UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 25, Page 6
March 26, 1992
Up and coming

British engineer to offer lectures
     Kenneth A. G. Miller, former director of the Engineering Council of
Britain, will deliver two lectures at the University on Wednesday, April 8.
     Sponsored by the University's College of Engineering, his talk is part
of a lecture tour sponsored by the Elliot/Winant Lecture-Fellowship of the
British-American-Canadian Associates. Miller's lectures will be of interest
to a broad spectrum of individuals. Both will be held in the Presentation
Room of the Composites Manufacturing Science Laboratory.
     Miller's first talk at 11 a.m., entitled "The Professional Engineer in
Britain," will review how the anti-industrial culture of the late 19th
century affected public attitudes in Britain regarding the creation of
wealth and the part played by the professional engineer. Growing concern
surfaced in the early 1970s. In 1982, the Engineering Council was organized
to look into the engineering profession, the education and training of
engineers, their standing in industry and the developing role of the
profession within the European community.
     At 3:30 p.m., Miller will discuss "Education and Training in the
Context of Industrial Decline and International Competition." Reviewing the
steady decline of Britain's trading position since the middle of the last
century, Miller will discuss how the Education Reform Act of 1988 is
changing the education curriculum and the system by which education is
managed, how the schools, universities and polytechnics are responding and
developing links with industry and commerce.
     Miller spent nearly 25 years with Imperial Chemical Industries
Limited, the British parent company of ICI Americas. His final appointment
was as engineering adviser to the main board of ICI.
     In 1974, he became director of APV Holdings Limited and managing
director of the subsidiary The APV Co.
     In 1982, he became the first director general of The Engineering
Council, a newly formed chartered body, which was established with
government backing to coordinate Britain's fragmented engineering
profession and make it responsive to the needs of industry. Miller directed
the council for six years until his retirement in July 1988.
     During his time on the council, he became closely associated with the
education and training of professional engineers. He has served on numerous
government committees, and since retiring, has served as a member of the
Council of the Careers Research and Advisory Centre and as deputy chairman
of the Standing Committee on Schools' Science and Technology.

'Gospel of Luke' a one-person show
     The Gospel of Luke will be presented at 7:30 p.m., April 9-11, in the
Bacchus Theatre of the Perkins Student Center.
     The production is the ancient story of Christ, memorized word for word
and told by an actor dressed in modern, casual clothing. The 90-minute
production has no props, scenery or special effects.
     Tickets, at $4 for the general public and $2 for students, will be
available at the Perkins Student Center during the week of the performance.
They also will be sold at the door.

Molefi Kete Asante to speak April 13
     Molefi Kete Asante, professor and chair of the Department of African
American Studies at Temple University, will speak at the University at 7
p.m., Tuesday, April 13.
     Asante's talk, "Afrocentricity, Art and the Development of the
African-American Student," will be presented in the Rodney Room of the
Perkins Student Center. The free public talk is part of the University's
African Consciousness Celebration Lecture Series, "Ancient Egypt and the
Afrikan Destiny."
     Asante is recognized as one of the most distinguished of contemporary
scholars and has published 30 books, more than any contemporary African
American scholar. He has authored more than l00 scholarly articles. His
latest book is the Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans
published by MacMillan Co. He currently is working on a new book, called
The Sources of the African Tradition.
     Asante received his doctorate at the age of 26 and was appointed a
full professor at age 30.
     He is the creator of the first doctoral program in African American
studies in the world and the founder of the Afrocentric philosophical
movement and the National Afrocentric Institute.
     Born in Georgia, he was educated at UCLA and served in Zimbabwe as a
trainer of journalists.
     He is a poet, dramatist, painter and gardener.
     His work on African culture and philosophy has been cited in the
Journal of Black Studies, the Western Journal of Black Studies, Newsweek,
The Chronicle of Higher Education and The New York Times and on The Today
Show, Nightline and The MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, among others.
     Asante is a consultant for the Baltimore, Detroit and Camden, N.J.,
school districts for re-writing curriculum.
     For more information on the program, call 831-2991.

Alumni to present annual house tour
     The University of Delaware Human Resources Alumni Association will
sponsor its seventh annual house tour from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, April
11. The self-directed tour includes 14 residences in New Castle,
Wilmington, Pike Creek and Newark. The homes range from historic to
contemporary, each equally distinctive in construction, design and decor.
     Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased in advance at Alison Hall,
at the Newark Department Store in the Newark Shopping Center, at the Bank
of Delaware in the Shops of Limestone Hills, at Boscov's in Concord Mall,
at Bloom's and at Matilda's Treasures, both in New Castle, and at all
Creative Cookery locations.
     Tickets also may be purchased by mail by writing to: House Tour,
College of Human Resources, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716.
     On the day of the tour tickets may be purchased at all of these
locations, except Alison Hall, until noon for $12.50 each.
     For more information, contact Joy Sparks at 731-0526.