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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLJQ_chamberlin-rock_Madison-WI.html
This tablet commemorates the services to Wisconsin of Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, leader in science and education, State Geologist of Wisconsin, 1873-1882, President of the University, 1887-1892.
As State Geologist he conducted a survey disting…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLJP_black-hawk_Madison-WI.html
Black Hawk, Sauk chief, retreated through these grounds July 21, 1832 pursued by militia and U.S. regulars.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLG2_lincoln-statue_Madison-WI.html
First Marker:The original of this statue was provided by joint appropriations of the Congress of the United States and the State of Kentucky as a national memorial located in Hodgenville, Kentucky, Lincoln's native town. This, the only replica, wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLDL_the-american-character_Madison-WI.html
At the end of the nineteenth century, one of the most popular classes at the University of Wisconsin was Frederick Jackson Turner's course on the American frontier. In those lectures, Turner shared beliefs about our nation's history that would hel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLDJ_on-the-air_Madison-WI.html
In 1919, a group of students and professors gathered in the basement of Sterling Hall to transmit some of the earliest educational programming over the airwaves. Their regular broadcasts became the foundation of WHA, one of the oldest radio statio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLDI_a-grand-experiment_Madison-WI.html
Fed up with the formalities of traditional education, Professor Alexander Meikeljohn decided in 1927 to try something new, converting a university residence hall into an "Experimental College." Students took no tests and received no grades, but in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLCP_securing-the-future_Madison-WI.html
The Social Security system that became a cornerstone of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal was written by University of Wisconsin economist Edwin Witte, who served as an advisor to Roosevelt. Witte drew from deep Wisconsin roots. He based the new pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLCN_global-vision_Madison-WI.html
In 1961, more than 100 University of Wisconsin students and graduates applied to spend two years volunteering in some of the world's neediest countries as part of a new program known as the Peace Corps. Their participation began a long relationshi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLCL_the-school-of-pharmacy_Madison-WI.html
The School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, which began on this site in 1883, pioneered in America the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy as a professional degree (first awarded 1895) and the Doctor of Philosophy in pharmaceutical specialties as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML8G_reform-and-revolt_Madison-WI.html
University of Wisconsin students traditionally have been active in political and social causes, and that was never more apparent than during the turbulent 1960s. During that time, students frequently led rallies and demonstrations, many of which p…