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December 14, 1995
Faculty and staff

BOOKS

     Evangelos M. Falaris and Charles Link, economics, with Micheal E.
     Staten of Purdue University, Causes of Litigation in Workers'
     Compensation Programs, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment
     Research, Kalamazoo, Mich.

PRESENTATIONS

     James Butkiewicz, economics, "The Reconstruction Finance
     Corporation, the Gold Standard and the Banking Panic of 1933," at
     Southern Economics Association annual conference, Nov. 20, New
     Orleans.

     James E. Hoffman, psychology, "Individual Difference in Inference
     Making: An ERP Analysis," at Psychonomics Society annual meeting,
     Nov. 9-12, Los Angeles.

     Ian Hall, mechanical engineering and materials science, with C.
     Vahlas of Laboratoire des Materiaux and graduate student C.Y. Ni,
     "Preparation and Study of (C-Si)/(Ti-22A1-23Nb) Interphases," at
     TMS/ASM annual meeting, Oct. 30-Nov. 2, Cleveland; and, with J.R.
     Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
     and graduate student A. Kalambur, "Deformation and Fracture
     Mechanisms in a SiC/Al Metal Matrix Composite," at ASME symposium
     on high strain rate effects on ploymer, metal and ceramic matric
     composites, Nov. 13-16, San Francisco.

     Bonnie Kime Scott, English, workshop on assessment of writing on
     literature, Nov. 14, "Halting the Female Pens with Joyce's
     Ulysses," Nov. 15, Irish Club, and "Rebecca West's Uses of
     Yugoslavia," Jubilee Conference, Nov. 17, at Janus Pannonius
     University, Pecs, Hungary; and "The Making of Modernism in Joyce
     and Woolf," and Straying from Mastery in Joyce's Wandering
     Rocks," Nov. 20-21, Charles University, Prague.

     Robert Schweitzer and Raj Varma, finance, "The Effect of Bank
     Debt Downgrades on Stock Prices of Non-Downgraded Banks," Nov. 9,
     Temple University.

     Robert L. Hampel, educational development, "What Makes a Good
     School?" at the Delaware Department of Public Instruction's
     Conference on Charter Schools, Nov. 18, Dover; and "Educational
     Reform: Yesterday's Lessons, Today's Decisions. Historical
     Perspectives for Maine's Policymakers," at Bowdoin College, Dec.
     1.

     Robert L. Paretta, accounting, "Overview of Windows '95 Tools for
     CPAs," at Delaware Society of CPAs meeting, Oct. 31, Wilmington.

     James K. Oliver, Political science and international relations,
     "Security at Century's End," at Alabama World Affairs Council,
     Oct. 8, Montgomery.

     Douglas F. Tuttle, public safety, "Ensuring Compliance with the
     Federal Campus Crime Reporting Act," at Texas-New Mexico
     Association of College and University Police annual conference,
     Dec. 5, Houston.

     Kenneth J. Campbell, political science and international
     relations, "American Power and the Bosnian Bog: Pentagon
     Prudence, Presidential Paralysis and Global Disorder," at
     International Studies Association-Northeast meeting, Nov. 10,
     Newark, N.J.

AWARDS

     Vernese Edghill, Center for Black Culture, was one of 55
     Delawareans to receive the Black Achiever in Business and
     Industry Awards Nov. 6 at the annual program sponsored by the
     Walnut Street Branch YMCA.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

   30 years
     Shirley Ann Wiggins, library, Dec. 15, 1965
     25 years
     Nancy Lynam, agricultural sciences, Dec. 28, 1970

   20 years
     Sylvester Johnson, Bob Carpenter Center, Dec. 15, 1975
     Susan Walker, bookstore, Dec. 16, 1975

   10 years
     Doris Donahue, operations and maintenance, Lewes, Dec. 16, 1985
     Marian Stancill, library, Dec. 16, 1985

   5 years
     Donna Myers, financial aid, Dec. 17, 1990
     Belinda Wildy, operations and maintenance, Lewes, Dec. 16, 1990

NEW ASSIGNMENTS

     Christina Anuszewski and Phonda Cooper, custodians A, Facilities
     Management, building services

     Vernese E. Edghill, director, Center for Black Culture

     Larry J. Fields, Masako H. Sargeant and Deanna M. Creswell,
     custodians A, housing and conference facilities

     Shawn A. Flanagan, library analyst

     Kirsten J. Garton, manager, investments office

     Allen L. Howell, Clissita E. Patrick and Keith B. Jones, library
     technicians

     Kathleen A. Majewski, records analyst, housing assignment
     services

     Joann McCafferty, staff assistant, Applied Science and
     Engineering Laboratory

     Kristine K. Palmer, records technician, chemistry and
     biochemistry

     Margaret C. Patton, director, investments office

     Vickie T. Payne, nurse IV, Student Health Services

     Susan Phipps, executive secretary, Office of the University
     Provost

     Daniel C. Shelton, coach, recreation and intramural programs

     Bruce Tyrone Shorter, grounds worker, Facilities Management

     Diana J. Simmons, staff assistant, honors program