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

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-P Presiflviit Fred's Home President E. B. Fred Edwin B. F1'vcl,gv1iial Presideiit of the liiiiversity of Wisf-oiisiii, has siiive 1945 exteiiderl :1 spirit of co-operatioii and frieiidliiioss to all with whom he works, he they ai i'I'CShIIl2Lll, zz regc-iit or the gov- vriior. Before hovomiiig the l'11iVei'sity's twelfth president, Di: Fri-cl was Dc-:iii of the College of Agl'it'lliTl11'0 where he gained his replitzitioii us xiii admiiiistratoi' ziiid :iii outstuiidiiig sviviitist. Iioutiiiv visits to his offim-ci at 1131 liais- mm seem more r-zisiizil hemiiise of the ear ot' corn pzipewweigglit sitting O11 the wuhiut clesk. Ili: Fred, liow'ox'ei', refers to it his C'0llVt'l'S2lii0llili pieveg it typiflcs his clowii-to-vzirth r'i1z1i'uc'te1' whether vhzit I ing about the l'iiiYv1'sity policies or 21 Init of IIIISPZISOIIIUJIO XVt'2Liil6'l'. Dr, I i'1-fi looks over :L iliploniai with two 1953 gnzicliizitvs. 19

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Q ' q,.. N rr M in .. t 'E i m ,,m':-- J . 5 an . 8 3 fx W 18 PRESIDENT E. B. FRED

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Governor Walter I. Kohler Governor Kohler speaks to state listeners over tithe state stationf' 20 Governor VValtc-r .l. Kohler Three million eitizens of NVisc-onsin got a new gover- nor in 1951, lValt,er J. Kohler. In the 1953 eler-tions he was again eler-ted a Governor of t'Ameriea's Dairy- land. Goveriior Kohler has proved himself a symhol of eo-operation hetween the University of Wiiseoxisin and the state. He has favored a program which would have a single Board of Regents control all state operated institutions of higher learning. He has, also, furthered a vampns postwar eonstrnr-tion program and a pro- gram eoneerned with experimental work on disease eontrol in dairy herds, sponsored hy the College of Agrieulture. With Governor Kohler as the able head of 1Viseon- sin's government, the state and the University have become an integrated whole.