Remembering Bruce Ehr, UW-Green Bay’s first director of placement

Funeral services were scheduled for today (Thursday, June 14) in Madison for Bruce M. Ehr, UW-Green Bay’s first director of placement and career counseling. He died last Saturday at age 81. Hired by Gerald Olson in 1969, Ehr was among the first recipients of the university’s award for excellence in academic staff support. He resigned in 1985 because of health reasons. Then-Chancellor Edward Weidner commented at the time, “Bruce organized the whole placement effort from scratch and built up a strong tradition of effective services to our graduates.” Ehr is survived by his wife, Rosemary; son, Chris; daughter, Jane; and their families. His obituary also acknowledges the Green Bay family who donated a kidney and the Madison and Green Bay physicians (including Dr. Jeremy Green) involved in his successful transplant operation and recovery in the mid-1980s. The full obituary is online at the UW-Green Bay Retiree Association website.