One of the buildings of the university was dedicated to Arthur G. McGraw, Jr. in October, 1988. This was the computer building, McGraw Hall. Arthur passed away in March of 1988; his wife Doris was able to drive him to the top of the hill at the UW-W, near the Log Cabin, so that he could see the building being built when he was ill.



Arthur's family at the October, 1988, dedication:
back row, left to right: Bruce McGraw, Erik McGraw, David McGraw
Front row (l-r): Mary McGraw (David's wife), Kathy McGraw (Erik's wife), Doris McGraw














Members of Doris's family at the October 1988 dedication, on the steps of McGraw Hall.









Arthur was born in 1918 and grew up in Whitewater and went to college at the UW-W with a degree in education in 1940. He taught 7th and 8th grade and was later principal at the Campus School in the Roseman Building on the UW-W campus. He also taught in Fort Atkinson and Whitewater City High. He later got his graduate degree and doctorate in administration at UW-Madison. He was affectionately known as "Mac."


After he received his doctorate, he taught at the UWW and extension classes. Later he was Dean of the graduate school. He also served Whitewater School Board and was President. In 1973 he saved the graduate school, when the state administration wanted to close some of the graduate schools. He got a good many of the students in the graduate programs at the satellite schools to fight against the closures. Arthur retired in December of 1984. He was very active in the Episcopal Church.







Doris was a secretary at the UW-W, working for Dr. A. I. Winther, who was the head of elementery education and senior placement, before her first child born, in April of 1955. Doris and Arthur eventually had three boys, Bruce, David, and Erik.

Bruce went to Texas Wesleyan University on a golf scholarship and graduated in 1977. David graduated from UW-W with a BBA degree in Finance in 1979. Erik used to work at the Dravis Farm with Wally Dravis. After receiving his degree in transportation, he moved to Texas and is employed at Bax Global. His wife Kathy graduated from UW-W with a BBA in Marketing in 1980 and a MS in Communications in 1983. After working in the Graduate Office at UW-W, she followed her father-in-law into the field of education, and is currently the Senior Director of Records and Research at the University of Dallas Graduate School of Management.