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John Schroeder is the ideal person to tell the rich and diverse story of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In addition to being a professional historian and a UWM faculty member for more than 40 years, he served as chancellor from 1990 to 1998. So in 2012, university officials approached him about writing an updated history of the institution. The result is a new book, titled \u201cUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, The First Sixty Years, 1956-2016.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over his career, Schroeder has written seven books, mostly about 19th-century naval history. This one \u2014 which will be available in the Panther Shop at the UWM Student Union and at Boswell Book Co.<\/a> \u2014 is different, and close to his heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to write a coffee-table book,\u201d he says frankly. \u201cPeople can thumb through it and read the captions, but I wanted a solid narrative text.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Schroeder
This new history of UWM will be available at the Panther Shop and Boswell Book Co.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The last in-depth book on UWM\u2019s history was published in 1992, \u201cThe University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: A Historical Profile, 1885-1992.\u201d The original idea was for Schroeder to build on the previous work with a sequel, but the past 20 years didn\u2019t seem like ample material for a book, and he couldn\u2019t settle on a clear theme.<\/p>\n

Then, in 2016, the prestigious Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education recognized UWM for \u201chighest research activity.\u201d This Research 1 status \u2013 R1 for short \u2013 put UWM in the same category as the nation\u2019s most renowned research institutions, such as Stanford, MIT and UW-Madison.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a real achievement for us,\u201d Schroeder says, \u201cand it dawned on me, here\u2019s your book. Now we had a narrative arc.\u201d<\/p>\n

So Schroeder set out to write a modern history of UWM, from its official debut as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1956 to that milestone achievement in 2016. \u201cFrom Year 1 to R1,\u201d Schroeder says. He chronicles the vision for an urban university and a major research center in Milwaukee \u2013 including the opposition to that vision.<\/p>\n

In the book, which includes nearly 200 photos, he describes some of the many challenges UWM has faced and overcome: from the initial fear other state schools had about competition from UWM to struggles over funding and programs.<\/p>\n

But with the resources available, \u201cwe did a pretty good job,\u201d Schroeder says.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Dr. Schroeder points out,\u201d UWM Chancellor Mark Mone writes in the book\u2019s foreword, \u201cthere have been considerable challenges along UW-Milwaukee\u2019s path to becoming an R1 university. Yet, rising to those challenges with steady leadership and foresight, UWM has prevailed, again and again meeting the needs of Wisconsin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among UWM\u2019s chancellors, Schroeder\u2019s departure from the post was unusual: He returned to the classroom and the library. He\u2019d already served longer than the median time for a university leader, and the minuses of the job were beginning to outweigh the pluses.<\/p>\n

Also, he remembered the advice he got from Frank Zeidler, the former Milwaukee mayor who stepped down after three terms: \u201cDon\u2019t stay around too long.\u201d Having followed that advice, Schroeder says the happiest time of his career came between 1998, when he left the chancellor\u2019s office, and 2012, when he retired from the faculty.<\/p>\n

In writing the book, Schroeder relied on the university\u2019s archives and on his own memory, which covers about three-fourths of the school\u2019s history. He arrived as a history instructor in 1970, when UWM was still in its adolescence, a fact that he\u2019s grown to appreciate with time.<\/p>\n

If he\u2019d spent his career at an older, more established school, Schroeder says, \u201cI would not have seen the development and growth and change in the institution. And to be a part of that, it\u2019s neat. I spent my entire career at UWM, and I\u2019m very proud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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