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information, you can contact ma at (518)457-4901, Or call Ivan
Shore or Patty Salkin at the Student Association at (518) 457-8087,
Thanks for your interest,
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THE
ALBANY
CONFERENCE
APRIL 19 & 20, 1985
INGREDIENTS
FOR WOMEN’S
EMPLOYMENT
cc ate
Co-sponsored by:
The Department of Sociology
The Center for Social and Demographic Analysis and
The Affirmative Action Office
State University of New York at Albany
INGREDIENTS
FOR WOMEN’S
EMPLOYMENT POLICY
After ten to fifteen years of both labor force research
and affirmative action legislation, basic descriptive
data indicate high rates of occupational sex segrega-
tion, continuing gender differentials in earnings, and
inequitable divisions of household labor. This picture
has directed scholars to reassess the complex
mechanisms through which labor markets are trans-
formed and to examine the likely effects of alternative
policy strategies being contemplated.
The Albany Conference will bring together leading
scholars who study women’s employment from
theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented viewpoints
to determine key issues in this arena for the 1980's
and the likely effects of alternative policy strategies
intended to improve women's relative position. The
format of the conference will encourage open
discussion and debate.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
Chris Bose and Glenna Spitze
Department of Sociology
State University of New York at Albany
LIST OF PRESENTERS
AND PAPER TITLES
“The Job Evaluation Process and Gender Bias: A Comparable
Worth Issue,” Joan Acker, University of Oregon
“Young Women’s Choice of Occupations Non-Traditional for
their Sex,” Sue Berryman and Linda Waite, Rand Corporation
“Undoing Discrimination; Comparable Worth and Job Integra-
tion,” William Bielby, University of California, Santa Barbara
“Home and Market Work: Women's Labor and. Immigrant
Settlement,” Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Florida State University
“Employment for Professional Black Women in the Twentieth
Century.” Elizabeth Higginbotham, Memphis State University
“Women's Gains in MaleDominated Occupations: Real or
illusory,” Barbara Reskin, University of Michigan; Patricia Roos,
SUNY Stony Brook
“Women and Unions: The Experiences of Rank-and-File Leader-
ship,” Pamela Roby, University of California, Santa Cruz
“The Increase of Black and White Women in the Professions: A
Contradictory Process,” Natalie Sokoloff, John Jay College,
CUNY
“The Undervaluation of Work by Gender and Race: The New York
State Comparable Pay Study,” Ronnie Steinberg and Lois
Haignere, Center for Women in Government, SUNY Albany
“industrial Transformation and Women's Wage Inequality,” Marta
Tienda and Vilma Ortiz, University of Wisconsin
LIST OF DISCUSSANTS
Iris Berger, SUNY Albany
Francine Blau, University of Illinois, Urbana
Cynthia Chertos, Center for Women in Government,
SUNY Albany
Roslyn Feldberg, Murray Center, Radcliff College
Heidi Hartmann, National Academy of Sciences
Joan Huber, Ohio State University
Ruth Milkman, Queens College, CUNY
Joan Smith, SUNY Binghamton
INGREDIENTS
FOR WOMEN’S
EMPLOYMENT POLICY
PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
April 19 & 20, 1985
Name
Institution
Address
Telephone ( po a ee
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CONFERENCE PERM, beeitanc. $25.00
(includes continental breakfasts and buffet
luncheons at Alumni House on both days, and a
cocktail reception on Friday night)
ONE DAY CONFERENCE FEE .. $13.00
(check Friday Saturday )
PACKET OF
CONFERENCE, PAPERS «oi<.552< $20.00
(available only through advance purchase)
In order to secure a reservation, a check or
purchase order must accompany the pre-
registration form. FORMS RECEIVED AFTER
MARCH 15, MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED
Make checks payable to:
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF SUNY
Requests for additional information and your pre-
registration form should be directed to;
GAIL E. GATES
Department of Sociology, SS 340
State University of New York at Albany
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12222
(518)457-8468,
Please RETURN the Pre-Registration Form
by MARCH 15th to:
GAIL E. GATES
Women’s Employment Conference
Department of Sociology, SS 340
State University of New York at Albany
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12222
All registrations accepted will be confirmed. If we are
unable to confirm your reservation, your fee will be
returned in full.
CONFERENCE PARTICULARS
The Conference will be held at the SUNY-Albany
Alumni House, located on the perimeter road of the
SUNY-Albany Campus. Due to limited space, par-
ticipants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served
basis as pre-registration forms are received.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
(Alumni House, SUNY-Albany)
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1985
8:45 AM- 9:30.......65. Registration &
continental breakfast
9:30 AM-12:00.. -Opening session
12:00 PM- 1:00 .. .Complimentary
buffet luncheon
Afternoon session
(in two parts)
. Cocktail Party at the
home of Richard Hall
(Sociology Department Chair)
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1985
8:45 AM- 9:30.. -Continental breakfast
9:30 AM-12:00 “Morning session
12:00 PM- 1:00... -Complimentary
buffet luncheon
1:00 PM- 4:00 .........4 Afternoon session
LODGING
Information on room reservations and special con-
ference rates will be sent to registrants upon receipt
of the registration form and fee.
TRAVEL INFORMATION
The SUNY-Albany Campus is conveniently located
at 1400 Washington Avenue in Albany. Amtrak
provides train service through the Rensselaer station.
Major airlines fly into the Albany County Airport, and
bus service is available. Upon receipt of the pre-
registration form, an information packet including a
map of the area will be sent to each participant.
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ALBANY STUDENTS SEEK GUINNESS RECORD APRIL 20;
5,000 EXPECTED IN WORLD'S LARGEST GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS
Five thousand State University of New York at Albany students plan to
carve themselves a place in the record books April 20 by participating in the
world's largest game of musical chairs.
The game, part of "Guinness Book of World Records Day" on the campus,
begins at noon, rain or shine, on the circle at the main entrance to the
University's uptown campus, 1400 Washington Ave. Ohio State University holds
the current record for the largest game with 4,514 participants.
Students will also attempt to break the world hot dog-eating, donut-eating
and egg-throwing records throughout the day. Events begin with the world's
first "Pepsi Wave," modeled on a beer-drinking game in which the first
participant drinks Pepsi, setting off a chain reaction. University President
Vincent O'Leary will start the wave by taking the first drink.
The day's events are being organized and presented by the University's
Student Association and sponsored by Pepsi, Miller Beer, radio station WPYX
and University Auxiliary Services.
The purpose of the Guinness Book of Records Day, according to organizer
Ivan Shore, a senior from Forest Hills, is to reinforce the University's
spirit.
"We hope this event becomes a historic day for the University, a way for
the University to identify itself," Shore said. "It was created to prove
Albany's spirit and to bring people from the University community together."
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Musical chairs will begin with 100 seats less than the number of
participants. After each round, 10 percent of the chairs will be removed
until 100 chairs remain. Then chairs will be removed, one at a time, until a
winner is proclaimed. The winner's name will also be recorded in the Guinness
Book. The games is expected to take two hours.
Bob Mason and Bill Sheehan, morning disc jockeys on WPYX-FM will emcee the
game, and Bovine, an area band, will perform following the game. Miller
Beer's giant hot air balloon, as well as the world's largest Pepsi can and
Miller bottle, will be on hand.
Registration for members of the University community begins at 10 a.m.
After 11 a.m., students from other colleges and the general public may sign up
for remaining seats. When they sign up, participants will receive a runner's
number, t-shirt and hat.
For further information about the record-breaking attempts, contact Shore
or Patty Salkin, the Student Association's director of programming, at (518)
457-8087.
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ADVISORY
Students at State University of New York at Albany will be holding a press
conference April 12 to announce their upcoming attempt to break the world's
record for musical chairs -- and they'll offer a sneak preview of the game as
well.
The press conference begins at 11 a.m. in front of the Campus Center of
the University's uptown campus, 1400 Washington Ave. Students will be
demonstrating the game around the fountain at that time.
More than 5,000 students from the University are expected to participate
in the record-breaking attempt at musical chairs April 20, hoping to top the
4,514 record set by Ohio State University. The event is being organized and
presented by the University's Student Association, and Pepsi, Miller Beer,
radio station WPYX-FM and University Auxiliary Services are sponsoring it.
Events throughout the day also include attempts to break the hot
dog-eating, donut-eating, and egg-throwing records and the world's first
"Pepsi wave," modeled after a beer-drinking game in which participants take a
drink in sequence. Bob Mason and Bill Sheehan, morning deejays on WPYX-FM,
will emcee the day's events, and area band Bovine will perform.
For further information, contact Ivan Shore or Patty Salkin of the Student
Association at 457-8087.
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UNIVERSITY EDUCATION DEAN CHAIRS COUNCIL OF DEANS
Robert H. Koff of Delmar, dean of the School of Education at State
University of New York at Albany, has been re-elected to a fourth term as
chairman of the New York State Council of University Deans. The council is made
up of deans from public and private institutions that grant doctorates in
education who represent their schools to state and federal lawmakers.
Members of the council, in addition to Albany, include Columbia University,
Cornell University, City University of New York Board of Higher Education,
Fordham University, Hofstra University, New York University, St. John's
University, State University of New York at Buffalo, Syracuse University, and
University of Rochester.
Koff, who became a dean at the University in 1979, formerly served as the
first dean of the College of Education at Roosevelt University in Chicago.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR ATROCITIES ARE UNIVERSITY LECTURE TOPIC
Military atrocities in the American Revolution will be the topic of the
sixth Inaugural Lecture at State University of New York at Albany, Tuesday,
April 16. The free lecture by Sung Bok Kim, chairman of the University's
history department, begins at 4 p.m. in Lecture Center 19 on the uptown campus,
1400 Washington Ave.
The talk will focus on abuses by both sides, particularly the way soldiers
plundered civilian settlements.
"Soldiers were living off the land, and there was everpresent abuse by both
regular and irregular armies," Kim said.
Kim, who joined the University in 1973, specializes in American Colonial and
Revolutionary history. He received his doctorate from Michigan State University.
The Inaugural Lecture Series is a forum for faculty members recently named
full professors and is sponsored by the University's Office for Research and
Development and the Office of Academic Affairs.
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April 9, 1985
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RECOMBINANT DNA CONTROVERSY IS FOCUS OF UNIVERSITY LECTURE
Sheldon Krimsky, a national expert on the issue of genetic engineering, will
discuss "Genetic Alchemy: The Social History of the Recombinant DNA
Controversy," on Monday, April 15, at State University of New York at Albany.
Krimsky, an assistant professor of urban and environmental policy at Tufts
University, is the author of a book with the same title as his lecture. The
talk, which is part of the President's Lectureship Series, begins at 3:30 p.m.
in the Campus Center Assembly Hall on the uptown campus, 1400 Washington Ave.
It is free and open to the public.
Krimsky has a unique perspective on the issue because of his involvement in
policy-making at the federal and local level, according to Donald Birn of the
Albany History Department, who is chair of the lecture series. Birn said that
Krimsky served for two-and-a-half years on the National Institutes of Health
Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, which gave him an insider's view of the
policy-making process. Krimsky also twice participated on the Cambridge
Experimentation Review Board, a citizens' committee that drafted laws regulating
recombinant DNA activities.
"The debate on the recombinant DNA issue represents some of the most widely
publicized controversies of molecular biology," said Birn. "Dr. Sheldon Krimsky
has played a vital role in it from its beginnings."
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April 9, 1985
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ALBANY DEAN ATTENDS CELEBRATION MARKING LANDMARK EDUCATION LAW
Robert Koff, dean of the School of Education at State University of New York
at Albany, will represent the University at a celebration marking the 20th
anniversary of the signing of a landmark education law on Tuesday, April 23 in
Washington, D.C.
The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, now called Chapter I of
the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, provides $2.5 billion to state
and local schools to provide education services to disadvantaged children.
Albany is the only institution of higher education in the country that
co-sponsored the event.
The gathering will also include Secretary of Education William Bennett, New
York State Education Commissioner Gordon Ambach, members of Congress and other
leaders in education.
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April 11, 1985
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MOUNTAIN CLIMBING EXPEDITION TOPIC OF NATURAL HISTORY LECTURE
The successful assault of Mount Everest from China's northern approach will
be the topic of a lecture when Saranac Lake physician and world-class
mountaineer Ed Hixson presents "The 1984 China-Everest Expedition" at State
University of New York at Albany on Tuesday, April 16. This is the third
consecutive year in which Hixson has attempted Everest.
The lecture is the third in a series of five Natural History Lectures being
held on consecutive Tuesday evenings at 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 7. All
lectures are free and open to the public.
The series continues April 23 with a lecture entitled "Moose in New York
State," and will conclude April 30 with a presentation focusing on "Nablina:
Mountain of Mist."
The Natural History Lecture Series is sponsored by the Department of
Environmental Conservation's Five Rivers Environmental Education Center and the
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center at the University.
An illustrated weather briefing, using the sophisticated computergraphics
system known at McIDAS(Man-computer Interactive Data Access Systems), will be
shown before each lecture.
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April 11, 1985
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UNIVERSITY HONORS FIVE FOR SERVICE
Five members of the support service staff at the State University of New
York at Albany have been named recipients of this year's Awards for Excellence
in Support Service. They are Gwen Deiber, Robert Lounello and Raymond Keys of
Schenectady, Hazel Farrell of Troy and Regina Peterson of Albany.
Deiber is the principal clerk in the University's Interlibrary Loan Office.
She supervises three clerical staff members, compiles statistics for the office,
and was also a member of the Task Force on Staff Concerns for the Libraries from
1981-84. Deiber also co-authored a study of why individuals fail to find items
that are in the University Libraries’ collections. She has been with the
University for 18 years.
Farrell has been a secretary in the English Department since 1972. She is
responsible for supervising work study students, duplicating classioom
materials, filing records, and sorting mail. She also acts as librarian for the
department's Graduate Library and prepares the annual program announcements.
Lounello is chief electronic computer operator in the Computing Center. He
provides training for Computing Center staff, coordinates the administrative
data processing necessary in various University offices and oversees the data
processing activities of the campus. He also works with off-campus users of
the computer. Lounello joined the staff in 1973.
Keys, a groundskeeper on Colonial Quadrangle, has been with the University
since 1969. In addition to his duties as groundskeeper, Keys assists
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Residential Life staff and students. He also contributed his own time to
planting shrubs and flowers for the quadrangle area.
Peterson is a senior stenographer for the Department of Teacher Education.
Her work involves typing and proofing schedules for the department, processing,
personnel forms for faculty and graduate assistants, and coordinating the
activities of work study students. Peterson has been with the University since
1966, including 16 years as secretary in the department's Student Teaching
Office where she assisted students and cooperating teachers.
Award winners will receive a prize to be presented by University President
Vincent O'Leary at a campus reception in May.
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MOOSE REPOPULATION IN NEW YORK STATE TOPIC OF NATURAL HISTORY LECTURE
Moose are making a steady comeback in the Adirondack wilderness, according
to Al Hicks, mammals specialist with the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation's Endangered Species Unit. Hicks will document this
astounding repopulation at a Natural History Lecture at State University of New
York at Albany on Tuesday, April 23.
The lecture is the fourth in a series sponsored by the Department of
Environmental Conservation's Five Rivers Environmental Education Center and the
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center at the University. They are held Tuesday
evenings at 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 7. All the lectures are free and open to
the public.
The series will conclude April 30 with a presentation by Tim McCabe, Curator
of Entomology with the New York State Museum entitled "Nablina: Mountain of
mist."
An illustrated weather briefing, using the sophisticated computergraphics
system known as McIDAS (Man-computer Interactive Data Access Systems), will be
shown before each lecture.
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Mountain Expedition Recounted at Natural History Lecture
Tim McCabe, curator of entomology with the New York State Museum, will
recount his expedition to Nablina, a remote Venezuelan mountain, in a Natural
History Lecture at State University of New York at Albany on Tuesday, April 30.
McCabe's scientific team was sent by the Smithsonian Institute to collect
specimens. During the expedition, the team was stranded for 10 days without
food after their helicopter broke down.
The presentation, which is the last in a series of five free Natural History
Lectures, will be held Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 7 on the
uptown campus, 1400 Washington Ave. The public is welcome.
The Natural History Lecture Series is sponsored by the state Department of
Environmental Conservation's Five Rivers Environmental Education Center and the
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center at the University.
An illustrated weather briefing, using the sophisticated computergraphics
system known as McIDAS (Man-computing Interactive Data Access Systems), will be
shown before the lecture.
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April 18, 1985
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UNIVERSITY HONORS FACULTY MEMBERS FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE
Four faculty members at State University of New York at Albany have been
named recipients of this year's Awards for Excellence in Teaching and
Advisement. They are Nathan Gottschalk of Schenectady, Albert Higgins of
Johnstown, Harold Story of East Greenbush and Caroline Waterman of McKownville.
Gottschalk, professor of music, was chairman of the department from
1970-1977. Gottschalk has been the musical director for the
University-Community Symphony Orchestra for 25 years and is also the conductor
for the Music School Festival Orchestra in Chautauqua, N.Y. Gottschalk has been
with the University for 15 years. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree
from Boston University.
Higgins, professor of sociology, joined the University faculty in 1969. An
expert in research methodology, Higgins earned a Ph.D. from the University of
North Carolina. He also published a number of articles in professional journals.
Story has been a professor in the Physics Department for 26 years. An
expert in astronomy and space science, he has published widely in professional
journals, and has organized a number of University-industry and University-high
school conferences and seminars. He earned a Ph.D. from Case Western Researve
University.
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Waterman has been a professor of psychology since 1967. She was also
recipient of the Student Association's award for Outstanding Performance in
Teaching in 1984. Waterman created the human sexuality course currently being
offered at the University, and has designed a seminar on sexual and physical
abuse which is being taught for the first time this semester. In addition,
Waterman reviews material for The Journal of Sex Research, and Developmental
Psychology. She earned her Ph.D. from State University of New York at Buffalo.
Award winners will receive a $300 prize to be presented by University
President Vincent O'Leary at a campus reception May 1.
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UNIVIVERSITY NAMES 10 TO HISTORY HONOR SOCIETY
Ten students at State University of New York at Albany were inducted
recently into Phi Alpha Theta, the University's chapter of the international
honor society for history. To be considered for membership in the honorary,
candidates must have an overall grade point average of 3.2, and a grade point
average in history of 3.3
(Editor's note: those students named are listed alphabetically by county,
with hometowns included):
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Barbara S. Abrahamer, 3271 Benjamin Rd., Oceanside,NY 11572
Stacy E. Weisbroth, 49 Roger Dr., Port Washington, NY 11050
Steven Notinger, 298 Holiday Park Dr., Merrick, NY 11566
SUFFOLK COUNTY
Daniel Ryan, 43 Willett Ave., Sayville, NY 11782
BRONX COUNTY
Daniel Zimbler, 3877 Cannon Place, Bronx, NY 10463
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QUEENS COUNTY
Thomas Flynn,Jr., 29 Reade St., Yonkers, NY 10702
SARATOGA COUNTY.
John Fulmer, RD #2, Middle Line Rd., Ballston Spa, NY 12020
ORANGE COUNTY
C.. Gregory Sharer, 9 Galloway, Heights, Warwick, NY 10990
Gina Crossetta, 13) Stirrup Dr., Newburgh, NY 12550
ONENDOGA. COUNTY:
Timothy LaGoy, 7313 Greenbriar Rd.,Syracuse, NY 13601
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ACID LAKES TOPIC AT UNIVERSITY BIOLOGY LECTURE
Indiana University biologist Donald Whitehead will explore the problem of
acidification of Adirondack lakes in the 1985 Paul C. Lemon Lecture on
Ecology Monday, April 29, at State University of New York at Albany.
The free talk will be held at 8:15 pm in the Campus Center Assembly Hall
on the uptown campus, 1400 Washington Ave.
Whitehead will describe his study of mud core samples taken from lake bottoms.
The samples provide a chronological record similar to sedimentary rock, and
may reveal clues to understanding the chemical changes which have eliminated
much wildlife in the lakes. The prize, which carries a $500 stipend, and the
lecture were established in 1973 by Paul Lemon, a former professor and chairman
of Albany's Biology Department.
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UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS AWARDED DISTINGUISHED RANK BY SUNY TRUSTEES
A social psychologist and a mathematician at State University of New York at
Albany were awarded the highest professorial ranks of the State University
system by the SUNY Board of Trustees on Wednesday, April 24.
Hans Toch of the University's School of Criminal Justice, and Edward Thomas,
Jr., of the Department of Mathematics, were named Distinguished Professor and
Distinguished Teaching Professor, respectively, by the board. The special ranks
were awarded on the basis of nominations and recommendations from University
faculty, administrators and students.
Toch, a social psychologist, is an internationally recognized authority on
violence and aggression in the criminal justice system.
He has published nearly 100 articles and chapters on many aspects of
psychology and the penal system. Among his 13 books is Men in Crisis: Human
Breakdowns in Prisons, which won the Hadley Cantril Award in 1976 for its
significant contribution to social and behavioral science.
In recommending Toch for the award, President O'Leary called him "the sort
of faculty member who serves as the standard for the rest of us to live up to, a
solid scholar who clearly enjoys an international reputation."
Toch, of Loudonville, joined the University in 1968 as a full professor and
charter faculty member of the the School of Criminal Justice, now part of
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy.
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Toch, who earned his Ph.D. at Princeton University, came to Albany from
Michigan State University. He has been a Fulbright Exchange Fellow in Oslo,
Norway, and a visiting lecturer on social relations at Harvard University.
Thomas, a research mathematician, has published numerous articles on his
research into point-set topology and dynamical systems. In addition to being a
highly respected researcher in his field, he is known as a superb teacher who
consistently wins praise from his students.
"He is noted for being remarkably accessible to his students, both inside
and outside the classroom," said O'Leary, in recommending Thomas' promotion to
Distinguished Teaching Professor. "Many describe his courses as their most
valuable undergraduate experience. This is a particularly amazing achievement
because undergraduate calculus is not noted as an exciting subject to teach or
to learn."
Thomas, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, joined the
Albany faculty in 1969 as an associate professor. He was named a full professor
in 1975 and was a Von Humboldt Foundation Fellow in Wurzburg, Germany in
1876-77. He served as mathematics department chair from 1978 to 1981. He began
his teaching career at the University of Michigan. He resides in Delmar.
FOI KI IK
April 24, 1985
