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March 5, 1992
Faculty and staff

Books

Marvin B. Sussman, Unidel Professor Emeritus of Human Behavior,
co-editor with Teresa D. Marciano of Fairleigh Dickinson
University, Wider Families: New Traditional Family Forms, Haworth
Press, 1991; and with Roma S. Hanks of University of South Alabama
and Linda Matocha, nursing, Publishing in Journals on the Family:
A Survey and Guide for Scholars, Practitioners and Students,
Haworth Press, 1992.

Publications

John W. Gillespie Jr. and Diane S. Kukich, composite materials,
with Monib M. Monib of the Du Pont Co., "University-Industry
Instructional Collaboration: A Model for Continuing Education and
Retraining in Engineering," in the International Journal of Applied
Engineering Education, vol. 7, no. 5.

Peter G. Roe, anthropology, "Gifts of the Birds: Avian
Proto-Cultural Donors and Ogres in Waiwai Mythology," in Past,
Present and Future: Selected Papers on Latin American Indian
Literatures, edited by Mary H. Preuss, pages 89-110, Labyrinthos
Press, Culver City, Calif.

Presentations

S. Sureshchandran, computer and information sciences, "A Systolic
Array Architecture for Multiplying Toeplitz Matrices," at ACM
Symposium on Applied Computing, March 1-3, Kansas City; with P.J.
Warter, electrical engineering, "Studies in the Pruning of Quad
Tree Images Using a Feature Visibility Criterion" and with T.A.
Gonsalves of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India,
"Performance of the Memnet Distributed Shared-Memory Architecture,"
 at Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, March 20,
Princeton University.

Ruth Bean, individual and family studies, "Whole Language and
Emergent Literacy," at Jewish Community Center, Feb. 6, Wilmington,
and three workshops on anti-bias curriculum for Newark Day Nursery,
Jan. 9 and 23, Feb. 12.

Susan Sandall, individual and family studies, with Harriet
Able-Boone of University of Colorado, "Early Intervention in the
Home: Parental and Professional Views" and with graduate student
Victoria Halliday and Christine Yoshinaga-Itano of the University
of Colorado, "The Quality of Interactions Between Infants and
Toddlers with Hearing Impairments and Their Primary Caregiver," at
seventh biennial national training institute, National Center for
Clinical Infant Programs, Dec. 7-8, Washington, D.C.

Susan Sweeney, theatre, two workshops in voice and speech, Speakers
Bureau of Texaco Inc., November.

Marvin B. Sussman, Unidel Professor Emeritus of Human Behavior,
with Roma S. Hanks of University of South Alabama, "Inheritance
Contacting: Implications for Theory and Policy,"  and moderated a
session of "Metaphors of Family Systems," at National Council on
Family Relations meeting, November, Denver.

Miscellaneous

John Burmeister, chemistry and biochemistry, served on
international advisory committee for International Symposium on
Molecules to Materials, Jan. 8-11, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar,
India.

Tamara K. Hareven, Unidel Professor of Family Studies, will be
presented one of three Graduate Society Medals by the Radcliffe
College Alumnae Association at a dinner at the Harvard Faculty Club
April 24. The medals are awarded annually to women alumnae of
Radcliffe and Harvard graduate and post-graduate programs for
distinguished contribution to their professions.

Jeffrey Miller, economics, interviewed for article, "Disarming
Developments," in Scientific American, March 1992.

William Browning, theatre, scenic designer for K-2 production at
Erie Playhouse, December, Erie, Pa.

Peter Vagenas, theatre, lighting designer for The Taming of the
Shrew and scenic designer for Romeo and Juliet, Pennsylvania
Shakespeare Festival.

Three members of the University community were elected 1992
officers of the Newark Day Nursery Association Board of Directors:
Deborah Allen, life and health sciences, president; John Brennan,
public relations, vice president; and Lynn Jacobson, career
planning and placement, secretary.

Marvin B. Sussman, Unidel Professor Emeritus of Human Behavior,
named lifetime distinguished affiliate member of American
Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Grants

Suzanne A. Alchon, with Jack Ellis, history, $10,340 from Delaware
Humanities Forum, for "The Consequences of 1492: A New World
Perspective."

Hans P. Breuer, English, $2,700 from Delaware State Arts Council,
for "International Bertolt Brecht Symposium."

Martha A. Collins, international programs and special sessions,
$4,925 from Delaware State Arts Council, for "David Parsons Dance
Company"; and $3,375 from Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, for
"Roadside Theatre."

Richard A. Foulds, with Patrick W. Demasco, Center for Applied
Science and Engineering, $700,015 from U.S. Department of
Education, for "Rehabilitation Engineering Center of Augmentative
Communication."

Sulcuk I. Guceri, mechanical engineering, $15,000 from National
Science Foundation, for "International Conference on Transport
Phenomena in Processing."

Vic V. Klemas, marine studies, $36,347 from University of Scranton,
for "Remote Sensing Investigation of Wetland Subsurface
Characteristics and Methane Flux for Global Biospherics Research."

Robert W. Knecht, marine studies, $24,900 from National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, for "Policy Expertise Concerning
Scientific, Research and Management Issues on Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management."

James Kolodzey, electrical engineering, $35,000 from U.S. Office of
Naval Research, for "Materials Properties of SiGeC Alloys."

Charles E. Mason, entomology and applied ecology, $5,900 from
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, for "Efficacy of
Trichogramma on European Corn Borer--Fellowship."

Wadsworth Owen, marine studies, an additional $119,107 from
National Science Foundation, for "Technician Support," bringing
total funds awarded to $211,107.

Herbert J. Waite, marine studies, an additional $130,000 from U.S.
Office of Naval Research, for "Anatomy of a Natural Composite
Material," bringing total funds awarded to $510,000.

Cort J. Willmott, geography, an additional $11,670 from University
of Maryland, for "Integration of Space and In Situ Observations to
Study Atmosphere, Ocean, Land Processes," bringing total funds
awarded to $64,283.