Notable

"Notable" reports honors, awards, offices and other outstanding
achievements of faculty and staff members as space permits.

Jocelyn Armstrong, anthropologist and professor of rehabilitation
education, will be a visiting scholar at the Faculty of Health Sciences,
the University of Sydney (Australia) for a month this summer. Armstrong has
been invited to help develop the school's teaching and research in culture
and disability.

Stephen M. Bainbridge, professor of law, has been named one of 40 Salvatori
Fellows by the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. During his two-year
fellowship, he will participate in a series of lectures, roundtables and
informal discussions designed to stimulate academic excellence in higher
education. 

Cheryel S. Benson, transcribing secretary IV in the Office of the Dean of
Students, has been awarded the Everitt-Hatch Award from Volunteer Illini
Projects. The award is made to those members of the faculty and staff who
have exemplified high quality, concern and commitment for VIP and is
supportive of its efforts. 

Barbara Bohen, director of the World Heritage Museum, has been awarded an
Arnold O. Beckman Research Award. The grant will fund travel and support
for one month's research in Athens, Greece, to carry out research on
Athenian burial monuments of the Homeric Period. 

Keros Cartwright, principal geologist and head of the Hydrogeology Research
Laboratory at the Illinois State Geological Survey, has received a
Groundwater Science Award from the Illinois Groundwater Association. The
award was earned for his outstanding lifetime commitment to research in
groundwater science, resulting in significant advances in the protection of
groundwater. 

The poster announcing the Aisinjioro-Soo Distinguished Lecture given by
UC-Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien last year was named Best Poster and
runner-up for Best of Show for 1993 by the Champaign-Urbana Ad Club. The
poster was designed by Sara Chilton, coordinator of external relations. 

Jesse A. "Tony" Clements, director of the Division of Campus Recreation,
has won a third National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Service
Award. This award honors Clements' work on the association's strategic
plan. 

Pauline Dempsey, academic adviser in the department of psychology, has been
selected by the National Academic Advising Association as an Outstanding
Adviser for 1994. The award, the result of a nationwide competition, is
given in recognition of demonstrated abilities as an adviser. 

Kenneth Drake, professor of piano, has had his book "The Beethoven Sonatas
and the Creative Experience," published by Indiana University Press. 
David Dupper, professor of social work, has been named to the editorial
board of Social Work in Education. 

George Hendrick, professor of English, has been named to the board of
directors of the Illinois Humanities Council. 

Pamela S. Hills, administrative transcribing secretary in the department of
mechanical and industrial engineering, has been named Secretariat's Office
Professional of the Year. The annual competition generated 22 nominees.
Hills received a certificate and gift, and her name was engraved on a
traveling plaque.

Benita S. Katzenellenbogen, professor of physiology and of cell and
structural biology, received the 1994 Faculty of the Year Award from the UI
College of Medicine. She was cited for her accomplishments in research and
her commitment to the students and the college. 

Charles Leonhard, professor emeritus of music, has received three awards
from three music organizations. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America
has awarded him one of its highest honors, the National Citation. It is
given to those who "have contributed significantly and lastingly to the
cause of music in America." The Music Educators National Conference has
inducted Leonhard into its Music Educators Hall of Fame, which honors
"those music educators who, by virtue of their contributions, are of such
significant stature that they are considered to be among the most highly
regarded professional leaders in American music education." The University
of Oklahoma has named Leonhard its first School of Music Distinguished
Alumni Fellow. Fellows are alumni who have made outstanding contributions
to the music professions, especially excellence in the specific chosen
profession in music as well as contributions to public life and the
cultural health of our society. 

Edmund Mech, professor of social work, has been named to the editorial
board of Children and Youth Services Review; to the peer review board of
Child Welfare Journal; and a member of the National Council on Research in
Child Welfare of Child Welfare League of America; National Advisory
Committee on Independent Living of Child Welfare League of America; Review
Board of DeWitt Wallace Foundation of Youth Development Grant to Child
Welfare League of America. 

Cynthia L. Rold, assistant dean of the College of Law, has been elected
president of the National Association for Law Placement. NALP is a
nonprofit educational organization that provides leadership in the career
planning of law students and graduates. Membership includes nearly all
accredited law schools and about 800 organizations that employ attorneys.

Ellis Sanderson, senior engineer at the Illinois State Water Survey, has
been inducted as chair of the Illinois Section, American Water Works
Association. The association's members include water utility managers and
personnel, consulting engineers, manufacturers and suppliers, government
and research engineers and scientists. 

Robert G.F. Spitze, professor emeritus of agricultural economics, and Hazel
Spitze, professor emeritus of votechnical education, were honored at the
University of Arkansas commencement as the co-recipients of the 1994
Outstanding Alumni Award from the university's College of Agriculture and
Home Economics. They are the first co-recipients of the award.

Leigh Star, professor of sociology, has been named co-editor of a new
journal, Mind, Culture and Activity: An International Journal, published by
the University of California. The interdisciplinary journal looks at
cross-cultural issues in development, education, information, technology
and cognition. 

Harry Triandis, professor labor and industrial relations, has been selected
as one of two recipients of the 1994 Distinguished Contributions to the
International Advancement of Psychology Award of the American Psychological
Association. The award is presented for recognition of sustained and
enduring contributions to international cooperation and advancement of
knowledge in psychology. The Committee on International Relations is
honoring Triandis for his "many scientific and scholarly contributions to
applied and cross-cultural psychology, especially in the development of
cross-cultural training programs." 

Mara R. Wade, professor of German, has been awarded a full research
fellowship from the Alexander Humboldt Foundation for one calendar year's
study at the German research library for European Culture of the Early
Modern Period, the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbuttel, Germany. The
foundation, a privately chartered foundation funded by the German federal
government, promotes international scientific and scholarly cooperation.
Outstanding younger researchers in all fields compete worldwide. Wade will
focus on a series of German-Danish court festivals that took place in
Copenhagen and Dresden from 1550 to 1725. 

Renee Wadleigh, professor of dance, choreographed "Peaceable Kingdom,"
which was performed April 30 at the Kennedy Center by the UI dance
department dancers. 

A.E. Wright, professor of German, has been awarded a research grant by the
German-American Fulbright Commission to study at the Herzog August
Bibliothek in Wolfenbuttel, Germany. Wright will spend the 1994-95 academic
year conducting research on the translation of Latin school texts into the
vernacular in the 14th and 15th centuries, focusing especially on the
Aesopic fable.

For the second time in as many years, WILL-AM has earned a Gold Award from
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This year the station's All-Day Ag
Outlook Meeting was recognized for Community Service/Outreach. The meeting
features more than a dozen of WILL's regular analysts and meteorologists,
providing information to help farmers and others make marketing decisions.
More than 200 people from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin attend each
year. The All-Day Ag Outlook was chosen from more than 200 entries because
it was a "unique and innovative way to serve a target audience."

WILL-AM reporters have won awards in the Illinois and Indiana Associated
Press Broadcast Contests. In the Illinois contest, news producer Rob
Schober won first place in the Best Sports Report category for his story on
baseball's Negro leagues. The same story won first place in the Best
Feature category in the Indiana competition. News director Bill Raack won
an honorable mention in the Best Feature category for a story on a dispute
over a landfill expansion in Hoopeston. Todd Gleason, former associate
producer of agricultural programming and now extension communication
specialist with the UI College of Agriculture, won honorable mention for
the Best Use of Radio Sound for a sound montage he produced of workers
battling Mississippi River flooding last summer.