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128th Commencement is May 16 at Assembly Hall Bardeen Quad to honor Nobel-prize winning physics professor 'Who was John Bardeen?' Improvements to Allerton make it more accessible for all UI Flash Economic Index drops to 101.9 last month New dog will help campus police sniff out crime Illini Glider's Club offers affordable way to fly Illinois skies Krannert Center announces Its 1999-2000 millennium season
128th Commencement is May 16 at Assembly Hall
Bardeen Quad to honor Nobel-prize winning physics professor
'Who was John Bardeen?'
Improvements to Allerton make it more accessible for all
UI Flash Economic Index drops to 101.9 last month
New dog will help campus police sniff out crime
Illini Glider's Club offers affordable way to fly Illinois skies
Krannert Center announces Its 1999-2000 millennium season
Donate used records, CDs to WILL ... Summer hosts needed for IEI students ... AISS changes name, Web site ... NCAA open forum is May 12 ... Phi Beta Kappa honors initiates May 15 ... O&M Web site provides easy access ... GIS offers Internet instruction ... Out-of-the ordinary vacations
Donate used records, CDs to WILL ... Summer hosts needed for IEI students ... AISS changes name, Web site ... NCAA open forum is May 12 ... Phi Beta Kappa honors initiates May 15 ... O&M Web site provides easy access ... GIS offers Internet instruction ...
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The 128th Commencement of the UI at Urbana-Champaign will be held in two ceremonies May 16 at the Assembly Hall.
The speaker at both ceremonies will be Rick Kaplan, president of CNN/USA, veteran network news producer and adjunct professor of broadcast journalism at the UI.
Kaplan will receive an honorary degree, as will Shozo Sato, who created the first Japan House while serving as a professor of art and design at the UI from 1968 to 1992. Honorary doctorates also will be awarded to three other people.
At the 10:30 a.m. ceremony, candidates in the colleges of Applied Life Studies, Communications, Law, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, the School of Social Work and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science will receive degrees.
Candidates in the colleges of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Commerce and Business Administration, Education, Engineering, and Fine and Applied Arts will receive their degrees at the 2 p.m. ceremony.
Doors will open at 9:30 a.m. for the morning ceremony and at 1 p.m. for the afternoon ceremony. After all students and their guests are seated, remaining seats will be available to the public.
All students who have earned bachelor's, master's, doctoral and professional degrees and advanced certificates during the preceding year are honored at the UI's annual commencement.
Kaplan became president of CNN in August 1997, after 17 years with ABC News and the ABC Television Network. He was the executive director of "World News Tonight With Peter Jennings" from January 1994.
Before producing the evening news program, Kaplan was the executive producer of "PrimeTime Live" for five years. Under his direction, the show covered the Gulf War, 1989 San Francisco earthquake and Los Angeles riots. Between 1984 and 1989, Kaplan was the executive producer of "Nightline."
Kaplan, a Chicago native who attended the UI in 1965, won 34 Emmys, four Overseas Press Club Awards and three Peabodys. He began his broadcast career at WBBM-TV, the Chicago CBS affiliate, in 1969. After two years, he joined CBS' national news in New York, and later was a producer for Walter Cronkite.
When Kaplan took over the reins at CNN, he had it written into his contract that he would be free to teach at the UI for one week per semester. He has been sharing his experience with broadcast journalism students in Urbana for two years, and recently was named an adjunct journalism professor.
Biochemist Marianne Grunberg-Manago will receive an honorary doctorate at the 10:30 a.m. ceremony. Sato, scientist Alfred Y. Cho and financial expert Leo Melamed will receive honorary degrees at the 2 p.m. commencement.
Sato began his career at the UI as a visiting artist in the dance department in 1964. Four years later, he created the university's Japanese Arts and Culture Program. From 1968 to 1992, Sato was a professor of art and design at the university. He created a Kabuki theater program at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, where he was an artist-in-residence. Sato has written books on flower arranging, Kabuki and Japanese aesthetics. A production of his play, "Kabuki Medea," won the Hollywood Drama Critics Award in 1985.
Grunberg-Manago, of the Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique in Paris, is the first woman elected to the French Academy of Sciences. She was the president of the academy in 1995.
In the 1950s, Grunberg-Manago was a postdoctoral fellow at the UI, in the labs of professors I.C. Gunsalus and Severo Ochoa. She studied the genetic code and the mechanism of transferring the code from RNA to protein synthesis. More recently, she has used recombinant DNA techniques to study the organization of genes.
Melamed, chairman emeritus of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, is recognized as the founder of financial futures. While CME chairman, he introduced foreign currency futures in 1972 by launching the International Money Market. Melamed is credited with guiding the Chicago futures industry, which has had a significant impact on the city's economy. He is the chief executive officer of Sakura Dellsher Inc., a multinational financial services corporation.
Cho, director of research at Bell Laboratories, is the father of molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), a technique for growing crystals under high-vacuum conditions. This technique is used to make electronic devices such as cellular phones, police radar and fiber-optic communication networks. Cho earned his doctorate from the UI in 1968.
The UI Alumni Association will present an Alumni Achievement Award to Joseph H. Burckhalter and a Distinguished Service Award to Richard J. Faletti at the morning commencement ceremonies.
Burckhalter led the team that invented fluorescein isothiocyanate, a labeling agent widely used in the diagnosis of cancer and infectious diseases. It was used in the discovery of the HIV virus, which causes AIDS. Burckhalter also created Camoquin, a single-dose malaria cure, from Tylenol. The Florida Institute of Technology research professor earned his master's degree in organic chemistry at the UI in 1938. His studies as a student led to the creation of 12 medicines. He received the 1995 American Innovator Award and is a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Faletti, a former UI law professor, has been a generous volunteer and contributor for the university's Krannert Art Museum, Library, College of Law and the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, now under construction.
A founding member of the art museum's board of directors, Faletti has helped the museum with legal work and donations of more than 50 artifacts from his own collection. He and his wife created an endowment for exhibits and educational programs in the Richard and Barbara Faletti Gallery of African Cultures in the Spurlock Museum. He graduated from the College of Commerce and Business Administration in 1947 and from the College of Law in 1948.
Among other planned activities in honor of the graduating class, the UI Symphonic Band will give a free concert for graduates, candidates and their guests at 8 p.m. May 15 in the Great Hall of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are not required.
All graduating students and their guests are invited to a reception hosted by UI President and Mrs. James J. Stukel and Chancellor Michael Aiken from 8:30 to 10 a.m. on May 16 in the gardens of the president's house, 711 W. Florida Ave., Urbana. Academic attire is encouraged.
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A piece of the pie: Faculty/Staff members invest in UI
More than 30 percent of UI faculty and staff members have contributed to the UI. Their contributions translate into millions of dollars for the university. In our continuing series, find out what they support and why they feel compelled to give.
Thompson said he's made an annual donation to the department since he graduated, and he tries to increase it a little each year.
"The reason I do it is to give back," Thompson said. "My parents paid for my college education and since I didn't have to bear that burden, I guess I do this to help out others. Whether the money goes for scholarships or to keep our equipment up-to-date, I feel that it helps in some way."
Thompson, who is 29, has year-old twins whom he hopes will be attending the UI some day. His wife also has a UI master's degree in computer science.
"If I can encourage someone else, that's great," Thompson said. "Obviously, I think the donations are a good idea."
"Our children went through the Child Development Lab and it was a wonderful place for them, and for us to have them," Thompson said. "And we felt the CDL staff and personnel needed and deserved better facilities and better working conditions.
"At the time our children were there it wasn't air conditioned," she said. "So we felt we'd like to show our appreciation by supporting the facility fund, and that's why we joined the Presidents Council," she said.
Administered by the UI Foundation, the Presidents Council honors those individuals who have made sincere financial commitments toward strengthening the university's excellence. Current membership is accorded to those who contribute a minimum of $15,000 which may be pledged over 10 years. At the time the couple joined the council the commitment was to donate $10,000 over 10 years.
"I'm sure there are many other services like that provided by the university that touch people's lives directly. And as I said our kids are very important to us. And even though they've long since graduated, having that facility and the great and excellent staff there is a valuable resource.
"I never had any guilt with my kids at CDL. I never was worried they weren't getting the best they could get."
A unique memorial is being created at the UI so that future students may know that one of the 20th century's greatest minds once walked, worked and taught on this campus.
The quadrangle on the engineering campus will now be called the Bardeen Quadrangle in honor of John Bardeen. The UI professor won two Nobel Prizes in physics and was the only person to be so honored twice in the same field. Bardeen served the university from 1951 until his death in 1991.
The Bardeen Quad, which is bounded by the Grainger Library on the north, the Mechanical Engineering Lab on the east, Engineering Hall on the south and Talbot Lab on the west, also will include a landscaped memorial garden.
"John Bardeen epitomized the phrase 'a gentleman and a scholar,' " said William R. Schowalter, dean of the College of Engineering.
"He was as well known in the College of Engineering for his kindness and generosity as for his towering intellectual achievements. This man, who in a very real sense made possible our modern world, loved the interaction he had with students and colleagues.
"Now The Grainger Foundation Inc. has made it possible for us to create a new quadrangle and garden in the heart of the engineering campus to be named for John."
Professor Bardeen's fame and scientific genius rank him among scientists like Albert Einstein, Jonas Salk and Philo Farnsworth. Life magazine included him in the 100 most important Americans of the century in 1990. And in March, Time magazine included him in their list of the "Century's Greatest Minds."
Bardeen's first Nobel Prize in 1956 was for work at the Bell Laboratories with two other scientists that led to the development of the transistor. His second Nobel Prize in 1972, for work performed at the UI, acknowledges his elucidation, along with colleagues Leon Cooper and J.R. Schrieffer, in the development of the theory of superconductivity.
"John Bardeen is a giant in terms of faculty on this campus and in terms of his contributions to science," said Chancellor Michael Aiken. "It is very fitting and proper to recognize him in this way,"
If Bardeen was a giant, he was a gentle one, according to those who knew him.
"He was a very special person, and he was also a very modest man," said Tony Graziano, assistant to UI President James J. Stukel and formerly of the College of Engineering.
Graziano fondly recalls the humble side of the great scientist, who munched on burgers at the local McDonald's and declined any special treatment in the college.
Sure, he was a genius, Graziano said. But Bardeen would be the first to say that he shared the credit for the groundbreaking work on the transistor and superconductivity.
"Every discovery leads to a new one," Graziano said. "I think he would tell you he was a point in the spectrum."
Graziano's only regret about the new memorial on campus is that it is not yet finished. It will take another few years, he said, because one part of the design depends on the city of Champaign's Boneyard drainage project. The Urbana firefighting substation, which is scheduled to be demolished within the next few years, also sits on part of what will be the Bardeen Quadrangle.
"People wondered for a long time how we would ever be able to commemorate the fact that he was a member of the faculty, and that he gave so much to us in terms of our culture and the vision and the inspiration for the college," Graziano said.
Several years ago, Schowalter appointed a group of faculty members from physics and electrical engineering to come up with a fitting memorial. The committee wanted something that implied greatness, yet reflected humility and elegance. Committee members also conferred with Bardeen's daughter and two sons, according to Graziano.
"The family, like their father, hoped that we wouldn't use a huge monument as a way of commemorating his presence here, but suggested a garden for the pleasure of students," Graziano said.
Eventually a plaque will be installed in the garden to tell of Bardeen's contributions, according to Schowalter.
"I think he would enjoy knowing that, for centuries to come, faculty and students will cross the Bardeen Quad many times during the course of their days," Schowalter said. "The new quad represents not only the esteem in which the College of Engineering continues to hold Professor Bardeen, but also the central place that distinguished faculty will always have at the heart of the UI."
In a book about the 100 greatest scientists ever, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein are in the top 10.
Former UI Professor John Bardeen is No. 50.
Having this two-time Nobel Prize winner included among such a lofty list of geniuses is an incredible honor, says Nick Holonyak, a Center for Advanced Study professor of electrical and computer engineering. He also holds the Sony Endowed Chair of Electrical and Comptuer Engineering.
"Just to be on that list is unimaginable," he said. "I believe, that next to (Abraham) Lincoln, the most important person who has ever trod around these two towns is John Bardeen. I can't think of another person who would be on that scale."
Holonyak was a young grad student when Bardeen came to the UI in 1951, just as he was on the verge of winning his first Nobel Prize in physics for the development of the transistor. It didn't take long before Holonyak, who became Bardeen's first graduate student, realized that Bardeen's approach to scientific problems was different than any he'd ever seen before.
"It was interesting to me as a student to just observe what he would focus on, and how he would do it," Holonyak said. "I don't expect to see another person like that in my life. And I've seen some awfully smart people, some very remarkable people in the field of science and technology, but I've never run into anybody like him."
Professor Emeritus Ralph Simmons, who was head of the physics department from 1970-1986, said he's delighted the engineering quad is being named after him to honor his contributions to the university.
"In the electronics business he gave this university instant credibility," Simmons said.
And when Bardeen and two postdoctorate students solved the riddle of superconductivity, they solved a mystery that had stumped physicists for three decades, he said.
"But all this immense scientific talent and technical interest was in a man of immense modesty and quiet confidence," Simmons said.
When Bardeen announced he planned to retire from the UI, Simmons said Bardeen made it clear he did not want a retirement party. After some negotiation, Bardeen agreed to mark the occasion with a symposium on the future frontiers in physics, which drew scientific colleagues from all over the world.
Simmons and Holonyak both say that in addition to their admiration for his talent and genius, they genuinely liked the man, and are quite proud to have known him.
"He was a man who was filled with integrity," Simmons said. "And he took immense satisfaction in the accomplishments of his younger colleagues."
And the discoveries that Bardeen made have led to half-a-dozen successor Nobel Prizes in the applications of superconductors, he said. There's no doubt he made a difference in the world.
"The fact that there will be a permanent part of the campus dedicated to this man whom I regard as the greatest scientist to have ever lived and worked here is a marvelous joy to all of us over here," Simmons said.
Holonyak agrees and even goes one step further. He'd like more reminders of Bardeen's presence here, such as the renaming of a street after him or changing the name of the College of Engineering to the John Bardeen College of Engineering.
He thinks the average person in Champaign-Urbana may not know one of the world's greatest scientists once lived among them.
"I think they should start to dwell on the question -- 'Who was John Bardeen?' " Holonyak said.
"If you've got a pacemaker in you, you've got transistors in you. If you have a hearing aid, it has transistors in it. If you go to the hospital to get an MRI, that machine is full of transistors. Power lines are run by transistors. Telephones. Computers. Everything running today is run by transistors.
"John Bardeen is much more of a hero than we are allowing," he said. "We can't anticipate seeing anyone like him again."
There's probably never been a better time to visit the UI's Robert Allerton Park and Convention Center near Monticello. That's because it's more accessible than ever.
Thanks to major improvements -- inside and out -- visitors now can navigate the park's garden paths with greater ease and enjoy complete access to parking, restrooms, guest rooms and conference facilities. Efforts to improve accessibility at the park and conference center began about two years ago, and should be completed by the end of the summer, according to Allerton director Jerry Soesbe. The project was initiated to bring Allerton into compliance with requirements mandated by the Americans With Disabilities Act, Soesbe said.
However, he noted, "All users benefit from it."
In particular, he said, the installation of asphalt paths connecting many of the gardens to the conference facilities and parking areas make it easier for everyone to get around. Though the landscape design in the formal gardens currently incorporates two other types of pathways -- gravel and aggregate -- the main gravel walks eventually will be replaced with aggregate, Soesbe said.
Overall, he said, the project was designed "to do whatever we could to maintain the character of the place. We tried to do it in a way that would not distract from the park's original design."
To achieve that goal, Soesbe said the adaptive designs were based on a plan by architectural engineers from WVP Corp., Decatur, with careful supervision by staff members in the UI's Office of Facility Planning and Management. Particularly helpful, he said, were FPM staff members Kevin Duff and Joellen Francis.
Also providing invaluable assistance to the project, he said, was Nandita Godbole, a master's degree candidate in landscape architecture. Godbole has spent many hours at Allerton during the past year, working closely with Soesbe on various aspects of the project, including designing plans for how visitors can best move through and enjoy the garden landscapes.
Godbole also helped design a brochure that highlights the park's accessibility features. Copies of the brochure, which are expected to be published by mid-May, may be obtained at the park visitors center and will be packaged with other informational materials sent to guests using the conference facilities.
Among the adaptations that have been made at Allerton, one of the more attractive options for park visitors with limited mobility is the availability of four electric carts, which move easily over the gravel pathways. The carts may be checked out free of charge at the visitors center. Accessible parking is available in a lot on the main road, adjacent to the center.
Another new feature will appeal to fans of the dramatic Sunken Gardens, which is generally considered to be the "finale" feature that punctuates the series of formal gardens. That area, essentially a giant amphitheater cut six feet into the ground and surrounded by walls and sculptural elements, was previously inaccessible to visitors confined to wheelchairs. Until recently, the only access to the interior space, which is frequently the site of summer concerts, was by means of a concrete staircase and a steep-sloped ramp. The ramp's slope has been changed to better accommodate wheelchairs.
One of those staircases has been replaced with a wide ramp with railings, and is accessible from the gardens or from a nearby parking lot. A platform area also has been added along the top level on one side of the garden, affording visitors a panoramic view of the gardens or activities that may be taking place below. To preserve the integrity of the original design and maintain the continuity of the garden walls, a new path and entryway was created to provide access to the viewing platform.
Back at the conference center, originally Robert Allerton's English-manor-style home, new accommodations also reflect an effort to meet the needs of all guests while maintaining as much of the home's historic architecture and character as possible. The main floor is completely wheelchair accessible, and includes adapted guest rooms and restroom and telephone facilities. The conference room also is equipped with an assistive listening device. A turnaround outside the main entrance also provides access for drivers needing to drop off or pick up guests requiring assistance.
For more information about park and conference center accessibility, contact the visitors center, 762-2721 or 244-1035, or the conference center, 672-7011.
Driven by lower corporate profits, the UI Flash Economic Index dropped to 101.9 last month from a level of 104.3 in March. This was the steepest single-month decline in the Index in nearly 10 years.
J. Fred Giertz, an economist at the UI Institute of Government and Public Affairs who released the April figure May 4, cautioned that the fall in the Index is not as alarming as it first appears.
"The downturn is attributable solely to a weak performance of corporate income-tax receipts. April corporate receipts were down 23 percent in 'real' [inflation-adjusted] terms compared to the same month last year when receipts were at a historic high. On the other hand, individual income-tax and sales-tax receipts were up considerably in real terms compared to the same month of 1998."
In general, the state economy is strong, Giertz said. Consumer confidence and retail sales are high, while inflation remains low. "Even so, it will be important to monitor corporate receipts for the next several months to see if they rebound," the UI economist said.
The UI Flash Index is a weighted average of Illinois growth rates in consumer spending, corporate earnings and personal income. The growth rate in tax receipts for each component is then calculated for the 12-month period using data obtained from the state government through April 30.
Any number above 100 means the state economy is expanding, while any number below 100 means the economy is shrinking.
The UI Police Department will be increasing its investigative powers this summer with the addition of a specially trained dog.
The dog will not be trained to be aggressive or to attack -- in fact, its biggest asset will be its nose. Like trained dogs that serve the blind or disabled, the UI dog will be trained to work and complete tasks such as tracking criminals, looking for lost articles (something dropped or thrown by a fleeing suspect) or searching for drugs. Increasing the likelihood of finding illicit drugs will strengthen the department's commitment to enforcing the campus and federal policies on drugs, said Capt. Kris Fitzpatrick.
Adding a dog to the UI force also will help address the problem of street crime, such as assault and battery. There were 56 such crimes on campus and in the surrounding area during the past semester, according to police statistics. Having a dog available to help track suspects in such cases will enhance the joint patrols the UI police perform with Champaign police to combat street crime.
If officers suspect drugs are hidden in a vehicle or a building, the dog could be used to search them. If an armed robbery is reported, the dog can pick up the scent and track the suspect, according to Doug Beckman, the UI police officer selected to be the dog's handler and caretaker.
"I've seen dogs trained like this find evidence in areas like dense underbrush that otherwise might never have been found," Beckman said. "I've seen the benefits from the use of the dogs to track suspects in felony cases and I've seen them used to find lost children or even adults who have walked away from nursing homes.
"I'm just kind of amazed at the abilities that these dogs have, and it will be such a benefit to the department," he said.
Beckman was among several officers interviewed by a selection committee charged with choosing who should be the dog's handler. This summer, he will be introduced to the dog at a training center in Indiana, and spend two weeks training with the dog.
"He will already have been trained, so he's kind of training me at that point," Beckman said.
Beckman will meet several dogs at first, and then the trainer will select a dog that Beckman handles well, and that suits the university's needs, he said. Possible breeds are Labrador, German shepherd, Dutch shepherd and Belgian malinois.
The dog will be alongside Beckman on his shift, and be in and out of buildings around campus with him. Beckman and the dog will be on call 24-hours a day for searches and tracking when needed.
Beckman and his wife will share their home with the dog. The Beckmans already have two dogs, a German shepherd mix and a husky-Dalmatian mix. The police dog will require a stronger commitment from them because he will have to be maintained in good physical condition and training.
If you've ever wanted to spend a beautiful spring day looking down on the world around you, consider joining the Illini Glider's Club.
A tow behind a converted crop duster can have you airborne in a matter of minutes, and if there's enough hot air that day, you can stay aloft for an hour or two or even more.
The club's headquarters are at the Monticello Airport, which has a grass landing strip and two large hangars in the country southeast of the city. Saturdays and Sundays are flying days if the weather's good, and Instructor Bill Jones said the members often come out and make a day of it.
The club owns four gliders and the tow plane. It was once affiliated with the university through the Institute of Aviation, but now the club is its own entity, and the affiliation is strictly through members, like Jones, who teaches flying at the UI, or faculty members or students. Anyone in the community can join too, he said.
It's an affordable way to fly, compared with the cost of flying an engine-powered plane, according to the members. The annual membership fee is $390. That entitles members to as many flights as they want during the year, and instruction as well. On fly days, members pay $10 for a tow up to 1,000 feet; $14 for a tow up to 2,000 feet; or $18 for a tow up to 3,000 feet.
Students at the UI, Parkland, or any college or high school, get a special membership rate of $99 a year.
If people are interested in exploring the pastime of gliding, they can attend the club's open house May 15 at the Monticello Airport. There will be glider rides and flight demonstrations. If people can't attend that day, the club also offers a one-day membership for $25, which entitles a guest to a free flight.
Membership includes instructional flights and materials," Jones said. Pilots can usually get their pilot's license after about 70 flights. Fliers must be 16 to get a license; medical exams are not required.
The Illini Glider's Club holds regular monthly meetings at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of every month in 132 Bevier Hall. The club's hotline number, which reports if weather conditions are good for flying that day, is 762-4917. Jones said interested persons are welcome to call the hotline number any nice Saturday or Sunday to see if planes will go up, and then visit with members at the airport.
As the turn of the century draws closer, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts announces its 51-event millennium season. Tickets are now on sale at the Krannert Center ticket office.
Krannert Center's 1999-2000 season opens with a week of distinctly American art forms: popular song, blues and jazz featuring cabaret singer and George Gershwin scholar Michael Feinstein, the gritty vocals and swinging horn section of Roomful of Blues, and Branford Marsalis. As the season progresses, Betty Buckley will perform musical theater; The Boys Choir of Harlem will deliver a holiday program, Grammy-winning trumpeter Arturo Sandoval will perform Latin jazz, and trumpeter Jon Faddis will lead the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band in a tribute to Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.
Five events make up the Marquee Great Hall Series of classical artists and orchestras. The series opens with the Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performing favorite operatic selections. Christoph Eschenbach leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with the Canadian percussion ensemble Nexus as its soloist, and Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade performs a range of vocal selections, and pianist Murray Perahia performs the monumental "Goldberg Variations," by Johann Sebastian Bach.
The Marquee Chamber Music Series welcomes two ensembles from Europe among its five presentations: Polish Chamber Philharmonic, praised for its tight ensemble work, and Il Giardino Armonico, Italy's only period-instrument ensemble. Two venerable American quartets, the Guarneri String Quartet and the Juilliard String Quartet, also will perform. Among the most intriguing of Krannert Center's classical music presentations is a literary-based program by Da Camera of Houston: "Marcel Proust's Paris." The musical selections will be interspersed with readings from Proust's "Vinteuil Sonata."
Krannert Center's Marquee Sunday Salon Series will feature the Borromeo String Quartet with an all-Beethoven program, the Artemis Quartet with an eclectic program of works by Franz Schubert, Giuseppe Verdi, Igor Stravinsky and Bela Bartók, and from a musically gifted family with ties to Champaign-Urbana, pianist Orli Shaham provides a taste of her blossoming artistry. The series begins and ends with competition winners: the 1999 Naumburg International Vocal Competition Winner and the Krannert Center Debut Artist.
World cultures and traditional performing arts figure prominently into Krannert Center's millennium season. A Celtic Heart of Irish and Scottish performers captures the infectious rhythms of their countries. The 35-member Drummers of West Africa preserves the native culture of Senegal, while award-winning frame drummer Glen Velez and the Ethos Percussion Group provide a worldwide percussive tour in "Earth/Rhythms." Guitar-playing brothers Sergio and Odair Assad of South America are contrasted by the Russian dancing and singing of the Don Cossacks of Rostov.
The Ballet de l'Opéra de Bordeaux presents two evenings of classical ballet: Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Tribute to Sergei Dyaghilev." The modern dance work of Susan Marshall & Company draws upon winter solstice rituals and New Year's festivals for inspiration in a new work titled "The Descent Beckons." Merce Cunningham energizes his choreography with computer-imaging technology in "BIPED," a work in which live dancers share the stage with computer-animated dancers. Bridging the gap between dance, theater and opera, Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble present "Magic Frequencies," a work which looks at life in our universe. Bimbetta, too, makes use of theatrical talent to bring Baroque music to life.
Professional theater returns to the Marquee series. Leslie Nielsen will reveal his roots are grounded firmly in serious drama in his portrayal of America's most renowned trial lawyer, Clarence Darrow. The Aquila Theatre Company of London vividly recreates the tale of Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" using live music and masks. In "Cabin Pressure," SITI Company (Saratoga International Theatre Institute) examines the actor/audience relationship. For those young at heart, Krannert Center offers Kennedy Center's Imagination Celebration on Tour's adaptation of the Judith Viorst children's book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," as well as Scotland's Visible Fictions' production of Albert Lamorisse's classic tale "The Red Balloon."
Resident productions
In addition to the Marquee series, Krannert Center staff members work with the resident departments of dance, music and theater.
The department of dance offers four productions: Studiodance I and II showcase the choreographic work of the department's students, while two main-stage productions, November Playhouse Dance and Festival 2000, exhibit the award-winning work of the department's resident faculty choreographers as well as works by Susan Marshall and Paul Taylor.
Offerings from the department of theater span the centuries with "Everyman" (Anonymous), "Romeo and Juliet" (Shakespeare), "Jane Eyre" (Charlotte Bronte, adapted by Robert Johanson), "Something's Afoot" (James McDonald, David Vos and Robert Gerlach), "Slaughter City" (Naomi Wallace) and "How I Learned to Drive" (Paula Vogel).
The School of Music Opera Program offers three varied productions, including Gioachino Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," Benjamin Britten's "Albert Herring," and Claude Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande." Additional School of Music band, orchestra, new music and choral events are announced bi-monthly throughout the season.
Krannert Center's Interval: Lively Arts and Lunch Series offers a sampling of art forms in free, noon-time performances in the lobby. This year's lineup offers Ballet Folklorico Mexico, the a cappella group Tonic Sol-fa, the African rhythms of Patience Mudeka, the interactive comedy improv group The Have Nots!, and a quartet of Cajun-crazed jazz musicians known as the Dixie Power Trio.
For more information about the upcoming season or to receive a copy of the season brochure, contact the Krannert Center ticket office at 333-6280 or (800) KCPATIX (527-2849), or TTY 333-9714 (for patrons who are deaf or hearing- or speech-impaired); or visit the Krannert Center Web site at www.kcpa.uiuc.edu/kcpa.
Starting this fall, students enrolled in the UI's professional acting program will be able to take their cues from one of the theater world's most active and sought-after free-lance directors.
Tony Award-winning director Daniel Sullivan has been cast in a leading role as the College of Fine and Applied Arts' first Swanlund Chair. His appointment in the theater department is effective Aug. 21.
Swanlund Chairs are endowed professorships funded through a $12 million gift from the late Maybelle Swanlund. The professorships were created to attract leading figures in the arts and sciences to the university and to recognize outstanding scholars already on the faculty. Sullivan brings the total number of current Swanlund Chairs to 10.
"We are thrilled he is joining us," said theater department head Bruce Halverson. "No other theater department will have a director of his stature and ability on its faculty. He is truly an exceptional theater artist, and our students will benefit from his presence."
Halverson said Sullivan is "universally recognized as an artist of exceptional talent, and his work has helped -- in a significant and lasting way -- to shape the theater of today. He directs works by this country's finest playwrights, and our most gifted actors want to work with him."
Just last month, Sullivan directed a limited-run production of Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler," starring Annette Bening in the title role. The play was produced at the University of California at Los Angeles' Geffin Playhouse. When offered the opportunity to perform there, Bening chose the play -- and the director, whom she had first met, according to Sullivan, at an alumni gathering. Both attended the University of California at San Francisco.
Sullivan's interest in theater was cultivated during his college years at UC-San Francisco, where he majored in English literature, but danced in the chorus of musicals for fun.
At the time, "I hadn't thought of the theater as literature," Sullivan said. "Somewhere along the line, I made the connection."
Following graduation in the early 1960s, he joined the Actor's Workshop in San Francisco where he worked as an actor. When leaders of the Actor's Workshop moved to New York City to open the Lincoln Center Theater Company, Sullivan was invited to join them as an actor and director. He also directed the company's Theater in the Schools program.
While in New York, Sullivan directed the American premiere of Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Play Strindberg" and Sean O'Casey's "Plough in the Stars," and stage-managed the Broadway musical "Hair."
In 1973, he left the Lincoln Center company to become a free-lance director. For six years, he directed at major regional theaters throughout the country. Among his directing assignments was Shakespeare's "Two Gentlemen of Verona" in Cleveland, where he worked with a budding young actor named Tom Hanks, who was cast in his first professional leading role.
Sullivan joined the Seattle Repertory Theater as a resident director in 1979. He served as the theater's artistic director from 1981-1997. During that period, he oversaw construction of a theater and a second stage dedicated to new plays, and premiered works by some of the country's leading playwrights, including Neil Simon, Jon Robin Baitz, Herb Gardner and Wendy Wasserstein.
In 1990, he received a special Tony Award recognizing the Seattle Rep's critically important role of introducing and nurturing some of the country's finest playwrights.
"What I enjoy -- and probably what I'm best at -- is working on new plays," Sullivan said. "I also enjoy working on classics. I enjoy that challenge I'm good at the ones where I'm not sure if I'm ever getting it right and have to keep working, working. I find that fascinating."
Audiences and critics seem to concur that Sullivan actually gets it right much of the time. In addition to recognition for his accomplishments at the Seattle Rep, he was nominated for a Tony Award for best director for productions of Gardner's "I'm Not Rappaport" on Broadway and in London. He also received a subsequent Tony Award nomination for his direction of the Broadway production of Gardner's "Conversations With My Father," which he later directed in London.
After Sullivan directed Wasserstein's "The Heidi Chronicles" in Seattle and on Broadway, the play won a Tony Award and Wasserstein won the Pulitzer Prize. Sullivan earned a third Tony Award nomination for Wasserstein's Broadway production of "The Sisters Rosensweig."
"He continues to be her director of choice for her new plays," Halverson said.
Sullivan said he enjoys the collaborative experience of working with living playwrights and hopes to be able to bring writers to campus to work with theater students.
"I'd like to bring in writers or actors, not only to hold seminars and teach master classes, but to develop work -- and the university has ownership," he said. By bringing in working writers for residencies, "students can observe the editorship that takes place on the way to production," he added.
Besides organizing residencies and leading workshops, Sullivan expects to transmit his expertise by lecturing in various theater classes, where needed. "We're still working out all the details -- making it up as we go along. Part of locking down a schedule here will depend on what I'm working on elsewhere," he said.
During the past two years, Sullivan has directed at Lincoln Center and San Diego's Old Globe Theater. He plans to continue working as a free-lance director while on the UI faculty. On the immediate horizon are a number of projects, including directing Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" in San Diego, New York and Chicago; an American Playhouse production for PBS; and Donald Margulies' "Dinner With Friends" at the Variety Arts Theater in New York.
Despite the demands of balancing a hectic professional work schedule with academic responsibilities, Sullivan said he is eager to take on the challenge. What appealed to him most about joining the UI theater faculty was "the idea of service -- giving back what you know."
Peter Fritzche, a UI professor of German and 20th century history, has won a 1999 Guggenheim Fellowship.
Fritzche won the award to support his research on nostalgia and memory. He is working on a book, "A History of Nostalgia 1799-1999."
In his 1998 book, "Germans Into Nazis," Fritzche examined how the Nazis rode a wave of democratic nationalism to gain power. He also co-edited a photography "scrapbook" titled "Imagining the Twentieth Century," published by the UI Press.
A history major as an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Fritzche earned both a master's and doctoral degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1981 and 1986, respectively.
Fritzsche also had received a $3,500 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for his nostalgia book.
The Guggenheim Foundation of New York awarded more than $6 million to 179 scholars, artists and scientists this year. The foundation trustees selected the winners from almost 2,800 applicants.
Past Guggenheim fellows include Ansel Adams, Henry Kissinger, Linus Pauling and Joyce Carol Oates.
Two UI faculty members named NAS members
Two UI faculty members were among the 60 new members chosen last week by the National Academy of Sciences for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
The UI faculty members chosen are Thomas J. Hanratty, the James W. Westwater Professor of Chemical Engineering, emeritus, and Tom L. Phillips, professor of plant biology and geology.
Also chosen for membership is William A. Bardeen, a scientist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Ill. Bardeen, a 1958 graduate of the UI's University Laboratory High School, is the younger son of the late John Bardeen, a two-time Nobel Prize laureate and UI professor.
The election was held April 27 during the 136th annual meeting of the academy. Election to membership in the academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a U.S. scientist or engineer. Those elected bring the total number of active members to 1,825.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to the furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare. The Academy was established in 1863 by a congressional act of incorporation, signed by Abraham Lincoln, that calls on the Academy to act as an official adviser to the federal government, upon request, in any matter of science or technology.
Additional information about the institution is available on the Internet at www.nas.edu. A full directory of NAS members can be found at the site.
Three UI students receive Goldwater Scholarships
Three UI students have received Goldwater Scholarships for the 1999-2000 academic year: Eric Engelhard of Round Lake, Ill.; Kevin Huffenberger of Upper Arlington, Ohio; and Percy Morales of Chicago.
Engelhard is working on two degrees, in physics and astronomy, with a minor in mathematics; Huffenberger is majoring in math and physics; and Morales is majoring in cell and structural biology with a chemistry minor. All three will be seniors at the UI next fall.
The UI Goldwater Scholars are among 304 from a field of 1,181 nominees nationwide. The federally funded program was designed to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. The scholarship is the nation's premier undergraduate award of its type in these fields.
The merit-based awards are granted to two groups of students -- those who will be college juniors and those who will be college seniors in the 1999-2000 academic year.
Awards cover the cost of tuition, fees, books and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 annually.
For the second time in his career, Officer Ralph Hamlin has been named Police Officer of the Year by the UI Division of Public Safety.
Hamlin and other UI police officers, staff and citizens were recognized at an annual awards ceremony May 5.
Hamlin, who joined the UIPD in October 1990, has shown exemplary skills as an investigator, according to the selection committee, and is known for sound advice, a willingness to listen and dedication to law enforcement.
During the past year, he successfully pursued two major investigations. One concerned the theft of food from housing food stores, and his investigation resulted in a confession to not only that crime but other campus thefts as well.
In the second case, Hamlin's persistence and initiative in an investigation of burglaries and computer thefts from offices in Turner Hall resulted in an identification of the subject and enough evidence for an arrest, according to the committee.
"Investigator Hamlin does not dwell on failure or shy away from challenges," according to the citation. When it became clear computer knowledge would be needed for investigations of computer crimes, he pursued computer training.
"Even though Investigator Hamlin received this award in 1993, his continued and sustained performance and dedication warrant a second recognition," according to the committee.
Also at the awards ceremony, Kipling P. Mecum, assistant director for operations for the Operation and Maintenance Division, will be presented the Cecil Coleman Award. The recognition is for his contributions to safety as chairman of the safety committee of the O&M Division. He has chaired that committee for a decade and strengthened safety awareness, according to the citation.
Seven UI police officers received Merit Awards for performing duties that saved or attempted to save a life, or for performing a routine duty with excellence, diligence and at some personal inconvenience, or for having been instrumental in apprehending a dangerous or notorious criminal.
Merit Awards went to Sgt. Skip Frost and Officers Bruce Dixon and Steve Trame for their work on the Explosives Ordnance and Disposal team; Officers Collin Harmon and Shane Lammers for work with an attempted suicide; Sgt. Jason Eversole for suspect apprehension; and Lt. Jeffrey Christensen for warrant pursuit.
Police department commendations were presented to Officers Ron Weiss and Chris Hawk for bicycle training; Officer Eric Cook for improving the coordination of late-night dances; Lt. David Nelson for a faculty-staff safety program; to Officers Jon Whittington and Shawn Johnson for focus-area work; and to Harmon for community beat profiles.
In addition, Dylan Prendergast, a senior in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from McHenry, was named the Student Patrol Officer of the Year.
Citizen Commendation Awards were presented to Richard Langlois of the Office of Instructional Resources for help with a traffic direction video; Duncan Lawrie, professor emeritus of computer science, for help with Web site development; Robert Foertsch of the Computing and Communications Services Office for help solving computer crimes; Jim Coleman of electrical and computer engineering, who served as chairman of the Public Safety Advisory Committee; and to Rory Prendergast, Robert Wright, Cameron Nelson and Conrad Soboniak, UI students, for help with false fire alarms; and Melissa Drosopoulos, Dylan Prendergast and David Proesel, UI students, for robbery witnesses.
Proficiency awards for firearms and use of force were given to Frost, first place; Trame, second place; and Officer Jose Ortiz, third place.
The fall semester will now include a week-long student break at Thanksgiving, as a result of a resolution passed by the Urbana-Champaign Senate on May 3.
It's not certain if the break will begin this year or in the fall of 2000. Provost Richard Herman will determine if it is too late to change the academic calendar for the coming academic year.
The action means that classes will not be held the Monday and Tuesday preceding Thanksgiving. Prior to the change, students had Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off for Thanksgiving.
The break reduces the number of class days in the fall semester from 74 to 72. But students who argued for the change pointed out that the spring semester has 72 days also, and so the weeklong break equalizes the semesters.
Joe Oberweis, Student Senate Caucus president, said that late November is a stressful time of the semester for students because term papers and projects are due and final exams are approaching. Students also want the extended time to allow out-of-state and international students to return home for the holiday.
Attendance in those Monday and Tuesday classes before Thanksgiving is already poor, Oberweis said.
And, other universities comparable to the UI have 72-day fall semesters, according to Oberweis and Lawrence Tabone, Student Senate Caucus president-elect.
For a time during the debate, senators considered an amendment proposal that would have started the fall semester two days earlier to accommodate the break, but that was voted down. Several UI administrators said the Wednesday start date for fall classes is important to accommodate orientation and other start-up procedures.
The change in the calendar was largely a faculty-student debate since the student caucus proposed the change and faculty argued against it. Some of the faculty members said the timing of the break two weeks before the end of the semester was disastrous pedagogically because it interrupted the momentum and continuity of the classes.
But other faculty members spoke in favor of it. Joan Klein, professor of English, said she had polled members of the English department and of the 25 who responded, 21 supported the change.
Heidi Von Gunden, professor of music, said students in performing arts feel especially pushed and stressed in late November and that a break at that time would be welcome.
The resolution to amend the calendar policy passed significantly with a show of hands. A subsequent vote to adapt the change for the coming fall semester resulted in the Senate agreeing to let Provost Herman decide if it's feasible to make the change so soon. A third vote amended the Academic Year 2000-2001 calendar to include the Thanksgiving break.
In other matters, the Senate ended a two-week long standoff about a proposed policy that provides for periodic review of faculty members by quickly voting to adopt it.
The proposal was first discussed at the April 19 Senate meeting and when time ran out it was debated again at the April 26 meeting. At that meeting, a quorum of 100 was not present so a vote was not taken.
The adopted policy requires that each academic unit review its faculty members annually. The faculty member can request a broader review by a faculty committee if concerned with the evaluation. And each department will be required to review how it conducts the reviews every five to seven years.
Senate faculty members who argued against the policy said it wasn't necessary because most departments already do reviews, and that all faculty members were being affected because of "a few bad apples."
Supporters argued that it makes the university more accountable to a public that frequently criticizes the tenure afforded faculty.
Also May 3, the senate approved an amendment that says senate members who miss two consecutive regularly scheduled meetings without notifying the clerk in advance in writing will be presumed to have resigned their seats.
The action was proposed because attendance at senate meetings is frequently poor, according to David Piell, student member. In fact many meetings have less than a quorum, he said. The amendment also provides that attendance records of all senators for that semester will be published in the Daily Illini or other local publication.
Spring is a season to straighten up and prioritize - and the UI has unveiled a plan to reorganize its administration and business operations.
At the UI Board of Trustees meeting in Chicago April 14 and 15, UI President James J. Stukel told trustees the university is becoming more customer-oriented.
The consulting firm of Arthur Andersen was hired to help the university move toward its goals, Stukel said.
"We're looking at how we go about our business practices," he said.
The strategic plan, which will be developed over the next five to six months, will be universitywide, Stukel said.
"My vision of our university is one university with three locations," he added.
"It's an orientation toward our customers. It has to be an attitude change first. It's terribly important that everyone is on board when the train pulls away or you'll have problems." The UI is the first institution in the nation to conduct such an internal audit, said Craig Bazzani, university vice president for business and finance.
"It's not easy to turn the covers down and let everyone look at your problems," Bazzani said.
A university's internal audit is not like a corporation's because the fundamentals are so different, he added.
"We're not driven by profits, we are driven by service," Bazzani said. "Wherever we can, we need to operate with good business sense."
The strategic plan will consider whether, for instance, certain departments should be centralized, or all units should use the same technology.
"I don't think anyone has stopped the world to take inventory," Bazzani said. "We wanted to literally map all we do."
The audit will survey business and finance, including accounting, payroll and budgeting; human resources, including benefits and compensation; and information technology, including application development, client services and data administration.
Each campus had an advisory team, with more than 250 university employees involved and about 4,000 surveys given, he said.
Bazzani said the plan will help the university determine "whether services are provided in the right way."
The second part of the strategic plan includes implementing the recommendations.
Trustee Roger Plummer said he believes the university is headed in the right direction.
"The process we're using is right on target," he said.
Accreditation review scheduled
Company is coming.
A team from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools is planning to visit the Urbana-Champaign campus Sept. 27--29 to evaluate the university.
"We want to be on our best behavior," said Karen Carney, assistant provost, "but we want to also be ourselves and show people what we are about here."
The NCA accredits the UI about every 10 years. It is one of six accrediting associations in the United States.
"We're doing a good job if we're accredited," Carney said. "We can look at this as an opportunity to look closely at where we are and where we're headed."
To prepare for the visit, the university has begun a self-study to determine how well it meets NCA standards.
An accreditation planning committee, chaired by R. Linn Belford, professor of chemistry, is leading the self-study process.
The NCA recommends that the self-study focus on the whole institution, permit wide involvement and create improvement plans.
The UI will focus its self-study on how it has met goals set forth in its 1995 plan, "A Framework for the Future." That plan identified seven principles to guide campus planning: investing in people, promoting scholarship and research, concentrating on teaching, investing in facilities, exploring new teaching and information technologies, strengthening international studies and improving community outreach.
"The 'Framework' was chosen as the basis for our self-study because it has become part of our culture here at Illinois," said Carney, the coordinator of the self-study.
She said the plan already has sparked improvements such as Partnership Illinois, the Task Force on Graduate Education and freshman convocation.
Another initiative that is tied to the accreditation visit is the student outcomes assessment. In 1995, the NCA began requiring accredited institutions to demonstrate the existence of processes for assessing student academic achievement.
At Illinois, an Outcomes Assessment Committee, chaired by Lizanne DeStefano, professor in the Bureau of Educational Research, and the Office of Instructional Resources, directed by John Ory, worked closely with individual degree-granting units to help them develop assessment plans. To date, 81 of the 83 degree-granting units have completed their plans, which will be reviewed by the NCA team. For more information, see the campus assessment Web site, at www.oir.uiuc.edu/assessment/.
Faculty and staff members are encouraged to comment on the 1999 self-study, "A Framework for Self Study," which is available along with other accreditation materials at www.provost.uiuc.edu/accreditation.
Community members will have opportunities to meet with members of the NCA team during several public sessions that will be scheduled during the three-day visit in September.
After the NCA visit, team members will provide NCA and the chancellor with a copy of their report and recommendations. The process should be concluded by January 2000.
And although the university has been accredited by the NCA since 1913, Carney said the accreditation process is taken very seriously.
"This is important because it is a very public thing," she said. "We do take our public role seriously."
Gifts totaling about $11 million to benefit programs at three UI campuses
Gifts totaling almost $11 million are earmarked for programs at the UI's Chicago, Urbana-Champaign and Springfield campuses. The gifts were announced April 30 in Chicago by UI President James J. Stukel at a dinner attended by more than 475 members of the UI Foundation's Presidents Council during the council's spring meeting.
The council is the university's highest donor recognition program and is administered by the UI Foundation, the university's private gift fund-raising arm.
Charitable foundations, a corporation and individuals were recognized for their contributions to Campaign Illinois, the ongoing fund-raising effort that surpassed its $1 billion goal last year. Campaign Illinois gift subscriptions as of March 31, 1999, totaled $1,167,817,918.
The goal of the extended campaign is to boost the university's active endowment -- funds already invested and earning income for donor-designated UI programs -- to $1 billion. The active endowment has risen from about $250 million prior to the start of Campaign Illinois to $762 million as of March 31. Campaign Illinois leaders hope to raise the remaining $238 million by Dec. 31, 2000.
Two announced gifts will go to the Urbana-Champaign campus.
A gift of $1.5 million from James Avery, a 1946 art and industrial design graduate of the UI and chairman of James Avery Craftsman Inc., will create the James Avery Endowed Chair in the College of Fine and Applied Arts. Avery's gift also will support the James Ross Shipley annual awards for students and faculty members in the college. James Shipley's long and distinguished career at UIUC began in 1939 and lasted until his retirement in 1977 as head of the department of art, now the School of Art and Design. Shipley was a mentor to Avery, a World War II pilot who taught at the universities of Iowa, Colorado and Minnesota before embarking on a career in jewelry design production in 1954.
A six-figure gift from Charles W. and Norma L. Doering of Rolling Meadows will provide scholarships for students in the College of Education. Chuck Doering, a 1952 UI graduate, is senior director of gift development for the UI Foundation. Norma Doering, who earned a master's degree in elementary education from the UI in 1982, taught at Arlington Heights and Glenview-Northbrook elementary schools.
brief notes
To arrange for drop-off of used audio or stereo equipment, call 333-1070. Records, audio and VHS tapes, and CDs can be dropped off in the following locations:
The Vintage Vinyl Sale will take place June 12 at Sunnycrest Mall in Urbana.
To accompany the name change, the unit's Web site has been redesigned and reorganized, and given a new URL: www.aits.uillinois.edu/. Visitors to the site can peruse the AITS newsletter, where a series of articles outline the changes already made, as well as preview future changes.
The forum is part of the campus's yearlong effort to study its athletics program in conjunction with the NCAA Division I athletics certification program. The study is examining academic and financial integrity, rules compliance and commitment to equity.
The certification program, designed to ensure the integrity of institutions' athletics operations, has been an ongoing effort and has been used to review athletics programs at many other universities.
"The NCAA is interested in ensuring that athletic programs are run in the context of the university of which they're a part," said Tony Waldrop, a professor of physiology who is the chair of the steering committee responsible for studying the university's athletic programs.
The evaluation team is scheduled to be on campus May 10-13 and will report its findings to the NCAA Committee on Athletics Certification. The committee will determine the university's certification status and announce its decision publicly.
The NCAA is a membership organization of colleges and universities that participate in intercollegiate athletics.
In addition, customers may sign up for the Summer Cleanup program on the Web. The Building Operation Section of O&M is again offering the program at no charge.
A link to the Operation Summer Cleanup program is listed under the Request Forms menu. The form may be submitted electronically according to the instructions at the site or print the form and send it to Randy Kornegay, 1501 S. Oak Street, MC--821; or by fax at 333-3711. Forms must be received by June 1. A hard copy of the form also is available by calling 333-1492.
"Discovering the Internet" is a series of three correspondence courses designed to teach the basics of the Internet and of creating and publishing Web pages. Students learn about a variety of topics with the aid of a comprehensive study guide and an instructor accessible through a variety of online methods.
UI faculty and staff members and students are eligible to take the course for a discounted price of $50 per module. Cost for those not affiliated with the university is $75 per module. More information about the course can be found at www.outreach.uiuc.edu/discover or by contacting GIS for a brochure.
If you've found a great bed and breakfast on the coast of Alaska that offers days of whale watching; or if you've spent your vacation days as a volunteer in Haiti; or if you've found a great dude ranch in Texas; or climbed cliffs in Hawaii, we hope you'll share it with us. Information about the relative cost would be helpful, as well as ease of finding accommodations and whether it's a vacation for a car, train, plane or boat.
Send us your stories (try to limit them to 500 words) by e-mail to d-dahl2@illinois.edu or by campus mail to Doris Dahl, Inside Illinois, 807 S. Wright St., Suite 520 East, MC-314.
job market
The Office of Academic Human Resources, Suite 420, 807 S. Wright St., maintains the listings for faculty and academic professional positions. More complete descriptions are available in that office during regular business hours. Job listings are also updated weekly on its Web site at: http://webster.uihr.uiuc.edu/ahr/jobs/index.asp. Any other information may be obtained from the person indicated in the listing.
faculty
Chemistry. Head. Must have academic credentials or equivalence of full professorship in chemistry at a major research university, a national and international reputation for scholarly productivity in research and the promise of leadership and administrative excellence. Available: Aug. 21. Contact James J. Coleman, Search Committee, School of Chemical Sciences, 505 S. Mathews Ave., MC-712. Closing date: June 1.
Library. Associate professor (library administration)/library and information science librarian. ALA accredited, MLS or equivalent and a minimum of five years' relevant experience in an academic research library, including collection development. Should have knowledge of the information needs of scholars in library and information science, as demonstrated by academic course work or library experience in these areas; knowledge of new technologies and their applications to enhancing information services; understanding of current trends in publishing; and demonstrated leadership ability in planning and implementing new programs and services. Available: Aug. 21. Contact Allen Dries, 333-5494. Closing date: June 10.
Library. Associate professor (library administration)/communications librarian. ALA accredited, MLS or equivalent and a minimum of five years' relevant experience in an academic research library, including collection development. Should have knowledge of the information needs of scholars in communications, as demonstrated by academic course work or library experience in these areas; and knowledge of new technologies and their applications to enhancing information services. Available: Aug. 21. Contact Allen Dries, 333-5494. Closing date: June 10.
Speech and Hearing Science. Teaching associate. Master's degree required; PhD preferred. An interest in fluency disorders and/or public school speech-language pathology desired. Available: Aug. 23. Contact Ruth Watkins, 333-2230, rwatkins@illinois.edu. Closing date: June 1.
Veterinary Biosciences. Assistant or associate professor, reproductive biology. PhD required; postdoctoral experience preferred. Prior teaching experience also desirable. Available: Jan. 1. Contact Paul Cooke, 333-6825. Closing date: July 15.
Veterinary Clinical Medicine. Assistant/associate professor, small animal cardiology. DVM degree or equivalent and diplomate status or intent and eligibility for examination in the American or European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (cardiology specialty) required. Training and experience in clinical cardiovascular or basic research desired. Available: negotiable. Contact David Sisson, 333-5300. Closing date: July 15.
Veterinary Clinical Medicine. Professor, small animal medicine/critical care (rank open). DVM degree or equivalent and diplomate status in ACVECC or ACVIM required. Experience in research or intellectual productivity and/or skills in emergency medicine/critical care or general internal medicine preferred. Available: negotiable. Contact Karen Campbell, 333-5300. Closing date: July 15.
Veterinary Clinical Medicine. Head and professor (full-time 12-month position). Must have a DVM degree or its equivalent and have evidence of additional research and clinical training (PhD, and/or specialty board certification). Should have an outstanding record of scholarship and research to qualify for the position of professor with tenure in the department. Available: Jan. 3. Contact P. Gerding, 333-2760. Closing date: July 20 or when filled.
academic professional
Biochemistry. Research specialist in life sciences. Bachelor's degree in chemistry, biochemistry or biology (with a strong chemistry background) and at least a year of research or laboratory experience required. Available: July 1. Contact Ana Jonas, 333-0452, a-jonas@illinois.edu. Closing date: June 4.
Biotechnology Center. Senior research specialist, W.M. Keck Center. Bachelor's degree and laboratory experience required; master's in biology, biochemistry or related natural sciences preferred. Experience with automated DNA sequencing preferred. Available: July 1. Contact: Elaine Sampson, 265-5057, esampson@illinois.edu. Closing date: May 14.
Broadcasting, Division of. Television executive producer (creative specialist). Bachelor's degree in broadcasting, radio/TV communications or related field; a minimum of five years' experience in television production as an executive producer, production manager, producer or director; and three years' supervisory or administrative experience, including budget preparation. Available: July 20. Contact Nena Richards, 333-1070, nenar@illinois.edu. Closing date: June 11.
Claims Management, Office of (Chicago). Claims analyst, workers' compensation. Bachelor's degree required. Workers' compensation and claims experience preferred. Should possess knowledge of medical terminology. Available immediately. Contact Douglas B. Caldwell, 333-1080, dcaldwel@uillinois.edu. Closing date: June 1.
Commerce and Business Administration, College of. Associate director, Commerce Undergraduate Career Services. Bachelor's degree required; master's preferred. Minimum of three to five years' experience, preferably in career services or recruitment. Available: June 21. Contact Mary Martin, 244-2386. Closing date: May 14.
Computing and Communications Services Office. Research programmer , Instructional Computing Sites group (two or more positions). Bachelor's degree, minimum one year's relevant experience, and one or more years' programming experience in a structured language such as C/C++, PERL, JAVA or shell scripts required. Experience working with TCP/IP, IPX or Apple Talk networking protocols, HTML and CGI desired. See also: www.uiuc.edu/ccso/news/job90301.html. Available immediately. Contact David Ruby, 244-7113, daver@illinois.edu. Position #90301. Closing date: May 12.
Computing and Communications Services Office. Research programmer, network support (two or more positions). Bachelor's degree and at least one year's relevant experience required. Must have experience working with LAN hardware and software and have an understanding of Ethernet repeaters and switches. See also: www.uiuc.edu/ccso/news/job90401.html. Available immediately. Contact Beth Scheid, 333-8626, b-scheid@illinois.edu. Position #90401. Closing date: May 17 or when filled.
Electrical and Computer Engineering (South Pole). Visiting research engineer (electro-optic systems laboratory). Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field, and knowledge of C/C++ under Windows 95/98. The candidate must have practical experience with troubleshooting electronics and high-voltage power supplies. For more information, http://conrad.ece.uiuc.edu/. Contact G. Papen, 244-4115, spole@conrad.ece.uiuc.edu. Closing date: June 4.
Government and Public Affairs, Institute of (Chicago). Assistant to the director. Bachelor's degree required. Should have prior experience in higher education, understanding of computer software programs utilized by the institute and proficiency with word processing software. Available immediately. Contact Anna Merritt, 333-3340, amerritt@illinois.edu . Closing date: May 7.
Grants and Contracts Office. Coordinator. Bachelor's degree, preferably in accounting, finance or general business administration, and three years' experience in a position requiring utilization of financial and administrative skills in a complex business, academic or government environment, preferably at an institution of higher education. Knowledge of sponsored program post-award administration within an academic environment and and understanding of university business procedures highly desirable. Contact Kay Williams, 333-4880. Closing date: May 24.
Housing Division. Assistant program director (Unit One). Master's degree and at least two years' experience working with undergraduate students including teaching, program development and/or academic counseling required. Experience with administrative, academic, and student affairs units preferred. See also: www.housing.uiuc.edu/academics/unit1. Available: Aug. 9. Contact Paul Pyrz, 333-8351. Closing date: May 14 or when position filled.
Housing Division. Assistant director, marketing. Bachelor's degree in marketing or related field plus a minimum of three years' experience in marketing required. Should have knowledge of marketing including market research techniques and development of publications and advertising. Available: Aug. 15. Contact Mary Cloos, 244-9514. Closing date: May 25.
Human Resources, Department of (Chicago). Director of operations/HRMS. Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, organizational development or related field. Should have previous experience with organizational change, group dynamics and business process analysis. Project management and supervisory experience related to technology initiatives are also required. Available immediately. Contact Phyllis McNulty-Hill, (312) 996-9305, mcnulty@uic.edu. Closing date: May 10.
Human Resources, Department of (Chicago). Human resource information systems specialist. Bachelor's degree in a related field such as human resources, business administration or information management. Should have experience in report writing and decision support tools. Additionally, the individual will possess good communications and interpersonal skills; experience with client server and Web technologies helpful, but not required. Available immediately. Contact Karen Hyde, 333-9063, khyde@uillinois.edu. Closing date: June 4.
Illini Union. Network analyst. Bachelor's degree; master's preferred. Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in administering local area or campus-scale networks and information systems, including work in both IBM compatibles, UNIX and Macintosh environments. Position requires knowledge and experience working with Windows 95, Microsoft Office, Windows NT server, QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Illustrator and Eudora. Available immediately. Contact John Hammer, 244-1505. Closing date: June 1.
Illini Union. Program director. Master's degree and three years' full-time professional experience in student activities required. Experience in college/university union or center and with student programming is preferred. Requires previous experience and/or knowledge of student activities, program planning and management, policy and procedure development, budget management, leadership development, advising and supervising students, and an understanding of and commitment to issues regarding cultural diversity. Salary starting at $34,000. Available: July 19. Send resumes, three references to Search Committee Chair, 284 Illini Union, MC-384, 244-8332. Closing date: May 28.
Illinois Library Computer Systems Office. Library systems coordinator. Master's degree and a minimum of two years' experience using an integrated library automation system required. Should have one year of post master's experience in a library or library-related organization and experience with microcomputers. Experience with ILLINET Online or another DRA installation, working knowledge of OCLC cataloging subsystem and MARC format, and experience with HTML and Web site administration desired. Available immediately. Contact Cheryl A. Brown, 333-6600, cabrown@uillinois.edu Closing date: June 1.
Intercollegiate Athletics, Division of. Assistant varsity coach--men's tennis. Bachelor's degree required, master's degree in business for marketing and promoting the program preferred. Extensive experience in competing internationally and collegiately as both a player and a coach. Minimum of two years' collegiate coaching experience in a Top Ten national program. Contact Craig Tiley, 333-7971. Closing date: May 17.
Intercollegiate Athletics, Division of. Assistant to associate athletic director. Bachelor's degree minimum required; master's preferred. Minimum of three years' athletic administrative experience required. Ability and experience with IBM computer environment; organizational skills with attention to detail; and demonstrated knowledge of Big Ten and NCAA rules and regulations necessary. Contact Kelly Landry, 244-7061. Closing date: May 21.
Intercollegiate Athletics, Division of. Assistant athletic trainer. Bachelor's degree and NATABOC certification as an athletic trainer required; master's preferred. Minimum of two years' experience as a certified athletic trainer preferred. Should be licensed by the state of Illinois or eligible. Available: July 1. Contact Al Martindale, 333-6718. Closing date: June 1.
Intercollegiate Athletics, Division of. Assistant varsity coach--men's basketball. Bachelor's degree required. Available immediately. Contact Lon Kruger, 333-3400. Closing date: May 11.
Law, College of. Associate director, career placement. JD degree and knowledge of the legal job market required. Experience with one-on-one and group counseling and advising preferred. Available: May 21. Contact Mark A. Weber, 333-8951. Closing date: May 7.
Project Planning and Facility Management. Resource and policy analyst. Bachelor's degree and general knowledge of remodeling values and procedures along with the ability to read architectural plans required. Must have general knowledge of database structure, AutoCad and Internet applications. Available: June 21. Contact Ann Swearingen, 244-4049. Closing date: May 26.
Supercomputing Applications, National Center for. Research programmer (specializing as a technical consultant in Scientific Computing Division). Graduate degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering or related field with focus in computational structural mechanics and three years' experience in solving complex problems using computational structural analysis required. Should have experience with various CAD systems, FORTRAN 77, FORTRAN 90, HTML programming and have knowledge of exotic composite and vicoelastic materials. Available immediately. Contact NCSA Human Resources, 333-6085, career@ncsa.uiuc.edu. Search #6456D. Closing date: May 12.
Supercomputing Applications, National Center for. System engineer (computing and communications). Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering or related field and two years' relevant experience required. Must have experience with networked environments and a variety of software and hardware with training in the management and support of individual technologies such as UNIX system administration. For more information, see www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SRC/HRmain.html. Available: immediately. Contact NCSA Human Resources, 333-6085, career@ncsa. uiuc.edu. Search #6402. Closing date: May 11.
UI Online. Computer-assisted instruction specialist. Master's degree in instructional technologies or a related field with significant course work in instructional design theory and practice required and at least two years' experience in the use of computer-based instructional materials and substantial experience with Web-based course development. In addition, classroom teaching; in-depth knowledge of standard Internet information delivery systems and communications tools; and familiarity with the instructional technology tools and applications supported on the UI campuses, including WebCT, Blackboard CourseInfo, WebBoard, FirstClass, Microsoft NetMeeting, RealMedia, Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe Photoshop, etc. Available: immediately. Contact Lynn Ward, 244-6465, lynnward@uillinois.edu. Closing date: May 17.
University Counsel, Office of (Chicago). Claims manager. Bachelor's degree and at least five years' litigation management or claims management experience. Law degree and experience in medical malpractice litigation preferred. Available immediately. Contact Donna Debelak, (312) 413-3029, debelak@uic.edu. Closing date: May 25.
University Counsel, Office of (Chicago). Assistant university counsel. Law degree and license to practice law in Illinois or eligibility for immediate admission required. At least five years' legal practice experience preferred. Experience in representing a university desired. Available immediately. Contact Donna Jessee, 333-0560, djessee@uillinois.edu. Closing date: May 21.
Veterinary Medicine, College of. Assistant dean for academic and student affairs. Bachelor's degree and experience with academic counseling, teaching and administration required; advanced degree preferred and DVM desired. Available: immediately. Contact Gerald J. Pijanowski, 333-1192, jerry@illinois.edu. Closing date: June 25.
Water Survey, Illinois State. Assistant professional scientist. Master's degree with three years of post-graduate school research experience in atmospheric sciences or related field required; PhD preferred. Considerable experience in observational studies of mesoscale phenomena, cloud physics or boundary layer meteorology and experience working with surface and airborne Doppler radar techniques and aircraft insitu data preferred. Should have strong computer skills, including experience with UNIX and Linux systems and C/C++, or FORTRAN programming languages. Available: Aug. 1. Contact Human Resources, Illinois State Water Survey, 333-0448. Closing date: July 1.
Water Survey, Illinois State. Biogeochemist-professional scientist. PhD in biochemistry, soil science, chemistry or other related scientific discipline. Minimum of five years' post-PhD experience, collecting, analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing and reporting biogeochemical data in a policy and/or resource management context. Experience in multidisciplinary projects design and management as well as team member and an independent scientist. Available: July 1. Contact Human Resources, Illinois State Water Survey, 333-0448. Closing date: May 31.
Water Survey, Illinois State. MCC database and system administrator-assistant supportive scientist. Bachelor's degree required in computer science, physical science or information management field and at least three years' experience in UNIX/Linux systems. Programming experience with C/C++, FORTRAN and Perl or other scripting languages and experience with interfacing databases with Web pages in UNIX environment, good program and procedure documentation skills and a working knowledge of basic hardware issues such as managing hard drives or local networks. Available: May 15. Contact Human Resources, Illinois State Water Survey, 333-0448. Closing date: when position is filled.
staff
Personnel Services Office, 52 E. Gregory Drive, Champaign, conducts open and continuous testing for civil service classifications used on campus. More information is available by calling 333-2137. Or visit its Web site at: www.pso.uiuc.edu.
achievements
A report of honors, awards, offices and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members.
The Bergman prize committee of the American Math Society awarded the 1999 Bergman Prize to John D'Angelo, professor of mathematics. D'Angelo was cited for his "remarkable geometric insight" that has led him to make several "spectacular contributions to complex analysis."
Hermaan Krier, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, has been named the third Richard W. Kritzer Distinguished Professor. Krier's research is in the area of thermal sciences and has included studies in rocket propulsion, detonation physics, coal combustion and plasma dynamics of space thrusters. The endowment was established through a bequest from the Richard W. Kritzer Charitable Trust.
K. Peter Kuchinke, professor of human resource education, received the 1998 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the University Council for Workforce and Human Resource Education. He also received the 1998 Outstanding Article award from the UK-based research journal, Human Resource Development International. In addition, Kuchinke was presented with the Top Ten Conference Proceedings Award at the 1999 Academy of Human Resource Development Conference in Washington, D.C., on March 6. Kuchinke's research focuses on leadership styles and leadership development in a comparative, cross-national context.
The CD-ROM catalog designed by John V. Clarke, professor of graphic design, for the 1998 Krannert Art Museum exhibition "Concerned Theatre Japan: The Graphic Art of Japanese Theatre, 1960 to 1980" has been awarded a silver medal in the 78th Annual Art Directors Club international competition. The CD-ROM, which was conceived and written by David G. Goodman, professor of East Asian languages and cultures, was one of 15,000 entries submitted to the competition in the "new media" category and one of only 13 to receive a medal. The CD-ROM will be part of an exhibition that will open in New York City in June and travel internationally to Asia, Europe and South America. The work also will be included in the 78th Art Directors Club Annual.
Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, professor, and Nilda Palma-Rivas, visiting lecturer in the department of human resource education, received the Richard A. Swanson Research Excellence Award for their article "Current Status and Future Trends of Diversity Initiatives in the Workplace: Diversity Experts' Perspective." The award is given to the best refereed article of the year in Human Resource Development Quarterly Journal. Their research work on diversity was further recognized at the Emerging Issues in Business and Technology Conference where they received the Outstanding Conference Paper Award for their paper titled "Current Status of Diversity Initiatives in Selected Multinational Corporations."
Four UI faculty members have been awarded Sloan Fellowships: Naomi Makins, physics; David Gin and Todd Martinez, chemistry; and Jeff Erickson, computer science. The fellowships support scientists chosen by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as showing the most promise of making contributions to new knowledge. Fellowship winners each receive a $35,000 grant to support their research. One hundred fellowships were awarded this year.
Rebecca Nettl-Fiol and Renee Wadleigh, professors of dance, each received Illinois Arts Council Choreographer Fellowship Grants of $5,000. The award was based on submission of two previous pieces of choreography.
WILL-AM reporters won eight awards in the 1998 Illinois and Indiana Associated Press contests for broadcast news.
For Illinois, WILL-AM reporter Amy Morris won the "Best Reporter" award, and news director Tom Rogers won the "Best Newswriting" award, based on a group of news stories each submitted.
Morris also won first place in the "Best Investigative Report" category for her story on "The Ryan Fax."
WILL-AM reporter Dave Dickey won second place in that category for his four-part series that looked at Illinois' attempts to put more welfare recipients into the workforce. Dickey also won second place in the "Best Spot News" category for his report on Air Force One getting stuck in the mud at Willard Airport in January.
"Legal Issues in the News" commentator Amy Gajda and "Morning Edition" producer Craig Cohen took first place in the "Best Editorial or Commentary" category for "The Grinch," a rhyming mock trial in which Champaign County State's Attorney John Piland tried to convince a jury of children that the Grinch did indeed steal Christmas.
In the Indiana AP contest, Rogers won "Best News Feature" for his piece on the U.S. National Hot Air Balloon Championships in Rantoul. Rogers took listeners to the back yard of a rural Thomasboro family who volunteered to let balloonists land on their property. Director of agricultural programming Charles Lindy and associate producer Matt Hagemann won second place in the "Best Public Affairs Program" category for their weekly program "Commodity Week."
After working for 20 years at the UI, most of them in the Housing Division, electrician John DeHaven now specializes in setting up sound equipment for events around campus. For example, during the recent Roger Ebert Overlooked Film Festival, the sound of Ebert and others at an Illini Union news conference was courtesy of DeHaven and his traveling van of microphones, amps and other equipment.
Did you get this job because you had experience working with sound equipment?
Not really. I'd worked in housing for about 11 years, and about a year and a half ago, they needed some extra help so they asked me if I'd like to help set up some equipment for some of the functions after work. Then one of the guys retired and they brought me in last fall. So far, I love it. But you've got to be willing to work a lot of overtime because most of the events are either on the weekends or after normal business hours.
What kinds of events do you do?
Well, we do a lot of things for MillerComm at the Levis Faculty Center, because it doesn't have its own in-house PA [public address] system. We did the fashion show at Lincoln Hall for Moms Day. We'll do several different commencement exercises. We'll set up the PA and also make audio tapes or videotapes if they want.
Do you work a harried schedule?
When you get going three or four days [in a row] you can really get tired because we're working regular daytime hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and then we go out to these events that go on after 4:30. For a medium-size equipment order, it usually takes about two hours to pack up everything in the van, unload it, set it up and test it
And then do you stay until the event is over?
Sure, sure. We take care of any technical problems that might come up throughout the program. But at the end of the night, after you get the equipment loaded back into the van, you're ready to quit. You're ready to head home. But it's still fun because you see a lot of interesting events and interesting people.
What do you do at home?
I have an antique car that I'm preparing to restore when I have the time. It's a '47 Packard. It's in fairly good shape. I bought it in 1971 from a guy in Champaign. I heard about this guy and I thought he had just a parts car, and when I went to see it I thought 'My gosh! This is beautiful.' I was still in high school at the time so I went to my father and told him he had to help me buy this car. So I got it and I've never let go of it. I've had quite a few offers for it.
Does it run?
Yes, I drove it home. It only had 40,000 miles on it. It hadn't been driven much. And it's been garaged since the day I bought it. I used to drive it every now and then. I'd drive it in the summer and stuff. I had it in the Fourth of July parade once.
What attracted you to a '47 Packard?
I always had a thing about Packards. I always loved 'em, and when I was a kid my grandfather had a car of that same year, almost the same color, so when I saw the opportunity to get this one, it brought back good memories.
Have you had a brush with fame doing this job?
Well, I do see a lot of distinguished people across campus. Especially for some of these seminars where they have special speakers come in -- world-renowned speakers and experts. And these are pretty important events, high-profile events -- and that's when you don't want to look bad or make them look bad. And it can be educational. Especially at the MillerComm events, you get to hear a lot of interesting topics. Some of them aren't real interesting [to me], but for the most part they are.
deaths
Eisner studied at Northwestern University, Chicago Music College, Columbia University and the UI. She received a master's degree from the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago.
Survivors include a stepson, six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Stravinsky Awards, 1003 W. Church St., Champaign, IL 61821.
Harvey graduated in 1948 from St. Mary's School of Nursing, Huntington, W.Va. She joined the UI staff in 1978 and retired in 1993.
Survivors include her husband, Richard; two sons; a daughter; a brother; a sister; and three granddaughters.
Memorial contributions may be made to Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County, the Area Office of the American Cancer Society or the Unitarian Universalist Church of Urbana.
Jenkins retired from the UI after 37 years of service.
Survivors include a daughter, a brother and a sister.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Springfield Memorial Medical Center Burn Unit.
Martin served in the U.S. Army, attended Vanderbilt University and received a doctorate from Harvard University.
He was a professor of chemistry at the UI from 1956 to 1985.
Survivors include five sons and two sisters.
Memorial contributions may be made to the J.C. Martin Memorial Fund in care of the UI Foundation.
Smith served in the Army Air Forces during World War II. He retired from the UI in 1989.
Survivors include his wife, Doris; a son; a daughter; two stepsons; a stepdaughter; two sisters; two grandchildren; and four step-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Forty Martyrs Catholic Church, Tuscola.
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