UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 33, Page 3
May 23, 1996
Trustees tap five individuals for Medals of Distinction

     Five individuals were selected to receive the University of
Delaware Medal of Distinction by trustees at their semiannual meeting.
     Named to receive the honor are

* William C. Allen, a UD graduate who is architectural historian for
  the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and chairperson of the board's
  Architecture Visiting Committee, which has helped select architects
  for the University Center, MBNA America Hall and Gore Hall;

* Katherine Esterly, a practicing pediatrician in Delaware since 1954,
  who was the state's first neonatologist and who developed the
  Division of Neonatology at the Medical Center of Delaware;

* Sarah Jastak-Burgess, who holds master's and doctoral degrees from
  the University and who is active in the arts, having served as a
  director of the Wilmington Music School, on the boards of the
  Delaware Symphony, the Grand Opera House, Opera Delaware, the
  Delaware Institute for Arts in Education and the Delaware Theatre
  Company; and, with her husband, Leslie Burgess, donated an extensive
  amber collection to the University;

* Donald J. Puglisi, MBNA America Business Professor of Finance who
  has won awards for his outstanding teaching and service and who is
  the faculty adviser to the Blue Hen Investment Club, a new student-
  run organization that manages some of the nonendowment funds for the
  University; and

* Alvin B. Stiles, retired DuPont Co. research fellow and UD professor
  of chemical engineering who was one of the developers of nylon and
  who holds more than 53 U.S. patents; and, with his wife, Julia,
  donated numerous mineral specimens to the University.