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September 19, 1991
Faculty and staff

Books

John C. Wriston Jr., professor emeritus, chemistry and
biochemistry, Vermont Inns and Taverns, Pre-Revolution to 1925: An
Illustrated and Annoted Checklist, Academy Books, Rutland, Vt.,
1991.

J.A. Leo Lemay, H.F. du Pont Winterthur Professor of English, The
American Dream of Captain John Smith, University Press of Virginia,
Charlottesville, 1991.

Publications

David A. Hoekema, philosophy, "A Wall for Remembering," in
America's Vietnam Experience, Cornelson Verlag  & Co., Berlin,
1991.

Chandra L. Reedy, art conservation, "The Opening of Consecrated
Tibetan Bronzes with Interior Contents: Scholarly, Conservation and
Ethical Considerations," in Journal of the American Institute for
Conservation, vol. 30, no. 1, pages 13-34.

Ed Burris, public safety, "A Different Police Beat," and Douglas F.
Tuttle, public safety, "Campus Crime Disclosure Legislation," in
The Delaware Police Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, 1991.

Saul D. Hoffman, economics, with Greg J. Duncan, "Teenage
Underclass Behavior and Subsequent Poverty: Have the Rules
Changed?," in The Urban Underclass, Christopher Jencks and Paul B.
Peterson, editors, The Brookings Institute, Washington, D.C.

Presentations

William F. Ritter, agricultural engineering, "Contamination of
Fresh Water and Ground Water with Pesticides," at 12th World Plant
Protection Congress, Aug. 11-16, Rio de Janeiro.

John L. Gallagher, marine studies, with student Xianggan Li,
"Culture and Salt Tolerance of Protoplasts from the Halophyte,
Sporobolus virginicus  (L.) Kunth.," and with student Samuel E.
Hellings, "Differential Gene Expression in Sporobolus virginicus
Kunth. Under Interactive Heat and Salinity Stress," at Botanical
Society of America meeting, Aug. 4-8, San Antonio;  with student
Antonia H.B.M. Witjte, "The Importance of Dead and Young Live
Shoots in Overwintering and the Recoverability of Underground
Reserves in a Mid-Latitude Spartina alterniflora (Poaceae) Marsh"
and with Kathleen C. Blits of St. Johns College, "Morphological and
Physiological Responses to Increased Salinity in Marsh and Dune
Ecotypes of Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth.," at the Ecological
Society of America meeting, Aug. 4-8, San Antonio.

Marian L. Palley, political science and international relations,
"Change or Continuity: Women of Korea and Japan," at American
Political Science Association meeting, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, Washington,
D.C.

Margaret Metcalfe, nursing science, "Incorporating Sexuality into
Nursing Care," at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, July 31,
Fort Campbell, Ky.

Denise Seliskar, marine studies, and Robin N. Huettell, USDA, "The
Role of Nematodes in the Dieback of American Beachgrass," at
Botanical Society of America meeting, Aug. 4-8, San Antonio.

Kenneth J. Campbell, honors program, "The Roots of the Military's
'Vietnam Syndrome' in the Gulf War," at the Society for Historians
of American Foreign Relations annual meeting, June 22, Washington,
D.C.

Ivar Stakgold, mathematical sciences, "Free Boundary Problems in
Climatology," at mathematics, climate and environment workshop,
Aug. 26-31, El Escorial, Spain.

Jeffrey Miller, economics, "The Transition from Central Planning to
a Market Economy," at World Trade Center, July 27, and at Varna
University of Economics, Aug. 27, Varna, Bulgaria.

William Latham, economics, "Estimating Interregional Feedbacks and
Extraregional Impacts of Economic Activity," at British Regional
Science Association, Sept. 4, Oxford.

Nancy King, honors program, "Fairy Tales and Children's Theatre,"
at American Association for Theatre in Education, Aug. 1,
Arlington, Va.

William S. Schenck, Delaware Geological Survey, "Delaware's
Boundaries," at Soil Conservation Service, Sept. 5, Dover, and "How
Are Maps Made?" and "What are Topographic Maps?" at Redding Middle
School, Sept. 6, Middletown.

Kenneth Koford, economics and political science, "Trade
Opportunities for the Bulgarian Economy," at Varna University of
Economics, Aug. 17, Varna, Bulgaria.

Richard N. Benson, Delaware Geological Survey, "Buried Mesozoic
Rift Basins of the U.D. Middle Atlantic Continental Margin," at
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, eastern section
meeting, Sept. 9, Pittsburgh.

Anil K. Shukla, chemistry and biochemistry, and Jean H. Futrell,
Willis F. Harrington Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
"Molecular Beam Studies of the Dynamics of Energy Conversion in
Collision-Induced Dissociation of Polyatomic Ions at Low and
Intermediate Collision Energy," at 12th International Mass
Spectrometry Conference, Aug. 26-30, Amsterdam.

Chandray L. Reedy, art conservation, with Eric Hansen,  "Research
Priorities and Treatment Trials in Paper Conservation" and
"Religious and Ethical Considerations in the Study and Conservation
of Tibetan Bronzes," and Debbie Hess Norris, art conservation, with
Mark Bockrath and Virginia Naude, "Thomas Eakins: Painter,
Sculptor, Photographer: Examination, Technical Analysis and
Treatment of His Works in the Charles Bregler Collection of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts," at American Institute for
Conservation 19th annual meeting, June 3-8, Albuquerque.

Grants

Linda L. Fayerweather, Small Business Development Center, $500 from
Price Waterhouse, for "Small Business Development Center 1991 Gift
Support"; and $500 from Mellon Bank and $2,500 from Kent County
Levy Court, for "Small Business Development Center 1992 Gift
Support."

Richard B. Herr, physics and astronomy, $16,118 from U.S.
Department of Education (FIPSE), for "Computer-Assisted
Communication Within the Classroom: Interactive Lecturing."

Charles S. Ih, with Robert G. Hunsperger, electrical engineering,
an additional $102,428 from Thermo Electron Technologies Corp., for
"High Bandwidth, Wide Field of View Lasercom Demonstration,"
bringing total funds awarded to $311,098.

Eric W. Kaler, chemical engineering, $43,962 from University of
Washington, for "Cholesterol Solubilization in Bile," and $84,242
from National Science Foundation, for "Causes and Consequences of
Spontaneous Vesicle Formation."

Dietrich W. Knorr, food science, an additional $106,068 from David
Michael & Co., for "Vanilla Biotech II," bringing total funds
awarded to $241,572.

Limin Kung Jr., animal science and agricultural biochemistry,
$14,000 from ICI Americas Inc. and $14,000 from state under
Delaware Research Partnership Program, for "Development of a
Biological Control Agent for Preservation of High Moisture Hay."

George W. Luther, with Thomas M. Church, marine studies, an
additional $4,000 from National Science Foundation, for "REU:
Geochemical Cycling of Sulfur and Associated Trace Elements in Salt
Marsh and Shelfbreak Sediments," bringing total funds awarded to
$327,675.

Charles E. Mason, entomology and applied ecology, $300 from
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, for "Abundance and
Distribution of the Butterfly Speyeria idalia Population at Fair
Hill Natural Resources Management Area."

John D. Meakin, mechanical engineering, an additional $5,000 from
National Park Service, for "Deterioration of Bronze Monuments and
Statues," bringing total funds awarded to $30,000.

Donald L. Peters, Amy Rextrew Professor of Individual and Family
Studies, $2,200 from FAHS-BECK Fund for Research and
Experimentation, for "Financial Issues for Families of Children
with Disabilities."

Fadil Santosa, mathematical sciences, $8,272 from U.S. Air Force
Office of Scientific Research, for "Inverse Problems in
Nondestructive Evaluations."

Jerold M. Schultz, chemical engineering, $20,000 from Du Pont Co.
and $14,300 from state, under Delaware Research Partnership
Program, for "Microstructure and Microstructural Development in Pet
Films."

Lesa G. Sterling, animal science and agricultural biochemistry, an
additional $3,504 from Wistar Institute, for "Pilot Study: Tumor
Induction in Swine," bringing total funds awarded to $7,139.

Douglass F. Taber, chemistry and biochemistry, an additional $3,000
from American Chemical Society (PRF), for "Intramolecular Diene
Cyclozirconation," bringing total funds awarded to $43,000.

Klaus H. Theopold, chemistry and biochemistry, $43,000 from
American Chemical Society (PRF), for "Organometallic Precursors for
III-V Semiconductor Clusters."

Karl M. Unruh, physics and astronomy, $15,000 from Du Pont Co. and
$15,000 from state, under Delaware Research Partnership Program,
for "Fabrication and Characterization of Nanostructured Composite
Films Based on Immiscible Constituents."

Frank A. Wells, engineering, an additional $15,000 from Junior
Engineering Technical Society (JETS) Inc., for "Summer Pre-College
Engineering Program," bringing total funds awarded to $45,000.

Miscellaneous

Saul D. Hoffman, economics, appointed research associate, The
Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania.

Joyce Hill Stoner, art conservation, received Rutherford John
Gettens Merit Award in June for oustanding service to the American
Institute for Conservation.