re: Meet the Badgers: Facts and Numbers about the University of Wisconsin

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LSU also served beer in the Union back in '68. Drinking age was 18 in that era, or tall enough to get your money on the bar.

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Wisconsin started selling beer in the student union Rathskellar the day prohibition ended. (1933?)

Some famous alums were mentioned in the OP. Here are some famous Wisconsin people. I'll try to bold the alums/professors, but I'll probably miss a few.

Steven Ambrose, author (Band of Brothers)
Alan Ameche, Kenosha All-state fullback at Bradford High won 1954 Heisman at Wisconsin; ran for 4,045 yards in 10 seasons with Colts.
Don Ameche actor, Kenosha
John Bardeen inventor, Madison
Bunny Berrigan - Fox Lake
Richard I.Bong, Air Force Pilot, WW2 Ace of Aces, Poplar
Steve Bornstien- Former ESPN President
Dave Casper, Chilton Tight end for Super Bowl XI and XV champion Raiders made five straight Pro Bowls (1976 to '80).
Carrie Catt woman suffragist, Ripon
Dick Cheney, politician, VP, was a Madison grad student in the early "70's
Carrie Chapman Catt womens suffragist, Ripon
Roy Chapman Andrews naturalist and explorer, Beloit
Ellen Corby actress, Racine
Tyne Daly actress, Madison
William Defoe actor, Appleton
Donald Dafoe, MD, World-reknowned transplant surgeon,
August Derleth author, Sauk City
Jeanne Dixon seer, Medford
Wallace C. Doud, Consultant & Corporate Director, Motorola, Inc.
Chris Farley actor, Madison
Edna Ferber author, Appleton
Zona Gale author, Portage
Hamlin Garland novelist and essayist, West Salem
Heather Graham, actress, Milwaukee
Bud Grant, Superior
Skitch Henderson-musician
Kevin Henkes, children's author
Marguerite Henry author
Woody Herman band leader, Milwaukee
Eric Heiden speed skater, Madison
Beth Heiden speed skater, cross country skiier and cyclyist
Woody Herman band leader, Milwaukee
Harry Houdini magician, Appleton
Loretta Sell Hildegarde singer, Adell
Thomas Hulce actor, Whitewater
William Immerman, Writer of the "Halloween" Movies
Dan Jansen, West Allis
Addie Joss, Woodland
Helene Kapphahu, Madison Set world swimming records in 20 events and Olympic records in 100-meter free, 400 free and 4x100 free relay at 1932 Games.
Pee Wee King singer, Abrams
George F. Kennan diplomat, Milwaukee
Harvey Kuehn, baseball player and former Brewers manager
Robert La Follette politician, Primrose
Curley Lambeau, Green Bay
Mark C. Lee NASA Astronaut
Aldo Leopold, naturalist, author
Liberace pianist, West Allis
Charles Lindbergh, aviator
Allen Ludden tv host, Mineral Point
D. Wayne Lukas, Antigo Has trained 15 Breeders' Cup winners; won six straight Triple Crown races from 1994 to '96.
Alfred Lunt actor, Milwaukee
Frederic March actor, Racine (March theator in the student union is named after him)
Jackie Mason comedian, Sheboygan
General Douglas Mac Arthur
Authur Mac Arthur, Civil War hero and father of Doug. First uttered the words, On, Wisconsin!
Fred MacMurray, actor, Beaver Dam
Golda Meir politician, Milwaukee
Dina Merrill- Actress
Walter Mirisch, Academy Award-winning Producer, (West Side Story, The Apartment, In the Heat of the Night, Pink Panter movies)
Billy Mitchell, Milwaukee, Air Force Pioneer
Neil Moldenhauer - Famous Footwear founder
John P. Morgridge, President and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc
Ernie Nevers, Superior All-Pro in each of his five NFL seasons
Edwin Newman-broadcaster/newsman
Lorine Niedecker poet
Andy North, U.S. Open (PGA) winner '78, '85, Madison
Sterling North, author
Pat O'Brien actor, Milwaukee
Georgia O'Keeffe painter, Sun Prairie
Jim Otto, Wausau Started 210 straight games at center for Raiders from 1961 to '75; went to 12 Pro Bowls.
Andy Pafko was from Boyceville
Les Paul musician, Waukesha
George W. Peck Author
Amy Pietz actress, Oak Creek
Charlotte Rae actress, Milwaukee
Ellen Raskin, Milwaukee, author
William H. Rehnquist jurist, Milwaukee
Charles and John Ringling circus entrepreneurs, Baraboo
Gena Rowlands actress, Cambria
Carl Sandburg, poet, author
Brewster H. Shaw, NASA astronaut
Al Simmons, Milwaukee
Tom Snyder newscaster, Milwaukee
Dr. James Thompson, pioneer in stem cell research
Spencer Tracy actor, Milwaukee
Thorstein Veblen economist, Cato Township
Mike Webster, Tomahawk Nine-time Pro Bowl center won four Super Bowls with Steelers in 1970s; didn't miss a game from '74 to '85.
Orson Wells actor and producer, Kenosha
Laura Ingalls Wilder author, Pepin
Thornton Wilder author, Madison
Charles Winninger actor, Athen
Frank Lloyd Wright architect, Richland Center
Bob Uecker baseball player, Milwaukee

The Violent Femmes, from Milwaukee!
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Jim Montgomery, Madison
First person to swim 100-meter freestyle in less than 50 seconds; won gold medals in 100 free and two relays at 1976 Olympics.

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