My Radio Commentary interview with Robin Novak and Abby VanStraten of the student Wisconsin Public Interest Research Groups (Wispirg) is available here.The interview is dedicated to the late Gloria Link, a dear friend of mine and professor of theatre arts at UW Oshkosh from 1959-1992. Gloria died on February 23rd at the age of 79. The campus press release regarding her passing can be found here. (In 1971 Gloria starred in "The Visit," the inaugural play produced at the new Fredric March Theatre when the Theatre program was part of the then Department of Speech; "The Visit" was produced again this year in celebration of the Theatre Program gaining Department status).
Prior Radio Commentary interviews can be found here.
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Tony, you are not alone in remembering Gloria with great fondness. As you know, she made an indelible imprint on the lives of hundreds if not thousands of students and colleagues over the years. Not to mention the untold legions of audience members, the Midwest's theater community and everyone who had the good fortune to come in contact with her.
A number of students from my era (80's) made the trip to Oshkosh for her funeral, and one of them, Laurie Jo, delivered a beautiful remembrance of Gloria. You may recall hearing it.
I've set up a discussion forum online, in an effort to stay connected with each other, and also because we'd like to build support for memorializing Dr. Link in a permanent way--perhaps by getting one of the UW-O stages named after her. Please feel free to log in and post.
http://uwotheateralum.7.forumer.com/index.php
Don Jacobson
Class of '85
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