Charles Russell Bardeen

Dean of the Medical School, 1907-1935

Modeled the UW School of Medicine and Public Health's overall structure of teaching, care and research from Johns Hopkins. Began the Preceptorship Program, an apprenticeship program that continues to this day.

Bardeen established the four-year medical school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and created the Wisconsin General Hospital.

William Shainline Middleton

Dean of the Medical School, 1935-1955

Middleton was a teacher, clinician and researcher who nurtured the UW School of Medicine and Public Health's groundbreaking anesthesiology department and began cancer research programs. Middleton was a military man who also shepherded the UW School of Medicine and Public Health through World War II, and was the influential mentor to hundreds of medical students.

John Zimmerman Bowers

Dean of the Medical School, 1955-1961

Dean Zimmerman Bowers oversaw development of the Department of Medical Genetics (the first of its kind in a U.S. medical school); school received over $4 million in gifts and grants by 1961 and establishment of the University of Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association. Overall enrollment increased by 25 percent on his watch.

Philip Cohen

Acting Dean of the Medical School, 1961-1963

Cohen's achievement as acting dean paved the way for increased funding and an evolving curriculum. 

James Crow

Acting Dean of the Medical School, 1963-1965

Crow navigated the often dynamic relationship between the medical school and clinicians and researchers. Recognized the need for a new hospital, additional funding, and a modernized curriculum.

Peter Eichman

Dean of the Medical School, 1965-1971

Eichman revised the MD curriculum; oversaw construction of the William S. Middleton Health Science Library building; established the Blue Bus project; minority enrollment increased.

Henry C. Pitot

Acting Dean of the Medical School, 1971-1973

Pitot oversaw the establishment of the Department of Family Medicine. During his term the University of Wisconsin was awarded one of eight comprehensive cancer centers by National Cancer Institute and female enrollment increased.

Lawrence Crowley

Dean of the Medical School, 1973-1978

The Clinical Science Center began during Crowley's service at dean.

Arnold Brown

Dean of the Medical School, 1979-1992

Patient and staff transfers from Wisconsin General Hospital to Clinical Science Center and Medical Scholars and Alternate Study programs initiated during Brown's service as dean.

Laurence Marton

Dean of the Medical School, 1992-1994

Marton worked on the evolving HealthStar initiative; encouraged additional construction for centralized health sciences on the west end of campus.

Philip Farrell

Dean of the Medical School, 1994-2006

While Farrell served as dean, Mission Aligned and Management Allocation (MAMA) was developed to better align academic funds with faculty and staff efforts. He was responsible for establishing the Health Sciences Learning Center, the Integrated Research Center (now Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research), and changed the name and program emphasis from UW Medical School to the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

Robert N. Golden

Dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health

Golden's vision of collaboration, education and growth will take the UW School of Medicine and Public Health well into the 21st century, as evidenced by projects such as the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR).