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IN MEMORIAM:

Two long-time members of the School of Business community died in October:

Alma Baron

Emeritus Professor Alma Baron passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006. Baron joined the UW-Madison School of Business, formerly the UW Extension Department of Business and Management in 1981 and became professor emeritus in 1988. During her time at the business school, Baron coordinated all of the women’s programs as well as the Managerial Communications Program while teaching several innovative courses. Baron earned many awards during her lifetime, including the Robert A. Jerred Distinguished Service Award from the School of Business in 1988, and was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Association in 1995.

Baron was a noted presenter and author who earned her doctorate in education at UW-Madison at the age of 51. She created the Alma Baron Second Chance for Women Scholarship, an annual award given to a woman over the age of 45 to continue her education at UW-Madison. Gifts in her memory may be made to the “Alma Baron Second Chance for Women Scholarship” via the University of Wisconsin Foundation, 1845 University Ave., P.O. Box 8860, Madison, WI 53706-8860.

Solomon Levine

Solomon Levine, a former professor of business and economics, and former chairman of the East Asian Studies program at UW-Madison, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2006. Levine was an expert on Japanese labor relations. He served in World War II, where he learned to speak Japanese.. After the war, he began to research economic problems of the Far East.