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
Norbert Esser ’54, MBA’58, PhD’60, passed away on December 20, 2024, at his home in Greenville, SC. Norb was an outstanding scholar-athlete at the UW. He played end for the Badger football team, including the 1953 Rose Bowl squad. He was the 1954 ...
Ann Kamsly Kurtz ’47 passed away in December at the age of 100. She is survived by her daughters, Jana and Emily Kurtz; grandaughter, Isabel; and her life-long friend, Sarah Sender.
Mark C. Hahlbeck, Class of 1980, passed away June 26, 2024. Mark was born September 15, 1958, in New York, and was the son of the late Sally Joseph Hahlbeck and Kurt J. Hahlbeck, both of Wisconsin. Mark was also the son of the late Warren Potter V...
Norbert Esser ’54, MBA’58, PhD’60, passed away on December 20, 2024, at his home in Greenville, SC. Norb was an outstanding scholar-athlete at the UW. He played end for the Badger football team, including the 1953 Rose Bowl squad. He was the 1954 ...
Ann Kamsly Kurtz ’47 passed away in December at the age of 100. She is survived by her daughters, Jana and Emily Kurtz; grandaughter, Isabel; and her life-long friend, Sarah Sender.
Mark C. Hahlbeck, Class of 1980, passed away June 26, 2024. Mark was born September 15, 1958, in New York, and was the son of the late Sally Joseph Hahlbeck and Kurt J. Hahlbeck, both of Wisconsin. Mark was also the son of the late Warren Potter V...
Norbert Esser ’54, MBA’58, PhD’60, passed away on December 20, 2024, at his home in Greenville, SC. Norb was an outstanding scholar-athlete at the UW. He played end for the Badger football team, including the 1953 Rose Bowl squad. He was the 1954 ...
Ann Kamsly Kurtz ’47 passed away in December at the age of 100. She is survived by her daughters, Jana and Emily Kurtz; grandaughter, Isabel; and her life-long friend, Sarah Sender.
Mark C. Hahlbeck, Class of 1980, passed away June 26, 2024. Mark was born September 15, 1958, in New York, and was the son of the late Sally Joseph Hahlbeck and Kurt J. Hahlbeck, both of Wisconsin. Mark was also the son of the late Warren Potter V...