Lloyd Whydotski Interview

Abstract

Tape recorded interview conducted on August 20, 1981 by Paul Axelsen, representing the UW-Stout Oral History Program, with Lloyd Whydotski at his home in Menomonie, Wisconsin. Mr. Whydotski, Associate Professor Emeritus, taught for 35 1/2 years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. During this time he served as a teacher and also as Chairman of the Printing Department from 1949 to 1966. He was an Advisor to the Stoutonia, Stout Typographical Society, Yearbook and member of Publications Committees. This interview includes discussion on his experiences as both a student and faculty member at Stout, his participation in the Second World War, Presidents B.E. Nelson and Verne C. Fryklund, Menomonie and the impact of the campus on the city, the Printing Department and Stout Typographical Society. Also includes discussion of Mongoose parties, his work with the Stoutonia and Tower, the American Industry Project, an incident involving local discrimination against a Black student after World War II, and former colleagues (William Baker, M.M. Price, B.M. Funk, and Robert Welch).