63° FFeatured Alumni
Virgil Abloh
Designer and Creator In 2008, the Wisconsin Alumni Association rolled out The Red Shirt™, a T-shirt designed to support UW–Madison’s Great People Scholarship. WAA has introduced a new design each year, and in 2015, it... Read more »
Walter Mirisch
The Magnificent Mirisch I think from the time I was very young and saw my first film, I thought, what a wonderful way that might be to spend one’s life. But like most young people,... Read more »
William Campbell
The Role of Chance William Campbell MS1954, PhD1957 never meant to come to Wisconsin. In fact, much of his life seemed unintended — he hadn’t really meant to study parasites, to work in tropical illness,... Read more »
William Harley
Hog Wild Engineer When three Milwaukee friends first put together a motorized bicycle, it needed a name. Since the motorbike was originally his idea, William Harley BA1907 got top billing. They called it a Harley-Davidson.... Read more »
William Stewart
It Started with a Canadian International students have been part of the University of Wisconsin since its founding. William Stewart from Ancaster, Canada West (now Ontario), was among the 20 men who attended the first... Read more »
William Young
Proponent of International Education During his distinguished career in academia, William Young PhD 1941 came to be noticeably indispensable. After receiving his doctorate and teaching elsewhere for a bit, he returned to the UW and... Read more »
Yeshey Zimba
Shaping Bhutan’s Future Yeshey Zimba BA1975, MA1976 tells a self-deprecating story about his struggles to pass a public-policy class during his days at UW–Madison in the mid-1970s. While studying for a master’s degree in economics,... Read more »