University of Wisconsin Madison - Badger Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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Shi)un rLxciving from Association Executive Secretary John Berge the 1951 golJ- tipped cane annually awarded to the oldest alumnus present at the Half-Centurv Club ' s Reunion Week banquet is Judge Carl Runge, class of ' 86. WISCONSIN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION A few of the Association ' s publications designed to pro- vide service to alumni, new and old. 26 Co-sponsored by the Alumni Association and UW athletic department, summer tours includ- ing Badger gridders help the state get acquainted with the University athletic programs. Seated at right is Ed Gibson, Association field secretary, while sports publicitor Art Lentz shows a football program to Fox River vallev fans.

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' wr ' m tli ' .tiinulating properties ut it.iiiiiii b .nid John Winn, lab assistant, in the insecticide division- cleaning fly pupae from culture medium. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foun- dation, a corporation not for private profit, was organized in 1925. Its purpose is to encourage and aid scientific research at the L ' niversitv of Wisconsin by providing an- nual grants of money. These funds are ob- tained through the commercial promotion of a number of patents assigned to the Foundation. In addition the Foundation operates a commercial testing laboratory and a vitamin concentrate processing plant. Concentrate division — processing vitamins by incorpora- tion into milk solids for the fortification of fresh, evapo- rated and dried milks. 25

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Mrs FriJ.i . klhv is in cspcrt .« tr rt tor newspaper and niagaz pious of termer Wisconsin students % . A. ' ' Distingiiislied alumni P. D. Reed, V. j. Asthenbrener, D. Barne Wackman at the 1952 Founder ' s Day banquet. J. Da In large measure, the stiength of the University of Wisconsin is dependent upon forces operating outside the campus at Madison. Whether these forces are favorable or unfavorable depends, in turn, upon the alumni of the Uni- versity. These alumni are the University ' s ambassadors. Better than any other group or organization, thev can disseminate information about the ideas of research, education and public service that come out from the Madison campus. To do this )ob effectively, they must iirst be informed about the University, its problems and achievements. Secondly, they must have contact with other Badger alumni so that a cooperative effort can be made. It is based on these facts that the work of the Wisconsin Alumni Associa- tion is based. The Association ' s motto is to promote, by organized effort, the best interests of the University of Wisconsin. Each year thousands of pieces of mail go out from the Association offices to the some 20,000 alumni members. Principal among these are the Wisconsin Alumnus, monthly magazine; The Wisconsin Football Letter; the Badger Report, which serves as a University newspaper; the Cardinal Communique, which concentrates on budget news and similar UW problems; and News- letters, publications which provide late news. Each year the Association elects a new president and some new members for its board of directors. The president this year is Willard Aschenbrener of Racine, Wis., who works with the directors in settling Association policy. John Berge, Association executive secretary, serves as the main link between alumni, alumni clubs and the University administration. 27