Morgridge Book

“When I look at John and Tashia, I see two people who are very passionate about this university and about the state of Wisconsin even though they don’t live here anymore. They still create an energy when they come here, and that feeling is contagious. “If there’s anything that I feel like we could do to inspire the next generation, it is really to say, give where you feel passionate. Give what makes your heart sing. Give where you will make the most difference and give where you will make the most difference in your idea of what the world should be. “I hope that someday we will be sitting here, and other people will be saying, ‘Jim and Karen really inspired me.’ That would be a tremendous feeling for us.”

Karen Walsh ’81, MA’89 University of Wisconsin Regent, 2019–26