on a
research nroject in plant physiology. He is now working under the direc-
tion of Professor S. A. Wilde on soil and plant relationships in Rich-
land County where certain woodlot and game management problems are receiv-
ing attention. Mr. Zicker served in the Army and is entirely self-supnort-
ing during his attendance at the University. His scholastic standing has
merited recommendation for at least two scholarships or apnrenticeships
and he has attained the rank of alternate for one. Mr. Zicker is a very
serious minded, quiet and hard working student but he has extra curriculaR
interests as shown by his election to the presidency of his professional
agricultural fraternity.