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Geologist to Discuss New York’s Mines and Mineral Resources at the
Next Public Science Lecture at Whiteface Mountain
Where have all the minerals gone?
Donald Potter, professor emeritus of geology at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY,
will present a history of mines and ore deposits in New York state on Tuesday, August 15,
at the University at Albany’s Whiteface Mountain Field Station.
Part of the Summer Public Science Lecture Series, Potter’s presentation will feature
slides of some of the state’s operating mines, including the Retsof Salt Mine near Geneseo
in western New York; and the Gore Mountain Garnet Mine, the Balmet Zinc Mine and the
Benson Iron Mine, all in the Adirondacks. The lecture, which is free and open to the
public, will begin at 8 p.m. at the field station located on Memorial Highway in
Wilmington, N.Y.
. The science lectures are sponsored by the University’s Atmospheric Sciences
Research Center and are organized by well-known area meteorologist Ray Falconer. An
illustrated report on the latest weather conditions begins each lecture.
Donations to sustain the Public Science Lecture Series may be made to the
University Fund at Albany, "Attention: Ray Falconer Fund." Donations are tax deductible.
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Revolutionary Artist is Subject of Book by University At Albany Professor
Warren Roberts, a professor of history at the University at Albany, has published his
third book titled "Jacques-Louis David, Revolutionary Artist." In his new book, he
tells of the life and times of the famous artist and draws conclusions that both the
historian and the art historian will appreciate.
Roberts’ book takes us back to the ancien regime, the French Revolution and
Napoleon, the period in which David (1748-1825), lived. This was an important and a
traumatic time for France and it had a profound effect on David. The finest artist of
his generation, he achieved fame and success under the monarchy. Yet he became a
revolutionary and terrorist who signed the death warrants for Louis XVI and
Marie-Antoinette. As artistic dictator of France he organized public festivals to
muster support for the Revolution. At the end of the Revolution he was imprisoned,
but unlike many of his political allies, he was not executed. He became Napoleon’s
leading court painter and was banished from France after the Battle of Waterloo.
The difference between this and the other books written about David is that
instead of simply discussing the work of the artist, Roberts gives the reader some
insight into his inner life by discussing the connection between politics, the
culture of France, and David’s artistic creations. Roberts examines the relationship
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between David’s politics and his art from the beginning of his remarkable career to
the bitter end, which he spent in exile. Throughout an active career of fifty years,
his art is a record of the revolutionary changes that coincided with his lifetime.
Roberts received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California at
Berkeley. He has been at the University at Albany since 1963 and was appointed
Distinguished Teaching Professor in 1984. His field is 17th and 18th century European
cultural and intellectual history and both in teaching and his written work he is
particularly interested in relationships between history and the arts. He has taught
a course of art, music and history and has published articles on "Hedonism in
Eighteenth-Century French Literature and Paintings" and "Politics and the Arts in
France and England."
He is also interested in the arts in Albany. He has given lectures in two series
organized by his wife, Anne Roberts, on Experiencing Albany and the Historic Churches
and Synagogues of Albany. Roberts also has presented lectures on the Tiffany windows
in Albany and Troy and he has directed architectural walking tours of Albany.
In addition to the book on Jacques-Louis David, Roberts is the author of
"Morality and Social Class in Eighteenth-Century French Literature and Painting" and
“Jane Austen and the French Revolution."
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University at Albany Student Wins Prestigious Scholarship
ies
A 33-year-old sophomore at the University at Albany has been selected as one of
the top science and mathematics undergraduates nationwide by the Barry M. Goldwater
Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The Foundation awarded Jonathan
Garhart its 1989 Goldwater Scholarship which will provide support for his junior and
senior years and was established to honor former Sen. Goldwater. It is intended to
promote and inspire excellence in science and mathematics. This is the first year
these awards have been distributed.
The awards were initiated by former Sen. Goldwater because of his concern that
the U.S. could suffer a shortage in science and math experts if something was not
done to motivate students, according to Wannie Spence, administrative assistant for
the foundation. Congress and the president agreed to pledge $40 million for the
program.
The scholarships cover the cost of tuition, books, and room and board up to
$7,000 which will be adequate for all costs at a State University of New York campus
such as Albany. The awards are given to students who plan to pursue a career in
mathematics and the natural sciences. There are 106 winners each year with only two
winners for each state and territory.
Jonathan Garhart, the winmer of the scholarship, is a native of Oneonta. He was a
student at Bennington College for two years immediately following high school. After
Bennington, he found work as a self-employed cabinet maker and a heating consultant.
Garhart also has done volunteer work as an emergency medical technician.
He returned to his studies three years ago with a few courses at SUNY’s College
in Oneonta before enrolling full-time at Albany as a physics major. Although still
just a sophomore, Garhart is heavily involved in research on the fabrication of
microelectronic materials with a research group headed by Dr. Alain Kaloyeros, a
physics professor at the University. "My current lab experience as well as my
background in design and construction have strengthened my motivation to do
experimental work and share my knowledge through education," Garhart said.
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Adirondack Wildlife Program, Lynx Resteration to Close Out
Summer Public Science Lecture Series at Whiteface Mountain
An illustrated talk on the Adirondack Wildlife Program, including the Canada lynx
restoration project, will wrap up the 1989 Summer Public Science Lecture Series at the
University at Albany’s Whiteface Mountain Field Station. Rainer Brocke, co-director of the
Adirondack Wildlife Program and an associate professor at the State University of New
York College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse will give an update on
efforts to restore the lynx to the Adirondack High Peaks Region. The Canada lynx, a close
relative of the bobcat, once occupied an area that included northern New York state.
The lecture, the last in the seven-lecture series, is at 8 p.m. Tuesday, August 22, at
the field station located on Memorial Highway in Wilmington, N.Y. It is free and open to
the public.
Sponsored by the University at Albany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, the
lecture series is organized by well-known area meteorologist Ray Falconer. An illustrated
report on the latest weather conditions begins each lecture.
Donations to sustain the Public Science Lecture Series may be made to the
University Fund at Albany, "Attention: Ray Falconer Fund." Donations are tax deductible.
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INFORMATION SCIENCE PIONEER HEADS NEW ALBANY PROGRAM
Thomas J. Galvin, executive director of the American Library Association and formerly
dean and professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of
Pittsburgh, will join the faculty of Rockefeller College of the University at Albany this fall,
as professor and director of a new interdisciplinary doctoral program in Information Science
The appointment of Galvin, recently named one of 16 "field-wide leaders" in a national
study of the information sciences and library profession conducted at Rutgers University,
was announced by University at Albany President Vincent O’Leary.
"Professor Galvin’s appointment to head the new Ph.D. program in Information Science,"
O'Leary said, "is a major accomplishment of the Graduate Education and Research
Initiative. Three years ago we told you we were going to make a major thrust in the area of
information sciences. This appointment is a direct result of that commitment. But it would
not have been possible without the continuing support of Governor Cuomo, the legislature
and Chancellor Johnstone for the Graduate Initiative."
Galvin characterized Albany’s new doctoral program as “having the potential for
national and international distinction." Albany, he said, "has impressive faculty strength in
both theoretical and applied information studies and a unique focus on the public sector as
an arena for applied problem-centered research."
Warren Ilchman, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, said, "There can be no
doubt in anyone’s mind that our new found ability to store, organize and retrieve massive
amounts of data presents us with incredible opportunities for the enrichment of society. But
it also offers a challenge to our fundamental rights of privacy. Dr. Galvin’s appointment
and the launching of the new interdisciplinary Ph.D. means that Albany will be an even
more active participant in the debate of these major issues."
Closely linked to the University’s newly established Institute for the Study of
Information Science, the new Ph.D. program will involve collaboration among several
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academic units, including Business Administration, Communication, Computer Science,
Information Science and Policy & Public Administration. The first students are expected to
enroll in the fall of 1990.
"With the appointment of Dr. Galvin, the innovative quality of the program and a
person of vision and experience unite," said Dr. Richard Nathan, provost of Rockefeller
College. "Having been a pioneer in information science, both in print and in the
development of an innovative school, Dr. Galvin arrives with a clear understanding of the
dynamic nature of this expanding field."
Thomas J. Galvin graduated with distinction in the field of English from Columbia
College of Columbia University in 1954. He went on to get his masters in Library Science
from Simmons College in Boston and his Ph.D. in Library & Information Science from Case
Western Reserve University, whose Distinguished Alumni Award he received in 1979.
He served on the faculty at Simmons from 1957 through 1974, twice serving one year
terms as acting director of its School of Library Science and serving as its assoicate director
the last two years of his tenure. From 1977 to 1985 he was dean and professor of the School
of Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh, and then assumed his
present position as Executive Director of the American Library Assoication, located in
Chicago, Ill.
Among his many honors, Galvin, along with co-author Allen Kent, received in 1979
American Society for Information Science Award for his book, Structure and Governance of
Library Networks: Issues for Consideration. He was given the Distinguished Service Award
from the Pennsylvania Library Association in 1985. And in 1988 was awarded the Ida and
George Elito Prize from the Medical Library Association of published work deemed "most
effective in furthering medical librarianship."
He has authored six books in all, including Freedom and Equality of Access to
Information: A Report to the American Library Association, in 1986, edited five others, and
writen and edited numerous articles for anthologies and the leading journals in the field.
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Sherman Elected President of Prestigious Organization
Susan R. Sherman, a professor of social welfare at the University at Albany’s School
of Social Welfare, has been elected president of the Association for Gerontology in
Higher Education, a national organization with offices in Washington, D.C.
The Association, whose membership consists of more 3,200 people from
approximately 300 institutions in the U.S. and Canada, works to foster gerontological
research and instructional programs and to influence public policy. One of its chief
goals is to provide a forum for debate of issues such as the advancement of
gerontology as a field of study in higher education, educational opportunities for
older people, and the education of society about aging. As president, Sherman will
help to set the policy of the Association, oversee their numerous committees and plan
the annual meeting. The Association holds conferences, produces publications and
works with educators and researchers, thus providing leadership on policies and
issues related to higher education for institutions, organizations, and individuals
concerned about aging.
Sherman, who is the campus representative of the National Committee for
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Gerontology in Social Work Education, has served as president of the New York State
Association of Gerontological Educators. She has also conducted studies on
environments for the elderly and recently published a book on adult foster care
titled "Foster Families for Adults: A Community Alternative in Long-Term Care." In
addition to this, she has done research on how young people view the elderly, and on
the attitudes of the elderly about aging. Sherman currently serves as a member of the
Advisory Panel for the American Association for Counseling and Development’s National
Project on Gerontological Counselor Knowledge and Skills.
Sherman says that a specific goal for the Association under her leadership is to
provide a closer link between research and higher education and training within the
field of gerontology. "This would include both the expansion of research on
educational programs and the greater dissemination of research findings on aging to
educators and to society at large," she said.
Sherman, who joined the University in 1974, earned her Ph.D. from the University
of California at Berkely. She lives in Albany with her husband Malcolm, who is a
professor of biometry and statistics in the University’s School of Public Health. Her
one year term for the Association ends June 30, 1990.
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MUNICIPAL POLICE, SHERIFFS DEPUTIES JOIN NYCPD AND STATE
POLICE AS SPECIAL FELLOWS AT CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SCHOOL IN ALBANY
The appellation, "New York's Finest," long associated with New York City
and State police officers, should rightly be expanded to include some 28,000
municipal police officers and sheriffs deputies statewide. And the reason is
that these brave officers will now have the opportunity to pursue graduate
education in their craft alongside their city and state colleagues at the
nation's finest School of Criminal Justice.
The new fellowship will enroll two sheriffs deputies and two municipal
police officers each year. The one-year, full-time program leads to a Master
of Arts degree in criminal justice. It is sponsored by the School of Criminal
Justice at the University at Albany, the Bureau for Municipal Police of the
New York State Divison of Criminal Justice Services, the New York State
Association of Chiefs of Police, the New York Sate Sheriffs' Association, the
Police Conference of New York, and Irving Kirsch and Sidney Albert, Albany
philanthropists, with the assistance of the Governor's Office of Employee
Relations.
The Bureau for Municipal Police is constantly seeking to upgrade the
educational opportunities for the law enforcement community of this State,"
said John Herritage, Deputy Commissioner for the Bureau. "This program will
not only afford sheriffs deputies and municipal police officers a well
deserved and meaningful opportunity, but all also enhance the departments and
communities from which they are chosen. We are pleased and excited to have
been instrumental in putting this program together."
Shortly after the criminal justice school was created, New York attorney
Eliot Lumbard, then special counsel to Governor Rockefeller, arranged
foundation support for the School's first and ongoing fellowship program for
New York City police offciers. Since 1985, the State Police have sent six
troopers each year for graduate study at the school.
“Police officers are increasingly educated and eager for further study,”
School Dean David Duffee said. "At the graduate level they are among our
brightest and, surely, best motivated students -- the type of students who
offer their teachers and classmates a tast of the real world."
“In return, we offer them an exposure to the most sophisticated
analytical tools of the social scientist. A veteran team of scholars --
attorneys, psychologists, sociologist, political scientists and criminologists
-- try to teach their students all they know about their respective fields.
We hope that our graduates will attain a broader level of competence than that
possessed by any one of us. We are proud to host the municipal police
officers and sheriffs deputies, truly New York's Finest.”
Deputies and police officers having five years of service, possessing a
bachelors degree with a 3.0 graduate point average, the positive endorsement
of their supervisors, and the willingness to return to line service for at
least five years after their schooling may apply through their regional
training directors or through the Bureau for Municipal Police.
The University ‘at Albany will provde tuition scholarships for the
deputies and officers; the statewide Police Chiefs Association, the Sheriffs'
Association, and the Police Conference will pay their utilities; and their
home departments will provide leave with pay. The final component of the
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program was completed when Irving Kirsch, Albany attorney, and Sidney Albert,
donated furnished apartments for the use of the officers while they are
studying in Albany.
"This effort by Mr. Kirsch and Mr. Albert, SUNY, the law enforcement
associations and local police agencies embodies the kind of private/public
sector cooperation that will allow New York State to remain at the national
forefront when it comnes to educating its police officers," added Deputy
Commissioner Herritage.
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AUTHOR JONATHAN KOZOL TO TALK ON SEPTEMBER 2
Jonathan Kozol, award winning author on homelessness and illiteracy, will
speak on his latest book Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America at
4 p.m. on Saturday, September 2, in the gymnasium of the University at Albany.
Kozol’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is part of a scholarly
introduction to university life for the incoming freshman class.
Each freshman has received a copy of Kozol’s book and a collection of short
stories about South Africa called Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer as
required readings during the summer before their matriculation at the University.
Earlier Saturday groups of 25 freshmen will discuss the books at seminars lead by
faculty members. Regular classes at the University at Albany begin on Wednesday,
September 5.
Kozol is an educator and author who has been concerned with the care and
education of children for 25 years. His latest book, Rachel and Her Children, was
first published in 1988 after originally appearing in The New Yorker Magazine.
It describes the plight of ordinary families forced onto the streets because
of the lack of affordable housing in virtually every city of the country. A
serious illness wiped out one women’s savings and detroyed her marriage. She lost
her home and family and sleeps on Miami Beach. Her story and the story of scores
of others are reported by Kozol.
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"One would need a heart of stone not to be moved by ... Jonathan Kozol’s
latest book," said Christopher Lehmann-Haupt in the New York Times. "He shows how
almost anyone can fall into the bottomless bureacratic trap that awaits the
homeless."
Kozol won the National Book Award for Death at an Early Age. Nadine Gordimer
will be at the University on October 5 for a reading from her work.
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WALKER SELECTED FOR DOE PANEL
Bailus Walker, Jr., Professor of Environmental Health and Toxicology at the School
of Public Health at the University of Albany, has been selected to an independent
advisory committee which will advise the U.S. Department of Energy in its research
program into the human health effects of energy generation.
The nine-member panel will assess the department’s epidemiology research program.
It will evaluate the department’s health and mortality study of current and former
employees and contract employees involved in energy generation at DOE facilities. The
panel will also review the joint U.S./Japanese prroject which is tracking the
physiological effects of radiation on the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki
bombings.
Bailus Walker is immediate past president of the 50,000-member American Public
Health Association. He was commissioner of public health for Massachusetts and state
director of public health for Michigan.
A member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Enhancing the Practice of
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Walker is a contributing editor for the New
England Journal of Medicine and a member of the Study Group on Cancer Prevention for
the National Cancer Institute.
Kristine Gebbie, administrator of the Oregon Public Health Division, will chair the
nine member panel. Others are Molly Coye, New Jersey commissioner of health; Mark
Cullen of Yale University’s School of Medicine; Clark Heath, Jr. of the American Cancer
Society; Mark Rothstein of the University of Huston Law Center; Michael Silverstein of
the United Automobile Workers; Lee Stauffer of the University of Minnesota school of
public health; and Thomas Vernon of the Colorado department of health.
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Note to Assignment Editors:
More than 2,000 freshmen and new transfer students will arrive at the
University at Albany on Friday, September 1. A special welcoming tent, sponsored
by the alumni association, the Purple and Gold honorary service society, and the
University Auxilary Services, will be offer refreshments and a chance for the
campus community to greet new students and their parents. It will be set up from 9
a.m.-4 p.m. next to Oneida Hall in the Indian Quadrangle, nearest the University
pond.
The traditional opening convocation and candlelight cermony will begin at 7:30
p.m. in front of the Campus Center.
Regular classes begin on Wednesday, September 6,
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Geologist to Discuss New York's Mines and Mineral Resources at the
Next Public Science Lecture at Whiteface Mountain
Where have all the minerals gone?
Donald Potter, professor emeritus of geology at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY,
will present a history of mines and ore deposits in New York state on Tuesday, August 15,
at the University at Albany’s Whiteface Mountain Field Station.
Part of the Summer Public Science Lecture Series, Potter’s presentation will feature
slides of some of the state’s operating mines, including the Retsof Salt Mine near Geneseo
in western New York; and the Gore Mountain Garnet Mine, the Balmet Zinc Mine and the
Benson Iron Mine, all in the Adirondacks. The lecture, which is free and open to the
public, will begin at 8 p.m. at the field station located on Memorial Highway in
Wilmington, N.Y.
The science lectures are sponsored by the University’s Atmospheric Sciences
Research Center and are organized by well-known area meteorologist Ray Falconer. An
illustrated report on the latest weather conditions begins each lecture.
Donations to sustain the Public Science Lecture Series may be made to the
University Fund at Albany, "Attention: Ray Falconer Fund." Donations are tax deductible.
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Revolutionary Artist is Subject of Book by University At Albany Professor
Warren Roberts, a professor of history at the University at Albany, has published his
third book titled "Jacques-Louis David, Revolutionary Artist." In his new book, he
tells of the life and times of the famous artist and draws conclusions that both the
historian and the art historian will appreciate.
Roberts’ book takes us back to the ancien regime, the French Revolution and
Napoleon, the period in which David (1748-1825), lived. This was an important and
traumatic time for France and it had a profound effect on David. The finest artist of
his generation, he achieved fame and success under the monarchy. Yet he became a
revolutionary and terrorist who signed the death warrants for Louis XVI and
Marie-Antoinette. As artistic dictator of France he organized public festivals to
muster support for the Revolution. At the end of the Revolution he was imprisoned,
but unlike many of his political allies, he was not executed. He became Napoleon’s
leading court painter and was banished from France after the Battle of Waterloo.
The difference between this and the other books written about David is that
instead of simply discussing the work of the artist, Roberts gives the reader some
insight into his inner life by discussing the connection between politics, the
culture of France, and David’s artistic creations. Roberts examines the relationship
between David’s politics and his art from the beginning of his remarkable career to
the bitter end, which he spent in exile. Throughout an active career of fifty years,
his art is a record of the revolutionary changes that coincided with his lifetime.
Roberts received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California at
Berkeley. He has been at the University at Albany since 1963 and was appointed
Distinguished Teaching Professor in 1984. His field is 17th and 18th century European
cultural and intellectual history and both in teaching and his written work he is
particularly interested in relationships between history and the arts. He has taught
a course of art, music and history and has published articles on "Hedonism in
Eighteenth-Century French Literature and Paintings" and "Politics and the Arts in
France and England."
He is also interested in the arts in Albany. He has given lectures in two series
organized by his wife, Anne Roberts, on Experiencing Albany and the Historic Churches
and Synagogues of Albany. Roberts also has presented lectures on the Tiffany windows
in Albany and Troy and he has directed architectural walking tours of Albany.
In addition to the book on Jacques-Louis David, Roberts is the author of
"Morality and Social Class in Eighteenth-Century French Literature and Painting" and
"Jane Austen and the French Revolution."
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University at Albany Student Wins Prestigious Scholarship ,
A 33-year-old sophomore at the University at Albany has been selected as one ‘of
the top science and mathematics undergraduates nationwide by the Barry M. Goldwater
Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The Foundation awarded Jonathan
Garhart its 1989 Goldwater Scholarship which will provide support for his junior and
senior years and was established to honor former Sen. Goldwater. It is intended to
promote and inspire excellence in science and mathematics. This is the first year
these awards have been distributed.
The awards were initiated by former Sen, Goldwater because of his concern that
the U.S. could suffer a shortage in science and math experts if something was not
done to motivate students, according to Wannie Spence, administrative assistant for
the foundation, Congress and the president agreed to pledge $40 million for the
program.
The scholarships cover the cost of tuition, books, and room and board up to
$7,000 which will be adequate for all costs at a State University of New York campus
such as Albany. The awards are given to students who plan to pursue a career in
mathematics and the natural sciences. There are 106 winners each year with only two
winners for each state and territory.
Jonathan Garhart, the winner of the scholarship, is a native of-Oneonta. He was a
student at Bennington College for two ‘years immediately following high school. After
Bennington, he found work as a self-employed cabinet maker and a heating consultant.
Garhart also has done volunteer work as an emergency medical technician.
He returned to his studies three years ago with a few courses at SUNY’s College
in Oneonta before enrolling full-time at Albany as a physics major. Although still
just a sophomore, Garhart is heavily involved in research on the fabrication of
microelectronic materials with a research group headed by Dr, Alain Kaloyeros, a
physics professor at the University. "My current lab experience as well as my
background in design and construction have strengthened my motivation to do
experimental work and share my knowledge through education," Garhart said.
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Adirondack Wildlife aisle Lynx Restoration to Close Out
Summer Public Science Lecture Series at Whiteface Mountain
An illustrated talk on the Adirondack Wildlife Program, including the Canada lynx
restoration project, will wrap up the 1989 Summer Public Science Lecture Series at the
University at Albany’s Whiteface Mountain Field Station. Rainer Brocke, co-director of the
Adirondack Wildlife Program and an associate professor at the State University of New
York College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse will give an update on
efforts to restore the lynx to the Adirondack High Peaks Region. The Canada lynx, a close
relative of the bobcat, once occupied an area that included northern New York state.
The lecture, the last in the seven-lecture series, is at 8 p.m. Tuesday, August 22, at
the field station located on Memorial Highway in Wilmington, N.Y. It is free and open to
the public.
Sponsored by the University at Albany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, the
lecture series is organized by well-known area meteorologist Ray Falconer. An illustrated
report on the latest weather conditions begins each lecture.
Donations to sustain the Public Science Lecture Series may be made to the
University Fund at Albany, "Attention: Ray Falconer Fund." Donations are tax deductible,
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INFORMATION SCIENCE PIONEER HEADS NEW ALBANY PROGRAM
Thomas J. Galvin, executive director of the American Library Association and formerly ©
| dean and professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of
Pittsburgh, will join the faculty of Rockefeller College of the University at Albany this fall,
as professor and director of a new interdisciplinary doctoral program in Information Science
The appointment of Galvin, recently named one of 16 "field-wide leaders" in a national
study of the information sciences and library profession conducted at Rutgers University,
was announced by University at Albany President Vincent O’Leary.
"Professor Galvin’s appointment to head the new Ph.D. program in Information Science,"
O'Leary said, "is a major accomplishment of the Graduate Education and Research
Initiative. Three years ago we told you we were going to make a major thrust in the area of
information sciences. This appointment is a direct result of that commitment. But it would
not have been possible without the continuing support of Governor Cuomo, the legislature
and Chancellor Johnstone for the Graduate Initiative."
Galvin characterized Albany’s new doctoral program as “having the potential for
national and international distinction." Albany, he said, "has impressive faculty strength in
both theoretical and applied information studies and a unique focus on the public sector as
an arena for applied problem-centered research."
Warren Ilchman, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, said, "There can be no
doubt in anyone’s mind that our new found ability to store, organize and retrieve massive
amounts of data presents us with incredible opportunities for the enrichment of society. But
it also offers a challenge to our fundamental rights of privacy. Dr. Galvin’s appointment
and the launching of the new interdisciplinary Ph.D. means that Albany will be an even
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Information Science, the new Ph.D. program will involve collaboration among several
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Information Science and Policy & Public Administration. The first students are expected to
enroll in the fall of 1990,
"With the appointment of Dr. Galvin, the innovative quality of the program and a
person of vision and experience unite," said Dr. Richard Nathan, provost of Rockefeller
College. "Having been a pioneer in information science, both in print and in the
development of an innovative school, Dr. Galvin arrives with a clear understanding of the
dynamic nature of this expanding field."
Thomas J. Galvin graduated with distinction in the field of English from Columbia
College of Columbia University in 1954, He went on to get his masters in Library Science
from Simmons College in Boston and his Ph.D. in Library & Information Science from Case
Western Reserve University, whose Distinguished Alumni Award he received in 1979,
He served on the faculty at Simmons from 1957 through 1974, twice serving one year
terms as acting director of its School of Library Science and serving as its assoicate director
the last two years of his tenure. From 1977 to 1985 he was dean and professor of the School
of Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh, and then assumed his
present position as Executive Director of the American Library Assoication, located in
Chicago, Ill.
Among his many honors, Galvin, along with co-author Allen Kent, received in 1979
American Society for Information Science Award for his book, Structure and Governance of
Library Networks: Issues for Consideration. He was given the Distinguished Service Award
from the Pennsylvania Library Association in 1985, And in 1988 was awarded the Ida and
George Elito Prize from the Medical Library Association of published work deemed "most
effective in furthering medical librarianship."
He has authored six books in all, including Freedom and Equality of Access to
Information: A Report to the American Library Association, in 1986, edited five others, and
writen and edited numerous articles for anthologies and the leading journals in the field.
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Sherman Elected President of Prestigious Organization
Susan R. Sherman, a professor of social welfare at the University at Albany’s School
of Social Welfare, has been elected president of the-Association for Gerontology in
Higher Education, a national organization with offices in Washington, D.C.
The Association, whose membership consists of more 3,200 people from
approximately 300 institutions in the U.S. and Canada, works to foster gerontological
research and instructional programs and to influence public policy. One of its chief
goals is to provide a forum for debate of issues such as the advancement of
gerontology as a field of study in higher education, educational opportunities for
older people, and the education of society about aging. As president, Sherman will
help to set the. policy of the Association, oversee their numerous committees and plan
the annual meeting. The Association holds conferences, produces publications and
works with educators and researchers, thus providing leadership on policies and
issues related to higher education for institutions, organizations, and individuals
concerned about aging.
Sherman, who is the campus representative of the National Committee for
Gerontology in Social Work Education, has served as president of the New York State
Association of Gerontological Educators, She has also conducted studies on
environments for the elderly and recently published a book on adult foster care
titled "Foster Families for Adults: A Community Alternative in Long-Term Care," In
addition to this, she has done research on how young people view the elderly, and on
the attitudes of the elderly about aging. Sherman currently serves as a member of the
Advisory Panel for the American Association for Counseling and Development’s National
Project on Gerontological Counselor Knowledge and Skills.
Sherman says that a specific goal for the Association under her leadership is to
provide a closer link between research and higher education and training within the
field of gerontology. "This would include both the expansion of research on
educational programs and the greater dissemination of research findings on aging to
educators and to society at large," she said,
Sherman, who joined the University in 1974, earned her Ph.D. from the University
of California at Berkely. She lives in Albany with her husband Malcolm, who isa
professor of biometry and statistics in the University’s School of Public Health. Her
one year term for the Association ends June 30, 1990,
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MUNICIPAL POLICE, SHERIFFS DEPUTIES JOIN NYCPD AND STATE
POLICE AS SPECIAL FELLOWS AT CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SCHOOL IN ALBANY
The appellation, "New York's Finest," long associated with New York City
and State police officers, should rightly be expanded to include some 28,000
Municipal police officers and sheriffs deputies statewide. And the reason is
that these brave officers will now have the opportunity to pursue graduate
education in their craft alongside their city and state colleagues at the
nation's finest School of Criminal Justice.
The new fellowship will enroll two sheriffs deputies and two municipal
police officers each year. The one-year, full-time program leads to a Master
of Arts degree in criminal justice. It is sponsored by the School of Criminal
Justice at the University at Albany, the Bureau for Municipal Police of the
New York State Divison of Criminal Justice Services, the New York State
Association of Chiefs of Police, the New York Sate Sheriffs’ Association, the
Police Conference of New York, and Irving Kirsch and Sidney Albert, Albany
philanthropists, with the assistance of the Governor's Office of Employee
Relations.
The Bureau for Municipal Police is constantly seeking to upgrade the
educational opportunities for the law enforcement community of this State,"
said John Herritage, Deputy Commissioner for the Bureau. "This program will
not only afford sheriffs deputies and municipal police officers a well
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deserved and meaningful opportunity, but all also enhance the departments and
communities from which they are chosen. We are pleased and excited to have
been instrumental in putting this program together."
Shortly after the criminal justice school was created, New York attorney
Eliot Lumbard, then special counsel to Governor Rockefeller, arranged
foundation support for the School's first and ongoing fellowship program for
New York City police offciers. Since 1985, the State Police have sent six
troopers each year for graduate study at the school.
“Police officers are increasingly educated and eager for further study,"
School Dean David Duffee said. "At the graduate level they are among our
brightest and, surely, best motivated students -~- the type of students who
offer their teachers and classmates a tast of the real world."
"In return, we offer them an exposure to the most sophisticated
analytical tools of the social scientist. A veteran team of scholars --
attorneys, psychologists, sociologist, political scientists and criminologists
-- try to teach their students all they know about their respective fields.
We hope that our graduates will attain a broader level of competence than that
possessed by any one of us. We are proud to host the municipal police
officers and sheriffs deputies, truly New York's Finest."
Deputies and police officers having five years of service, possessing a
bachelors degree with a 3.0 graduate point average, the positive endorsement
of their supervisors, and the willingness to return to line service for at
least five years after their schooling may apply through their regional
training directors or through the Bureau for Municipal Police.
The University at Albany will provde tuition scholarships for the
deputies and officers; the statewide Police Chiefs Association, the Sheriffs‘
Association, and the Police Conference will pay their utilities; and their
home departments will provide leave with pay. The final component of the
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program was completed when Irving Kirsch, Albany attorney, and Sidney Albert,
donated furnished apartments for the use of the officers while they are
studying in Albany.
“This effort by Mr. Kirsch and Mr. Albert, SUNY, the law enforcement
1 associations and local police agencies embodies the kind of private/public
sector cooperation that will allow New York State to remain at the national
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AUTHOR JONATHAN KOZOL TO TALK ON SEPTEMBER 2
Jonathan Kozol, award winning author on homelessness and illiteracy, will
speak on his latest book Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America at
4 p.m. on Saturday, September 2, in the gymnasium of the University at Albany.
: Kozol’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is part of a scholarly
introduction to university life for the incoming freshman class.
i Each freshman has received a copy of Kozol’s book and a collection of short
stories about South Africa called Something Out There by Nadine Gordimer as
required readings during the summer before their matriculation at the University,
‘ Earlier Saturday groups of 25 freshmen will discuss the books at seminars lead by
faculty members. Regular classes at the University at Albany begin on Wednesday,
September 5,
Kozol is an educator and author who has been concerned with the care and
I education of children for 25 years. His latest book, Rachel and Her Children, was
first published in 1988 after originally appearing in The New Yorker Magazine.
It describes the plight of ordinary families forced onto the streets because
of the lack of affordable housing in virtually every city of the country. A
serious illness wiped out one women’s savings and detroyed her marriage. She lost
her home and family and sleeps on Miami Beach. Her story and the story of scores
of others are reported by Kozol.
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"One would need a heart of stone not to be moved by ... Jonathan Kozol’s
latest book," said Christopher Lehmann-Haupt in the New York Times. "He shows how
almost anyone can fall into the bottomless bureacratic trap that awaits the
homeless."
Kozol won the National Book Award for Death at an Early Age. Nadine Gordimer
will be at the University on October 5 for a reading from her work.
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WALKER SELECTED FOR DOE PANEL
Bailus Walker, Jr., Professor of Environmental Health and Toxicology at the School
of Public Health at the University of Albany, has been selected to an independent
advisory committee which will advise the U.S. Department of Energy in its research
program into the human health effects of energy generation.
The nine-member panel will assess the department’s epidemiology research program.
It will evaluate the department’s health and mortality study of current and former
employees and contract employees involved in energy generation at DOE facilities. The
panel will also review the joint US./Japanese prroject which is tracking the
physiological effects of radiation on the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki
bombings,
Bailus Walker is immediate past president of the 50,000-member American Public
Health Association. He was commissioner of public health for Massachusetts and state
director of public health for Michigan,
A member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Enhancing the Practice of
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Walker is a contributing editor for the New
England Journal of Medicine and a member of the Study Group on Cancer Prevention for
the National Cancer Institute.
i Kristine Gebbie, administrator of the Oregon Public Health Division, will chair the
nine member panel, Others are Molly Coye, New Jersey commissioner of health; Mark
Cullen of Yale University’s School of Medicine; Clark Heath, Jr. of the American Cancer
Society; Mark Rothstein of the University of Huston Law Center; Michael Silverstein of
i the United Automobile Workers; Lee Stauffer of the University of Minnesota school of
public health; and Thomas Vernon of the Colorado department of health.
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Note to Assignment Editors:
More than 2,000 freshmen and new transfer students will arrive at the
University at Albany on Friday, September 1. A special welcoming tent, sponsored
by the alumni association, the Purple and Gold honorary service society, and the
University Auxilary Services, will be offer refreshments and a chance for the
campus community to greet new students and their parents. It will be set up from 9
a.m.-4 p.m. next to Oneida Hall in the Indian Quadrangle, nearest the University
pond,
The traditional opening convocation and candlelight cermony will begin at 7:30
p.m, in front of the Campus Center,
Regular classes begin on Wednesday, September 6,
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