PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 20, No. 6, Sept. 21, 2000

Achievements
A report of honors, awards, offices and other outstanding achhivements of faculty and staff members

agricultural, consumer and
environmental sciences
Peggy Grossman, professor of agricultural law in the department of agricultural and consumer economics, has been awarded her third Fulbright Scholar Award for the 2000-2001 academic year. Grossman’s Fulbright fellowship is part of the European Union Affairs Research Program, and her research project will focus on EU environmental principles and their application to agriculture.

engineering … education
Jeffrey Farlow Cornell, coordinator of alumni relations and development for the department of nuclear, plasma and radiological engineering, and Mildred Griggs, former dean of the College of Education, were among 12 women from Champaign County who received Athena awards at a ceremony in May. Coordinated through the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce and sponsored locally by Sullivan-Parkhill Automotive and National City Bank, the awards honor women who demonstrate excellence, creativity and initiative in their business or profession, provide a valuable service by devoting time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community, and assist other women in reaching their full leadership potential.

engineering
Gordon A. Baym, the Center for Advanced Study Professor of Physics, has been elected to the American Philosophical Society. Baym was among 47 scholars and researchers elected April 29 to the learned society based in Philadelphia.
Baym has been a leader in the study of matter under extreme conditions in astrophysics and nuclear physics. He has made original, seminal contributions to the understanding of neutron stars, relativistic effects in nuclear physics, condensed matter physics, quantum fluids and Bose-Einstein condensates. His work is characterized by a superb melding of basic theoretical physics concepts, from condensed matter to nuclear to elementary particle physics.

Milton Feng, professor of electrical and computer engineering, will be honored this fall in Taiwan by the Pan Wen-Yuan Foundation. The foundation named him one of four recipients of its Outstanding Research Award for 2000. The nomination committee selected Feng in recognition of his accomplishments in microelectronics and contributions to his profession.

Two professors were honored by the American Physical Society at its May 1 meeting in Long Beach, Calif.
Philip W. Phillips, a professor of physics, has been selected as the 2000 recipient of the Edward A. Bouchet Award.
The award, which recognizes Phillips for "opening new vistas in the study of disordered and strongly correlated condensed matter physics, including the random dimer model and the size dependence of the Kondo effect."
Jeremiah D. Sullivan, a professor of physics and former director of the UI’s Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security, has been selected as the 2000 recipient of the Leo Szilard Lectureship Award. The award recognizes Sullivan for "leadership in addressing technically complex and often controversial national security issues, such as anti-ballistic missiles, stockpile stewardship, and a comprehensive test ban; and for setting a high standard for applying the rigorous methods of physics to the challenging problems of integrating advanced technology with sound policy in a democratic society."
Founded in 1899, the APS has more than 40,000 members worldwide.

fine and applied arts
Robert Graves, professor of theater, has been awarded the Sohmer-Hall Prize for outstanding research in early English theater. The International Shakespeare Globe Centre, London, announced that Graves’ book, "Lighting the Shakespearean Stage, 1567-1642" (Southern Illinois University Press, 1999) will receive this year’s annual award, given to the best book published in the previous year on 16th- and 17th-century English stagecraft. The prize will be awarded at a lecture Graves will give at the new Globe complex in London this winter.

Linda Lehovec, professor of dance, has received an Artists Fellowship Award in choreography from the Illinois Arts Council.

Bruno Nettl, professor emeritus of music and anthropology, was awarded an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, from Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. Nettl gave an address titled "On Preserving Cultural Traditions."

Bea Nettles, professor of photography, was awarded one of eight Illinois Arts Council Fellowships in Photography for $7,000 this year in recognition of her outstanding work and commitment within the arts.

law
J. Steven Beckett, an adjunct professor of law, will serve another three years on the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Professional Responsibility. The committee works with the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission to review and update the high court’s rules for attorneys.

liberal arts and sciences
Orville Vernon Burton, professor of history, has been selected by the Carnegie Foundation as a Carnegie Scholar in the Pew National Fellowship Program.

Frederick E. Hoxie, professor of history and holder of a Swanlund Endowed Chair, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree during commencement ceremonies May 21 at Southampton College of Long Island University. In a news release from LIU announcing the degree, Hoxie was credited with "deeply enriching our nation’s understanding of the struggles and triumphs, the art and the dreams of American Indians."

Jim Kaler, professor of astronomy, was elected to the board of directors of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for a three-year term.

Michael Palencia-Roth, professor of comparative literature, of Spanish and of Latin American studies, was one of five featured plenary speakers (from Colombia, France, Mexico, Peru and the United States) at a ceremony honoring Gabriel García Márquez, the 1982 Nobel laureate in literature. The event took place in Valledupar, Colombia.

Donald Wuebbles, professor and head of the atmospheric sciences department, was elected a member of the International Ozone Commission (IOC). Membership in IOC is limited to approximately 30 of the leading scientists in the study of atmospheric processes from around the world. The International Ozone Commission was established in 1948 as one of the special commissions of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, who represent the entire community of geophysical scientists around the world.

library and information science
Susan E. Searing, professor of library and information science, was one of two women honored by the Association of College and Research Libraries Women’s Studies Section. Given for the first time this year, the awards recognize the role of librarians in advancing the field of women’s studies librarianship. Searing will receive the Award for Career Achievement in Women’s Studies Librarianship. "Searing has been instrumental in the creation, development and recognition of women’s studies librarianship as a field," said Marlene Manoff, WSS chair. "Through her truly exemplary scholarship and her dedication to … the field, she … continues to serve as a role model."

operation and maintenance
Judy Corray, administrative secretary in the Division of Operation and Maintenance, was honored by the Secretariat with its 2000 Office Professional of the Year award. This was the eighth time the award was presented. Corray received a certificate, engraved clock and a traveling plaque. She was nominated by Terry Ruprecht, chief facilities officer for the division.

public safety
Oliver J. Clark, UI chief of police, was elected vice president of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators and was inducted at the organization’s annual conference in June in Boston. The international association represents more than 970 colleges and universities in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, South America, the United States and elsewhere.
The association is dedicated to promoting professional ideas and standards in the administration of campus security and public safety. As second vice president of the association, Clark is slated to become president at the annual conference in 2003.