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UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 32, May 22

             UD, faculty honored for historic preservation
     
     The University of Delaware and two of its faculty
became recipients of the New Castle County Historic Review
Board's 1997 Historic Preservation Award at a ceremony, May
15, at the Rockwood Museum.
     The University was recognized for its restoration of
the George Evans House, at 5 West Main St. in Newark. The
structure was built as a residence in 1863 by George Evans,
a Newark entrepreneur who served as secretary of the Board
of Trustees of Delaware College. The University purchased
the building in 1982.
     University President David P. Roselle accepted the
certificate, which honored the University for "its
meticulous restoration of this buildingat a strategic
corner location, where it contributes a flash of history in
front of the brilliant setting of the new Trabant University
Center" and for "its respect for Newark's history."
     John A. Munroe, historian, educator and H. Rodney Sharp
Emeritus Professor of History, accepted an award for
teaching and writing about Delaware history for more than 40
years.
     Munroe said he is "honored" by the award because
preservation means to "preserve concern" about one's
community.
     His citation reads, "In his creation of what have
become the standard sources on Delaware history; he has
helped us understand our local community and has given us,
with the highest level of scholarly integrity, the precise
framework in which to analyze our place in a larger
history." Munroe has written five major books on Delaware
history, Federalist Delaware 1775-1815; Louis McLane,
Federalist and Jacksonian; Colonial Delaware-A History;
History of Delaware and The University of Delaware: A
History.
     Jay F. Custer, archaeologist, educator and professor of
anthropology, received a certificate for his "extensive,
high-caliber work in the field of prehistoric archaeology on
the East Coast."
     The award recognizes Custer for his numerous
publications and his directorship of the University of
Delaware Center for Archaeological Research.
     The 1997 awards were given to 10 structures and four
individuals. This is the fifth year the Historic Review
Board has honored Delawareans for their efforts at
preservation, and the University has won awards three of
those years.
                                           -Barbara Garrison