Carlisle Runge

Carlisle Runge
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower
In office
February 17, 1961 – July 30, 1962
President John F. Kennedy
Preceded by Charles C. Finucane
Succeeded by Norman S. Paul
Personal details
Born (1920-03-23)March 23, 1920
Seymour, Wisconsin
Died September 18, 1983(1983-09-18) (aged 63)
Portage, Wisconsin
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Military service
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service 1942-46
Rank Major

Carlisle Piehl "Carl" Runge (March 23, 1920 – September 18, 1983) was a Wisconsin professor, author,[1] environmentalist, and politician who served as Assistant U.S. Secretary of Defense,[2] Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, and Director of the United Nations Adriatic Environmental Study in Yugoslavia.[3]

Early life and education

Born in 1920 in Seymour, Wisconsin, in Outagamie County,[4] Runge attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was on the debate team. Runge served in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 until 1946, where he achieved the rank of Major and was awarded the Bronze Star.[5] Runge also attended Oxford University for a year at the end of the war.

Upon his return to civilian life in the United States, he attended the University of Wisconsin Law School where he graduated in 1948. During his time at UW Madison, Runge belonged to Sigma Phi in Harold Bradley House. Runge later received his Ph.D. in American Institutions from the University of Wisconsin.[6]

Career

Upon his admission to the bar in 1948, Runge started his career of public service as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin. In 1951, he joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Law School, and in less than seven years he attained the rank of a full professor and Dean of the Law School. Runge later became the National Director of the Carnegie Foundation's Security Task Force.[7] During his time as a professor, Runge continued to serve in the Wisconsin Army National Guard and attained the rank of Colonel and Logistics Officer for the division.[8]

Runge served as an active member of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Runge is perhaps best known in Wisconsin politics for his role as the Chairman of the highly publicized 1952 "Wisconsin Citizen's Committee on the Record of Joseph McCarthy," a group that made the first definitive study of the unsubstantiated nature of the Senator's charges and sold 100,000 copies of their findings. The committee's findings were run in three state newspapers.[9][10][11]

(Left to right) Carlisle P. Runge, Samuel Silver; Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, President John F. Kennedy

Kennedy Administration (1961-62)

In 1961, Runge was appointed by President of the United States John F. Kennedy to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower.[12][13] In this position, Runge served as one of the leaders of the President's Missile Sites Labor Commission, played an instrumental role in the study and deployment of reserve troops,[14] and advocated against racial discrimination against African Americans in the military.[15][16][17][18]

Runge was supportive of efforts of the American Veterans Committee to ensure adequate veterans' pensions and worked with the NAACP to eliminate segregationist practices in the military and its reserve components.[19][20] In 1962, Runge was a supporter and contributor to the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women.[21] Runge later recorded an Oral History with the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum where he described the 1960 Democratic National Convention and Democratic primary in Wisconsin, the internal operations of the Defense Department under Robert McNamara, and relations between the military branches and the Defense Department.

Return to University of Wisconsin

After leaving the Kennedy Administration, Runge returned to the University of Wisconsin System, where he acted as Special Assistant to President Ed Young. Runge served as the first Director of the Coordination Committee on Higher Education, was a consultant to the Argonne Universities Association, served as the Chairman of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, and founded UW-Madison's Department of Public Policy and Administration (now known as the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs). In 1973, Runge was appointed to be the Director of the United Nations Adriatic Environmental Study in Yugoslavia by Paul G. Hoffman, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme.[22]

Publications

Runge published numerous works including "Analysis of Water-Related Research Requirements in the Great Lakes Region",[23] "New Directions in Regionalism: A Case Study of Intergovernmental Relations in Northwestern Wisconsin",[24] and "An Analysis of the International Great Lakes Levels Board Report on Regulation of Great Lakes Water Levels".[25]

Retirement and later involvement

In 1981, Runge retired from the University and moved to Northern Wisconsin. He later became active in the affairs of Northland College and the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, and was the leading advocate of the bill that banned tubing on the Brule River. Upon his retirement, he received a convocation from the University entitled "The Wisconsin Idea-A Tribute to Carlisle P. Runge"[26] sponsored by the UW Center for the Study of Public Policy and Administration, the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, and the Institute for Environmental Studies. Governor of Wisconsin Lee S. Dreyfus declared a "Carlisle Runge Day" in his honor. Runge was posthumously awarded with the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Wisconsin Law Alumni Association.[27] Eulogies for Runge were delivered by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson and Nathan Heffernan, Chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.[28]

Death

Runge died on September 18, 1983 at the age of 63. He is buried at Pine Ridge Cemetery in Douglas County, Wisconsin.[29]

References

  1. ↑ Runge, Carlisle Ford; Runge, Carlisle Piehl (2010-01-01). "Against the Grain". Foreign Affairs.
  2. ↑ "United States Senate Nominations, February 1961" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Carlisle Runge - Achievement Award" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Oral Interview Transcript" (PDF).
  5. ↑ Crosse, David J. Marcou La. "David J. Marcou: On Wisconsin: Honoring our state's leaders". La Crosse Tribune. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  6. ↑ "interbasin transfer of water the Great Lakes connection". www.gpo.gov. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  7. ↑ "CQ Almanac Online Edition". library.cqpress.com. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  8. ↑ "Oral History Interview: Carlisle P. Runge (0249)". minds.wisconsin.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  9. ↑ "Joseph McCarthy and Donald Trump: a shared contempt for democratic institutions | MinnPost". www.minnpost.com. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  10. ↑ Bayley, Edwin R. (1981-10-22). Joe McCarthy and the Press. Univ of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299086244.
  11. ↑ Wisconsin Citizens' Committee on McCarthy's Record. (1952). The McCarthy record. Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Citizens' Committee on McCarthy's Record.
  12. ↑ "Department of Defense Key Officials" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "January 1961 - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum". www.jfklibrary.org. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  14. ↑ "Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Archives, Oct 11, 1961". NewspaperArchive.com. 1961-10-11. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  15. ↑ "HU: Equality of Races (2): General, 1961: 1 August-6 September - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum". www.jfklibrary.org. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  16. ↑ "KN-C22256. President John F. Kennedy with Members of the Missile Sites Labor Commission - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum". www.jfklibrary.org. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  17. ↑ DeRosa, Christopher S. (2006). Political Indoctrination in the U.S. Army from World War II to the Vietnam War. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 080321734X.
  18. ↑ Gross, Charles Joseph (1984). Prelude to the Total Force: Air National Guard, 1943-1969. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 9781428993532.
  19. ↑ "American Veterans Committee - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum". www.jfklibrary.org. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  20. ↑ "CHAPTER 20: Limited Response to Discrimination". webdoc.sub.gwdg.de. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  21. ↑ "Report of the U.S. President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1963" (PDF).
  22. ↑ "UN Peacekeeping in Yugoslavia: Background, Analysis, and Lessons Learned" (PDF).
  23. ↑ "Document Display | NEPIS | US EPA". Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  24. ↑ "Carlisle P. Runge · University of Wisconsin - Law School Digital Repository". repository.law.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  25. ↑ "analysis of the International Great Lakes Levels Board report on regulation of Great Lakes water levels institutions". www.gpo.gov. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  26. ↑ State of Wisconsin Blue Book. 1995.
  27. ↑ The Wisconsin Idea, a Tribute to Carlisle P. Runge: Proceedings of the Colloquium, March 28, 1981, Sponsored by University of Wisconsin--Madison. University of Wisconsin--Extension, Cooperative Extension Programs. 1981.
  28. ↑ "Memorial to Carlisle P. Runge In Memoriam. 1984 Wisconsin Law Review 1984". heinonline.org. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  29. ↑ "Douglas County WI (USGenWeb Project) - Pine Ridge Cemetery, Brule, Douglas County, Wisconsin". wigenweb.org. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
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