Sharon and I were members of a systemwide task force in the mid-1980s that worked on guidelines for a substantial faculty and staff "catch up" pay increases. We were appointed by then Provost Bernie Cohen, Sharon representing the faculty, I the academic staff. It was a tough assignment as we needed to establish the Madison had a different peer group, and different catch-up needs from other institutions in the UW System. Now that is an established understanding, but then very contentious at the time. I was in charge of organizing the data to support our position and felt it made such a strong case, which was true. Sharon was crucial in her calm and conciliatory way of dealing with the representatives of the other campuses. We were successful in the end, and I have always admired Sharon's abilities in this tense situation, and it has turned out to be very important to UW-Madison as time went on.