H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, Director, Information Services
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Paul B. Pettit, chairman of the department of theater at State University of
New York at Albany, will be on leave from the university for the academic year
1971-72 to serve as Visiting University Fellow and director of program develop-
ment in the fine arts for the newly-established Empire State College. The
announcement of his new post was made jointly by Empire State College, part of
State University of New York, and State University of New York at Albany.
Arthur W, Chickering, vice president for academic affairs at Empire State
College, said that Dr, Pettit would be spending a year in developing programs
for students in the fine arts at the college where students will earn degrees with-
out attending traditional, structured classroom sessions at a specific campus. He
will be responsible for developing self-study materials which students can use on
their own in consultation with faculty members at the learning centers. Additionally,
he will be engaged in identifying community resources and regional professional
organizations concerned with the arts such as museums, community theater
groups, theater activities at other institutions, and local artists with whom students
may work or with whom they may affiliate to have kinds of direct experiences which
w ould enlarge and enrich their academic studies.
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working in cooperation with faculty members at the coordinating center at Saratoga
Springs and at the! learning centers in Albany, Rochester, and Westchester county
as those centers get underway. "Dr. Pettit's extensive regional, national, and inter-
national experience with the performing arts as well as his service as teacher and
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planner enable him to bring to us a background especially valuable in this period of
development of Empire State College."
In the view of Dr. Pettit, Empire State College "could very well prove to be one
of the most significant developments of the decade in American education,"' He con-
tinued, "Its goals of attempting to place individual and societal needs into a viable
balance; of recognizing experience, itself, as a teacher; and of making available the
opportunity for higher education to those highly motivated students, whose objectives
cannot now best be met by the traditional campus are imaginative, stimulating, and
uniquely applicable to the fine arts. I am honored by the invitation from Empire
State College to join its staff for this year of planning and development and deeply
appreciate the cooperation of the Albany campus which has enabled me to accept
the invitation."
Dr. Pettit, founder of the State University Arena Summer Theatre, has been a
member of the Albany faculty since 1947. He has served as president of the Albany
League of Art, Inc., as theater adviser tothe New York State Council on the Arts,
and as a member of the advisory boards of the New York State Community Theater
Association and the Albany Institute of History and Art. Recently he was admitted
to ''Who's Who in America".
In 1967 Dr. Pettit took part in the Prague Quadrennialof Theater Design and
Architecture and also presented a paper at the Second Hellenic Week of Contemporary
Music as a guest of the Greek government. Last year he attended an international
Conference on theater for children and youth in Venice, Italy, and also was the
guest of the Hungarian government at a theater festival in Budapest. He has served
as American director of the summer seminar on British theater being sponsored for
the third year by the Association for Cultural Exchange andSUNYA. Dr. Pettit leaves
Aug. 2 to participate in the seminar currently underway.
Jeiooiok doloaisioiooisiok July 29, 1971
Statement by John W. Hartley, vice president for management and planning:
"It is the university's feeling that the article in today's Albany
Times-Union, bylined by Victor Ostrowidzki, brings up issues
that have for the most part already been resolved. The period
covered by the report ended three years ago, Many of the
exceptions -- and I underscore that they are exceptions to
standard audit procedures and not accusations -- have been
corrected. We have made replies to the auditor's reports.
Most of the exceptions have been reconciled and that is a
matter of record,"
August 2, 1971 z
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H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, Director, Information Services
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
i FE Ww $ OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
IMMEDIATE
Jerome Eckstein, chairman of the Judaic studies department at
State University of New York at Albany, will teach a course in American
Jewish philosophy Tuesday evenings during the fallsemester. Studied
will be Jewish philosophy as it has developed in the 20th Century in
the United States.
Community residents desiring to attend are advised that the
registration date is August 28. The course (JST 330) can be taken
for credit or audit.
Classes for the three-hour credit course will be held from
7 to 9:30 p.m. beginning August 31.
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August 6, 1971
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Earl G. Droessler, vice president for research at State University
of New York at Albany, in national competition has won a travel support
grant from the National Science Foundation, arranged through the
American Meteorological Society. The grant will support his attendance
at the First International Conference on Weather Modification to be held
in Canberra, Australia, from September 6 through September 11,
under the sponsorship of the Australian Academy of Science and the
American Meteorological Society,
Dr. Droessler has been chosen to lead the American delegation,
expected to total about 40 participants. In addition to chairing one
of the scientific sessions, he will present a paper entitled, "Inter-
national Aspects of Weather Modification Research."
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Professor Viktor S. Vavilov of Moscow State University and the P.N.
Lebedev Institute will be spending the week of August 9-13 as a guest of
Professor James W. Corbett of the physics department at State University
of New York at Albany.
Professor Vavilov is in this country for a month on an official exchange
between the Academy of Science of the U.S.A. and that of the U.S.S.R.
He will spend his time at SUNYA with Professor Carbett and will visit
Dr. George Watkins at the General Electric Co, Research and Development
Center and also Professor John Corelli at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
The distinguished Russian solid state physicist is from a family of
distinguished Soviet scientists. His father, Sergei, was president of the
Soviet Academy of Sciences for a number of years and his uncle, Nicolai,
was a distinguished geneticist. The brothers were recognized by having a
large crater on the back side of the moon named for them.
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IMMEDIATE
Grants totaling $642,047 were received for sponsored research and sponsored
programs by State University of New York at Albany during July, according to a report
from the office of Earl G. Droessler, vice president for research.
Funds were awarded by Albany County Youth Bureau, Agency for International
Development, Herman Frasch Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National
Institute of Mental Health, National Science Foundation, Office of Civil Defense
(Department of Army), NYS Office of Crime Control Planning, Research Corporation,
State Education Department, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, U.S.
Department of Commerce, U.S.Department of Transportation, and the U. S. Office
of Education,
The five grants for sponsored research were awarded to Michael J. Hindelang,
criminal justice, 'Situational Influences on the Delinquent Act", $44,084; Paul
Pimsleur, education, 'Modality Endowment in Foreign Language Learning", $26, 816;
James T. Tedeschi, psychology, ''Social Influence and Verbal Reinforcement", $2, 346;
ion H. Toch, criminal justice, "Research on Violence Prevention by Police'', $107, 784,
and ''Self-Destruction Among Prison Inmates", $75, 332. The total for sponsored
research was $255, 362.
Nine grants for sponsored programs were made. Recipients were Paul C.
Boomsliter, speech pathology, 'Increasing Language Skills in Hearing'', $3,500, and
"Preparation of Professional Personnel in the Education of the Handicapped", $21, 200;
John Ether, education, ''Teacher Corps Pre-Service Training Program", $119, 612,
and "Summer and Continuing National Institute to Train Teachers of Adult Basic
Education''$75, 000; Richard A. Myren, criminal justice, ''SUNYA Graduate Fellow-
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ships for School of Criminal Justice", $123, 000; Oliver Nikoloff, education,"'Preparation
of Professional Personnel in Education of Handicapped Children", $37, 100; William
Robbins, 2-year college programs, ‘Improving Two-Year College Counseling Services
for Students Transferring to Various Institutions", $33,323; Paul Saimond, graduate
studies, ''Predoctoral Fellowship on Behalf of Mr, Barry Schlenker", $2, 600; and
Patricia Snyder, theatre, ''Theatre Arts for Young People", $1,350. The total
for sponsored programs was $416, 685.
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Nathalie Lampman, Director, Information Services
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
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NOT TO BE RELEASED BEFORE 12 NOON,
MONDAY, AUGUST 9
Earl G. Droessler, vice president for research at State University of
New York at Albany, has resigned his position to take a new post. Effective
Oct, 1 he will become administrative dean for research at North Carolina State
University at Raleigh.
President Louis T. Benezet, in a memorandum to members of the University
Council, said, 'With considerable regret yet pride in a colleague's recognition,
I must report that Earl G. Droessler has accepted the position of administrative
dean for research at North Carolina State University at Raleigh effective
October 1, 1971....1 know you will join the rest of us in due course in giving
Earl the thanks and appreciation due for a solid accomplishment during the past
five years at State University of New York at Albany, during which time our
sponsored research funds have grown from $400, 000 to $6, 000, 000."
In a statement prepared for the Tower Tribune, university community publi-
cation, Dr. Droessler commented, "After five years at SUNYA it is difficult to
leave our many friends at the university and throughout the Albany area. The
research and scholarly programs have grown by leaps and bounds during the
period, and it has been my special privilege to work with the faculty, students,
and staff engaging in the national competition for grants and contracts."
He continued, ''More recently I have found university development work
especially rewarding, and I am pleased that the SUNYA Foundation now enjoys
a modest and healthy presence on the campus. I predict that the resources
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gathered through the Foundation will become more and more vital as SUNYA con-
tinues its forward drive to become a university of first quality."
Dr. Droessler has been active in many community and professional organiza-
tions. He is vice president and treasurer of State University of New York at Albany
Foundation, Inc.; chairman of the board of governors of the Hudson River Club; a
co-founder of the Capital District Research Directors Club which he served as
chairman; and a trustee of Dudley Observatory.
The SUNYA official, who came to Albany in 1966, formerly was head of the
Atmospheric Sciences Section of the National Science Foundation, a position he held
for eight years. He is a member of the board of trustees of the University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research, a national group of 31 member uniyer-
sities, and chairman of the Weather Modification Committee of the American
Meteorological Society. In 1963-64 Dr. Droessler was Visiting Research Fellow
at the Radiophysics Laboratory, University of Sydney, Australia,
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August 6, 1971
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, Director, Information Services
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
i E uy OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
IMMEDIATE
James J. Heaphey, professor of public administration at the Graduate School
for Public Affairs, State University of New York at Albany, and director of the
university's Comparative Development Studies Center, leaves Sunday, August 15,
for Lebanon at the invitation of the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Kamel
Al Assad. His forthcoming five-day visit coincides with the announcement of a
$614, 000 grant from the United States Agency for International Developm ent in
support of a program in comparative legislative developm ent.
The Lebanese visit is an outgrowth of an analysis of the needs of the Lebanese
Parliament written by a staff member at the Comparative Development Studies
Center. Dr. Heaphey was asked to visit Lebanon to work out a program of improve-
ment based on the analysis. The project has the support of the American Ambassador
to Lebanon Dwight Porter.
The AID grant to the Comparative Development Studies Center covers a three-year
period, which began July 1, for work in the area of comparative legislative studies
and development. It resulted from a feasibility study which the center did under a
$58, 000 contract with AID during the past year. The new award is described as a
programmatic grant in two 18-month sections.
While in Lebanon, Dr. Heaphey will discuss, in meetings with the Speaker of the
Parliament, possible projects in legislative development. Explored will be a variety
of areas preliminary to identifying problems and selecting areas responsive to study.
Technical assistance may take the form of workshops and seminars to be held at
Lebanon. The latter would be designed to be self-sustaining. There may also be
internship programs at the Comparative Development Studies Center. Additionally,
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a monograph will be prepared. Part of the philosophy of the AID grant is the premise
that legislatures are basic to democratic functioning of government.
Dr. Heaphey, in commenting on the grant, pointed out that it is most unusual for
a university to receive a grant to proceed in the study of a new area of political
development. He stressed that the project is ''very experimental!’ and that pro-
cedures involve practical projects, the effects of which can be watched, evaluated,
and adjusted. The center's director added, ''We are interested in developing
analytical tools with which to better understand the function of legislative staff in
decision-making. We look for the relationships between staffing, which is a tech-
nical problem, and decision-m aking,and the effects of those decisions on society
as a whole."
Continued Dr. Heaphey, "It is a growing program that is starting with a few
countries and the degree to which we are invited to those countries and other countries
is a measure of our success."
Following completion of the AID-supported feasibility study, the agency advised
the Comparative Development Studies Center that it was ''the clear consensus of the
American Society for Public Administration advisory committee, which included
representatives of a score of U. S. universities and professional bodies, that State
University of New York at Albany was felt by far the most appropriate choice of
institutions to carry out this project. Subsequently, dealings with SUNYA through
its Comparative Development Studies Center have tended to confirm its predom-
inance in staff resources with the requisite pragmatic orientation and academic
experience in the legislative development field."
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The activities of the next three years are viewed as the first stage in the reali-
zation of a worldwide institute for legislative development to be financed by a variety
of sources, The institute will be a documentation center, run training programs,
and conduct research in the legislative process.
Dr. Heaphey, who joined the SUNYA faculty in 1966, received his formal education
at Western Reserve University and at the University of California at Berkeley where
he received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy.
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August 12, 1971
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, Director, Information Services
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
Fs EW OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
IMMEDIATE
Ruth A. Schmidt, associate professor of Romance languages, State University
of New York at Albany, has been appointed associate dean of humanities at the univer-
sity by President Louis T. Benezet upon the recommendation of the search committee
and with the support of Vice President for Academic Affairs Phillip L. Sirotkin.
Kathleen Kendall, associate professor of rhetoric and public address, and
Edward P. Cowley, Jr., chairman of the art department, served as co-chairmen of
the search committee which has held regular meetings since May. Other faculty
members on the committee were Alberto J.Carlos, Romance languages; Joel A.
Chadabe, music; Robert A. Donovan, English; Harold Morick, philosophy; and
John M. Spalek, chairman of department of Germanic languages and literature and
department of Slavic studies. Others on the committee were music major Paul
Sadowski, and Philip Rice and Natalie Woodall, graduate students.
Dr. Schmidt joined the Albany university faculty in 1962 as assistant professor
of Romance languages and was promoted to associate professor four years ago. She
received a Bachelor of Arts in English, summa cum laude, from Augsburg College,
Minneapolis, Minn.; a Master of Arts in Spanish from the University of Missouri;
and a Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish from the University of Illinois.
The newly-appointed dean has received many academic and professional honors,
including fellowships and grants, and has done considerable research in her field,
reports of which have been published. Her most recent published article is ''Second-
Class Citizenship in the Kingdom of God'', which appeared in the January 1971 edition
of Christianity Today. Currently she is preparing articles on the portrayal of women
in the 19th Century Spanish fiction in Insolacion, La Regenta, and Tormento.
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At SUNYA Professor Schmidt serves on the University Senate. She also was a
member of its predecessor, Faculty Senate, and was on its executive committee.
Additionally, she has served on the Student Affairs Council, ad hoc committee of the
Graduate Council to study advanced graduate programs, on the Student Association's
Central Council, Student Conduct Committee, curriculum committee of the Under-
graduate Academic Council, and Humanities Self-Evaluation Committee for the
Middle States Report. She is a member of the university's Committee on Equal
Employment for Women and chairwoman of the Humanities Committee for Academic
Development.
Dr. Schmidt, who is a native of Mountain Lake, Minn., now makes her home in
Albany. She previously taught at Detroit Lakes, —" , High School, University
of Missouri, Mary Baldwin College, and the University of Illinois. Her professional
association memberships include Modern Langauge Association, American Association
of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, and American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages.
STR IRIE IE
August 12, 1971
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, Director, Information Services
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
a E Ui S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
IMMEDIATE
Leonard V. Gordon of the School of Education, State University of New York at
Albany, was a participant in the six-day NATO Symposium on Leadership and Manage -
ment Appraisal held in Brussels this month. The symposium, attended by a represent-
ation of sociologists, psychologists and educators from the several NATO countries,
was concerned with recent development in leadership theory and research and associated
problems of assessing performance at managerial and administrative levels.
Two weeks prior to the symposium, Dr. Gordon served as senior research con-
sultant to the Independent Research and Assessment Centre which is developing new
selection procedures for Sandhurst and Mons, the sources of all British army
officer procurement. He also was a speaker at a personnel and guidance dinner
meeting in London, discussing the relationship between values and vocational interests.
Additionally, while abroad, Dr. Gordon attended the International Congress of
Applied Psychology in Liege, and met with Professor Jean Stoetzel, director of
the French Institute of Public Opinion, in Paris. Professor Stoetzel had expressed
an interest in exploring the methodological techniques in attitude, and political
image research that had been previously been developed in the SUNYA program
for Behavioral Research.
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August 18, 1971
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Nathalie Lampman, Director, Information Services
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
N EW S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
IMMEDIATE
Marya Tamara Brooks Knell, who is presently in Europe conducting the M ount
Holyoke Chamber Singers on an eight-country tour, later this month will join the
music department of State University of New York at Albany as assistant professor.
Mrs. Knell has had wide professional experience and has been the recipient of
both academic and professional honors and awards. For the past four years she has
been choral director and assistant professor of music at Mount Holyoke College.
In 1964 the musician received a Bachelor of Science in music, with piano her
specialization, from Juilliard School of Music. Two years later she earned her
Master of Science in conducting from Juilliard, While working for her master's
degree, Mrs. Knell was a teaching fellow at the school.
Two years ago the new SUNYA faculty member conducted 38 concerts with
Mount Holyoke Chamber Singers in five European countries. Also she has conducted
numerous choral concerts in cities throughout the East and Midwest.
Concert reviewers in Greece have been unanimous in their praise of the Mount
Holyoke Chamber Singer's performance during the 1971 Athens Festival and of Mrs.
Knell's conducting. Wrote one, 'An excellent example of the high quality standards
achieved by the choral tradition in American universities. Its conductor, Tamara
Knell, directs with a highly effective mixture of rhythmical verve and plasticity.
...She has taught her girls how to sing clearly, softly, sensitively, bringing out
the inner play of rhythm and expression of every piece.'' Commented another,
"Under the direction of a really inspired young conductor, the graceful young
American girls actually 'make art', the kind of art that has the grip of truth, of
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gentleness and spirituality, of an intense attachment to treating details with sincerity,
and of ethic quality.""
Honors received by Mrs. Knell include the Frank Damrosch Memorial Prize
in Conducting, Juilliard School Fellowship in conducting, and Juilliard School
fellowship in piano. For a four-year period she received Mount Holyoke College
faculty grants for research in women's choral music toward publication of a
select list. Other honors include the National Arts Club Fellowship in piano,
Juilliard School scholarship in piano, Manhattanville College scholarship,
Juilliard Preparatory Division scholarship, Halsted School scholarship, Music
Education League prize, and National Federation of Music Clubs prize.
DDRII ICI I a
August 18, 1971
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, Director, Information Services
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
i EW OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
IMMEDIATE
The dedication of the Nuclear Accelerator Laboratory located at the basement of
the northeast corner of the academic podium State University of New York at Albany
will take place Monday afternoon, August 23. It will be dedicated to the pursuit of
advanced studies and scholarship in the sciences at the university.
Taking part in the ceremony, to begin at 5 p.m., will be SUNYA President Louis
T. Benezet; Vice President for Research Earl G. Droessler; Benjamin E. Chi,
chairman of the department of physics; Jagadish B. Garg, director of the Nuclear
Accelerator Laboratory; Kennard H. Morganstern, president of Radiation Dynamics;
and the guest of honor, Eugene P, Wigner, 1963 Nobel Laureate and professor of
physics, Princeton University.
A joint reception for guests of the physics department and for participants at the
International Conference on Statistical Properties of Nuclei, to be held on the campus
next week, will be held following the ceremony,
The Nuclear Accelerator Laboratory houses the Dynamitron Accelerator, manu-
factured by Radiation Dynamics of Long Island. It is a direct-current, high voltage
generator of improved design capable of generating a maximum voltage of 4 MV
and is the second accelerator of its type to be used for nuclear research in the
United States, The first one has been in operation at the Argonne National Laboratory.
At SUNYA the research and graduate student training program in the field of
nuclear physics already has begun with the accelerator. It is anticipated that in the
future many lines of research and independent study in other areas of basic and
applied sciences will be pursued by the faculty and students of the university.
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Dedication -- Monday, August 23, 1971
NUCLEAR ACCELERATOR LABORATORY
The Nuclear Accelerator Laboratory located at the basement of the northeast
corner of the academic podium is dedicated to the pursuit of advanced studies and
scholarship in the Sciences at the State University of New York at Albany.
The Laboratory houses the Dynamitron Accelerator, manufactured by
Radiation Dynamics of Long Island. The Accelerator was officially accepted
on April 19, 1971 as having satisfied the performance requirements. Itis a
direct current high voltage generator of a greatly improved design capable of
generating a maximum voltage of 4 MV. The Albany Accelerator is the second
accelerator of this type to be used for nuclear research in the United States.
The first one has been in operation at the Argonne National Laboratory.
The Accelerator can produce in the laboratory intense beams of energetic
particles such as protons, deutrons, alpha particles and neutrons which are the
constituents of nuclei, with variable energy from one tenth to four million electron
volts and with variable beam currents from few microamps to few milliamps. The
intense beam of these particles can thus be used to study the basic and applied pro-
perties of nuclei and atoms in many interdisciplinary fields such as physics, chem-
istry, biology, atmospheric sciences, and astronomy.
In addition to the Accelerator, the Nuclear Laboratory is equipped with assorted
instruments for the detection of gamma rays, charged particles, neutrons and x-rays
as well as with electronic circuits for the energy and time measurements. In the
near future the capability of producing nanosecond burst of energetic particles as
well as the acceleration of electrons will be added to the Accelerator.
The research and graduate student training program in the field of nuclear
physics has already begun with the Accelerator. It is anticipated that in the
future, many promising lines of research and independent study in many other
areas of basic and applied sciences will be pursued by the faculty and students
of the University as well as of other university centers and colleges within the
SUNY system.
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August 18, 1971
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, Director, Information Services
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
N EW OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
IMMEDIATE
More than 250 scientists from throughout the world will be in attendance next
week at the International Conference on Statistical Properties of Nuclei at State
University of New York at Albany, The five-day session begins Monday, Aug. 23,
under the sponsorship of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics,
American Physical Society, United States Atomic Energy Commission, National
Science Foundation, and State University of New York,
Jagadish B, Garg, professor of physics, and director of the Nuclear Accelerator
Laboratory at the university, is chairman of the conference's organizing committee.
Others on the committee are Robert C. Block and Daniel Sperber, Rensselaer Poly-
technic Institute; Herman Feshbach, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Norman
Francis, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory; W.W.Havens, Jr., Columbia University;
Norbert Rosenzweig, SUNYA and Argonne National Laboratory; and Eugene P, Wigner,
1963 Nobel Laureate and professor of physics, Princeton University. International
advisors include scientists from Italy, Canada, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
France, Australia, England, India, Denmark, Japan, and Germany.
At the introductory session of the conference Monday morning, SUNYA president
Louis T. Benezet will welcome the guests. Special speaker at the opening will be
Dr. Wigner.
Meetings devoted to the presentation of scientific papers and discussions will
continue throughout the conference. Thursday evening the conference banquet will
be held in the Campus Center ballroom, State University of New York Chancellor
Ernest L. Boyer will speak,
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At the conclusion of the conference Friday afternoon, at 2, Dr. Wigner will
chair a round-table discussion of selected topics. Participating will be Lowell
Bollinger, Argonne National Laboratory; James Rainwater, Columbia University;
K. J. LeCouteur, Australian National University; and Dr. Feshbach,
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SUNY AT ALBANY
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
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Dr. Kenneth J. Packer
University of East Anglia
Norwich, England
Speaking on
BIOPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS OF PULSED
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
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Invites You to Attend a Public Lecture on ip ret
THE RENSHAW PLAN FOR RESCUING HIGHER EDUCATION FROM FINANCIAL DISASTER
By
Professor Edward F, Renshaw
The Social Science Building, SUNYA
Thursday, September 2, 1971
Room 144, 1:30 P.M,
This plan will enable most private and some public institutions of higher
education to freeze tuition charges and even lower tuition rates.
It will not require an increase in either Federal, State, or local taxes.
Expenditures by these units of government for higher education might even
be lowered in some cases,
The economic costs of providing a bachelor's degree will be reduced by up
to fifty percent, with substantial savings to parents and students as well
as the educational system.
While the plan will increase labor productivity very significantly, it will
not mean that colleges and universities will have to fire professors. We
would expect less attrition under this plan than would be the case without
a radical new way of financing growth in faculty salaries and other necessary
expenditures for higher education.
The revenue raising potential of this plan will be so fantastic as ‘to perhaps
require Federal regulation, if for no other reason than to. prevent the average
salary of professors at some institutions such as Harvard and Yale from
exceeding the salary of the President of the United States. ,
The average quality of higher education in the United States should be increased,
not eroded.
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, Director, Information Services
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
i FA $ OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
IMMEDIATE
A four-day orientation program for new international students at State Uni-
versity of New York at Albany will get underway Wednesday, Aug.25, at the State
Quadrangle. J. Paul Ward, international student adviser at the university, expects
approxim ately 80 students to attend.
Forty-one countries are represented by the 135 international students admitted
for the new semester. Of that group, 114 are graduate students and 21, undergraduates.
Eleven are doctoral students; 102, master's candidates; and 11, non-degree students.
Already enrolled at the university are 200 international students. The new
group will bring the total to 300 representing 60 countries,
Registration for the orientation program begins at 10 a.m. .Wednesday. That
evening there will be a welcome from Dr. Ward and from Syed A. Jafri, president
of the International Student Association at SUNYA. Small group discussions will
follow.
Other activities scheduled for the orientation program are tours of the campus,
a,
academic advisement, a dinner and panel discussion Friday evening at 8 at Bru-
bacher Lower Lounge, and an orientation picnic Saturday afternoon at thé Mohawk
Campus.
ADDITIONAL PUBLICITY RELEASES
American Music Teacher
2209 Carew Tower
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Robert Cumming
Music Journal
1778 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10019
Bulletin
Central Opera Service
Metropolitan Opera
Lincoln CenterPlaza
New York, N.Y. 10023
Mr. John Christie, Ed.
The Instrumentalist
1418 Lake St.
Evanston, II1. 60204
Mr. Robert Daniels
Opera News
1865 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10023
Mr. Charles Fowler, Ed.
Music Educators Journal
1201 |6th St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
Miss Shirley Fleming
Musical America
165 W. 46th St.
New York, N.Y. 10036
Mr. Ron Eyer
Music & Artists
1776 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10019
Me Henev Fiche
“Boe ro)
Mr, Harold C. Schonberg
N.Y. Times
N.Y., N.Y. 10036
Mr. Andrew Spanberger
Musical America
165 W. 46 St.
N.Y., N.Y. 10036
Miss Hope Stoddard, Assoc. Ed.
Internat's Musician
American Federation of Musicians
220 Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Newark, NwJ. O7104
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, Director, Information Services
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
ii EW OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
IMMEDIATE
The 128th opening convocation:and candlelight cetemony will be held Tuesday
evening, August 31, at 8:30 on the Academic Podium at State University of New York
at Albany. M. Moran Weston, 2nd, professor of Afro-American studies, will give
the convocation address.
Traditionally the program signifies the beginning of the academic year and the
welcoming of freshmen to the university community. Upperclassmen will hold candles
symbolic of the flame of knowledge. Pre-registration at the university totals 10, 282
and the estimated enrollment figure is 14, 135.
The Rev. Dr. Weston, who in 1969 was appointed visiting professor of history
in the department of Afro-American studies, currently serves as a trustee of Columbia
University and on the executive committee of the board, on the Citizens Commission
on the Future of State University of New York, and as chairman of the board of
Carver Federal Savings Bank. He also is a founder and president of Urban Ventures, Inc.
Following the candlelight ceremony, at the opening of the program, the call to
order will be given by Harry 8. Price, grand marshal, Welcomes will be extended by
Louis T. Benezet, university president, and Michael A. Lampert, president of Student
Association, At the conclusion of the Rev. Dr. Weston's address, the assemblage will
sing the Alma Mater,
State University of New York at Albany
128th Opening Convocation ~2-
Floyd; University Council member Elinore H. Posner; Terry B. Wilbert, Student
Association vice president; Vice President for Academic Affairs Phillip L. Sirotkin;
Alan 8, Pallat, Class of 1973 president; Vice President for Research Earl G,
Droessler; and Arthur N. Collins, chairman of University Senate.
An orientation picnic is scheduled at 5 p.m. Monday, August 30, at the Mohawk
Campus for members of the 1971-72 Senate. A featured part of the orientation will
be a discussion with President Benezet of major issues facing the university in the
coming year.
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August 27, 1971
Pa
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, Director, Information Services
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
N EW S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
IMMEDIATE
The Fifth National Drawing Biennial of the Minnesota
Museum of Art at St. Paul, Minn., will open Monday,
August 30, at the Art Gallery of State University of New York
at Albany.
In the exhibit are approximately 80 contemporary drawings
by artists from throughout the United States.
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August 27, 1971
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, Director, Information Services
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
tl i W $ OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
i IMMEDIATE
Sidney Reisberg, of the Office of Innovative and Developmental
Programs at State University of New York at Albany, has returned to the
campus from the University of Massachusetts where he was a speaker at
the two-week International Symposium on Creative Intelligence, Other
speakers were Buckminster Fuller; Landrum Bolling, president of Earlham
College; Lloyd Motz, chairman of the department of astronomy at Columbia
University; and the microbiologist Roman Vishniac,
Leslie Urbach, also of the university's Office of Innovative and
Developmental Programs, me t recently with Giampaolo Bonani from the
Italian Ministry of Education who was on campus to discuss innovations in
teaching. The visit was arranged by the State Education Department.
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August 27, 1971
H. David Van Dyck, Assistant to the President
Nathalie Lampman, Director, Information Services
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
a EW OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
IMMEDIATE
Nan Lin, formerly assistant director of the Genter for Research in Scientific
Communication at Johns Hopkins University, has joined the department of sociology
at State University of New York at Albany as associate professor, Dr. Lin will
teach courses in research methods and mass communication,
At Johns Hopkins Dr. Lin authored or co-authored more than 30 technical
reports for the communication center. He has published more than a dozen research
reports in professional journals and also has served as contributor to five volumes
on communication research. His book, The Study of Human Communication", will
be published next year. Presently he is directing a major research project in
communication,
After having received his Bachelor of Arts in 1960 from Tunghai University,
Taiwan, Dr. Lin took his Master of Arts work at Syracuse in 1963. Five years ago
he received his doctorate at Michigan State University. There he served as an in-
structor in the department of communication and the Institute fir International Studies
in Education. He also was director there for a research project on educational inno-
vation in Thailand, Honduras, and the United States, ,
During the current academic year Joseph H. Fichter will be on the SUNYA
campus as visiting professor of sociology. Most recently a Visiting Fellow at
SportsCastsmr UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY] Director of Sports Information
OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS] ROBERT H. RICE, JR.
i. IMM EDIATE
Albany Football Drills Open
Head coach Robe, Det 64 candidates Wednesday, August 25, as State Uni-
versity at Albany began workouts for its second season of intercollegiate club football.
The Great Danes will open at home against Utica on September 25.
Of the 64 men on hand for the first drills, half are returnees from last fall's 2-4
maiden team and/ 16 were starters a year ago, eight each on offense and defense.
Additionally, Ford has 18 freshmen, six transfers, and eight other newcomers on the
pre-season roster. The incoming group has considerable high school and junior
college experience, and will press many returning veterans for first string jobs.
The eight-game schedule, two more than last season, includes four new opponents,
Utica, Niagara, Adelphi, and Pace. Three of Albany's foes are competing on the
varsity level, RIT, Adelphi, and Hudson Valley (junior college varsity), while the rest
are club feams.
Niagara will be the Homecoming opposition on October 9. Other home games are
scheduled against Plattsburgh (Nov. 6) and Pace (Nov. 20). Two of the away games are
again&t/area rivals Siena (Oct. 30) and Hudson Valley (Nov. 13).
SEPT. 25, Utica;
OCT. 2, at RIT; 9, Niagara; 16, at Adelphi; 30, at Siena;
NOV. 6, Plattsburgh; 13, at Hudson Valley; and 20, Pace.
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IMMEDIATE
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OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Boggs and Heister Elected Albany Grid Captains
Junior tailback Bernie Boggs (Ballston Lake) and senior linebacker Tom Heister
(Manlius) have been elected co-captains for 1971 by their State University at Albany
football club teammates. Boggs also co-captained last year's squad, while lleister
was a tri-captain of lacrosse.
Boggs, a 5-8, 195-pound product of Lenape Regional High School in New Jersey,
led the Great Danes in all rushing and scoring statistics a year ago. He gained
522 yards in 84 carries for an average gain of 5.8 yards. His 43 points included
five touchdowns, three field goals in four attempts, and four kick conversions.
Both his rushing yardage and points represented better than half of the team's
totals. Boggs' best games were his first two, when he scored 24 points against
RIT and gained 162 yards against Siena to pace Albany to a pair of victories.
Coach Bob Ford calls him "one of the premier running backs in the East."
At Lenape, where he earned four letters in football and three in baseball,
Boggs gained several football honors. He was named Most Valuable Player and
received All-League and All-County laurels. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.G. Boggs,
now reside at 51 Shadowwood Way, Ballston Lake.
Heister's selection as co-captain is indicative of the high regard in which
he is held by his teammates, because he missed most of the 1970 season with a knee
injury. He made his mark in lacrosse last spring, however, as goalie on Albany's
fine 8-2 team that tied for the Northern New York Division championship. In 10
games, Heister permitted an average of just 6.1 goals, while making 19.1 saves.
1400 Washington Avenue ® Albany, New York 12203 @ Area Code 518 © Tel. 457-4901-02-03
(Boggs and Heister) SO
At Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Heister played two years each of football
and lacrosse. He then went on to earn junior college All-Amercia honors as goalie
and captain of the lacrosse team at Farmingdale A&T, before transferring to Albany
last fall. Ford expects the 5-10, 180-pounder to anchor the football defense
this year.
Heister is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Heister, 4609 Brookville Drive
South, Manlius.
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August 26, 1971
Director of Sports Information
ROBERT H. RICE, JR.
SportsCastsmare UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
IMMEDIATE
Albany Football Drills Open
Head coach Robert Ford greeted 64 candidates Wednesday, August 25, as State Uni-
versity at Albany began workouts for its second season of intercollegiate club football.
The Great Danes will open at home against Utica on September 25.
Of the 64 men on hand for the first drills, half are returnees from last fall's 2-4
maiden team and 16 were starters a year ago, eight each on offense and defense.
Additionally, Ford has 18 freshmen, six transfers, and eight other newcomers on the
pre-season roster. The incoming group has considerable high school and junior
college experience, and will press many returning veterans for first string jobs.
The eight-game schedule, two more than last season, includes four new opponents,
Utica, Niagara, Adelphi, and Pace. Three of Albany's foes are competing on the
varsity level, RIT, Adelphi, and Hudson Valley (junior college varsity), while the rest
are club teams.
Niagara will be the Hom ecoming opposition on October 9. Other home games are
scheduled against Plattsburgh (Nov. 6) and Pace (Nov.20). Two of the away games are
against area rivals Siena (Oct. 30) and Hudson Valley (Nov. 13).
The schedule:
SEPT. 25, Utica;
OCT. 2, at RIT; 9, Niagara; 16, at Adelphi; 30, at Siena;
NOV. 6, Plattsburgh; 13, at Hudson Valley; and 20, Pace.
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1400 Washington Avenue ® Albany, New York 12203 ® Area Code 518 ® Tel. 457-4901-02-03
SportsCasts«« UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY | Director of Sports Information
OFFICE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS] ROBERT H. RICE, JR.
IMMEDIATE
Boggs and Heister Elected Albany Grid Captains
Junior tailback Bernie Boggs (Ballston Lake) and senior linebacker Tom Heister
(Manlius) have been elected co-captains for 1971 by their State University at Albany
football club teammates. Boggs also co-captained last year's squad, while lleister
was a tri-captain of lacrosse.
Boggs, a 5-8, 195-pound product of Lenape Regional High School in New Jersey,
led the Great Danes in all rushing and scoring statistics a year ago. He gained
522 yards in 84 carries for an average gain of 5.8 yards. His 43 points included
five touchdowns, three field goals in four attempts, and four kick conversions.
Both his rushing yardage and points represented better than half of the team's
totals. Boggs' best games were his first two, when he scored 24 points against
RIT and gained 162 yards against Siena to pace Albany to a pair of victories.
Coach Bob Ford calls him "one of the premier running backs in the East."
At Lenape, where he earned four letters in football and three in baseball,
Boggs gained several football honors. He was named Most Valuable Player and
received All-League and All-County laurels. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.G. Boggs,
now reside at 51 Shadowwood Way, Ballston Lake.
Heister's selection as co-captain is indicative of the high regard in which
he is held by his teammates, because he missed most of the 1970 season with a knee
injury. He made his mark in lacrosse last spring, however, as goalie on Albany's
fine 8-2 team that tied for the Northern New York Division championship. In 10
games, Heister permitted an average of just 6.1 goals, while making 19.1 saves.
1400 Washington Avenue ® Albany, New York 12203 © Area Code 518 ® Tel. 457-4901-02-03
(Boggs and Heister) -2-
At Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Heister played two years each of football
and lacrosse. He then went on to earn junior college’ All-Amercia honors as goalie
and captain of the lacrosse team at Farmingdale A&T, before transferring to Albany
last fall. Ford expects the 5-10, 180-pounder to anchor the football defense
this year.
Heister is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Heister, 4609 Brookville Drive
South, Manlius.
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