University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Athletics

For 35 years, Dr. Burton Karges held the UW-Oshkosh vote at the WSUC as the faculty representative. He was also a member of the Intercollegiate Athletic Committee.

Titan Athletics lost a friend and booster in November 1972 when death took Karges, professor of geology at UW-Oshkosh.

Director of Athletics Eric Kitzman said, "Dr. Karges was a friend to all in intercollegiate athletics. He fought for what he believed was best for our school and the conference in his position as faculty representative."

Karges received his Bachelor's Degree and Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin and joined the Oshkosh State Teacher's College in 1934. He served as chairman of the Geology Department until 1970.

Dr. James McKee, chairman of the geology department, said, "Karges always made the students the center of his attention. During the helter-skelter years of explosive growth and widely held visions of becoming a Ph.D.-granting institution, he never lost sight of the fact that good, solid undergraduate education was the primary mission of this university."