Oral History Interview: William Young (296)

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University budget issues in 1950s: faculty salaries, use of tuition income, land purchase and building program; Programs competing for state funds; Changes in presentation of budget to regents, governor's office and Legislature; Enrollment funding formula; Origins of Merger problem; Committee on Functions and Policies; Push for Merger in 1953 and 1955; Working under governors Oscar Rennebohm and Walter Kohler; Establishment of UW-Milwaukee and efforts to upgrade it; False premises of 1971 Merger legislation; Hilldale Shopping Center; Development of clinical practice pay plan for Medical School; Issues surrounding firing of John Bowers; Consequences for Medical School and University.

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