News - October 1996

  1. Statement by UW System President Katharine C. Lyall on the death of UW Centers Chancellor Lee E. Grugel

    October 31, 1996

    MADISON — “The University of Wisconsin System family is deeply saddened by the sudden death of UW Centers Chancellor Lee E. Grugel early this morning, and shares in his loss with his wife, Frances, and children, Ann and Chris,” UW System President Katharine C. Lyall said Thursday. Chancellor Grugel, 56, died in his Madison home […]

  2. Governor Thompson to help launch internet-based information system for high school, UW, technical college students

    October 3, 1996

    MILWAUKEE — Gov. Tommy G. Thompson today fulfilled a commitment made in his 1996 State-of-the-State address, as he teamed up with a Milwaukee Riverside High School senior in opening a new door of technology for all Wisconsin students. Gov. Thompson assisted as Kim-Lien Callies, 17, became the first Wisconsin high school senior to transmit a […]