The International Division at the University of Wisconsin–Madison honors those who supported our mission throughout their lives through their work, donations, or other contributions.
2024
David Bordwell (1947–2024)
Jacques Ledoux Professor Emeritus of Film Studies, Communication Arts
2022
Paul “Skip” Beckett(1938–2022)
Associate director emeritus, African Studies Program
2021
Lewis Bosworth (1942–2021)
Instructor, French and Linguistics; secretary-treasurer of the French House
2020
M. Crawford Young (1931–2020)
Professor emeritus, political science; founder, African Studies Program
2019
Klaus L. Berghahn (1937–2019)
Professor Emeritus, German Department
Michael Briggs (1934–2019)
African Studies bibliographer
Crister Garrett (1962–2019)
Former Director of the UW–Madison European Studies Alliance, a coalition of the European Union Center, the Center for German & European Studies, and the Center for European Studies
Kemal Karpat (1923–2019)
Professor emeritus, Turkish history, History Department
Richard Urfer (1937-2019)
International Division External Advisory Board member
Tejumola (Teju) Olaniyan (1959-2019)
Louise Durham Mead Professor of English & Wole Soyinka Professor of the Humanities
Harold Scheub (1931–2019)
Evjue-Bascom Professor of Humanities, African Cultural Studies Department
2018
Peter P. Dorner (1925–2018)
Former Dean of the Office of International Studies & Programs and Professor emeritus, Agricultural Economics Department
Muhammad Memon (1939–2018)
Professor emeritus, Urdu language and literature, Department of South Asian Studies and Center for South Asia
2017
Sol Bloomenkranz (1923–2017)
Friend and donor to the International Division and the Center for German and European Studies