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  • J. Stephens Tripp

    Namesake of Tripp Hall. ]. Stephens Tripp moved to Wisconsin in 1853 and served as postmaster of Sauk City for 6 years, town clerk of Prairie ... (read more)

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  • John C. Spooner

    Namesake of house in Tripp Hall. John C. Spooner received his Ph.B. in 1864, A.M. in 1869, and LL.D. in 1894 from the University. From 1882 ... (read more)

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  • James Lambert High

    Namesake of house in Tripp Hall. James Lambert High graduated from the University in 1864 and was orator for the Alumni Association. During the War of ... (read more)

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  • David Frankenburger

    Namesake of house in Tripp Hall. David Bower Frankenburger graduated from the University in 1864 and was an instructor in military tactics for two years. He ... (read more)

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  • Samuel Fallows

    Namesake of house in Tripp Hall. Samuel Fallows was valedictorian of the Class of 1859 at Wisconsin, received his M.A. in 1862 and LL.D. in 1894. ... (read more)

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  • William Freeman Vilas

    Namesake of house in Tripp Hall. William Freeman Vilas served his state and nation in a distinguished career as Wisconsin legislator and United States senator, Civil ... (read more)

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  • George Clarke Sellery

    Namesake of Sellery Hall. George Clarke 5ellery, scholar of medieval history, played an influential role in the academic life of the University as dean of the ... (read more)

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  • Frederick Roe

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Frederick W. Roe joined the department of English at the University in 1905 and served for 40 years. He was ... (read more)

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  • Selig Perlman

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Selig Perlman received his Ph.D. from the University in 1915. He was a foremost authority on the theory and history ... (read more)

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  • Julia Grace Wales

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Julia Grace Wales dedicated her life to international friendship and understanding and teaching of literature. She came to the University's ... (read more)

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  • Frances Perkins

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Frances G. Perkins graduated from the University with a Bachelor of Literature degree in German in 1898, and taught Latin, ... (read more)

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  • Frederic Paxson

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Frederic L. Paxson served on the University faculty from 1910 to 1932. He was chairman of the history department and ... (read more)

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  • Frances Louise Nardin

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Frances Louise Nardin received her B.S., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees from Missouri and came to Wisconsin in 1918 as assistant ... (read more)

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  • Abbey S. Mayhew

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Abbey S. Mayhew was appointed in 1897 as mistress of "ladies' Hall," as the old Chadbourne Hall was originally called. ... (read more)

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  • Howard Jackson

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Howard C. Jackson was responsible for many major developments in the department of dairy and food industries, of which he ... (read more)

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  • Mary Emogene Hazeltine

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Mary Emogene Hazeltine organized the Library School at the University in 1906. She was a member of the American Library ... (read more)

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  • John L. Gillin

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. John L. Gillin came to the University in 1912 and served for 46 years in the department of sociology. His ... (read more)

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  • Lucy Maria Gay

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Lucy Maria Gay did undergraduate and graduate work at the University, and was appointed assistant in the French department in ... (read more)

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  • Almah Frisby

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Almah Frisbv entered The University of Wisconsin's scientific course in 1875 and graduated in 1878. After receiving her M.D. from ... (read more)

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  • Lila B. Fletcher

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Lila B. Fletcher came to Madison in 1924 when Wisconsin General Hospital opened, and helped develop the present School of ... (read more)

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  • Henry Ewbank

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Henry L. Ewbank joined the faculty in 1927, received his Ph.D. in 1931, and served the University for 33 years. ... (read more)

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  • Richard T. Ely

    Richard T. Ely was one of the leaders in organizing the American Economic Association in 1885, and served as its secretary and later as president. Coming ... (read more)

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  • Minnie Detling

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Minnie Riess Detling graduated from the University in 1905. Her interest in education and the welfare of the state university ... (read more)

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  • John Callahan

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. John Callahan spent 64 years in public education and was state superintendent of public instruction in Wisconsin for 28 years. ... (read more)

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  • Ray Whitbeck

    Namesake of house in Sellery Hall. Ray Hughes Whitbeck joined the Wisconsin faculty in 1909 and served in the department of geography for 27 years. He ... (read more)

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