This timeline of the State of Wisconsin, University and University System was originally prepared by Bill Steffenhagen, emeritus staff and former ASEC Chair, MASA President and ASPRO President.
1848 – 1968
1971 – 1985
1986 – 1994
1995 – present
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WI Governor |
University of Wisconsin (Wis Stats Chapter 36) |
Wisconsin State Universities (Wis Stats Chapter 37) |
Significant Milestones |
| 1848 |
Nelson Dewey (D) |
University of Wisconsin created by the state constitution and state law |
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| 1849 |
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Land-grant university established at Madison |
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| 1857 |
Coles Bashford (R) |
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“Wisconsin State Universities” created (Board of Regents of Normal Schools) |
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| 1866 |
Lucius Fairchld (R) |
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Platteville |
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| 1893 |
George W. Peck (D) |
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Stout (established as private institution) |
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| 1911 |
Frances E. McGovern (R) |
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Stout becomes state institution with own Board of Trustees |
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| 1916 |
Emanuel L. Philipp (R) |
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Eau Claire |
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| 1927 |
John J. Blaine (R) |
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Renamed State Teachers Colleges and granted authority to grant baccalaureate degrees |
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| 1951 |
Walter J. Kohler Jr. (R) |
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Added liberal arts; designated Wisconsin State Colleges |
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| 1955 |
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Stout designated as part of Wisconsin State Colleges |
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| 1956 |
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UW-Milwaukee-merged |
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| 1964 |
John W. Reynolds (D) |
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Wisconsin State Colleges with four freshman-sophomore branch campuses designated as Wisconsin State Universities |
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| 1968 |
Warren P. Knowles (R) |
UW-Green Bay UW-Parkside Ten freshman-sophomore centers (colleges) statewide extension |
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WI Governor |
UW System President |
UW Madison Chancellor |
Significant Milestones |
| 1971 |
Patrick J. Lucey (D) |
John C. Weaver |
H. Edwin Young |
University of Wisconsin (total enrollment 69,554) and Wisconsin State Universities (total enrollment 64,148) merged and designated as University of Wisconsin System (approved by one vote margin in senate) |
| 1972 |
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| 1973 |
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| 1974 |
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Chapter 36 Wis Stats created; provided governance rights granted for faculty 36.09(4) and students 36.09(5) |
| 1975 |
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UW System (UWS) rules approved by the Board of Regents |
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| Madison Academic Staff Association (MASA) formed (academic staff’s eyes and ears) |
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| 1976 |
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| 1977 |
Martin J. Schreiber (D) |
H. Edwin Young |
Irving Shane |
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| 1978 |
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| 1979 |
Lee S. Dreyfus (R) |
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| 1980 |
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Robert M. O’Neil |
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| 1981 |
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| 1982 |
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| 1983 |
Anthony S. Earl (D) |
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| 1984 |
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UW System conducts a Review of Academic Staff |
| 1985 |
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Katharine C. Lyall (acting) |
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Wis Stats 36.09(4m) academic staff governance rights. The academic staff members of each institution, subject to the responsibilities and powers of the board, the president and the chancellor and faculty of the institution, shall be active participants in the immediate governance of and policy development for the institution. The academic staff members have primary responsibility for the formulation and review, and shall be represented in the development of all policies and procedures concerning academic staff members, including academic staff personnel matters. The academic staff of each institution shall have the right to organize themselves in a manner they determine, and to select their representative to participate in institutional governance. |
| Year |
WI Governor |
UW System President |
UW Madison Chancellor |
Significant Milestones |
| 1986 |
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Kenneth A. Shaw |
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1986-7 Hayes Hill study on titles and salary implemented |
| 1987 |
Tommy G. Thompson (R) |
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Bernard C. Cohen (acting) |
Articles of Organization ratified by academic staff created Academic Staff Executive Committee (ASEC) Compensation and Economic Benefits Committee Personnel Policies and Procedures Committee Nominating Committee |
| 1988 |
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Donna E. Shalala |
MASA – A Seminal Point of View of the University (1) The need for a high quality undergraduate program (2) The need to address cultural pluralism (3) The need for comprehensive planning (4) The need for participatory or shared management and efficient personnel policies (5) the need for issue-oriented approaches (6) The need for comprehensive evaluation and assessment procedures (7) the need for community outreach and recognition of “education as a continuum” (8) The need for legislative liaison (9) the need for planned compensation patterns tied to the University as a resource (10) The maintenance of a sense of identity |
| 1989 |
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Academic Staff Professionals Representation Organization (ASPRO) |
| 1990 |
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| 1991 |
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Katharine C. Lyall (acting) |
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| 1992 |
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Katharine C. Lyall |
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| 1993 |
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David Ward |
Memorandum of Agreement – An agreement between the University of Wisconsin System and the Department of Employment Relations regarding the service designation for professional positions in the University of Wisconsin System |
| 1994 |
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Academic Staff Policies and Procedures, University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison ASPP) adopted by the Academic Staff Assembly |
| Year |
WI Governor |
UW System President |
UW Madison Chancellor |
Significant Milestones |
| 1995 |
Tommy G. Thompson (R) |
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| 1996 |
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| 1997 |
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School, Colleges, and Division Committees on Academic Staff Issues (CASI) adopted by the Academic Staff Assembly |
| 1998 |
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UW System Board of Regents 21st Century Study in the UW System |
| 1999 |
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Rec 3: Consider revising category B titles to reflect national titling trends so the UW System instructional and research titles might be better understood for grant applications, in the national job market, and for other academic purposes |
| 2000 |
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Academic Staff Assembly passes legislation to create “Instructional Professor” and “Research Professor” title series for academic staff members who are independently engaged in instruction or research and hold terminal degrees |
| 2001 |
Scott McCallum (R) |
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John D. Wiley |
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| 2003 |
James E. Doyle (D) |
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| 2004 |
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Kevin P. Reilly |
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| 2007 |
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| 2008 |
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Carolyn “Biddy” Martin |
Collective Bargaining enabling legislation for UW System faculty and academic staff considered in the 2007-2008 Biennial budget and as separate legislation (not approved) |
| 2009 |
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| 2010 |
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| 2011 |
Scott Walker (R) |
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David Ward |
Collective Bargaining enabling legislation for UW System faculty and academic staff enacted into law in the 2009-2010 Biennial budget |
| Year |
WI Governor |
UW System President |
UW Madison Chancellor |
Significant Milestones |
| 2012 |
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| 2013 |
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Rebecca Blank |
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| 2014 |
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Ray Cross |
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JCOER approved HR Design |