Tag: obituary
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Green Bay campus mourns the loss of David “Buggs” Bugni
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David “Buggs” Bugni passed away August 10, 2023. David worked at UWGB as a custodian in the University Union, and he retired February 23, 2020. View the obituary and information about a celebration of life.
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Campus mourns the loss of Richard (Dick) Jansen
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Richard (Dick) Gerald Jansen passed away on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, four days before his 89th birthday. He had a long and distinguished career at UW-Green Bay, beginning in 1969 as a specialist for University Academic Programs. His duties were to coordinate academic programs under the “New Opportunities and Exchange Programs” and coordinate the off-campus efforts…
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Reminder: Zeke Backes celebration of life is Friday, June 17
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Cyril J. Backes, 93, of Green Bay, passed away Friday, June 10, 2022, peacefully at his home. Friends and peers describe the longtime UW-Green Bay administrator as a “warm and wonderful man. One of the very best.” Backes served as an administrator at the UW-Madison for a decade. In 1968 he was chosen by UW-Green Bay’s…
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UW-Green Bay mourns the loss of Cyril ‘Zeke’ Backes
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Cyril J. Backes, 93, of Green Bay, passed away Friday, June 10, 2022, peacefully at his home. Friends and peers describe the longtime UW-Green Bay administrator as a “warm and wonderful man. One of the very best.” Backes served as an administrator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a decade. In 1968 he was chosen…
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UW-Green Bay mourns the loss of Allan Hartley
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The Green Bay Campus mourns the loss of Allan Hartley, who passed away March 16, 2022 at the age of 87. Hartley worked in UW-Green Bay’s Office of Educational Research and Development from 1972 to 1981, and then served as director of Adult Student Services until his retirement in July 31, 1996. He moved to Florida…
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UW-Green Bay mourns the unexpected passing of Prof. Sylvia “Mimi” Kubsch
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Nursing peers and others who have had the pleasure of working with Mimi Kubsch through her 40-year tenure in the Nursing program were devastated to learn of her unexpected passing on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Mimi began as an adjunct instructor in 1980, progressed to assistant professor in 1991 and associate professor in 1994. She…
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Celebration for the life of Prof. Michael Morgan
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UW-Green Bay announced previously the passing of Emeritus Faculty Michael Morgan, who taught in UW-Green Bay’s Natural and Applied Sciences unit for decades before his retirement. He specialized in plant ecology and bioclimatology. Morgan helped create the biology major when the University was new (1968), and taught thousands of students in his 37 years with…
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Green Bay Campus mourns passing of retired Prof. Michael Morgan
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The Green Bay Campus mourns the loss of UW-Green Bay Emeritus faculty member Michael Morgan, who taught in the Natural and Applied Sciences unit for decades before his retirement. He specialized in plant ecology and bioclimatology. In 2014, Michael and his wife Gloria established a scholarship fund. The Morgan/Macaluso Family Endowed Scholarship in Natural Sciences…
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Max Frost never stopped trying to solve problems, make life better, Green Bay Press-Gazette
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GREEN BAY – Even after he was afflicted with dementia, Max Frost planned fundraisers he could no longer execute.”He always lived with a purpose. I’m going through all of this stuff he’d done. God, he had purpose,” said Susan Frost, his wife of 51 years. “He was never going to retire.”Frost, 83, died Dec. 2 in Green Bay.…