Irving Shain (January 2, 1926 – March 6, 2018) was a chemistry professor at the

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. He served as

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of the university from 1977 to 1986. Born in

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, Shain served in the

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from 1943 to 1946. He then attended the

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, where he received his BS in 1949 and his

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in 1952, both in chemistry. He began teaching chemistry at the

in 1952, and later served as the vice chancellor from 1970 to 1975. From 1975 to 1977, he went to the University of Washington in order to serve as the vice president of academic affairs, before returning to UW–Madison to become the chancellor in 1977. Shain retired from the university in 1986, and worked for the

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until his retirement in 1992. Shain died on March 6, 2018, after a brief illness.

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