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| Vol. 18, No. 6 | Oct. 8, 1998 |
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| Vol. 18, No. 6 | Oct. 8, 1998 |
Memorial tributes to three faculty members were presented at the semiannual general faculty meeting on Monday.
Remembered by their colleagues were Edith H. Anderson, dean emeritus of the former College of Nursing; Ralph Barwick, formerly associate dean for instruction in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; and Willard T. McAllister, who served 11 years as assistant director of UD's Cooperative Extension Service.
In other business, President David Roselle announced that Delaware's capital campaign was officially launched on Friday, Oct. 2. (See Roselle's remarks in this week's supplement about the campaign.) On a per capita basis, Roselle said, the Campaign for Delaware goal of $225 million is the largest capital campaign ever set by a public university.
Serving as dean and professor at the University from 1976 until her retirement in 1991, Dr. Anderson will be remembered for her many efforts to promote graduate nursing education, said Madeline Lambrecht, special nursing programs, who presented the tribute. Dr. Anderson helped to develop two new specialty areas within the graduate program- oncology nursing and geriatric/ gerontological nursing.
"Through her efforts, there was a significant increase in the number of doctorally prepared faculty within the college," Lambrecht said.
As director of the federally funded Trends Project, Dr. Anderson helped establish a series of continuing education programs to state level public health consultants from Maine to Virginia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia. Her commitment to professional practice and community service led Dr. Anderson to serve on a number of review boards and accrediting bodies for nursing education programs, Lambrecht said, and she was a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, recognition awarded by her peers for her contributions to the profession.
In Delaware, she served on state task forces on health policy directions and credentials and headed the Task Force on Prevention, Health Education and Environment that developed the statewide health plan. At the University, Dr. Anderson also was involved with the Commission on Lifelong Learning and the advisory committee to the Commission on the Status of Women.
Her colleagues will recall, Lambrecht said, that she enjoyed travel and collected inkwells and antique lamps, and "one of her special joys was preparing gourmet meals." Dr. Anderson died June 19.
A memorial service for Dr. Anderson will be held Dec. 4 from 4-6 p.m. in the Trabant University Center theatre. An educational scholarship is being established in her memory to expand graduate nursing opportunities within the Department of Nursing.
Ralph P. Barwick will be remembered for establishing many of the student-oriented programs that now exist in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, said Dean Shippey, food and resource economics. Joining the University in 1953 as an assistant county agricultural agent, Dr. Barwick was promoted to associate professor of agricultural education and, in 1973, he became associate dean for instruction. Dr. Barwick retired in 1986.
A member of many professional societies including the Future Farmers of America and the American Vocational Association, Dr. Barwick served as vice president and later president of the Delaware Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association. In 1986, he received the George M. Worrilow Award, which is presented to a UD graduate by the Agricultural Alumni Association for service to Delaware agriculture.
Mr. Barwick received his bachelor's and master's degrees from UD and received his doctor of education degree from Pennsylvania State University. He died Dec. 18, 1997.
Donald Tilmon, UD Cooperative Extension, presented the tribute to his colleague Willard T. McAllister. Joining the staff of Cooperative Extension in 1947 as a research instructor, Mr. McAllister retired in 1982 with 36 years of service to the University. After his retirement, he worked as a financial manager for the Andelot Estates in Chestertown, Md.
Mr. McAllister, who held a master's degree from Pennsylvania State University, received an outstanding service award from the Delmarva Poultry Industry, and he authored a study in 1974 on the future of Delaware agriculture. "He concluded that agriculture in Delaware by the year 2000 will be a smaller part of the state's economy but an important part," Tilmon said, "And, that it is."
Tilmon noted that Mr. McAllister was a former chairperson of the Northeast Farm Management Extension Committee, a former technical adviser to the State Land Evaluation Committee and a member of the USDA Soil Conservation Service. He died Sept. 1.
-Cornelia Weil
