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inorganic and organometallic chemistry with two events in the Organic
Seminar Series.
Professor Jon A. Zubieta, SUNY-Albany, “Structure and Electrochemical
Investigation of Dimeric Molybdenum-Sulfur Complexes."
Professor Zubicta is a 1971 Columbia Ph.D. from the laboratory of
Professor S. J. Lippard where he investigated the chemistry of the
thioxanthate complexes of iron and cobelt. He spent two years with
Professor R. Mason at the University of Sussex in England applying
X-ray crystallographic techniques to the structures of ferredoxin
and other iron-sulfur proteins. His recent interests include the
chemistry of biological nitrogen fixation.
4:00 P.M., Tuesday, 6 May, 1975.
Professor J. J. Zuckerman, SUNY-Albany, "Novel Organotin Chemistry
and Structures".
Professor Zuckerman studied under Professor A. G. MacDiarmid at
Pennsylvania, E. G. Rochow at Harvard and H. J. Emeldéus, F.R.S.
at Cambridge. His recent interests include the application of nmr
and Mossbauer spectroscopies to the elucidation of the structures
and dynamics of organotin compounds, aud the synthesis of subvalent
organotin(II) species.
4:00 P.M., Tuesday, 13 May, 1975.
Chemistry Reading Room (151)
All Interested Persons are Cordially Invited to Attend.
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
PARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Joseph Gerver
University of California, Berkeley
"APPROXIMATIONS OF TRIGONOMETRIC SERIES"
Friday, Mey 2, 1975
Earth Science Building
Room 139
4:10 P.M.
Refreshments
ES-152
3:30 P.M.
A Mav LINGUISTICS IN THE USSR
4 An Informal Discussion
S
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Dr. Klavdia Gorchkova
Professor of Russian Language at Moscow State University
Visiting Scholar at SUNYA, Spring, 1975
Monday, May 5, 1975
7:45 P.M. Humanities 290
No admission fee
The public is invited
SPONSORED BY THE LINGUISTICS PROGRAM, SUNYA
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CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT APRIL 29
Music by Vivian Fine will be performed on Apr. 29 at 8:30 p.m.
in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center, State University
of New York at Albany, by Irvin Gilman, David Gibson, and other
musicians from Bennington and New York. Presently Ms. Fine teaches
at Bennington College. She is considered to be one of America's
foremost women composers. There is no admission fee.
NATURAL HISTORY LECTURE APRIL 29
In an illustrated talk, Dr. Werner Baum, SUNYA professor of
biology, will discuss the incredible richess of Adirondack plant
life, its natural history, and the specific habitats in which it
is found. His lecture, "Adirondack Flora", will begin at 8 p.m.
in Lecture Center 18. There is no admission fee for the public
lecture.
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Special to New Editor:
EMMETT B. FIELDS TO BE 13TH PRESIDENT OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
Emmett B. Fields will be the 13th president of what is now State University
of New York at Albany, effective July 1. He currently is executive vice president
and dean of faculties at the University of Houston. Louis T. Benezet, whom
Dr. Fields will succeed, will join the faculty at State University of New York at
Stony Brook on Sept. 1 after completing a five-year term as president of the State
University Center at Albany.
Dr. Fields has been at the University of Houston since 1969 when he was
named vice president and dean of faculties. He held that position, in addition
to the faculty post as professor of history, until 1971 when he was named to his
present post. Earlier he had served in faculty and administrative capacities from
1957-1969 at Vanderbilt University, his alma mater. He left Vanderbilt as dean
of the College of Arts and Science.
Dr. Fields received his Doctor of Philosophy in American history from Vanderbilt
in 1953 and his Master of Arts from that institution in 1959. He was awarded a
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Ouachita College in Arkadelphia, Ark., in 1948.
Among other professional boards and societies, Fields is a member of the
American Conference of Academic Deans, the Organization of American Historians,
the Southern Historical Association, the Southwest Center for Urban Research,
and the Texas Committee for the Humanities.
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April 30, 1975
Photo enclosed
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SENATOR WEICKER TO BE SUNYA COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
$22,803 RAISED BY PHONOTHON FOR UNIVERSITY CENTER
SUNYA MUSIC FACULTY AND GUESTS ARTISTS IN MAY CONCERTS
SUNYA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM ON MAY 13
SUNYA PROFESSOR AUTHOR OF TWO NEW BOOKS
SOLAR ENERGY SUBJECT OF MOHNEN LECTURE
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SENATOR WEICKER TO BE SUNYA COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
United States Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., will be the speaker at the
13lst commencement program of State University of New York at Albany on Sunday,
June 1, at 1:30 p.m. His subject will be "Our State of the Union."
Senator Weicker, who holds out his own career as evidence that the
voice and influence of young Americans can be effective, was elected in 1962,
at age 31, a State Representative from his home town of Greenwich to the
Connecticut General Assembly. He went from that legislative body to the United
States Senate, winning eight straight election contests on the way.
Senator Weicker serves on the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space
Sciences, and the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. He also
serves as an assistant Senate minority whip and vice chairman of the Republican
Senatorial Committee. He is a member of the Select Committee on Presidential
Campaign Practices which investigated Watergate matters.
In 1953 Senator Weicker received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University
and, in 1958, a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law.
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$22,803 RAISED BY PHONOTHON FOR UNIVERSITY CENTER
The State University at Albany third annual Phonothon was described as a
"gratifying success" by Ronald Schafer, director of the Alumni Association, as
$22,803, the highest total in its three-year history, was pledged.
Some 208 alumi, faculty, and student volunteers manned the telephones during
eight evenings seeking pledges for assistance to the SUNYA Annual Fund. This year
the fund will support talented student grants, library acquisitions, a bicentennial
series of programs, and an undesignated category. Some 4,200 calls were made in all
to alumni and friends of the university throughout the state.
Since future prospects for institutional development based upon State resources
are slim, Albany, as other public institutions, is turning to the private sector
for the supplemental resources necessary to develop and maintain environments of
excellence within the university.
In the past, the Annual Fund monies had been used to build the Alumni House
and Conference Center, a solar energy powered building located on campus and scheduled
for completion this summer.
This year's Phonothon not only raised more money than previous phone solicitations,
but more per individual pledge. The average pledge last year was close to $15, while
this year the average pledge was $19.78.
Parker Mathusa, a 1959 graduate of State University of New York at Albany and
chief of energy research and conservation for the New York State Public Service
Commission, is national chairman of the 1975 Annual Fund.
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SUNYA MUSIC FACULTY AND GUESTS ARTISTS IN MAY CONCERTS
The music department at State University of New York at Albany will be sponsoring
an assortment of programs during early May.
On Monday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m., the SUNYA music faculty will present "Ravel
Chamber Music" in the Main Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. The principal per-
formers will be Marvin Morgenstern on violin, David Gibson on cello, Findlay Cockrell
and Paula Ennis on piano, Irvin Gilman on flute, and guest artist, Jane Bucci, soprano.
The program will feature Ravel's "Violin Sonata," "Chansons Madecasses," and "Trio."
Lois Whiteman, a pianist from New York City, will perform her fourth annual
recital on Thursday, May 8, at 8:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall. The program will
include works by Beethoven, Prokofieff, and Schumann. Highlighting the evening's
program will be Schumann's "Grand Sonata in F Sharp."
On Monday, May 12, at 12:15 p.m., the voice students of Marjory Fuller will
present 19th and 20th century vocal selections in the Recital Hall. The works of
Ned Rorem will highlight the program.
At 8:30 that evening, in the same place, the music faculty will present a second
faculty chamber music concert. The performers will be Charles Bioto on clarinet,
Randall Ellis on oboe, Arthur Stidfole on bassoon, Ann Teahan on horn, James Morris
on trumpet, Findlay Cockrell, Lyn Tolkoff, and Helen Ghiradella on piano, and Jane
Bucci, soprano. The program will feature Mozart's "Piano-wind Quintet, K. 452,"
Schubert's "Der Hirt Auf Dem Felsen," Saint Saens' "Oboe Sonata," and Telemann's
"Heldenmusic for Trumpet."
Admission to all concerts is free, and no tickets are required.
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SUNYA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM ON MAY 13
On Tuesday, May 13, at 8:30 p.m., the University Chamber Concert Orchestra
at State University of New York at Albany will give its final performance of the
season in the Main Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. Nathan Gottschalk,
chairman of the university's music department, will conduct.
Highlights of the evening will include "Kanon," by Pachelbel, "Les Nuit
d'Ete," by Berlioz, featuring Marjory Fuller as soloist; "Accompaniment to a
Cinematographic Scene," by Schoenberg; and Mozart's "Symphony K. 385."
Admission tickets to the concert are free.
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SUNYA PROFESSOR AUTHOR OF TWO NEW BOOKS
Leonard V. Gordon, professor of educational psychology and statistics in the
School of Education at State University of New York at Albany is the author of "The
Measurement of Interpersonal Values" and the co-author, with Akio Kikuchi of Fukushima
University, of "Social Psychology of Values--Cross Cultural Studies."
"The Measurement of Interpersonal Values," published by Science Research
Associates of Chicago, has as its major focus the empirical development of a personality
typology based on the ways that individuals prefer to relate to one another. The
typological model describes how individuals in different occupations are similar and
dissimilar in their interpersonal values orientations, and a simple technique which
may be employed to describe individuals in terms of the typological model is outlined.
"Social Psychology of Values--Cross Cultural Studies," published by Kawashima-
Shoten of Tokyo, is concerned with research on the measurement of values, undertaken
both in the Program for Behavioral Research in the School of Education, where Professor
Kikuchi was a visiting scholar in 1968-69, and in Japan after the latter's return. The
book discusses various models employed in values measurement, as well as problems
associated with the use of such measures in cross-cultural research.
Dr. Gordon, a native of Canada, was educated at the University of California
and at Ohio State University where he received two degrees in psychology. He served four
years as laboratory chief in the U.S. Army Personnel Research Office in the Pentagon
and joined the SUNYA faculty in 1966.
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SOLAR ENERGY SUBJECT OF MOHNEN LECTURE
Volker Mohnen, acting director of the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center,
State University of New York at Albany, will be the final speaker in the current
natural history lecture series sponsored by the State Department of Environmental
Conservation, the New York State Museum and Science Service, and ASRC. He will
speak at 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 18 at the university on the topic, "Solar Energy:
Now and the Future."
Dr. Mohnen will review the current and future outlooks for the use of the sun's
energy with particular emphasis on recent developments in New York State. An
illustrated weather briefing by Ray Falconer, of ASRC, will precede the lecture.
The SUNYA scientist is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science and served last year on the Rensselaerville Institute on Man and Science
board of counselors. He joined the university faculty in 1967.
Dr. Mohnen holds degrees from the University of Karlsruhe, Vordiplom, and
from the University of Munich where he received a Master of Science and a Doctor
of Philosophy in physics, meteorology and astrophysics.
Admission to the public program is free.
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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY * OFFICE OF INFORMATION SERVICES
NATHALIE E. LAMPMAN, DIRECTOR * ROBERT H. RICE, JR., ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
MEMORIAL FUND ESTABLISHED AT STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
A fund in memory of Glenn Bumpus of Tonawanda, a senior
biology student at State University of New York at Albany who
was killed on May 3, has been established by the university's
department of biology for undergraduate research. Mr. Bumpus
was fatally injured when a block of ice fell from the top of a
hill and struck him on the head as he was entering Knox Cave,
Town of Knox. Another SUNYA student accompanying him was cri-
tically injured by the same piece of ice.
Mr. Bumpus was an active member of Beta Beta Beta, an hon-
orary biology fraternity, and of the Scuba Diving Club. A fine
scholar, the senior had delivered a paper at the Eastern Colleges
Sciences Conference held last April in Chester, Pa., on research
he had conducted at the university. He was interested primarily
in ecology and plankton and had been accepted by New York Univer-
sity and by the University of Wisconsin, where he had planned
to matriculate next fall.
Those wishing to contribute to the Glenn Bumpus Memorial
Fund should make checks payable to SUNYA Foundations, Inc.,
AD 231, State University at Albany 12222.
May 7, 1975
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ALUMNI WEEKEND AT SUNYA
Alumi Weekend 1975 begins Friday (May 9) at State University of New York at
Albany and continues through Sunday morning with a variety of events scheduled
on both the uptown and downtown campuses. Highlights of the activities include
an all-alumi luncheon Saturday (May 10) in the Campus Center ballroom, where more
than 300 persons will pay tribute to Coach Richard J. Sauers' 20 winning basketball
seasons, and a gala alumni banquet in the ballroom in the evening when there will
be a special tribute to President Louis T. Benezet and Mrs. Benezet and to outgoing
Alumi Association president Lloyd L. Kelly.
Kay Hotaling '67 and Howard Woodruff '63 have co-chaired the committee which
planned this year's program. The weekend's events will begin Friday with an Alumi
Association board of directors meeting and dinner, followed by a wine and cheese
reception from 7:30-10 in the Fine Arts Gallery. Various class reunions and re-
ceptions, with particular emphasis on classes ending in "0" and "5", also are
scheduled.
Saturday morning there will be a Continental breakfast, 9-10, in the Campus
Center Fireside Lounge, followed immediately by the annual Alumi Association
meeting in the Assembly Hall. (nh the agenda are reports from Dr. Benezet, the
association, and Student Association, as well as awards to alumi and students.
Tours of the campus and a day-long student exhibit in the Art Gallery also are to
be offered.
The lunchem will begin at 12:30 in the ballroom. In addition to honoring
Dr. Sauers, alumi will induct the Class of 1925 into the Half-Century Club and will
bestow the 1975 Bertha Brimmer, Excellence-in-Service, and other awards.
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During the afternoon, returning grads will be able to choose from among
uthletic events, an ice cream social, carillon concerts, and films. Both the
"130 Years of SUNYA History" film and the premiere of a film on the SUNYA-Soviet
student exchange will be shown in the Campus Center. A tour of the Alumi House-
Conference Center, under construction, also is planned.
A cocktail party on the Campus Center terrace from 6-7:15 p.m. will precede
the 7:30 banquet in the ballroom. Special alumi awards and entertainment will
share the spotlight with the salutes to Dr. Benezet and Mr. Kelly.
The weekend will conclude Sunday morining on the downtown campus with a
brunch at 10:30 at the Peristyle, a film on the restoration of the Hawley Library
murals, and tours of the downtown campus.
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CONTENTS
TWO SUNYA STUDENTS WIN LEHMAN AWARDS
STUDENTS, ALUMNI ELECTED TO PHI BETA KAPPA AT UNIVERSITY CENTER
MEMORIAL FUND HONORS SUNYA STUDENT KILLED BY FALLING ICE
NEW GRADUATE ACCOUNTING PROGRAM AT SUNYA COMPLETING FIRST YEAR
CHORAL AND PERCUSSION PROGRAMS AT SUNYA
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TWO SUNYA STUDENTS WIN LEHMAN AWARDS
Pamela J. Byard and Joel B. Zucker, two students at State University
of New York at Albany, have been selected as winners of the New York State
Herbert H. Lehman Graduate Fellowships in Social Sciences and International
Affairs. The awards are the most highly-prized in the program of scholar-
ships and awards presented each year by New York State.
The Lehman Fellowships were established by the Legislature in 1966 in
honor of the former Governor of New York State, The competition is open
to outstanding college graduates throughout the United States who plan
to pursue graduate study in a college situated in New York State. Recipients
of the awards, who are designated as New York State Lehman Fellows, may
receive up to $19,000 for four years of graduate stydy, beginning in Septem-
ber 1975.
Applications for the fellowships were received from a total of 197
candidates, of whom 47 are residents of other states. Of the 30 fellowship
winners, 21 are residents of New York State.
A special committee composed of senior graduate faculty from institu-
tions in New York reviewed the qualifications of candidates. Awards were
based on an evaluation of test scores, academic records, and personal
qualifications.
Ms. Byard, a graduate of Liverpool High School, is an anthropology
major and plans to enroll in a master's program in physical anthropology at
SUNYA or at another university in New York State. She is a member of Phi
By, a Kappa and of the Outing Club,
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Mr. Zucker, a graduate of Pearl River High School and an economics
major here, is in the U.S. Navy attending Officer Candidate School.
He will either continue in the Navy or accept the scholarship, according
to a member of his family.
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STUDENTS, ALUMNI ELECTED TO PHI BETA KAPPA AT UNIVERSITY CENTER
Ninety-one students and former students have been selected for mem-
bership in the Alpha Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at State University
of New York at Albany. The spring initiation of new members took place
Thursday (May 8) evening in the Assembly Hall of the university center's
Campus Center, preceded by a social hour.
In the group of new members are 66 seniors, 20 juniors, one graduate
student, and four alumni. Among the latter are two historians, a biostatis-
tician and epidemiologist, and a theologian.
Gerhard L. Weinberg who was graduated magna cum laude from SUNYA in
1948, is currently W. R. Kenan Jr. Professor at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.c. He is the author of many publications on
modern German and diplomatic history, culminating in his "Foreign Policy
of Hitler's Germany" (1970) for which he was awarded the G.B. Beer Prize
of the American Historical Association.
Robert F. Berkhofer, a magna cum laude graduate from SUNYA in 1953,
currently is professor of history at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Mich. He, too, is the author of numerous publications, particularly on
theory and methodology of history. An example is "A Behavioral Approach
to Historical Analysis" (1971).
Calvin Zippin, a Class of 1947 alumnus, was graduated magna cum laude.
Presently, he is professor of epidemiology at the Cancer Research Institute
of the University of California Medical Center. His published works
intxude numerous authoritative publications on the study of cancer.
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Donald M. Stine, a summa cum laude graduate and valedictorian of the
Class of 1953, is editor of "Enquiry" and associate for adult resources,
Program Agency, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. He is the re-
cipient of the Old Testament Prize, Princeton Theological Seminary, where
he taught at one time.
Newly-elected officers of the chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at SUNYA are
Henry G. Kuivila, chemistry, president; M.E. Grenander, English, vice pre-
sident; Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr., history, historian; Perry D. Westbrook,
English, secretary; and William Reedy, history, treasurer.
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MEMORIAL FUND HONORS SUNYA STUDENT KILLED BY FALLING ICE
A fund in memory of Glenn Bumpus, a senior biology student at State
University of New York at Albany who was killed on May 3, has been established
by the university's Department of Biology for undergraduate research. Mr.
Bumpus was fatally injured when a block of ice fell from the top of a hill
and struck him on the head as he was entering Knox Cave, Town of Knox.
Mr. Bumpus was an active member of Beta Beta Beta and of the Scuba
Diving Club. A fine scholar, the senior had delivered a paper at the Eastern
Colleges Sciences Conference held last April in Chester, Pa., on research he
had conducted at SUNYA. He was interested primarily in ecology and plankton
ai jhad been accepted by New York University and by the University of
Wisconsin, where he had planned to matriculate next fall.
Those wishing to contribute to the Glenn Bumpus Memorial Fund should
make checks payable to SUNYA Foundation, Inc., AD 231, State University at
Albany 12222.
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NEW GRADUATE ACCOUNTING PROGRAM AT SUNYA COMPLETING FIRST YEAR
It hasn't been what you'd call a seller's market in many major academic
fields, but one which has held up well is accounting. That, in part,
accounts for the interest in a new graduate accounting program being offered
at State University of New York at Albany.
Now nearing its second year, it has attracted students who have had
no previous accounting experience or course work, and who have degrees
in areas about as far removed from accounting as one can get. Some examples
are philosophy, psychology, German, sacred music, civil engineering,
physical therapy and physics.
The four-semester curriculum, with a maximum of 57 semester hours,
leading to the Master of Science in accounting, was put into operation
during the present year. The program is designed for candidates holding
an undergraduate degree in any academic area of the humanities, the social
sciences, the sciences, and the like, and does not require any prior pre-
paration in accounting or business. It thus meets the need of those who
decided on a career in public accounting after having graduated in another
academic field.
The program has been approved by the New York State Education Department
Bureau of Licensing which enables the successful graduate to take the
Certified Public Accountant examination upon completion.
While the program is intended primarily for full-time study, part-
time arrangements may be made in individual cases depending on a candidate's
p..or academic work in accounting, statistics, mathematics, economics, or
other business-related areas. Additional information is available from
the Graduate Admissions Office, School of Business, 457-8514.
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CHORAL AND PERCUSSION PROGRAMS AT SUNYA
Among musical events scheduled by the department of music for the
week of May 12 at State University of New York at Albany are a choral
workshop-performance and a student recital.
The Choraliers of Northport, Long Island, directed by Garland
Butts, will perform Wednesday, May 14, at 3 p.m. in the Recital Hall
of the Performing Arts Center. The noted junior high choral organi-
zation will sing works by Handel, Frackinpoll, Brahms, and Persichetti.
There is no admission charge.
Warren Stein, percussion, will be heard in a student recital
Saturday, May 17, at 8:30 p.m., also in the Recital. Hall. Performing
with him will be Findlay Cockrell and Diane Guernsey, piano, and
Richard Albagli, percussion. Selections will include "Sonata for Two
Pianos and Percussion," Bela Bartak; "Three Visions for Percussion,"
Albagli; and "Sonata for Three Unaccompanied Kettledrums," Daniel Jones.
Admission is free and no tickets are required.
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MICHAEL SHEEHAN
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A SENIOR RECITAL AND FREE
MUSIC STORE CONCERT WILL
HIGHLIGHT THE MUSIC CALENDER
IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY
A Senior Récital and and a Free Music Store Concert
will be performed on the SUNYA cmpps during the third
week in May. . i :
: On May 18, at 3:00 P.M., Ms. Jane Healey will perform
her Senior Retital in the Recital Hall of the Performing
Arts Center, 1400 Washington Ave. Ms. Healey will play
the piano, and harpsichord. 3 Also-performing in the
program will be Mr. Findlay Cockre$1 on the Celeste, Ms.
Charlene Mobius on the violin, and Ms. Ann Teehan on the
Frdth horn.
The next evening, on May 19, at 8:30 P.M., a program
entitled "Saigon, Four Days Later? will be sponsored by
the Free Music Store. The program will be housed in the
Lab Theatre of the Berfornitt Arts Center.
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Principal performer includes Marcia Kindler, Dancer;
Michel Kemper, lighting; Richard Lainhart, Kyle Keenan,. Richard
_Kelly, musicéans. Scheduled for the program is new music by
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Keenan.
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NATHALIE —. LAMPMAN, DIRECTOR * ROBERT H. RICE, JR., ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
REGISTRAR NAMED AT STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
Donald W. Bunis has been appointed registrar at State University
of New York at Albany, after having served for a time as acting
registrar,
Mr. Bunis is a graduate of Saint Lawrence University and earned
his Master of Arts in sociology from the University Center at Albany.
He has been affiliated with the university since 1970 when he was
named assistant registrar.
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CONTENTS
SUNYA POLITICAL SCIENTIST TO BE JOINT RESEARCH FELLOW AT COLUMBIA
CONFERENCE ON SEXUALITY TO BE HELD AT SUNYA
UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR RECEIVES SIXTH GUGGENHEIM AWARD
APRIL GRANTS AT UNIVERSITY CENTER TOTAL $480,030
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NATHALIE E. LAMPMAN, DIRECTOR * ROBERT H. RICE, JR., ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
SUNYA POLITICAL SCIENTIST TO BE JOINT RESEARCH FELLOW AT COLUMBIA
Erik P. Hoffmann, associate professor of political science, Graduate
School of Public Affairs, State University of New York at Albany, has
received a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies and the
Social Science Research Council. He will be a joint Senior Research
Fellow at the Research Institute on International Change and the Russian
Institute of Columbia University during the academic year, 1975-76.
Professor Hoffmann is one of thirteen scholars to receive the
post-doctoral grants for research in the humanities and social sciences.
The individual grants are intended for the provision of free time, for
domestic or foreign travel necessary to gain access to materials, for
clerical or research assistance, or for purchase or reproductions of
research materials. With grant support, Dr. Hoffmann will study the
scientific-technological revolutions and the Soviet political system.
The political scientist, who received his doctorate at the Univer-
sity of Indiana, is the author of published works on the Soviet political
system, including "Soviet Metapolicy: Information Processing in the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union," which appeared in the Journal of
Comparative Administration, and "Political Opposition in the Soviet
Union" printed in the book, "Political Opposition and Dissent," published
by Nunellen.
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NATHALIE E. LAMPMAN, DIRECTOR * ROBERT H. RICE, JR., ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
CONFERENCE ON SEXUALITY TO BE HELD AT SUNYA
A conference on "Communication and Sexuality" will be held Wednesday,
June 11, and Thursday, June 12, at State University of New York at Albany
in Lecture Center 18. The Council on Human Sexuality, a capital area
council promoting programs to improve communication between adults and
youth about human sexuality, is sponsoring the sessions.
The objectives of the conference are to recognize the importance
of accepting one's sexuality as a unique expression of self, to gain an
awareness of the need for communication in the expression of human sexuality,
and to gain an awareness of the impact of sexuality on family relationships.
Beryl and Noam Chernick, practicing physicians in London, Ontario,
will speak at the conference. After completing extensive post-doctoral
training in marriage counseling, the couple has worked for six years as
a co-therapy team helping those with marital and sexual problems. They
have addressed numerous professional organizations and community groups
throughout North America, including the American Medical Association,
Nursing Educators, Mental Health Associations, and the American Association
of Sex Educators and Counselors. In addition, the Chernicks have produced
the widely acclaimed film, "Sexuality and Communication," and have been
guests on the Mike Douglas Show.
Wednesday's program is entitled "Sexuality and Marriage" and will be
held from 8 to 10 p.m. Registration will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday
morning's topic will be "Sexuality in the Early Years--Birth Through Ado-
lescence! and will be held from 1:30 to noon, following registration at
9 a.m. Thursday afternoon's topic will be "As Sexuality Matures--From
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20 to 90" and will begin at 1 and end at 3:30.
Those interested in attending the conference may write to Family
and Children's Service of Albany, Inc., 12 South Lake Avenue, Albany 12203
to obtain an application. All forms must be submitted by June l.
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NATHALIE E. LAMPMAN, DIRECTOR * ROBERT H. RICE, JR., ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR RECEIVES SIXTH GUGGENHEIM AWARD
Joseph Szoverffy, chairman of the department of comparative litera-
ture at State University of New York at Albany, has received his sixth
Guggenheim grant. pr, Szoverffy will use the grant to publish a two-
volume Abelard edition.
In addition to the grant, the scholar has been invited to parti-
cipate at the ninth seminar of the Symposium on the East European Peasantry
to be held at Harvard University this month. He also has received a grant
from the Research Foundation of SUNY for a study on "Contemporary
Context of Abelard's Social Criticism," to be completed by 1976.
Professor Szoverffy, one of six SUNYA faculty members appointed
SUNY Faculty Exchange Scholars, was visiting professor at SUNY Binghamton
and there spoke on "The Tormented Cry: Abelard as World and Social
Critic." At SUNYA this year, he gave an illustrated lecture on "Opera
and Ideology: The Magic Flute Between Baroque and Enlightenment" in the
Aspects of Opera series sponsored by the university's department of music.
Dr. Szoverffy, a renowned scholar, is the author of numerous books
and articles in many languages. Among them are a study entitled "A
Hebrew Legend About the Death of Aaron and the Medieval Pilate Traditions"
in "Melanges Labande," celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Centre
d'Etudes Superieures de Civilisation Medieval of the University of
Poitiers, France, an article on Kultgeschichte aund Politik" in the
"Archiv £.Kulturgeschichte" in Cologne, Germany, and another long study
on "A Conscious Artist in Medieval Hymnody: Introduction to Peter Abelard
Hymns" in the Classica and Iberica."
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Professor Szoverffy, formerly director of graduate studies at
Boston College, received his Bachelor of Arts from St. Emeric College,
Budapest, Hungary, and his doctorate in Germanic studies from Budapest
State University. He also holds a graduate degree from the University
of Fribourg, Switzerland, with a specialization in Medieval Latin
and vernacular literature and in comparative folklore studies.
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NATHALIE E. LAMPMAN, DIRECTOR * ROBERT H. RICE, JR., ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
APRIL GRANTS AT UNIVERSITY CENTER TOTAL $480,030
Grants totaling $480,030 have been received by 22 faculty members
at State University of New York at Albany, and by the institution, for
the month of April, according to a report issued by Louis R. Salkever,
vice president for research.
The recipients, sponsors, project titles, and awards are:
Geirmundur Arnason, atmospheric sciences, National Science Founda-
tion, "Numerical Simulation of Moist Convection in Two and Three Dimensions,"
$55,800; Thomas M. Barker, history, American Philosophical Society,
"Military Nobility in 17th and 18th Century Austria," $750; Paul Bulger,
educational administration, Research Foundation of State University of
New York, “Region III Graduate Assistant for Council of Presidents,"
$1,500; Lindsay N. Childs, mathematics, NSF, "Azumaya Algebra and
Galois Extensions," $8,400.
Also, Charles Edwards, biology, Heart Association of Eastern
New York, "Muscle Contraction Velocity and Actomyosin Kinetics," $5,910;
Tara P. Das, physics, NSF, "Electronic Structure and Electron Nuclear
Hyperfine Interactions in Solid State," $31,200; Nathaniel Friedman,
mathematics, NSF, “Ergodic Theory," $10,800.
Also Sheldon A. Grand, counseling and rehabilitation services,
Social and Rehabilitation Services, "Workshop on Rehabilitation Coun-
seling Curricula," $49,794; J. Mayo Greenberg and Andrew J. Yencha,
astronomy and chemistry, NSF, "Ices in Space," $20,900; Robert Greene,
French, APS, "To Complete Research for a Book on Six Twentieth Century
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French Poets," $1,000.
Also, Helmut V.B. Hirsch, biology, National Institutes of Health,
“Development and Functions of the Visual Cortex," $30,182; Colin S.
Izzard, biology, NIH, “Control of Calcium Levels in Fibroblast Motility,"
$42,784; Jon W. Jacklet, biology, NIH, "Peripheral and Central Modulation
of Specific Neurons," $25,470; C.S. Kiang and Volker Mohnen, Atmospheric
Sciences Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
"Stratospheric Aerosol as Possible Sources and Sinks of Trace Gases,"
$25,672.
Also, Charles T. O'Reilly, social welfare, New York Department
of Social Services, "Training of Management and Clinical Personnel,"
$37,500 and Albany County, "Workshops for Social Work Practitioners,"
$2,460 and $3,360; Robert Rikmenspoel, biology, NIH, "Control of Sperm
Motility," $36,153; Jon T. Scott, environmental studies, Brookhaven
National Laboratory;"Brookhaven National Laboratory Project," $10,000.
Chih-Ree Sun, physics, Rutgers University, "Bubble Chamber Analysis
of pp Interactions from 1.250 to 1.365 GEV/c," $17,200; Jerry Weinberg,
space astronomy laboratory, NASA, "Polarimetry of the Zodiacal Light
During the Pioneer 10/11 Asteroid-Jupiter Missions," $17,219; Norman
Winarsky, mathematics, NSF, "Intertwining Operators and Reducibility
Theorems for Principal Series Representatives of P-Adic Chevalley Groups,"
$5,500; and SUNY-Albany (institutional award), NIH, "Biomedical Sciences
Support Grant," $40,476.
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NATHALIE E. LAMPMAN, DIRECTOR * ROBERT H. RICE, JR., ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
CONTENTS
SUNYA SCIENTIST RECEIVES SLOAN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
SUNYA DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR ELECTED TO SPANISH ACADEMY
REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC PROGRAM PRIORITIES
ALBANIAN RECEIVES LEMON AWARD AT UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THESIS
STATE UNIVERSITY SENIOR WINS DAR HISTORY AWARD
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Professor Hirsch is recommended for a feature
treatment interview. He is singularly arti-
culate and his work fascinating.
Contact Bern Rotman - 457-4901.
SUNYA SCIENTIST RECEIVES SLOAN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Helmut Hirsch, assistant professor of biology at State University
of New York at Albany, has been given another research boost with the
award of a Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship. It is one of 86 granted
in 1975 to young scientists in 53 colleges, universities, and research
institutions.
The Sloan Fellowship will be worth some $17,000 for continuing
research. Dr. Hirsch's work involves the learning process in the
brain with regard to sight. He studies cats under controlled sight
experiences during their infancy.
Using brain probes, Dr. Hirsch and his research team of graduate
students have been able to trace patterns of learning. He feels the
kind of work he and others are doing could eventually lead to the
development of an artificial eye. More immediately, his work is de-
veloping a body of knowledge on the psychological and physiological
relationships of sight.
Dr. Hirsch credits the University Center at Albany with providing
him. "a tremendous freedom to develop, with enough funds and with in-
tellectual freedom. "
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"It is an accepting atmosphere, warm and supportive," he said.
Dr. Hirsch also has been the recipient of a major National Institute
of Health award earlier.
For the fourth time in the 20 years of the Sloan Foundation
program, the awards include fellowships in neuroscience, Dr. Hirsch's
field. Ten of the fellows are neuro-scientists. The Sloan Fellowships
make possible advances in fundamental research by young scientists at
an early stage of their careers. Dr. Hirsch is 3l. Six hundred nomina-
tions were received nationally.
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NATHALIE E. LAMPMAN, DIRECTOR * ROBERT H. RICE, JR., ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
SUNYA DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR ELECTED TO SPANISH ACADEMY
Gonzalo Torrente-Ballester, recently retired Distinguished
Professor of Spanish at State University of New York at Albany, has
been elected a member of the Spanish Academia Real, the most distin-
guished assemblage of writers and scholars in Spanish.
Professor Torrente-Ballester is an outstanding novelist, critic,
and literary historian. His books, "Panorama of Contemporary
Spanish Literature" and "Contemporary Spanish Theatre," are now stan-
dard works in the field of Spanish literature. The scholar also is
the author of numerous articles and essays which have appeared in
newspapers and literary reviews.
A professor of literature since 1940, Mr. Torrente-Ballester
received his education at the universities of Madrid, Oviedo, and
Santiago in Spain and at The Sorbonne in France. He joined the faculty
at State University at Albany in 1966.
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(CONTACT: Bern Rotman, Director, Media Relations)
FOR RELEASE 6 p.m. 5/20/75
REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC PROGRAM PRIORITIES
Extensive changes in academic programs at State University of New York
at Albany, including suspending or phasing out several undergraduate, Master
of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy programs while strengthening others, have
been recommended to University President Louis T. Benezet. The recommenda-
tions were made by a special faculty-student committee appointed by Dr. Benezet
in January.
The committee found that 80 percent of the academic programs of the
niversity Center at Albany were soundly conceived and administered. Some,
the committee said, were clearly superior and nationally distinguished. Of
the 62 academic units, containing 151 academic programs evaluated by the
committee, 12 degree programs were recommended for suspension or termination.
Of them, six are at the doctoral level, three at the master's level, and
three at the undergraduate level. The committee also suggested reductions
in the resources made available to six programs, and the continuation, under
specified conditions, of several other programs. On the expansion side of
the ledger, the committee asked for the addition of resources to five programs
and the establishment of two new programs.
President Benezet declined to identify the affected fields "until
department chairmen and deans have studied the recommendations pertinent
to them and submitted their responses to my office." He said several councils
of the University Senate and other advisory bodies would also be consulted
before any action is taken on the major recommendations of the committee.
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The committee's study is the most comprehensive assessment of academic
quality since the campus's designation as a Universtiy Center in the early
60's.
The committee concluded that, because of financial pressures and a
sense of public responsibility, State University at Albany cannot con-
tinue full "horizontal development" of academic programs at all levels, but
must become more selective in its goals and in the choice of options.
However, it stressed the principal aim of "the continuing development of the
excellence of this campus." The committee's report pointed out that the
development of the Albany campus within the State University system was
virtually stopped in 1970-71. While New York State funding for all insti-
tutions of higher education increased by 41 percent between 1972 and 1974,
the Albany campus's share increased by anly 15 percent, the lowest of the
f x University Centers and lower than the rate of inflation.
Six criteria were applied by the committee in establishing the priority
of each academic program:
1. quality and effectiveness
2. external and internal demand
3. present costs and improvement costs
4. leadership and capacity for growth
5. centrality to the total educational enterprise
6. relationship to the State University system and to regional needs
Composed of ten professors, a graduate suudent, and an undergraduate
student, the Select Committee said, in the body of its report, "This
University Center can ill afford high-cost, low-enrollment programs which
do not represent the finest extensions of scholarship and teaching in con-
temporary education. The obverse of the coin is to attract outstanding,
established, and emerging scholar-teachers who will move programs to new
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g litative levels and who will amply justify the continued financial support
of the State and the rest of the University community."
The committee stressed that it "does not accept the view that one
chooses either research or teaching." And the report added that "There is
no real conflict between teaching and scholarship, in the fullest and best
sense of both of those endeavors."
Commenting on the report, President Benezet said, "The Select Committee
in four hard months, without release from regular teaching duties, has
covered a remarkable breadth and depth of SUNYA's academic programs. Our
task now is to test these recommendations in terms of positive decisions
for the University's progress, balancing traditional and socially responsive
programs. The time required for thorough consideration means that many
decisions inevitably will become the responsibility of the incoming President,
Di. Emmett Fields. We shall be in frequent consultation with him meanwhile."
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ALBANIAN RECEIVES LEMON AWARD AT UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THESIS
Raymond Taylor, of Albany, has been selected at State University
of New York at Albany to receive the 1975 Paul C. Lemon Award for out-
standing research in ecology and environmental studies for his Master
of Science thesis, "Seasonal Trends in CO2 Exchange Characteristics
and Growth of Understory Species of the Deciduous Forest."
The award was established by Dr. Lemon, former chairman of SUNYA's
department of biological sciences, to encourage and recognize distin-
guished scientific scholarship completed by master's or doctoral can-
didates,
The award and the accompanying prize of $300 were presented to
Mr. Taylor at a luncheon in the university's Campus Center. John
Mackiewicz, biology, served as chairman of the selection committee.
Other committee members were Jon Scott, environmental studies; Daniel
McKinley, biology; Joseph Heikoff, public administration; and John
Aronson, chemistry.
The winning thesis was one of 12 narrowed from a field of Ph.D.
and 55 M.S. theses for the calendar years 1973 and 1974.
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STATE UNIVERSITY SENIOR WINS DAR HISTORY AWARD
Curt Woodcock, a senior majoring in history at State University
of New York at Albany, is the recipient of the annual scholarship
given by the New York State Daughters of the American Revolution for
graduate work in American history. Mrs. Henry J. Horstman, chairman
of the New York State American History Award Committee of the DAR, pre-
sented the award in the university's Campus Center.
The $400 scholarship is given to a senior history major who is
preparing to teach history in either high school or college and who
has an overall academic standing of 3.0 or better. A committee from
the social science department at SUNYA nominates three candidates, and
a committee of three of the American History Award of the DAR makes
the final selection.
Mr. Woodcock, originally from Lockport, is a graduate of Newfane
Central H.S., Newfane, and hopes to teach social studies in the fall
in New York State. The recipient has participated in basketball at
the junior varsity level and in track and cross-country at the varsity
level. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Also attending the award presentation were Mrs. S. Benjamin Meyers,
a member of the committee of three and a member of the Gansevoort Chap-
ter of DAR; Caroline A. Lester, professor emeritus at SUNYA and a member
of the Mohawk Chapter of DAR; and Catharine Newbold, professor of
history at SUNYA and a member of the university's nomination committee.
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131st COMMENCEMENT AT SUNYA
Senator Weicker, speaker
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UNIVERSITY CENTER AT ALBANY TO AWARD NEARLY 4,000 DEGREES
131lst Commencement Program Slated
for Sunday, June 1; U.S. Senator
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. To Speak
An estimated 3,978 degrees will be conferred at the 13l1st
commencement program at State University of New York at Albany on
Sunday, June 1, beginning at 1:30 p.m. on the Campus Center Mall.
Of that number, 2,607 persons are candidates for degrees completed
during the spring semester. The academic procession will begin at
1 p.m.
Total figures for the 1974 August and December graduating groups
and the June 1 degree candidates are as follows: Bachelor of Arts,
1,323; Bachelor of Science, 912; Master of Arts, 425; Master of Science,
712; Master of Public Administration, 72; Master of Library Science,
173; Master of Business Administration, 59; Master of Social Work,
102; University Certificate, 91; Doctor of Philosophy, 66; Doctor
of Education, 40; Doctor of Public Administration, 2; and Doctor of
Arts, l.
The main commencement address, "Our State of the Union," will
be given by United States Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. Innovations
in this year's graduation program will be an address by the president
of the Senior Class, Linda Weinstock, and music by the Colonie Central
High School Band under the direction of Paul Aldi. The invocation
will be given by Rabbi Joel Chazin of Congregation Ohav Sholom.
Many schools, colleges, and divisions are planning receptions on
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commencement day, most of them prior to the program. President
Louis T. Benezet will be host at a reception for the 109 doctoral
degree recipients, their advisors, families, and friends in the Campus
Center Patroon Room immediately following the ceremonies.
In the event of rain, the commencement ceremony will be held
in the main gymnasium of the Physical Education Building. Families
and guests will view the full graduation program via live, closed-
circuit television in Lecture Center halls, the Campus Center Ballroom
and Assembly Hall, and the Main Theatre in the Performing Arts Center.
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Arrangements have been made for press representatives to
park at the northeast corner of, butch Quadrangle, near the Campus
Center Mall, site of the commenc program (see map). A
campus security officer will b&/at the special parking area.
Seating for the pr as been designated in the special
guest area: section facing the graduates, near the band,
and kiddie- rom the platform. Press identification is
needed for
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Miss Denise R. Rubin
192 Delaware Ave.
Freeport, N.Y.
Dear Miss Rubin:
Date... May..29,..1975.
We are in the process of writing a hometown
release on the students inducted into Myskania.
We would appreciate your sending us informa-
tion about yourself, including any activities and
offices you have held or hold, your major, and your
plans after graduation. The name and address of
your hometown newspaper also will be needed.
Thank you very much,
NLirj
Nathalie Aemporrans rg
Nathalie Lampman
Director, Information
Services
Copies sent to:
Andrew Bauman
79 Grace Ave.
Great Neck
Nathan Salant
42 Sandy Brook Dr.
Spring Valley
Maureen DeMaio
81 Beethoven St.
Binghamton
Robert W. O'Brien
18 W. Zoranne Dr.
Farmingtale
Linda Kaboolia-
254-39 Pembroke
Great Neck. N.Y.
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A Concert Announcement WAM é EM"
WMHT FM
SUNYA PIANISTS will present their annual Spring Piano Fund Benefit
Concert on THURSDAY MAY 22 at 8:30 PM in the Main Theater of the Performing
Arts Center at SUNY-Albany. Two major works will be performed. Mussorgsky's
Pictures at an Exhibition will be played by SUNYA faculty member Findlay Cockrell.
Bartok*s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion will be played by Mr. Cockrell
and Richard Albagli, percussion, joined by students Diane Guernsey, piano,
| ni and Warren Stein, percussion. Donations to the Piano Fund will be accepted
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What: (annual Spring) Piano Fund Benefit Concert
When: Thursday evening May 22, 1975 at 8:30 PM
- Where::Main Theater of the SUNY-Albany Performing Arts Center
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| iN Program and Performers;
| 2 . (1) Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
Pianist, Findlay Cockrell (SUNYA faculty member)
(2) Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
Pianists, Diane Guernsey (student), Findlay Cockrell (faculty)
1 Percussionists, Warren Stein (student), Richard Albagli (faculty)
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Sponser: SUNYA PIANISTS
Admission type: Donations to the Fund will be accepted
PRESS RELEASES
May 9, 1975
TWO SUNYA STUDENTS WIN LEHMAN AWARDS
STUDENTS, ALUMNI ELECTED TO PHI BETA KAPPA AT UNIVERSITY CENTER
MEMORIAL FUND HONORS SUNYA STUDENT KILLED BY FALLING ICE
NEW GRADUATE ACCOUNTING PROGRAM AT SUNYA COMPLETING FIRST YEAR
CHORAL AND PERCUSSION PROGRAMS AT SUNYA
(Editor alert)
May 14, 1975
REGISTRAR NAMED AT STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
(sent to Chronicle of Higher Ed. and Nat. Assoc. of Land-Grant Colleges)
May 16, 1975
SUNYA POLITICAL SCIENTIST TO BE JOINT RESEARCH FELLOW AT COLUMBIA
CONFERENCE ON SEXUALTIY TO BE HELD AT SUNYA
UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR RECEIVES SIXTH GUGGENHEIM AWARD
APRIL GRANTS AT UNIVERSITY CENTER TOTAL $480,030
May 22, 1975
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SUNYA SCIENTIST RECEIVES SLOAN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIB (w pix to 4 dailies
SUNYA DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR ELECTED TO SPANISH ACADEMY i
REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC PROGRAM PRIORITIES | yt, Hands
ALBANIAN RECEIVES LEMON AWARD AT UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THESIS'y /poobpMicAry)
STATE UNIVERSITY SENIOR WINS DAR HISTORY AWARD (w pix to 4 dailies and '“
Union Sun and Journal, Lockport)
May 28, 1975
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UNIVERSITY CENTER AT ALBANY TO AWARD NEARLY 4,000 DEGREES x Ag lee sage 7
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June 2, 1975
500 SENIOR CITIZENS TO SPEND DAY AT UNIVERSITY CENTER
LIBRARY MATERIALS CONSERVATION WORKSHOP AT SUNYA
SUNYA SUMMER THEATRE COMPANY SELECTED
SUNYA STUDENT VOLUNTEERS HONORED AT VA HOSPITAL
SUNYA PHOTOGRAPHER WINS FOUR AWARDS
June 6, 1975
SUNYA LECTURER TO GO TO ENGLAND ON FULBRIGHT
SATELLITE USE SUBJECT OF NASA PRESENTATION AT SUNYA
UNIVERSITY CENTER'S REGIONAL SERVICE SPONSORING BUSINESS SEMINARS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION INSTITUTE PLANNED
SUNYA INSTITUTE TO AID IN LIBRARY SERVICE TO BUSINESS COMMUNITY
ENERGY AND URBAN QUESTIONS TO BE EXPLORED AT SUNYA SEMINAR
