Patricia & Richard Ehlert

Dick and Pat Ehlert met at UWM in the 1960s while Pat was an undergraduate French major and Dick was a graduate student in educational psychology. Their connection to UWM, however, covers six decades beginning in the 1950s when Pat’s sister, Kay Tallmadge, and brother-in-law, LeRoy Augustine, were earning degrees in education, and Dick’s sister, Lois Ehlert, was taking classes at UWM to qualify for a BFA at Layton School of Art. Both Kay and Augie went on to earn advanced degrees from UWM. Pat returned to UWM on a fellowship to earn a master’s degree in library science in 1970. Her nephew, Tom Augustine, received a degree in film in the 1980s, and Dick’s sister was granted an honorary doctorate in the 1990s. One of their daughters, Maggie Ehlert, also earned a master’s degree in educational psychology, and a son-in-law, Rick Eickhoff, graduated with a degree in Management and Information Systems, both in the early 2000s.