Bio: Osolkowski, Patricia (UW-River Falls Graduate – 1974)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Osolkowski, Powless, Brentzel

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 23 May 1974

"Happiness in Harmony" was the title of the commencement address delivered by Robert Powless at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls on Sunday, May 19, 1974, at 2 p.m. in the Melvin Wall Amphitheatre.

Powless, Director of Native American Studies at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, is a full-blooded Oneida Indian from Green Bay. He addressed the commencement audience in ceremonial regalia.

The University Symphony Band, conducted by W. Larry Brentzel, presented a concert at 1 p.m. in the Amphitheatre. Following the ceremony, the Faculty Women's Club served a tea in the ballroom of the Ragestad Student Union for graduates, parents, alumni and friends.

Patricia Osolkowski, Route 2, Owen (Clark Co., Wis.), received a Bachelor of Science degree, with a major in English and minor in Journalism.