Lawrence University is a

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liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second college in the U.S. to be founded as a coeducational institution. (The first was long-vanished

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History

Lawrence's first president, William Harkness Sampson, founded the school with Henry R. Colman, using $10,000 provided by philanthropist Amos Adams Lawrence, and matched by the

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church. Both founders were ordained Methodist ministers, but Lawrence was Episcopalian. The school was originally named Lawrence Institute of Wisconsin in its 1847 charter from the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature, but the name was changed to Lawrence University before classes began in November 1849. Its oldest extant building, Main Hall, was built in 1853.Council of Independent Colleges,
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, Historic Campus Architecture Project. Lawrence University was the second coeducational institution in the country. Lawrence's first period of major growth came during the thirty-year tenure (1894―1924) of alumnus Samuel G. Plantz as president, when the student body quadrupled, from 200 to 800. From 1913 until 1964, it was named Lawrence College, to emphasize its small size and liberal arts education focus. The name returned to Lawrence University when it merged with Milwaukee-Downer College. The state of Wisconsin then purchased the Milwaukee-Downer property and buildings to expand the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Initially, the university designated two entities: Lawrence College for Men and Downer College for Women. This separation has not lasted in any material form, though degrees are still conferred "on the recommendation of the Faculty of Lawrence and Downer Colleges" and the university by-laws still make the distinction. During

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, Lawrence College was one of 131 colleges and universities in the nation that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program, which offered students a path to a Navy commission. The Lawrence Conservatory of Music, usually referred to as "the Con", was founded in 1874. Lawrence offers two degrees: a

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and a Bachelor of Music. It also offers a five-year dual degree program, where students can receive both B.A. and B.Mus. degrees. Freshman Studies at Lawrence is a mandatory two-term class, in which all students study the same selected 11 classic works of literature, art, and music, the list varying from year to year. President

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is credited with initiating the program in 1945, although Professor Waples chaired the Freshman Studies Committee and was responsible for implementing the program. The program continues to this day, despite being temporarily suspended in 1975. In 2005, LU initiated a capital campaign called "More Light!", which aimed at raising $150 million. By October 2011 the college had raised $160,272,839, with the conclusion event held on October 28, 2011. In January of 2014, LU embarked on a new capital campaign called "Be The Light!". Upon the conclusion of the campaign on December 31, 2020, more than $232,613,052 had been raised in total toward four campaign priorities: Lawrence Fund, Full Speed to Full Need, Student Journey, and Campus Renewal. Lawrence University is part of the

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, a consortium of liberal arts college libraries.

Milwaukee-Downer traditions

The traditions and heritage of Milwaukee-Downer are woven into the Appleton campus, from the grove of

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trees (called Hawthornden) between Brokaw and Colman halls, to the sundial on the back of Main Hall, to the bestowing upon each class a class color and banner. The Lawrence Dean of Women was referred to as the "Dean of Downer", but when the offices of Dean of Men and Dean of Women were merged to form the Dean of Students, the substantive duties of the "Dean of Downer" came to an end; the title is still borne by a senior female professor, but her only duty is to carry the Downer Mace in academic processions. For many years the women's choir was called the Downer Chorus. At one time the BA was conferred upon women in the name of "Downer College of Lawrence University" and upon men in the name of "Lawrence College of Lawrence University"; now all B.A. degrees are conferred in the name of "Lawrence & Downer Colleges of Lawrence University." (The B.Mus. degree is from "the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music.)

Presidents

University presidents

* 1849–1853 William Harkness Sampson, principal * 1853–1859 Edward Cooke, president * 1859–1865 Russell Zelotes Mason, president * 1865–1879 George McKendree Steele, president * 1879–1889

Elias DeWitt Huntley Elias Dewitt Huntley (19 April 1840 – 12 February 1909) was a Methodist clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate. Early life Elias Dewitt Huntley, was born April 19, 1840, in Elmira, New York, the son of Frances Tooker and Eli ...

, president * 1883–1889 Bradford Paul Raymond, president * 1889–1893 Charles Wesley Gallagher, president * 1893–1894 L. Wesley Underwood, acting president * 1894–1924 Samuel G. Plantz, president * 1925–1937 Henry Merritt Wriston, president * 1937–1943

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, president * 1944–1953 Nathan Marsh Pusey, president * 1954–1963 Douglas Maitland Knight, president * 1963–1969 Curtis William Tarr, president * 1969–1979 Thomas S. Smith, president * 1979–2004

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, president * 2004–2013

Jill Beck Jill Beck (born 1949) is an American dancer, scholar, administrator and educator. She served as the 15th president of Lawrence University from July 2004 to 2013. On February 2, 2012, Beck announced her intention to retire, and was succeeded by ...

, president * 2013–2021

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, president * 2021–present () Laurie Carter, president

Presidents of Milwaukee-Downer College

* 1895–1921 Ellen Sabin * 1921–1951 Lucia Russell Briggs * 1951–1964 John Johnson

Academics

Lawrence University operates on a trimester calendar. The academic year runs from mid-September to mid-June. The student/faculty ratio at Lawrence is 9:1. Lawrence grants Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees, with a double degree possible. Lawrence offers a number of cooperative degree programs in areas such as

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and environmental studies. The college offers majors in most of the liberal arts. The school also offers the option of interdisciplinary areas of study and allows students to design their own majors. All students are required to take First-Year Studies during their first two trimesters, which introduces students to broad areas of study and provides a common academic experience for the college. Known as Freshman Studies until 2021, the program was established in 1945, and aside from a brief interruption in the mid-1970s it has remained a consistent fixture of the school's liberal arts curriculum. Lawrence's First-Year Studies program focuses on a mixture of Great Books and more contemporary, influential works, which include non-fiction books, fiction books, and various other types of works, such as paintings, photographs, musical recordings, and even the

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. Readings are replaced every few years, with the exception of

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's '' Republic'', which has been included on the list since 1945. The school has an independent study option that allows students to design their own courses. This allows students to explore academic interests not covered by Lawrence's classes or to explore topics more deeply. Over 90% of the students take advantage of the independent study program.

Conservatory of Music

The Lawrence University Conservatory of Music was founded in 1874 and has been a part of Lawrence University ever since. The Conservatory offers Bachelor of Music degrees in Performance, Theory/Composition, Music Education, and a five-year double degree option that grants both a BM degree from the Conservatory and a BA degree from the College. Approximately 25% of the Lawrence student body, or 350 students, is in the Conservatory. The Conservatory has three choirs, two bands, two jazz ensembles, a symphony orchestra, an improvisation collective, five world music ensembles, and numerous chamber music groups. Students take about 2/3 of their classes in Music and about 1/3 in other subjects for the B.Mus., and the reverse for B.A. in Music. The Conservatory offers also a Bachelor of Musical Arts, primarily—but not exclusively—for students whose interest is in other than Western Classical Music; students take 3/4 of their classes in Music, and 1/4 in other subjects.

Academic affiliation

Lawrence is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, an academic consortium of 14 liberal arts colleges in the Midwest and Colorado which coordinates several off-campus study programs in a large number of countries as its primary activity.

Campus

The campus is located in downtown Appleton, divided into two parts by the Fox River. The academic campus is on the north shore of the river, and the major athletic facilities (including the 5,000-seat

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Bowl) are on the southeast shore. Lawrence also has a northern estate called Björklunden (full name: Björklunden vid sjön), which serves as a site for retreats, seminars, concerts, and theatrical performances. It contains a chapel for weddings. Donald and Winifred Boynton of Highland Park,

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, donated the property in Door County to Lawrence in 1963.

Campus development

In the mid-1980s, the Physics Department built a $330,000 small laser laboratory (known as the "laser palace"), which includes 800 5 mW small lasers and more than 500 mirrors. In 2009, Lawrence opened the Richard and Margot Warch Campus Center, a gathering place for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and guests from the Fox Cities community. The building is situated on the Fox River on the site of the former Hulburt House. The Warch Campus Center includes a cinema, campus dining services, campus mailboxes, and various meeting and event spaces. The building has earned a LEED Gold certification for meeting sustainability goals in energy conservation, environmental friendliness, and green building. The college has a long history of razing buildings on its campus, because of the limited land available for constructing new buildings. Many buildings on campus are built on the site of former buildings. Some razed buildings include: * Peabody Hall of Music (20th century) * Hamar Union (1960) * Underwood Observatory (1962) * Alexander Gym I (1962) * Carnegie Library (1964) * Worcester Art Center (1987) * Stephenson Hall of Science (1998) * Hulbert House (2006) (new construction: Warch Campus Center, 2009)

Student body

Lawrence enrolls about 1,500 students who hail from nearly every U.S. state. The total enrollment in academic year 2010–11 was 1,566 students,As of Fall 2010. the largest student body in Lawrence University's history. Over 75% of the students identify as white, about 12% are international students, and about 25% of students study in the conservatory of music. In the fall of 2014, a quarter of the incoming class were domestic students of color. Lawrence students have been named Rhodes Scholars seven times. Since 1976, 57 students and nine faculty have received

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. Since 1969, 73 students have been named Watson Fellows.

Student traditions

At the beginning of every academic year in September, incoming freshmen arrive a week before returning students to partake in Welcome Week. During Welcome Week, various activities are planned in order to help the incoming class get to know one another and to help them acclimate to college life. During the first night of Welcome Week, students and their parents attend the President's Welcome, which concludes with the traditional matriculation handshake, where every member of the incoming class shakes hands and exchanges words with the university's president. During the fall term, the on-campus fraternity Beta Theta Pi hosts the annual Beach Bash. For this event, the brothers of ΒθΠ shovel approximately 14 tons of sand into the fraternity house basement, and install a

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and a lifeguard station that doubles as a DJ booth.This tradition was skipped in 2020, due to the

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. During spring term, Lawrence hosts a music festival, LU-aroo (a play on words on the popular music festival Bonnaroo). Held on the quad, the festival features many talented student bands, both from the college and the conservatory. In 2016, the musician The Tallest Man on Earth played at the festival. Also during spring term, many seniors participate in the Senior Streak, which typically happens during the eighth week of the term. The goal of the senior streak is to provide seniors with one last opportunity to let loose before finals, graduation, and post-college life. Although rumor says that the senior streak was created as a result of former president

's aversion to the activity, this has been proven to be false. Students, often coming from Lawrence's on-campus bar, the Viking Room, strip their clothes and run around the area of Main Hall, as one last hurrah before finals and graduation.

Media

The student newspaper, '' The Lawrentian'', has been published for over a century. Lawrence University hosts the ''

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'' webcast every January over the college radio station WLFM.

Athletics

Lawrence University's

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teams, known as the

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since 1926, compete in the Midwest Conference in

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(NCAA) Division III. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, fencing, football, golf, ice hockey, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, and track & field; women's sports include basketball, cross country, fencing, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. In 2005–06, the men's basketball team was ranked first in Division III for much of the season, after starting the season unranked. The Vikings were the only undefeated team in all divisions of college basketball for the last six weeks of the season, ending with a record of 25–1. Star forward Chris Braier won the Josten's Award as the top player in the country for both playing ability and community service. Coach John Tharp was named Division III Midwest Coach of the Year. Beginning in 2004, Lawrence qualified for the Division III national tournament in five of the next six years (2004, 2005, 2006,

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, 2009). Their best result was in 2004, advancing to the quarterfinals (Elite 8), but fell to eventual national champion Wisconsin–Stevens Point by a point in overtime at Tacoma, Washington. In 2011, Lawrence's men's cross country team won the Midwest Conference championships for the first time since 1985, beating Grinnell College and ending its 14-year winning streak.

Recognition

Lawrence was ranked 56th on the 2013 U.S. News: List of Best U.S. National Liberal Arts Colleges.

Notable faculty

* Warren Beck, fiction writer and Faulkner scholar * William Chaney, historian *

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, historian *

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, political scientist * Charles B. Schudson, judge * Fred Sturm, jazz composer and musician * Arthur Thrall, artist * Harry Dexter White, economist, first U.S. Director of IMF (1946–47), and Soviet informant *

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, opera singer, music professor, and finalist on season 19 of The Voice. *

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, renowned anthropologist and archaeologist

Notable alumni

* James Sibree Anderson, Wisconsin State Representative *

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, judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals *

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, 1909, Congressman from

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* William Baer, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division *

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, Congressman from

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* Charles A. Barnard, Wisconsin State Representative *

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, college basketball and baseball coach (attended) * Myrt Basing, NFL player * Jennifer Baumgardner, 1992, feminist writer and activist *

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, 1925, NFL head coach * Champ Boettcher, NFL player * Thomas Boyd, Wisconsin State Representative * Alexander Brazeau, Wisconsin State Representative * Webster E. Brown, Congressman from Wisconsin (attended) * Bonnie Bryant, 1968, author of children's books * Louis B. Butler Jr., 1973, associate justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court * Thomas Callaway, Actor and Interior Designer * Robert A. Collins, Wisconsin State Representative * Julia Colman (1828–1909), American temperance educator, activist, editor, writer * Charles Rankin Deniston, Wisconsin State Representative *

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, Wisconsin State Representative *

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, 1942,

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and founder of the Columbia School of Linguistics * Pawo Choyning Dorji, 2006, filmmaker and photographer *

William Draheim William Draheim was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate. Biography Draheim was born on December 15, 1898, in Neenah, Wisconsin. After graduating from Neenah High School, he attended Lawrence University. Draheim served in the United States Army ...

, Wisconsin State Senator * Paul Driessen, 1970, author and lobbyist *

Dale Duesing Dale Duesing (born September 26, 1947) is an American baritone. As an opera singer, he has had an international career spanning five decades. Duesing grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He studied piano throughout childhood, and enrolled at Lawrence ...

, 1967, operatic baritone *

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, curator, Walker Art Center *

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, 1978, law professor and author *

Edna Ferber Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning '' So Big'' (1924), '' Show Boat'' (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), '' C ...

, author and playwright (attended) *

James A. Frear James Archibald Frear (October 24, 1861 – May 28, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. Biography Born in Hudson, Wisconsin, in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Frear attended the public schools, and Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisc ...

, Congressman from Wisconsin (attended) * Earle W. Fricker, Wisconsin State Representative * William Fuller, 1975, Poet and senior vice president and chief fiduciary officer of

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* Dominic Fumusa, 1991, actor * John Rankin Gamble, 1872, Congressman from

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, 1874, Congressman from South Dakota * Ed Glick, NFL player (attended) * Walter Samuel Goodland, governor of Wisconsin (attended) *

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, actress * Robert C. Greene, 1988, Founder of Starbobs Coffee * Michael P. Hammond, 1954, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts * Lorena Hickok, confidante of

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(attended) * Earnest Hooton, 1903, physical anthropologist * John D. Huber,

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political scientist * Thomas R. Hudd, Congressman from Wisconsin (attended) * Frank W. Humphrey, 1881, Wisconsin State Representative * Bruce Iglauer, founder of Alligator Records * Lester Johnson, Congressman from Wisconsin * Zachary Scot Johnson, 2001, singer-songwriter and creator of Thesongadayproject * Jeffrey Jones, 1968, actor * Kaja Kallas, 1999, Prime Minister of Estonia * Scott Klug, 1975 former congressman from

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* Peter Kolkay, bassoonist *

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player * Takakazu Kuriyama, Japanese ambassador to the United States (attended) * Barbara Lawton, 1987, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin *

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, 1965, composer and

music theorist Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory". The first is the " rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation ( ...

* John A. Luke Jr., 1971, CEO of MeadWestvaco
* Harry N. MacLean, 1964, true crime author * Momodu Maligie, 2004, Minister of Water Resources for Sierra Leone * William H. Markham, Wisconsin State Senator * Gerry Max, author and Richard Halliburton scholar * John McDonald, NFL player * James H. McGillan, mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin *

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, 1975, professor of history at Vassar College * John S. Mills, U.S. Air Force major general *

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, 1982, chief White House correspondent for

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, 1969,

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* William F. Nash, Wisconsin State Senator * George Allen Neeves, Wisconsin State Representative *

Tom Neff Thomas Linden Neff (born 1953)-, known as Tom Neff, is an American film executive, director and producer, born in Chicago, Illinois. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Education Neff received his Bachelor of Arts from Lawrence University with a ...

, 1975, CEO and founder of The Documentary Channel * Justus Henry Nelson, missionary in the Amazon (attended) * Garth Neustadter, 2011 Emmy winner, Outstanding Music Composition for a Series *

Angelia Thurston Newman Angie F. Newman (, Thurston; after first marriage, Kilgore; after second marriage, Newman; December 4, 1837 – April 15, 1910) was an American poet, author, editor, and lecturer of the long nineteenth century. She served as superintendent of jail ...

, poet, author, lecturer * Roger Nicoll, 1963, neuroscientist at UCSF *

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, 1917, author * Arnold C. Otto, Wisconsin State Representative * Rip Owens, NFL player (attended) * Alice Peacock, 1992 singer-songwriter
* Charles Pettibone, Wisconsin State Senator * Cindy Regal, 2001, experimental physicist * Scott Reppert, 1983, member of the College Football Hall of Fame * Eben Eugene Rexford, author of works on gardening (attended) *

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, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Second District of Montana *

Josh Sawyer Joshua Eric Sawyer (born October 18, 1975), known commonly as Josh Sawyer, J.E. Sawyer, or JSawyer, is an American video game designer, known for his work on role-playing video games. Early life and education Sawyer grew up in Fort Atkinson, Wisc ...

, video game designer at Obsidian Entertainment * Melvin H. Schlytter, Wisconsin State Representative * Campbell Scott, 1983, actor * Michael Shurtleff, 1942, casting director, author *

Eric Simonson Eric Simonson (born June 27, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American writer and director in theatre, film and opera. He is a member of Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, and the author of plays '' Lombardi'', ''Fake'', ''Honest'', '' Magic ...

, 1982, Oscar-winning writer–director * Red Smith, 1926, MLB player, NFL player and assistant coach, head coach of the

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football team and Wisconsin Badgers football team, athletic director of Seton Hall University * Janet Steiger, 1961, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission * Thomas A. Steitz, 1962, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at

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, 2000, operatic soprano * Fred Sturm, 1973, jazz composer and arranger * William T. Sullivan, Wisconsin State Representative *

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(1899–1980), author * Anton R. Valukas, 1965, U.S. attorney, author of the Valukas Report * Madhuri Vijay, 2009, novelist, author of ''The Far Field'' * James Franklin Ware, 1871, legislator * William Warner, U.S. Senator from Missouri (attended) * Iva Bigelow Weaver, soprano and music educator based in Milwaukee * Alexander B. Whitman, Wisconsin State Senator * George W. Wolff, Wisconsin State Representative and Senator * Tom Zoellner, 1991, author, journalist * Al Zupek, 1944, NFL player

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