Madison, Wisconsin: University Archives and Records Management Services
Summary
In this 1985 interview, Patrick Lucey discusses Pre-Merger systems of higher education in Wisconsin. He talks about what he considers as the failure of the Coordinating Council for Higher Education (CCHE). He discusses Fred Harvey Harrington and Eugene McPhee and their relationship with legislators. In relation to Lucey’s platform for higher education, he discusses Warren Knowles, William Kellett, David Adamany, and Lee Dreyfus. He talks about the 1970 gubernatorial campaign. He discusses faculty support for Merger as a campaign issue. He discusses the politics of the merger battle. He talks about the parochialism and the Board of Regents. He discusses the effectiveness of the UW System. He describes his impressions of Edwin Young and Robert O’Neil. He discusses the problems of System presidency and the search for O’Neil’s successor. He ends the interview discussing the problem of faculty exodus.