Oral History Interview: Robert B. Rennebohm (0381)
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Background; Football scholarship at UW; Boarding house with Elroy Hirsch; Major in dairy and food industry; Babcock Dairy Club; Part-time jobs; Harry Stuhldreher; 1942 UW football team and 1943 Michigan team; Stadium dormitories after WWII; Clarence Dykstra; Joe Hammersley; Football training table; Tuition and GI Bill; Little discrimination at UW.
Establishment of UW Foundation; Other foundations in country; Role of George Haight and Howard Potter; Office space; Early fund raising efforts; Merle Curti and Frederick Jackson Turner chair; Growth of Foundation; Foundation and presidents E. B. Fred, Conrad Elvehjem and Fred Harvey Harrington; Social sciences vs. hard sciences and WARF vs. Foundation; Fund raising during student riots of late 1960s; Local newspapers and Foundation; Hilldale Shopping Center and McClain Sports Center.