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PAGE 4, SECTION 1 WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1962 DIAL ALpir.a 6-3111 Conrad Arnold Elvehjem (snQunifisf Quad E3 rx Dr. Elvehjem's Life a Service to University A farm boy's natural curiosity, keen intelligence and persistent drive led Conrad Arnold Elvehjem from his farm home near UcFarland to international fame as a scientist and to the presidency of one of the nation's great universities. Despite hosts of honors heaped cpoa him for hi academic and administrative attainment. Dr. Elvehjem remained a quiet, ra- assuming person, quick with a soft smiie and chuckle.

Of Toegk Ffiwr But the Norwegian strain of wire and fiber he had displayed a a youth planting and harvesting tobacco showed through in later years when he was fighting for his university. Dr. Elvehjem was president of the University of Wisconsin dur ing a trying period. He shoul dered the burdens well on his tall, slender frame. Enrolments were increasing.

There were argument over the division of funds between the hu manities and the natural sciences. There was a long figU in the Medical School Dr. Elvehjem, striving to keep top personnel at the university, went to a Legislature thinking in term of pennies and asked for! dimes for his faculty members. and be came away with nickies. Babcock Influence When he was still in grade school.

Dr. Elvehjem wrote an essay for an English class on the experiment of the late Dr. Stephen Moulton Babcock. Dr. Babcock, called the father of sci entific dairying, is best known for his development of a simple method of measuring the butterfat content of milk.

Thi undoubtedly purred Dr. Elvehjem' imagination, toward a course which led him into biochemical research. Ks attended Stoughton high school Bascom's Flag Dips in Elvehjem's Honor When be was IS be came to Wisconsin's 13th president, who died suddenly Friday, jm wimrim rum Bascom hall's flag flies at half mast in honor of Dr. Conrad A. Elvehjem, the University of Madison to enroll in the Univer sity of Wisconsin.

He never left It, except for a brief period of study at Cambridge University in England. He got hi bachelor's degree in 1923. his master' in 1924, and his Cottrab Ml)jtm AN EDITORIAL doctorate in 1927, all on the Madison campus. Both Called Connie On June 30, 1928, he was married to the former Constance Waltz, a University of Wisconsin co-ed from Decatur, 1IL They had net on a blind data during a Homecoming weekend. Both he and his wife were called "Con tie" by their dose friends.

His parent. Mr. and Mrs. 01 J. Elvehjem.

preceded him in death. Dr. Elvehjem started teaching at the university in 1923 while be was working toward his advanced degree. He became a full profes Sell No Longer Needed Items! FOLLOWING CLASSIFICATIONS CAN HELP MAKE THE JOB FAST AND EASY! sor of biochemisetry in 1936 at the age of u. He was elected chairman of the university's biochemistry depart here never could Ignore his demand for excellence.

It was his own standard and he made It contagious. "We shouldn't ask for more," said a Wisconsin governor in 1958 as Dr. Elvehjem was inaugurated, citing his long service to the university and to learning. "But we must." Connie Elvehjem plunged into his new job at the speed he felt Its many sided problems demanded. There was so much, to do, with enrolments rising as fast as the breathtaking pace of new discovery.

He was everywhere: a new lab's opening, a student function, faculty and staff meetingsjbudget hearings, the mounting load of administrative detail. And wherever he went or spoke, always he spread the message of excellence coupled with size. Early In his administration he said, "I do not tolerate the Inference that size must mean mediocrity." Hard work he found a delight and a challenge. "Give us, then, the hills to climb and the strength to climb them," he said as he took on the presidency. Conrad Elvehjem's strength gave out this week.

His years and example have left others the strength to carry on. Wisconsin and Its University were proud to call Conrad A. Elvehjem one of their own, and this native son who fose to head great university made the pride a mutual thing. Today the nation and the world share Wisconsin's sense of loss at his sudden death. The scientific world owed him much for the discoveries that studded his greatest research years as a young teacher and later the chairman of a famed biochemistry department.

Untold thousands who never knew his name escaped one of man's ancient scourges because Connie Elvehjem' had probed pellagra's secrets and pointed to a cure. And two generations of students, from all the states and every walk of life, will remember him not only as a great teacher bus a warm friend and adviser. The academic world has many fine researchers these days, and Conrad Elvehjem was one of the great ones. More important, his restless curiosity and his dedication to knowledge were matched by a burning desire to help others learn. Under his encouragement as instructor, chairman, dean of the Graduate School, even as a busy president, young men and women meat in 1944 and dean of the Graduate school in 1948.

He con tinued his teaching and research while handling the administrative1 duties of department chairman and dean. In 1938, with the impending retirement of Dr. E. B. Fred a the university' 12th president, the FARMER MARKET 29.

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Wanted Automotive 57. Trucks, Trailers, Etc 58. Auto Loans, Insurance 59. Foreign and Sports Cars 60. Autos for Sale university Board of Regents con ducted a even-month search for a successor to Dr.

Fred. One Among 1M There were more than 100 Dominations, and the regent intensively interviewed about 20 of. them from coast to coast When the regent had finished i it time in the Prospect ave. resi tive American Academy of Arts ty, and a host of government ad and Sciences. visory group.

dence. Among tne many awaro wnicn xr. Elvehjem was a member of Asked several years ago to compare modem research scien anesiea to ms aauevernents were Warned and professional eocie- um ien wacinsun awara iot re tists with explorer of past yean search in Vitamin Complex. Dr. Elvehjem (aid: their winnowing and sifting, their choice was a man in their own back yard.

Dr. Elvehjem. "We are confident we have selected one of the nation' most outstanding educator, research men and scientists," Regent Charles Celatt said at the time. The co-author of more than 780 scientific papers on bio-chemistry and nutrition. Dr.

Elvehjem gained world renown in the late 1930s when he isolated nicotinic acid, a discovery which led directly to the cure for human tie and 13 social and honorary fraternities and societies. He belonged to 10 other literary and social organization. 1 1939; Grocery Manufacturer of "I far ae believe that America Award, 1942; Willard Gibb medal of the American kind' greatest moments are yet ahead, aad I believe ia ia the Chemical Society, 1943. store ef every eae ef to re Laster award in medical re 3 LINES (approx. 15 words) 9 consecutive days 69c a day 4 LINES (approx.

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search from the American Public Health Assn, 1932; Nicholas Ap-pert medal, 1948; Osborne-Men-del award from the Americaa Is- adventures of the baniaa race." That is the way be lived his life. That is the way he ran the Until that time there had been a Z-Ti 'stibrta of Nutrition. 1950; Charles; a substantial incidence of human university. tioo to feed agricultural pellagra in the southern part of the United States and is many chemistry. 1956; American Insti- Graefeas Hoat He was a gracious host, ably assisted by his wife, at the university president's residence at 130 N.

Prospeet" both to groups of friend and to the endless stream of official visitor to part of the world. Tens at Hk Field jtare of Baking Award. 1957; and IVtrfritirm Foundation Award. 1961. OH THE GO! Paul de Kruif.

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official entert aid had coo- amarisg A man of unbounded energy wto 1 ta 0 00 Dr. Evehjem wss a past-presi-lwho could spread his Uko iha. dent of the American Instutute of because there was so much of it.j When Dr. Elvehjem was elected Nutrition and ia 1953 became the 'be was also active the National 'president of the university, the i imta! Flvrri mru from their. ERS, Inc.

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