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| Vol. 17, No. 5 | Oct. 2, 1997 |
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| Vol. 17, No. 5 | Oct. 2, 1997 |
This fall, three chairpersons have been reappointed to their respective positions in the College of Arts and Science.
Mathematical Sciences
Joining the UD Department of Mathematical Sciences in 1983 after 10 years on the faculty of the University of California at Los Angeles, L. Pamela Cook served as interim chairperson from 1991-92 and then as chairperson from 1992-97.
With a doctorate in applied mathematics from Cornell University, she has held visiting appointments at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, at the California Institute of Technology and at the University of Maryland as a National Science Foundation Visiting Professor.
Her research interest is in singular perturbations and asymptotics, especially as applied to differential equations arising in fluid mechanics. Her current research is in transonic aerodynamics (flight near the speed of sound) and viscoelastic fluid flow.
She is coauthor, with J. Cole, of Transonic Aerodynamics, which has been translated into Russian, and is editor of Transonic Aerodynamics: Problems in Asymptotic Theory and two other books.
Cook has twice been elected to the council of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Music
David Herman has been chairperson of the Department of Music, since 1987 when he became a member of the UD faculty.
An active recitalist, he has performed on many of North America's well-known organs, as well as extensively abroad, throughout North Germany, England, Wales and Ireland. He has given recitals at all three of London's historic cathedral churches-St. Paul's and Southwark cathedrals and Westminister Abbey. He also serves as organist of the Newark United Methodist Church.
Herman is the author of The Life and Work of Jan Bender and has written numerous articles for professional journals. His compositions and editions appear in the catalogs of five American publishers.
In 1995, he served on the faculty of the American Guild of Organist's (AGO) Pipe Organ Encounter in Philadelphia.
A native of Pennsylvania, he earned degrees a bachelor's degree from Wittenberg University, a master's from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from the University of Kansas.
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Richard A. Zipser has served as chairperson of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures since he came to UD in 1986.
In 1989-90, he served as acting associate provost for international programs and special sessions.
As professor of German, his area of specialization is literature of the former German Democratic Republic. While at UD, he has conducted research on literary censorship and how it functioned in the GDR. In 1995, he published a 341-page book on the subject, entitled Fragebogen: Zensur, Zur Literatur vor und nach dem Ende der DDR.
While at UD, Zipser has served as president of the Association of Foreign Languages Executive Committee, Modern Languages Association; was a Visiting Humanities Fellow, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Johns Hopkins University; received the Foreign Language Advocate of the Year Award, Delaware Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages; and received the Order of Excellence, Delaware State Board of Education.
He received his bachelor's degree from Colby College, master's degree from Middlebury College and doctorate in German literature from Johns Hopkins University.
