Bill Siemering received the George Polk Career Award
- Sep. 24, 2019
My interest in radio began in first grade at Silver Springs School, a two room country school on the Fish Hatchery highway south of Madison. I worked my way through UW working at WHA, now Wisconsin Pubic Radio. I’ve written about how these experiences influenced me when I wrote the original Mission and Purposes statement for NPR and was then hired to implement them as the first director of programming. With the staff, we developed ‘All Things Considered’. Later in Philadelphia, with the staff we developed ‘Fresh Air with Terry Gross’ from a local to a national program.
I’m very much a product of UW!
More Alumni Notes
Paul Mantey, a 1952 graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor’s degree in business, died on January 28, 2025. He worked as a purchasing agent for the Procter & Gamble company for his entire career. After retirement he lived in Cr...
Leslie M. Laiken MBA’60, known to friends and family as “Les,” passed away peacefully at his home in New York City on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. Les was born on April 4, 1935, in Brooklyn, NY, to Sylvia and Joesph Laiken, originally...
Narciso L. Aleman JD’83, age 78, died on March 16, 2025, at Froedtert Hospital (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Born November 25, 1946, in Edcouch, Texas, Narciso was one of nine children born to Alfredo and Teresa Aleman. Raised as a migrant farmworker, N...
Paul Mantey, a 1952 graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor’s degree in business, died on January 28, 2025. He worked as a purchasing agent for the Procter & Gamble company for his entire career. After retirement he lived in Cr...
Leslie M. Laiken MBA’60, known to friends and family as “Les,” passed away peacefully at his home in New York City on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. Les was born on April 4, 1935, in Brooklyn, NY, to Sylvia and Joesph Laiken, originally...
Narciso L. Aleman JD’83, age 78, died on March 16, 2025, at Froedtert Hospital (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Born November 25, 1946, in Edcouch, Texas, Narciso was one of nine children born to Alfredo and Teresa Aleman. Raised as a migrant farmworker, N...
Paul Mantey, a 1952 graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor’s degree in business, died on January 28, 2025. He worked as a purchasing agent for the Procter & Gamble company for his entire career. After retirement he lived in Cr...
Leslie M. Laiken MBA’60, known to friends and family as “Les,” passed away peacefully at his home in New York City on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. Les was born on April 4, 1935, in Brooklyn, NY, to Sylvia and Joesph Laiken, originally...
Narciso L. Aleman JD’83, age 78, died on March 16, 2025, at Froedtert Hospital (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Born November 25, 1946, in Edcouch, Texas, Narciso was one of nine children born to Alfredo and Teresa Aleman. Raised as a migrant farmworker, N...