Sharon was always very welcoming to the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism from our earliest days on the 5th Floor of Vilas Hall. She became a big booster — financially and through her great encouragement — of the work we do. She gave me a lovely plant that I treasured until the flood of 2019, when a move to another office during sub-zero weather spelled its demise. I will remember Sharon as wise, generous and positive — a person who radiated kindness and energy into the world.