Distinguished Professors Honored
The State University Board of Trustees has elevated two University at Albany faculty members to the rank of Distinguished Service Professor and two others to the rank of Distinguished Teaching Professor.

David F. Andersen and Sung Bok Kim were among a group of nine faculty statewide to ascend to the rank of Distinguished Service Professor, a title that recognizes extraordinary service to the community, region, state, nation, or world. Andersen, a founding member of UAlbany’s interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in information science, has served as chair of the Department of Public Administration and Policy, dean of the Graduate School of Public Affairs, and director of the Rockefeller Institute of Government. A specialist in public management and government information management, he is also the primary founder of the University’s Center for Technology in Government and of the New York State Forum for Information Resource Management.

Kim, an expert in colonial American history, served as dean of undergraduate studies for nine years. His book Landlord and Tenant in Colonial New York Manorial Society, 1664-1775 has been hailed as one of the five best books on colonial history written in the past 50 years. A Collins Fellow, he was instrumental in establishing UAlbany’s general education honors, faculty mentor, and tutoring programs. Kim, a supporter of international studies, facilitated agreements between the University at Albany and Korean institutions. In addition, he helped to found UAlbany’s Presidential Scholars Program.

Judith Fetterley and Robert Amerigo Rosellini were among a group of 15 State University System faculty around New York to be named Distinguished Teaching Professors. The designation, which ranks above that of full professor, recognizes outstanding teaching.

Fetterley, a UAlbany faculty member for 27 years, holds joint appointments in the departments of English and Women’s Studies. The highly respected literary and cultural scholar and internationally known feminist theorist received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Education in 1990; she is also a Collins Fellow and the recipient of a 1995 Bread and Roses Award. Fetterley’s numerous books include Provisions: A Reader from 19th Century American Women and The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction.

Psychology department chair Rosellini, who encourages senior faculty to teach introductory courses, regularly teaches Introduction to Psychology, History of Psychology, and Psychology of Learning. At the graduate level, he teaches seminars in Learning and Conditioning, and supervises the departmental Practicum on Teaching. Over the years, 12 doctoral students have received their Ph.D. under his direction. Rosellini, whose research interests include associative learning processes in invertebrates, animal learning and behavior, and animal models of addiction, has co-authored articles for numerous publications, including the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, Learning and Motivation; Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior; and Brain Research Reviews.

Three other UAlbany faculty were also honored by the SUNY trustees last spring. They were Distinguished Professors Richard Alba and John Logan, joint appointees in the departments of Sociology and Public Administration and Policy; and Dean and Director of University Libraries Meredith Butler, who was named the SUNY System’s very first Distinguished Librarian.

During his 27 years at UAlbany, Professor of Geography and Planning John S. Pipkin has earned many awards. Last spring, he added another honor - Collins Fellow - to his list of personal achievements.

Pipkin received bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Sheffield in his native England, then earned his M.S. and his Ph.D. at Northwestern. In the years since his arrival at the University at Albany in 1974, he has taught undergraduate and graduate versions of spatial analysis and several courses in urban geography. For the 2001-02 academic year, Pipkin will teach The American City; Foundations of Great Ideas, a Presidential Scholars course; Urban Design; and History of Geographic Thought.

Pipkin, whose research interests include urban, economic, and transportation geography; urban design; and mathematical and statistical applications, has also written or co-authored numerous books, book chapters, and reports. His books include Urban Social Space (1981), written with M.E. LaGory; and Remaking the City: Social Science Perspectives on Urban Design (1983), edited with M.E. LaGory and J.R. Blau. In addition, Pipkin has contributed articles to such journals as Geographical Analysis, Urban Geography, Transportation Research, and Professional Geographer, and presented papers at annual conferences of the Association of American Geographers. He was also the featured speaker for the University at Albany’s undergraduate commencement exercises in 1999.

His years at UAlbany have been distinguished by service in many administrative positions and volunteer capacities. Pipkin chaired the Department of Geography and Planning from 1983-86 and, in 1992, was appointed to the faculty of the Ph.D. program in Information Science. He also served as dean of Undergraduate Studies and associate vice president for Academic Affairs from 1995-99. This year, he is on the executive committee of the University Senate, as well as a representative to the SUNY-wide Senate.

UAlbany’s Center for Women in Government and Civil Society and its executive director, Judith Saidel, were featured in The Dallas Morning News May 25. In “Group helps female elected officials deal with job issues,” by reporter Jaime Jordan, Saidel noted that organizations such as the Tarrant County [Texas]-based Women in Government are “very, very important” because they offer “peer mentoring and support.” Women, Saidel added, “experience elected office differently than their male colleagues. This may be because they are balancing public demands with family demands.”

Throughout the summer, University at Albany sociologist John Logan continued to make headlines across the country with his analysis of Census 2000. Logan, supported by a team of doctoral students that included Vadivel Kumari, Deirdre Oakley, Jake Stowell, Brian Stults, and Wenquan “Charles” Zhang, reviewed data from the latest U.S. census and concluded that a persistent trend of segregation in metropolitan areas continues. Those findings were picked up by The New York Times, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Daily News, as well as by a number of other newspapers throughout the nation. Logan was also interviewed on television for the “CBS Evening News with Dan Rather” and the “Jim Lehrer Report.”

Faculty & Staff

Danko Elected Director
William D. Danko, chair of the marketing department in the School of Business, has been elected a director of the Statewide Zone Capital Corporation, a non-profit affiliate of NYBDC (New York Business Development Corporation)-Business New York.

Danko is co-author of the best-selling The Millionaire Next Door and a writer whose studies on marketing have appeared in such publications as the Journal of Consumer Research, the Journal of Business Research, and the Journal of Advertising Research. He also serves on the board of directors of the Wildwood Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping those with learning disabilities, autism, and other neurological-based development disabilities.

NYBDC-Business New York is a privately owned financial organization funded by 160 banks from around the state. SZCC, its nonprofit affiliate, promotes the expansion and growth of businesses within New York’s Empire Zones.

McElroy Named to NCAA Management Council
UAlbany Director of Athletics and Recreation Lee McElroy has been appointed to the NCAA Division I Management Council. McElroy will serve a three-year term as one of four at-large representatives from I-AA or I-AAA conferences.

The 49-member Management Council adopts operating bylaws and rules to govern Division I, subject to Board of Directors ratification. It also interprets Division I bylaws and develops and administers the Division I budget.

“This appointment allows the University to be involved in the maintenance of the governance process,” said McElroy, who has previously worked with numerous professional organizations and NCAA committees.

Wittner Receives Peace-Study Fellowship
Lawrence Wittner of the Department of History has been awarded a Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship by the U.S. Institute of Peace for the Spring 2002 semester. The fellowships are designed to enable outstanding scholars, policymakers, journalists and other professionals to conduct research on important issues concerning international conflict and peace.

Other recipients for 2001-02 include Ambassador Bill Richardson, former U.S. permanent representative to the U.N.; and Ambassador David Scheffer, former U.S. ambassador at large for war crimes.

For the duration of the fellowship, Wittner will work at the U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters in Washington, D.C., writing the final volume of his award-winning history of the world nuclear disarmament movement, The Struggle Against the Bomb (Stanford University Press).

An Honorable Design
Exhibits Designer Zheng Hu has received an honorable mention from the American Association of Museums in its 2001 Museum Publication Designs Competition. Hu was honored for his design of the catalog, which accompanied the University at Albany Museum’s Fall 2000 exhibit “Searching the Criminal Body: Art/Science/Prejudice.”

Hu’s design was among the winners in the Exhibition Catalogues category. Winners were also featured in a special section in the July/August issue of the association’s publication, Museum News.

The City Archaeologist
Michael R. Werner of the Department of Classics has been appointed city archaeologist for the City of Albany. “I look forward to Dr. Werner’s advice and counsel on the archaeological challenges and issues that lie ahead,” said Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings. “I have great expectations that, with his guidance, the city will better educate, develop, advocate and act on these issues.”

Werner also directs the Program in Mediterranean Archaeology.

Outstanding Research for Criminology
Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice Hans Toch has received the American Society of Criminology’s 2001 August Vollmer Award for outstanding contributions to applied criminology.

Toch is one of the most widely published and renowned researchers into America’s correctional system. In fact, Craig Haney, chair of sociology and professor of psychology at the University at California at Santa Cruz, has called him “simply the sanest, wisest, most thoughtful voice speaking about corrections in this country.”

Student Back as SUNY Trustee
Christopher J. Holland, a UAlbany Ph.D. candidate in higher education administration and assistant to the dean of the School of Education, has been re-elected president of the Student Assembly State University of New York. As assembly president, Holland serves as the student member of the SUNY Board of Trustees.

“We are delighted to have Chris Holland return as a member of the Board of Trustees,” said SUNY Board Chairman Thomas F. Egan. “Chris exercises sound judgment and participates fully, and he shares our deep commitment to the State University of New York.”

Lang Appointed Holocaust Museum Scholar
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy Berel Lang has been appointed a Senior Scholar in Residence at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. for 2001-02. Lang’s recent books include The Future of the Holocaust; Holocaust Representation: Arts within the Limits of History and Ethics; and Race and Racism in Theory and Practice.

Christiansen Receives Outstanding Service Award
Dorothy Christiansen, head of the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, is the recipient of the Capital District Library Council’s Outstanding Service Award for 2001.

Christiansen has worked for the University Libraries since 1973. She served as associate for library development from 1989 until October 1991, when she was named to head the Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives.

During her 28-year affiliation with the CDLC, Christiansen has served on a special task force for acquisitions, a well as with the Deposit Center, the Hospital Library Services Program, the Coordi-nated Collection Development, and the Documentary Heritage Program. In addition, she has been a member of the council’s board of trustees and served a five-year term as board president.

In presenting the Outstanding Service Award at the organization’s annual meeting May 17, CDLC executive director Jean Sheviak and documentary heritage program regional archivist Susan D’Entremont praised Christiansen for her “wisdom and dedication” and her “unmatched” record of service to the council. The award citation also noted, “The libraries of the region have been immeasurably enriched by the generous sharing of your time and talents.”

The CDLC, one of nine reference and research library resources in New York State, is chartered to create new research resources and use existing ones in the ten counties it serves. Its 47 member libraries serve more than 500 academic, public, school, special, and hospital libraries.

Molinari to Fly into Hurricanes with NASA
By Lisa James Goldsberry
Professor John Molinari of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences is part of a team of researchers participating in a NASA study as hurricane season approaches. Molinari will work to answer the question, “How do tropical cyclones intensify?”

Molinari’s topic encompasses both the genesis of tropical cyclones and the intensification of already existing cyclones. “The NASA aircraft will be outfitted with advanced instrumentation that will allow measurements of winds, temperature, moisture, and cloud properties throughout the troposphere and into the lower stratosphere,” Molinari said. “This will provide the opportunity for unprecedented data collection, essentially a snapshot of the entire circulation of the storm from the surface to beyond the 60,000-foot altitude.”

The research is part of the Convection and Moisture Experiment (CAMEX) -- the fourth in a series of field research investigations sponsored by the Earth Science Enterprise at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. The mission unites researchers from 10 universities, five NASA centers, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Based at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., this year’s mission will run from Aug. 16 through Sept. 24, traditionally the most active part of the hurricane season. The CAMEX team plans to fly into the season’s hurricanes, aboard two NASA planes, in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and along the East Coast of the U.S.

College of Arts & Sciences
Africana Studies Oscar R. Williams/Assistant Prof. BA 115
Biological Sciences Ravindra Gupta/Assistant Prof. BIO 126
Chemistry
Evgeny V. Dikarev/Assistant Prof. CH 122
Marina A. Petrukhina/Assistant Prof. CH 122
Communication Teresa M. Harrison/Full Prof. BA 119
Economics Stacey Hsiangju Chen/Assistant Prof. BA 110
Rui Zhao/Assistant Prof. BA 110
English
Branka Arsic/Assistant Prof. HU 333
Edward Schwarzchild/Visiting Asst. Prof. HU 333
Lisa B. Thompson/Lecturer HU 333
Geography & Planning Youqin Huang/Assistant Prof. ES 218
History Amy E. Murrell/Assistant Prof. Tenbroeck 105
Judaic Studies Joel Berkowitz/Assistant Prof. HU 285
Philosophy Lee A. Franklin/Assistant Prof. HU 257
Physics Jesse Abram Ernst/Assistant Prof. PH 215
Psychology Sylvia G. Roch/Assistant Prof. SS 112

Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Political Science Jennifer Jensen/Assistant Prof. DR 219A

School of Business
Finance Christophe Faugere/Assistant Prof. BA 364
Lester Hadsell/Lecturer BA 364
Management Science & Information Systems
Sanjay Goel/Assistant Prof. BA 310A
School of Criminal Justice Greg Pogarsky/Assistant Prof. DR 219A

School of Education
Educational Admin. & Policy Studies
Kevin Kinser/Assistant Prof. ED 316
Heinz-Dieter Meyer/Assistant Prof. ED 316
Alan P. Wagner/Prof. & Chair ED 316
Education & Counseling Psychology
David Yun Dai/Assistant Prof. ED 220
Zheng Yan/Assistant Prof. ED 220
Reading
Cheryl L. Dozier/Assistant Prof. ED 333
KaiLonnie Dunsmore/Assistant Prof. ED 333
Donna M. Scanlon/Assistant Prof. ED 333
Margaret Sheehy/Assistant Prof. ED 333
Haley Woodside-Jiron/Visiting Asst. Prof. ED 333

School of Information Science and Policy
Thomas P. Mackey/Assistant Prof. DR 113B
William J. McIver, Jr./Assistant Prof. DR 113B
Lokman I. Meho/Assistant Prof. DR 113B

School of Public Health
Health Policy, Management & Behavior
Shadi S. Saleh/Assistant Prof. 1 University Pl. School of Social Welfare Sandra Austin/Assistant Prof. RI 101
Eric Hardiman/Assistant Prof. RI 101
Lani V. Jones/Assistant Prof. RI 101
Starr A. Wood/Assistant Prof. RI 101

D’Elia Appointed to National Advisory Group
By Lisa James Goldsberry
The Industrial Research Institute, Inc., of Washington, D.C., has tapped University at Albany Vice President for Research Christopher F. D’Elia to serve on its nine-member Academic Advisory Committee. Committee members address issues related to industry and academic research, such as shortages of U.S.-citizen graduate students in engineering and science, and equipment needs in universities.

In his post at UAlbany, D’Elia heads the Division for Research, which is comprised of the Office for Research, the Technology Department Office, a number of institutional research centers, and the ongoing development of University-related business incubators.

A marine scientist whose academic interests include science-policy relationships, D’Elia is among a select group of U.S. scientists credited with discovering the importance of nitrogen as a nutrient pollutant. He has served on numerous advisory panels to the National Science Foundation and other federal, state, and private funding agencies. He is now a member of the executive committee of the Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC).

D’Elia received his A.B. from Middlebury College in 1968 and his Ph.D. in 1974 from the University of Georgia. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a past president of the Estuarine Research Federation. Prior to joining UAlbany in 1998, he served as director of the Maryland Sea Grant College of the University of Maryland system.

Founded in 1938, the Industrial Research Institute is an association of approximately 270 major companies that share a common interest in promoting and accelerating innovation through effective organization and management of research and development, engineering, and technology.

Obituaries

Professor Emeritus of Physics Harold “Hal” Story
Professor Emeritus of Physics Harold “Hal” Story passed away August 6 in Albany. He was 73.

The Catskill native earned a B.A. in mathematics and an M.A. in physics from the University at Albany, an M.S. from the Univer-sity of Maine, and a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve. After three years spent as technical staff at Bell Labs, Story returned to UAlbany in 1959 to teach. In the late 1970s, he worked with his physics department colleague, Keith F. Ratcliff, to develop Contemporary Astronomy and Exploration of Space, two enormously popular courses oriented toward non-science majors. In addition, Story and Ratcliff wrote a textbook, Exploration of Space, and, in 1991, designed the University’s first campus multimedia lecture hall facility. His professional experience also included collaborating with the General Electric Research & Development Center and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Story retired in 1992 but continued to work with Ratcliff, lecture, and revise the textbook.

He is survived by his wife, Freda; a son; a daughter; two grandchildren; and a sister.

Memorial contributions in Story’s name, payable to The University at Albany Foundation, may be made to the Department of Physics, Attn: Mario Prividera.

Dorothy M. Barton, 72, of Saratoga Springs, passed away May 25 after a long illness. She retired from the University at Albany in 1984 after 16 years of service as a custodial supervisor.

Survivors include her son, William E. Myers, who was also a former UAlbany employee; and two grandchildren.

Services were held in Albany in May.

Peter Levin Named SPH Dean
Peter J. Levin, Sc.D., former health policy counsel to U.S. Senator Connie Mack of Florida, has been appointed dean of the School of Public Health. “Dr. Levin brings outstanding credentials to our School of Public Health, and I am absolutely delighted that he has accepted this appointment,” said President Karen R. Hitchcock. “His distinguished career as a national health policy adviser, a former dean at two schools of public health, and a teaching hospital CEO positions him extraordinarily well to lead our faculty and students in addressing the most challenging health issues of our day.”

Added New York State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello M.D., M.P.H.: “I want to congratulate Peter Levin on his appointment as the new dean of the School of Public Health at the University at Albany. Peter has a long history in Washington and has served as dean for other public health schools. He brings with him the experience and expertise that we expect in New York, and we look forward to working with him on issues that affect the health of all New Yorkers.”

During the four years he spent with Mack, Levin assisted the now-retired lawmaker and the Senate Finance Commit-tee in shaping Medicare legislation. His other support activities focused on finding a cure for cancer, and sponsoring legislation to advance science and promote increased funding for biomedical research.

Levin served from 1984 to 1994 as founding dean of the College of Public Health at the University of South Florida. Before that, he was dean of the College of Public Health at the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma.

He has also served as executive director of the Stanford University Medical Center and as chief operating officer of the 1,200-bed Bronx Municipal Hospital Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Levin holds a doctor of science degree in medical care and hospitals from Johns Hopkins, a master of public health in hospital administration from Yale,and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard.

“I am pleased to accept this appointment to join such a dynamic and successful University,” said Levin. “The linkage of the school with the distinguished New York State Department of Health allows for academic and service cooperation found nowhere else in the country. The combination of a motivated faculty, bright and committed students, and the resources of the Capital Region permits the school to effectively and energetically address the public health needs of the state and nation.”

Levin succeeds David O. Carpenter, founding dean, who retired from that post in 1998. Environmental health expert John Conway and public policy professor Jeryl Mumpower served as interim deans until Levin’s appointment.