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December 15, 1994
Faculty and staff
BOOKS
Marian Lief Palley, political science and international
relations, co-author and co-editor with Joyce Gelb of City
University of New York, Women of Japan and Korea-Continuity and
Change, Temple University Press.
PUBLICATIONS
Suzanne Nanis, Evelyn V. Stevens and Janet de Vry, computing and
network services, "A Successful Model for Creating Internet
Awareness on Your Campus," in Proceedings, Association for
Computing Machinery SIGUCCS Conference XXII, pages 261-266. This
article was presented at the conference, Oct. 17, in Ypsilanti,
Mich.
John C. Kraft, geology, with George R. Rapp Jr. of University of
Minnesota at Duluth, "Holocene Coastal Change in Greece and
Aegean Turkey," in Beyond the Site-Regional Studies in the Aegean
Area, pages 69-90, University Press of America, New York, 1994.
Bill E. Lawson, philosophy, "Conceptual Frameworks, the Black
Family and Public Policy," in Ending Welfare As We Know It:
Progress or Paralysis?, pages 96-114. The article also was a
March 10 presentation before the Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of Committee on
Government Operations, U.S. House of Representatives.
Gonzalo R. Arce, electrical engineering, with Yeong-Taeg Kim,
Delaware '91 PhD, "Permutation Order Statistic Filters: A General
Nonlinear Filtering Framework," in Instititute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 42,
no. 9, September 1994; and, with Mu Tian, Delaware '93M, "Order
Statistic Filter Banks" and with Kim, "Inverse Ordered-Dithered
Halftoning Using Binary Permutation Filters," in Proceedings of
the 1994 International Conference in Image Processing, November
1994, Austin, Texas.
Robert T. Allan, entomology and applied ecology, "An Annotated
Checklist and Distribution Records of the subfamily Campodeiinae
in North America (Insecta: Diplura: Rhabdura: Campodeidae)," in
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 120, no.
3, pages 181-208.
A. Julian Valbuena, Elias Ahuja Professor of Spanish, "Calderon y
el Teatro Seglar de Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz," a chapter, in
Hacia Calderon, pages 79-89, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart.
Sheldon D. Pollack, accounting, "Tax Complexity, Reform and the
Illusions of Tax Simplification," in George Mason University
Independent Law Review, summer 1994.
PRESENTATIONS
Steven K. Dentel, civil engineering, "Use of the Streaming
Current Detector for Enhanced Coagulation in Water Treatment," at
American Water Works Association Workshop on Enhanced
Coagulation, Dec. 6, Charleston; "Getting Your Money's Worth from
Polymers," at 1994 Virginia Water Environment Association
Educational Seminar, Nov. 3, Richmond; with P. Queen-Harper,
Delaware '94M, and N.J. Griskowitz, Delaware '94M, "Development
and Validation of Laboratory Testing Methods for the Selection of
Sludge Conditioners," with M.M. Abu-Orf of State University of
New York-Buffalo, "Full-Scale Evaluation of Available Sludge
Conditioning Control Technologies" and "Use of Liquid Stream
Viscosity in Sludge Dewaterability Asessment: Laboratory and Full-
Scale Assessment" and with graduate student C. Srinivasarao and
D. Blankenship of Wilmington Water Pollution Control Facility,
"Evaluation of Chemical Defoamants for Foam Control in Anaerobic
Digesters," at 67th annual conference, Water Environment
Federation, Oct. 15-19, Chicago.
Ian W. Hall, material science, "Interfacial Reactions in a
Titanium Aluminide Composite," at Ecole Nationale Superieure de
Chimie, Nov. 23, Toulouse, France.
Ron Martin, geology, "Secular Rise in Nutrient Levels Through the
Phanerozoic: Productivity, Biomass and Diversity of the Marine
Biosphere," at American Geophysical Union Symposium on the
Paleobiological Record of Global Change, Dec. 8, San Francisco;
and with Ruth Fletcher, "Graphic Correlation of PlioPleistocene
Sequence Boundaries, Gulf of Mexico: Oxygen Isotopes, Ice Volume
and Sea Level," at Society of Economic Paleontologists and
Mineralogists meeting, Nov. 27, Houston.
Michael J. Chajes, civil engineering, "Innovative Methods of
Bridge Evaluation and Rehabilitation," at University of
Massachusetts, Nov. 21, Amherst.
T.R. Scott, psychology, with postdoctoral fellow B.K Giza,
graduate student S. McCaughey and K. Ackross and A. Sclafani of
Brooklyn College, "Conditioned Preferences Affect the Temporal
Property of the Taste Code," a slide presentation, at
Neuroscience annual meeting, Nov. 13-18, Miami.
Timothy F. Brooks, "Professional Development Seminar on Legal
Issues Pertaining to Student Disabilities," for student affairs
staff, Pennsylvania State University, Dec. 1, University Park.
SERVICE AND AWARDS
James L. Morrison, textiles, design and consumer economics, was
re-elected to a five-year term as executive consulting editor,
referee board, Journal of Education for Business.
Steven K. Dentel, civil engineering, has been certified as a
diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.
Robert G. Hunsperger, electrical engineering, has been elected a
fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
John L. Burmeister, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, was named Distinguished Scientist for 1995 by
the Delaware Academy of Science, at a ceremony recognizing
Delawareans who have made significant contributions in the First
State.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
25 years
Harry Anderson, Facilities Management, lockshop, Dec. 18, 1969
Shirley Davis, Payroll, Jan. 2, 1970
Linda Russell, English, Dec. 17, 1969
20 years
David Smith, life and health sciences, Jan. 1, 1975
15 years
John Leslie Gallagher, marine studies, Jan. 1, 1980
Judith Gibson, affirmative action and multicultural programs,
Jan. 1, 1980
10 years
Anne Butler, personnel records, Dec. 17, 1984
Rena Carrier, financial aid, Jan. 2, 1985
Keith Doms, anthrpology, Dec. 16, 1984
Paul Fahringer, Graphic Communications Center, Jan. 2, 1985
Patricia Gruner, Student Health Services, Jan. 1, 1985
Robert Hampel, educational development, Jan. 1, 1985
Patty Ann Medley, University registrar, Jan. 2, 1985
Yvonne Simpson, public safety, Jan. 2, 1985
Ruth Tauber, international programs and special sessions, Jan. 2,
1985
5 years
Joel Lee Dickerson, Facilities Mangement, chilled water, Dec. 18,
1989
Linda Diehl, University registrar, Dec. 18, 1989
William Fendt, occuptaional health and safety, Jan. 3, 1990
Mary Horstman, civil engineering, Dec. 18, 1989
Lawrence Hotchkiss, User Services, Jan. 1, 1990
Victor Kaliakin, civil engineering, Jan. 1, 1990
Joanne Nigg, sociology, Jan. 1, 1990
Shiela Pardee, library, Jan. 2, 1990
Mariano Salem, agriculture research and education, Jan. 2, 1990
Dennis Schaff, plant and soil sciences, Jan. 1, 1990
Lynn Snyder-Mackler, physical therapy, Dec. 16, 1989
William Staker, public safety, Dec. 18, 1989
PROMOTIONS
Evans Coursey, senior systems programmer, Information
Technologies, Network and Systems Services
Alma-Jean M. Gorby, staff assistant, business and economics
Keith A. Hamm, boiler mechanic, facilities management, utility
plants
Kimberly Ann Koronik, probationary police officer, public safety
Joanne G. Marra, senior secretary, nursing, dean's office
Dawn M. McLaughlin, supervisor, Bob Carpenter Center
Richard W. Quickle, senior research support engineer, Information
Technologies, Network and Systems Services
APPOINTMENTS
Parvathy Anantnarayan, coordinator, library
Susan J. Castelli, records specialist, sociology
Russell D. Chadwick, custodian A, Facilities Management,
custodial services
Amy Nelson Connell, manager, Facilities Planning and Construction
Deborah L. Costa, coordinator, life and health sciences
Jan A. Daisey, utility worker, Facility Management, Lewes
Patrick M. Donnelly, supervisor, Information Technologies,
University Media Services
Sharol H. Dorr, alumni associate, alumni relations
Leslie G. Eklund, service specialist, bookstore-computer
warehouse operations
Leslie A. Giuffre, licensed practical nurse, individual and
family studies
Jerold M. Huber, probationary police officer, public safety
Renata A. Johnson, library technician
Bruce Lambrecht, TV operations technician, Information
Technologies, University Media Services
Deborah K. Lehman, service representative, Continuing Education
Credit Programs and Student Services
Melvin L. Miller, assistant director, financial aid
Roberta E. G. Murphy, research associate I, Center for Drug and
Alcohol Studies
Lenis H. Northmore, slide librarian, art history
Patricia Ann Phillips, senior secretary, Continuing Education
Credit Programs and Student Services
Melanie B. Rehberg, secretary, English Language Institute
Nancy Scanlon, program coordinator, hotel, restaurant and
institutional management
Robin E. Watkins, service cordinator, conferences and centers,
Lewes
Barbara J. Wilson, records specialist, bookstore
Joyce C. Winchester, senior secretary, Academic Services Center