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Following a decade or more of significant progress, Administration, Engineering and Solid State Electronics, Arizona State University earned in1979-80 a new level Public Programs, and Fine Arts; increased support for of recognition and support of its role as a major universi- organized research, emphasizing engineering/ion micro- ty. Recognition came not only for past and present probe research; improved staffing for the University Li- achievement, but, perhaps more importantly, for the brary and other areas; and much-needed staff and University's future development at a level which would operation funding for Metrocenter and other off-campus enable it to serve effectively the state of Arizona and the instructional programs. The selection of priority areas metropolitan area in which it is located. was based heavily upon the current needs and interests of Noting that the clear definition of each institution's metropolitan Phoenix. mission and scope is the very cornerstone of any rational Not unexpectedly, enrollment continued to increase planning process in a university system, the Arizona at Arizona State University, reaching a new high of Board of Regents developed Mission and Scope state- 37,755 students registered for credit course work. In the ments for each of the three universities. The direction for fall of 1-979, 46 percent of the Arizona university sys- Arizona State University was to "continue development tem's undergraduate students and 54 percent of its grad- as a major research university, with special emphasis on uate students were enrolled at Arizona State University. programs needed in the state's major urban area. Become During its 94th annual Commencement, the Univer- competitive with the best public universities in the na- sity observed another milestone when the campus com- tion." munity honored its 100,000th degree recipient. She was In short, the document confirmed and supported the one of 6,328 receiving degrees at the spring Commence- University's ob jectives. ment, which featured addresses by students Barbara Further advancing the University, the Board of Re- Torrez and Jack T. Cornman. Graduate degrees were gents approved and supported a legislative budget re- awarded to 7,677 students and undergraduate degrees to quest which will begin to fund the institution's push for 4,654. excellence. In a departure from past practices, the Re- Arizona State lJniversity students continued to earn gents turned to a cost study to aid them in the determina- national recognition for their achievements in scholar- tion of legitimate needs. During 1979, the Regents'staff ship, public service, and other activities. Among the completed an analysis of instructional costs at the Arizo- honors gained, the University's three-student computer na universities, which indicated a significant lag in fund- science team won its regional competition and advanced ing for faculty positions, support staff, and other direct to the national finals, and two law students won the costs of instruction. Circuit 19 Competitions, advancing to the finals of the Presented with the request and supporting data, the national Appellate Advocacy Competition. Arizona Legislature of Arizona responded generously with an State University coeds reigned as Miss America USA, appropriation of $80 million, which made provision for Miss Arizona, Miss Black Arizona, and Arizona Maid of an initial move toward equity. The appropriation for Cotton. A graduate student was featured in Science mag- 1980-81 provided an increase of 21.8 percent, an azine for her work in acquainting scientists with mass amount which enabled the University to add 40 faculty media operations, and another student won the R. M. positions to improve the quality of instruction in priority Harris Award for the best research article in the Arizona- areas, 13 positions to further organized research efforts, Nevada Academy ]ournal. A junior won the Directory and some 45 staff positions to alleviate serious shortages Competition sponsored by the American Society of Inte- in the Library and other areas. rior Designers, and a senior spent eight weeks in the The support of the Regents, the Legislature, and Soviet Union studying Russian as a guest of the Council community leaders led to the approval of an operating on International Education. budget of $109 million, a support level which will indeed The quality of the students entering the University enable the University to take an important step to im- continued to be impressive. Composite ACT scores for prove quality, with the understanding that further en- entering freshmen averaged 21,.2, compared to the na- '1,8 richment is to follow. tional averag e of .7 , and they had earned high school The immediate areas of emphasis identified by the grade point averages of 3.2, compared to the national University included additional faculty in Business average of 3.0 for college freshmen. Approximately

3 one-fourth of the freshmen ranked in the top 10 percent In the area of private support, a record 63,200 indi- of their high school classes, and nine-tenths ranked in the viduals evidenced their support of the University ad- upper half of their classes. vancement through personal gifts during the year. Faculty and staff members were recipients of many Annual alumni giving set new records in both total awards as a result of professional achievements. Among dollars, $304,000, and in number of contributors, which the awards were three Fulbright Scholar Awards, the reached 1O,O5O. The most popular area of support Centennial Medallion of the American Society of Me- amonS alumni, non-alumni, foundations, corporations, chanical Engineers, the Sullivan Award to America's out- and organizations was KAET, which received $1.2 mil- standing amateur athlete, the President's Award of the lion from the Friends of Channel 8. Corporate support Arizona Association of School Psychologists, the Excel- for a wide range of colleges and departments reached a lence in Education Award from the California Council of new high of $500,000. Total giving for1979-80 was $4.5 American Institute of Architects, and the 1980 lnterna- million. tional Honor Award in Education from the Society of The Office of Grants and Contracts reported awards Manuf acturing Engineers. for the year totalling $1,5.7 million, which represents In recognition of their leadership activities, Arizona more than a doubling of such support in the past five State University faculty and staff members were elected years. Major increases in funding were received from the to office in a number of national organizations, including Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Corpora- the presidency of the American Association of Striti- tion for Public Broadcasting; Department of Agriculture; graphic Palynologists; vice presidencies of the National Department of Commerce; Department of Energy; De- Council on Aging, the National Association of Advisors partment of the Interior; the National Aeronautics/Space for the Health Professions, and the American Marketing Administration; and the National Science Foundation. Association; chairmanship of the Council on Extension Representatives of high-technology industry serving and Continuing Education of the National Association of on the Advisory Council for the College of Engineering State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges; and mem- and Applied Sciences began work on an excellence in bership on the governing council of the American School engineering plan, which would require substantial com- Health Association; membership on the Executive Com- mitments both from government and private sectors. The mittee of the Federation of Public Programs in the Hu- first major gift in this general area was the pledge of manities; and a directorship of the American General Arizona Public Service and the Salt River Proiect to Contractors Education and Research Foundation. provide a combined sum of $40,000 annually for five Nicholas L. Henry, director of the Center for Public years to establish the Power Systems Engineering Profes- Affairs, was appointed dean of the new College of Public sorship. Programs, succeeding Frank J. Sackton, who had been ASU women's athletic teams won their second serving as acting dean. Daniel B. Martinez, director of straight national championships in archery and badmin- student financial aids at the University of Southern Colo- ton, and the golf and softball teams won Western Colle- rado, was named director of financial aids at Arizona giate Athletic Association titles. ln their second year of State University, to assume the post in August. Pacific-1O Conference athletic competition, ASU cap- Major campus construction under way during the tured the championship in wrestling and second place in year included the aquatic complex scheduled to open in basketball. The wrestling team placed fifth in the early 198L, Phase II of the Classroom/Office Building NCAA meet. and complete renovation of the Lyceum Theatre. Plan- In summary,1,979-80 was characterized by a signif- ning progressed on the much-needed expansion of the icant increase in support for Arizona State University College of Business Administration Building, Science Li- from the Board of Regents, the Legislature, alumni and brary, Student Services Building, and other future pro- friends, and industrial leaders from the metropolitan jects. Additional physical facilities acquired were the area. Equally important, the University was directed and Tower Center office complex, adjoining the campus, and encouraged to continue development as a major research the Louise Lincoln Kerr Cultural Center in Scottsdale, university. Both developments place the University in a acquired as a gift. better position to effectively provide the quality of in- In addition to campus instruction, the University struction, research, and public service expected of it. expanded its offerings to the community with the addition of the ASU/Alhambra facility for the Spring Semes- ter. ASU/ Metrocenter served 1,500 students in the Fall Semester and 1,700 in the Spring, and enrollment at ASU/Alhambra was 850 in its first semester of operation. Off-campus enrollment totalled 11,,338 in credit John W. Schwada courses. The 1979 Summer Sessions, a self-supporting President activity, enrolled 20,97 3 students. Arizona State University

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PRESIDENT SCHWADA RESIGNS EFFECTIVE THE 1.980-81 LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION IUNE 30, L981 In terms of operating budget appropriations, it was a John W. Schwada, President of Arizona State Uni- good year for Arizona State University. The Arizona versity since L971, informed the Arizona Board of Re- Legislature appropriated $80,049,900 for the operation gents at its June, 1980 meeting that he plans to resign of Arizona State University in 1980-81, an increase of effective Iune 30, 1981. $14,352,300, or 2L.8 percent over the previous year's The Board appointed a search committee to screen appropriation. Included was funding for 40 faculty posi- applicants for the position. Members of the committee tions to improve the quality of instruction in priority are: Leonard Gordon, chairman of the Faculty Assembly areas,72 faculty to meet pro jected enrollment increases, and professor of sociology; Morrison F. Warren, profes- 13 positions to enhance organized research efforts, 16 sor of education; Daniel F. |ankowski, professor of me- positions for the University Library and 29 other staff chanical engineering; Marjorie J. Lightfoot, professor of positions. English; Lehi T. Smith, professor of mathematics; AIan A. The total operating budget was set at $108,787 ,500. Matheson, dean, College of Law; Tom Ajamie, president, An additional $446,175 for classified personnel salary Associated Students; Darrell A. Sawyer, president, adjustments dictated by the Arizona Universities Clas- Alumni Association; and Regents William P. Reilly, sified Personnel System (AUCP) is expected to be re- Rudy E. Campbell, Ralph M. Bilby and William G. leased during the fiscal year from funds appropriated to Payne. the Arizona Board of Regents. The Personal Services portion of the budget includ- MISSION AND SCOPE STATEMENT ed 3 percent merit, .5 percent salary adjustment and 10 Mission and Scope statements for each of Arizona's percent cost of living increases for regular faculty and state universities were developed by the Arizona Board non-faculty positions and an increase in funding for stu- of Regents. Arizona State University, described as "a dent wages from 85 percent to 100 percent of the federal major research university with a special emphasis on minimum wage. urban programs," was directed to develop "nationally- Arizona State University's Land, Buildings and Im- recognized programs in Business Administration, Solid provements appropriation for 1980-81 is $5,330,425. State Science/Electronics,/Computer Science, Public Emphasis programs, Fine Arts and Law." COMPARISON OF The Regents approved development of a western APPROVED OPERATINC BUDCETS Maricopa County branch campus of ASU which will 1.979-80 and 1980-81 offer baccalaureate programs and selected master's level Estimated Income: 1979-80 1980-81 programs. AIso in the Regents' planning is an ASU Cen- State ter for Law and Public Programs in downtown Phoenix. Appropriation s65,712,600 $ 80,064,900 given ASU was responsibility for continuing educa- State Land tion programs in all of Maricopa County; the University Endowment Earnings 30,000 56,200 of Arizona in Pima County and the Fort Huachuca area; Collections 2L,367,200 26,688,200 and Northern Arizona University in all other Arizona Tiansfer from locations. Summer Sessions 234,600 248,700 From Prior Year's NEW DEGREE PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED Ending Balance 4,233,000 1,729,500 The Arizona Board of Regents authorized the Uni- Total Income w1,522,190 9J9ptAL@o versity to grant the following new degrees: Doctor of Philosophy in Special Education, Doctor of Musical Budgeted Expenditures: Arts, Master of Arts in Religious Studies, and Master of Personal Services Fine Arts in Dance. A major in Child Drama in the and Related Costs $74,038,700 $ 88,187,100 Master of Fine Arts program also was approved. Cre- Tiavel Out of State 2b3,2oo 301,400 All Other Operating ation of the new Department of Computer Sciences Expenditures 1,7,255,500 20,299,000 brought approval of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in computer sciences. Total Expenditures $91,,577,400 $708,787,500

5 REGENTS AUTHORIZE FUNDING CATCH-UP An Arizona Board of Regents study revealed an $11 million lag in Arizona State University funding, resulting from recent enrollment growth. The Regents recommended 40 additional ASU faculty positions as a first step in narrowing the gap, and the Arizona Legislature Top row: William P. Reilly and Tio A. Tachias were appointed to the approved funding for those positions. Arizona Board of Regents, and Ren6e Marie Marler was named student regent. Nicholas L. Henry (far right) was named dean of the new College of Public Programs. BOARD OF REGENTS APPOINTMENTS the spring closed many bridges William P. Reilly, Phoenix, and Tio A. Tachias, Flag- Bottom photo: Floods during early over the Salt River, causing traffic congestion in Tempe and curtail- staff, were appointed to the Board by Governor Bruce E. ment of some ASU activities, although classes continued throughout Babbitt, succeeding Sidney S. Woods, Yuma, and Dwight the emergency. Patterson, Chandler. Renee Marie Marler, Northern Ari- zona University, was appointed the student Regent for 1980-81, succeeding Joel Stiner of Arizona State Univer- sity.

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS Nicholas L. Henry, director of the Center for Public Affairs, was appointed dean of the new College of Public Brenenstuhl, Managemenq Richard K. Burdick, Quanti- Programs. tative Systems; John Walker, Educational Administra- Newly-appointed chairs of academic departments tion and Supervision; David I. Krus, Educational Psy- are: Roger L. Schluntz, Architecture; William E. Lewis, chology; Bonnie Meyer, Educational Psychology; acting, Computer Sciences; Tom I. Witt, Design Sciences; Maryanne Eeds-Kniep, Elementary Education; Sarah William A. Cabianca, Counselor Education; Richard W. Hudelson, Elementary Education; Willard Kniep, Ele- Kelly, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Col. Charles mentary Education; Keith Thomas, Secondary Educa- H. Keck, Aerospace Studies; W. Donald McTaggart, Ge- tion; Kay Hartwell, Special Education; Kenneth Howell, ography; and Col. John T. Murchison, Military Science. Special Education; David Pimentel, Art; Marion Kirk New directors are: Albert Karnig, Center for Public ]ones, Dance; Sylvia Debenport, Music; Darleen C. Affairs; Michael Musheno, Center of Criminal Justice; Kliewer, Music; David Vining, Theatre; James F. Eder, Duncan T. Patten, Center for Environmental Studies; Anthropology; Stanley R. Szarek, Botany and Microbi- Mary Rothschild, Women's Studies;'Sheldon Simon, ology; Leslie R. Towill, Botany and Microbiology; J. Center for Asian Studies; Bruce Wagner, Center for Solid Devens Gust, Chemistry; Thelma I. Shinn, English; Deb- State Science. Richard Thmburo was appointed director orah Losse, Foreign Languages; Patricia Gober, Geogra- of athletics. phy; William Graf, Geography; Leo Zonn, Geography; John M. Ferry, Geology; Janet Shirreffs, Health and FACULTY PROMOTIONS Physical Education; Mourad Ismail, Mathematics; Doug- To Professor: John R. Peterson, Architecture; Shir- las McMahon, Mathematics; Nancy Eisenberg-Berg, Iey Reznikoff, Design Sciences; Herbert Kaufman, Eco- Psychology; Edward K. Sadalla, Psychology; Irwin N. nomics; Lee McPheters, Economics; Donald Jackson, Sandler, Psychology; Sam D. Gill, Religious Studies; Jose Marketing; Robert Rutherford, Special Education; Frank A. Cobas, Sociology; Mary R. Laner, Sociology; Robert Cox, Technology; Arthur Hahn, Art; Takayori Atsumi, P. Snow, Sociology; Ronald L. Rutowski, Zoology; Music; Helen Nebeker, English; Christine L. Wells, Veronica Evaneshko, Nursing; Richard McCleary, Crim- Health and Physical Education; John B. Page, Physics; inal Justice; Bruce D. Itule, Journalism and Telecom- Sumner Starrfield, Physics; Robert W. McGaughey, Zo- munications; Lawrence Mankin, Public Affairs. ology; ElDean Bennett, Journalism and Telecommunica- To Assistant Professor: ]anice Meyer, Music; Ellen tions; Glenn W. Cheatham, Leisure Studies; Albert Bramoweth, Nursing; Dorothy Henson, Nursing. Karnig, Public Affairs. To Associate Professor: Esfandiar Y. Sheydayi, PROFESSORS AWARDED EMERITUS RANK Architecture; Michael Nielson, Design Sciences; Douglas Faculty awarded emeritus rank during 1979-80 with A. Johnson, Accounting; Luis Aranda, Administrative 30 years or more of service were: Arnold Bullock, profes- Services; Bruce Childers, Administrative Services; Mary sor of music, 39 years; Charles Bowers, professor of J. Dundas, Administrative Services; Marianne Jen- music, 32 years; G. D. McGrath, professor of secondary nings, Administrative Services; David Lynch, Adminis- education, and Thomas Barrett, professor of agriculture, trative Services; Gary tennepohl, Finance; Frank G. both with 30 years. Williams, Health Services Administration; Daniel Others awarded emeritus rank:

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7 Business Administration: Keith Davis, Manage- menU Virginia Huntington, Accounting; Richard McCready, Quantitative Systems; Alfred Schmidt, Mar- keting. top to bottom: Students take time to use the 1E exercise stations Education: Sandford Davis, Counselor Education; Left, on the 1.8-mile Perrier Parcourse, a scientifically-designed physical R. Craig R. Merwin Deever, Educational Administration; fitness course on campus. Stations shown include sit-ups, push-ups, Rover, Secondary Education. body curl and circle body. Fine Arts: Margaret Gisolo, Dance' Top right: The Dance Department's festival celebrating Doris Hum- Economics; Liberal Arts: Margaret Barkley, Home phrey's works was one of several major concerts on campus' Shown is Ronald Clothier, Zoology, Gerald A' Cole, Zoology, "Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor" sequence. Doris Powers, English. Bottom right: The 25th anniversary of the internationally-attended and Public Programs: Donald E. Brown, Iournalism Modern lndustrial Spectroscopy course was marked this year. Jacob Telecommunications. Fuchs, left, chemistry professor, is director' School of Social Work: Donald Polenz.

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS Representative of faculty achievements in teaching, research and public service were these: William Canby, professor of law, was appointed a judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Betsy Brandt, associate professor of anthropology, Francisco. and graduate student Chris MacCrate published the Daniel Robinson, professor of agriculture, and 1980 Apache Calendar, first step in compilation of Yung-huan Io, director of the Center for Asian Studies, Apache cultural history. were selected as Fulbright Scholars. Dr. Robinson will Cecil B. Patterson, faculty associate in the College of teach in Argentina and Dr. Jo in lapan. Business Administration, became the first Black appoint- Mark Nykanen, host of KAET's "Arizona Weekly" ed a Maricopa County Superior Court judge. program, joined the NBC Nightly News television team. Paul M. Anderson, president of Power Math Asso- John W. Doebler, professor of English, and Bettie A. ciates of California, became the first Power Systems En- Doebler, professor of philosophy, were elected Fellows of gineering Professor in the College of Engineering and the Institute of Renaissance Studies. Applied Sciences. The professorship is funded by Ari- Heinz R. Hink, professor of political science and zona utilities. Scottsdale city councilman, was elected president of the Edmund Stump and Michael Sheridan, geologists, League of Arizona Cities and Towns. discovered that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is 18 million John I. Yellott, professor emeritus of architecture, years old - nearly twice the age previously accepted. won the Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award of the Kurt Thomas, assistant gymnastics coach, won American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air the Sullivan Award as America's outstanding amateur Conditioning Engineers, and the Centennial Medallion of athlete. the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nick Salerno, professor of English, was selected as Milton C. Shaw, professor of aerospace engineering, host of the nationally-released television series "Cinema won the 1980 International Honor Award in Education Classics: The Goldwyn Touch" over stations of the Pub- from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. lic Broadcasting Service. Kenneth Donelson, professor of English, and Alleen Suzanne Steadman, international student adviser, Pace Nilsen, associate professor of education, were was one of 20 U.S. educators chosen by the Fulbright named co-editors of The English lournal, publication of Committee to visit West Germany to study student ex- the National Council of Teachers of English. change programs. Leonard Lehrer, chair, Department of Art, had his Mary Escudero, professor emeritus of Spanish, gave lithograph prints accepted in three prestigious interna- $1O,OOO for two annual scholarships for students active tional print exhibitions, in Krakow, Poland, San Francis- in the ASU Newman Center. co and Miami. Norman Dubie, associate professor of English, was Raul E. Ramirez, associate professor of social work, among distinguished American poets invited to the won the 1980 Jefferson Award for outstanding public White House for a reception planned by Mrs. Carter' service to the people of Tucson. Radha R. Roy, professor of physics, announced dis- Sumner Starrfield, associate professor of physics, covery of a method for treating radioactive wastes to and a University of Arizona research associate, Iohn render them harmless in a relatively short time. McGraw, led a team which discovered the hottest "pul- Calvrn Straub, professor emeritus of architecture, sating variable" star yet found. won the Excellence in Education Award from the Cali-

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Trypr. \ c oL il 9 r ;x fornia Council of American Institute of Architects. and Continuing Education, National Association of State Nicholas Henry, director of the Center for Public Universities and Land Grant Colleges. Affairs and dean-designate of the College of Public Pro- -Guido Weigend, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, grams, won the Article of the Year Award from the was re-elected to the Executive Committee of the Federa- Miduest Retsieto of Public Administration. tion of Public Programs in the Humanities. Juanita F. Murphy, dean of the College of Nursing, -Larry K. Olsen, associate professor of health science, wErs voted into the American Academy of Nursing for was elected to the Governing Council of the American "significant contributions to the profession." School Health Association. of Social Work, John Cronin and George Yuen, chemists, discovered -Ismael Dieppa, dean of the School three amino acids of apparent extra-terrestrial origin in was elected second vice president of the National Council 4.6-billion-year-old meteorites, suggesting that origins of on Aging. of Con- life on earth may have come from outer space. -Vernon Hastings, director of the Division Joan Hoff Wilson, professor of history, was one of struction, was appointed a director of the American Gen- four scholars awarded fellowships-in-residence by Proj- eral Contractors Education and Research Foundation. ect'87 to do research on the U.S. Constitution. -Iosef Brada, associate professor of economics, was Anthony BrazeT, associate professor of geography, named editor of the Bulletin of the Association for Com- was appointed State Climatologist and director of the parative Economic Studies. ASU Laboratory of Climatology. - Stephen Brown, professor of marketing, was elected Harvey F. Nelson, deputy chief of mission in the vice president of marketing education for the American American embassy, Pretoria, South Africa, was appoint- Marketing Association. ed Diplomat in Residence at ASU. -Lohnie Boggs, professor of administrative services, Jeffrey Cook, professor of planning, made a lecture served as general chairman of the 1980 conference of the tour of Sr.r'eden at the invitation of the Swedish Depart- National Business Educators Association. ment of Energy. at the Universi- Philip Wright, professor of zoology FACULTY AND STAFF DEATHS Maytag Professor- ty of Montana, was appointed to the Barbara Baas, former administrative secretary. ship at ASU. Walter R. Bimson, former member of the Arizona Board professor of educational Jerry D. Harris, associate of Regents. honored with the President's Award of psychology, was Albert F. Buffington, professor emeritus of German. Psychologists for out- the Arizona Association of School R. Merwin Deever, associate dean, College of Education, to the profession. standing service |ohn Duffy, former chief of University Police. was one of Charles Patti, professor of advertising, Bert Fireman, lecturer in history. 12 selected for the Marsteller Foundation Communica- Thomas R. Huth, faculty associate in construction. tions Seminar in New York City. Alex ]acome, Sr., former member of the Arizona Board professor of sociology, is 1980-81 Leonard Gordon, of Regents. chairman of the Faculty Assembly. Rudy Lavik, former athletic director and coach. Michael Malin and Geologists Richard E. D'Alli, Mary Scott Morris, assistant professor emeritus of edu- Jonathon Fink studied Mount St. Helens eruptions, sup- cation. grant' ported by a National Science Foundation Marge McKemy, former administrative assistant to the regional posi- Among faculty elected to national and director of athletics. tions of leadership: Daniel E. Noble, ASU honorary doctorate recipient. professor of botany, was elected -James E. Canright, Marvin Palmer, former ASU Alumni Association presi- Stritigraphic president of the American Association of dent. Palynologists. Mary Swanson, former Saga Foods staff member. D'Angelo, professor of English, chaired the -Frank C. J. Thomson, former maintenance supervisor. Compo- 2,000-member national Conference on College Robert tyon, former sports information director. sition and Communication. -Brice W. Corder, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts, was elected vice president of the National STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS Association of Advisors for the Health Professions. Among student achievements in scholarship, leader- public during 1979-80 were: -Robert H. Ellis, general manager of KAET, was ship and service elected to the Board of Directors of the Public Broadcast- Dave Dacquino, president of Mortar Board, ing Service. launched a program of academic recognition on the including publication of a handbook of honor -Denis ]. Kigin, dean of University Continuing Edu- campus, cation, was elected chairman of the Council on Extension societies, establishment of new scholastic honoraries,

10 and new scholarship awards. Tom Ajamie, Scottsdale, was elected 1980-81 presi- Rick Snyder, Tempe, was one of 12 climbers who dent of Associated Students of Arizona State University. reached the summit of Mt. McKinley, Alaska, in an expe- Women's gymnastics team members volunteered to dition sponsored by the Boston Museum of Science. serve as instructors for girls of the Golden Gate Settle- The ASU computer science team won its regional ment in the Phoenix inner city. competition and a trip to the national contest sponsored The Associated Sororities and Fraternities of ASU by the Association for Computing Machinery. Members conducted the Hike/Bike for People in Pain to benefit the of the team were Carl Brannen, mathematics; Rainer Arthritis Foundation. Fischer, engineering; and Bruce Schneider, computer Ondre Williams, graduate student from Phoenix, science. was selected as an intern in the office of Senator Dennis Lori Caballero, freshman from Gilbert, won an Ari- DeConcini, Arizona. zona 4-H State Achievement Award and a trip to the Doris Colby, 75, believed to be the oldest scholar- National 4-H Congress for her 200-page record of work ship recipient at ASU is completing her degree in anthro- with 15 dairy cows. pology through the National Elder Scholars Program. Patty Bailey, senior in foreign languages, spent eight Sue Mehner, junior in architecture, won the Directo- weeks in the Soviet Union studying Russian as a guest of ry Competition sponsored by the American Society of the Council on International Educational Exchange. Interior Designers. Christine Hanson, graduate student in anthropolo- Anthropology students under the direction of Fred gy, was featured in Norwegian newspapers and journals Plog, professor of anthropology, excavated a newly- for her studies of medieval Norse skeletons. discovered Hohokam Indian community in east Phoenix, Michelle Behr, graduate student in anthropology, which was occupied about 600 A.D. was featured in Science magazine for her work in ac- Twenty-six law students participated in the Student quainting scientists with mass media operations. Defender Project, representing accused persons in more Michael Lewis, zoology, won the R, M. Harris than 200 felony cases. Award presented by the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science for the best research article published in the ENROLLMENT Academy's Journal. Total Arizona State University enrollment for Fall Marianne Freimark, graduate student in history, 1,979 was up by 633 over that of the previous year. Of won a Fulbright Scholarship for a year of study in Ger- the more than 49,000 individuals served by the Universi- many, researching German interpretations of American ty, 37,755 were enrolled for credit course work. history. The Full-Time Equivalent enrollment was 29,614, Peter Spiess, Ti:cson, and Tom Lucas, Douglas, both up 585 from that of a year ago. law students, won the Circuit 10 competition and ad- The 1979 resident enrollment was comprised of vanced to the finals of the national Appellate Advocacy 27,570 undergraduate students and 10,185 graduate Competition sponsored by the American Bar Associa- students. More than 75 percent of the students were tion in San Francisco. Arizona residents. Lee Dowling, Mesa, doctoral student in Spanish, won an AAUW Fellowship for a year's study in Peru. DEGREE COMPLETIONS Four students won Moeur Awards for 4.0 (all "A') The number of degrees awarded in1979-BO topped scholastic records for four years: Michael V. Hegarty and the 6,000 mark for the fourth straight year. Of the 6,328 James R. Spady of Tempe, Lauren Oblom of Erie, Penn- degrees, 3,236 were earned by men and 3,092 by women. sylvania, and Steven R. Beckle of Mesa. Undergraduate degrees totaled 4,65L. The College Jineane Ford, Gilbert, became Miss America USA of Liberal Arts awarded 997 degrees, Business Adminis- when Miss America Shawn Weatherby became Miss tration 1,,299, Education 798, Engineering and Applied Universe. Brenda Strong, Sedona, won the Miss Arizona Sciences 483, Fine Arts 213, Nursing 208, Public Pro- title; Evelyn Rose Cannon, Phoenix, was named Miss grams 449, School of Social Work 79 and Architecture Black Arizona; and Debbie Lynn Pratt, Maricopa, was 125. chosen Arizona Maid of Cotton. Graduate degrees were awarded to t,OZf students. Architecture students developed plans and models Master's totaled 1.,470, Doctor of Philosophy 101, Juris for the Rio Salado Project, which are accepted for exhibit Doctor 13L, Doctor of Education 24,Doctor of Business at Georges Pompidou Center in Paris. Administration 9, and Education Specialist 2. Wilma Allen, qnthropology, was invited by the Southwestern Anthropological Association to speak at THE 94th COMMENCEMENT its annual meeting in San Diego on her discovery of The University honored its 100,000th degree recipi- scalping practices of prehistoric Indians. ent, Catherine Elizabeth Newton of Tempe, at its 94th

11 annual Commencement. She was one of 6,328 receiving degrees in'l-979-80. Students Barbara Torrez,law, and Jack T. Cornman, addresses' accounting, delivered Commencement Top left, right and middle right: Three honorary doctorates were Honorary degrees were presented to Erma Bom- bestowed at the 94th Commencement: Erma Bombeck, nationally beck, Doctor of Humane Letters; Dr. Paul L' Singer, syndicated columnist, and Vincent Persichetti, renowned composer, Doctor of Science; and Vincent Persichetti, Doctor of both received the Doctor of Humane Letters; Paul L. Singer, M.D., received the Doctor of Science. Humane Letters. former Regent, Robert Penn Warren, novelist and poet, was hon- Middle left: Catherine Elizabeth Newton became ASU's 100,000th ored with a Doctor of Humane Letters degree earlier in graduate at the 1980 Commencement. the spring. Bottom: Robert Penn Warren, novelist and poet, was honored with a Doctor of Humane Letters degree early in the spring, and is shown at RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS the reception following the ceremony autographing one of his books for Harry Wood, professor emeritus of art. The Office of Grants and Contracts reported awards of $L5,679,281,. Departments, centers and colleges showing growth in research were Business Administration, Chemistry, Engineering and Applied Science, Education, Nursing, Physics, Psychology and Zoology. Although not show- The new computer-based Proposal and Award ing an increase, many departments which had substantial Management Information Center has been in operation gains last year maintained their levels of support. The for six months. Eight issues of the University Research Departments of Chemistry and ZooTogy and the College Reporter were published during the year. The Reporter is of Engineering and Applied Sciences each attracted over being used as the major avenue of communication from one million dollars in research funds. The College of the Office to the faculty. Education and Departments of Geology and Physics Committees relating to patents and copyrights; use were close to the one million dollar mark. of human subjects and laboratory animals in research; The College of Education showed a 23 percent gain safeguards for radiation and biohazards; activation of in the instructional area. The College of Education the Faculty-Grants-in-Aid, Provost Research Incentive reached an all-time high of $2,739,977 in total funds, an Program, and Biomedical Research Program; the con- increase of 53 percent over 1-979. Both the Colleges of struction of a Central Laboratory Animal Care Facility Engineering and Applied Sciences and Liberal Arts and the development of a Central Laboratory Animal showed increases of 6 percent. Liberal Arts attracts Program have requested resources from the Office of one-third of the funds received by the University' The Grants and Contracts. College of Nursing also showed an increase. KAET tele- The Office has continued to be involved with the vision attracted $847,938, a 28 percent increase over Graduate College in the Faculty-Grant-in-Aid Program, 1.979. which approved 89 proposals for a total of $21-4,942, The Department of Health, Education and Welfare The Provost Research Incentive Program approved 12 continued to be the largest single supporting agency' proposals for a total of $7 8,7 63. Thirteen proposals were Major increases in funding were received from HEW, funded in the Biomedical Research Program in its first Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Department of Ag- year of operation for $46,518. Support for the Biomedi- riculture, Department of Commerce, Department of En- cal Research Program, $50,450, is from a general institu- ergy, Department of the Interior, National Aeronautics/ tional research support program of the National Insti- Space Administration, and the National Science Founda- tutes of Health. tion. A decrease of 33 percent from the Department of Defense occurred. Support from State agencies decreased RESEARCH IN PROGRESS significantly from an all-time high of $4,062,349 to More than 500 faculty research proposals were $2,362,L32, a decrease of 42 percent. The maior differ- submitted to funding agencies in1979-80. Among the ence is from the Department of Economic Security, research projects now in progress are: $2,813,248 to $1-,243,095, a decrease of 56 percent. Energy Alternatives - Byard Wood, Department of Faculty continue to increase their productivity in the Mechanical Engineering, and his colleagues are investi- development of proposals processed through the Office. gating technical problems hindering the economic feasi- The addition of a Proposal/Resource Development Spe- bility of thermal-photovoltaic systems, under a grant cialist to the office staff will provide expanded services to from the Department of Energy. The Arizona Solar Ener- individual faculty members and interdisciplinary Eroups gy Commission has sponsored a laboratory test facility interested in exploring and developing proposals to vari- to help Prof. Wood evaluate the performance of residen- ous agencies and foundations. tial solar-powered cooling systems.

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Chalquest, director, Division of Agriculture; and Bill Gust have developed synthetic light-gathering molecules Miller, Interior liaison officer, check a guayule plant at the NEWCAST which may be used to increase the efficiency of light Center. collection in solar energy conversion operations. Fund- Bottom right: Charles Merbs, anthropology professor, cataloged the ing is from the Department of Energy. San Diego Museum of Man's collection of ancient Peruvian bones, James Kuester, professor of bioengineering, is con- which revealed skilled brain surgery techniques. tinuing his studies in conversion of biomass or plant material into liquid fuels and chemical feedstocks, funded by the Department of Energy. The National Aeronautics and Space Administra- tion is funding Donald M. Bahr, Department of Anthro- The National Science Foundation is funding Clark's pology, in his research on a solar-powered community research. electrical system at a Papago Indian community near Business and Industry Research - Donald W. Jack- Ajo, Arizona. son, Jr., professor of marketing, heads a team investigat- Nursing in Rural Communities - At Avondale, and ing the cost of living in the Phoenix area, funded in part in four other Arizona nursing care centers, Dean Juanita by the Valley National Bank. Murphy of the College of Nursing and her colleagues are With Stephen W. Brown, professor of marketing, bringing better nursing care to Arizona rural communi- Prof . Jackson is studying the use of product comparisons ties by means of a project funded by the U.S. Public in advertising. Health Service. Senior students in the College of Nursing The Arizona Commission on the Arts is funding a participate in clinical field training under the project. study of the economic impact of the arts in Arizona, and Federal funds are being used also to support a pro- the Arizona Academy is sponsoring a study of Arizona gram to facilitate nursing training for students from mi- transportation, both coordinated by the ASU Bureau of nority and other disadvantaged backgrounds. Business and Economic Research. Electron Microscopy Laboratory - ASU's electron Literacy Development in Community Colleges - microscopy laboratory was funded by the National Sci- The National Institute of Education is funding research ence Foundation as a regional center for high resolution directed by Richard C. Richardson, chair of the Depart- microscopy. Building on the pioneering work of ]ohn M. ment of Higher and Adult Education, on the develop- Cowley, professor of physics, researchers Peter Buseck, ment of literacy in community colleges. Improvement of LeRoy Eyring, Ales Strojnik and John C. H. Spence are reading and speaking skills among low-achieving stu- using the facility in a broad spectrum of investigations. dents is the goal. The project will continue for three Techniques used in the laboratory, now available to years. scientists in many disciplines in the West, permit direct Mental Health in Minority Cultures - Dean Ismael observation of atom positions in thin crystals and facili- Dieppa, dean of the School of Social Work, and Santiago tate interpretation of the images for scientific use. Rodriguez, assistant professor of social work, are con- Excavations at La Riera Cave, Spain - Geoffrey ducting research and developing workshops to improve Clark, associate professor of anthropology, is directing the understanding of ethnic cultures as a factor in mental excavations at La Riera Cave in northern Spain to inves- health. Materials developed in the proiect will be useful tigate development of prehistoric man. With Lawrence to mental health professionals throughout the nation. Strus of the University of New Mexico, Clark has pieced Genetic Research with Drosophila - How do ap- together a 12,000-year record of man's subsistence prac- parently identical cells develop into the many nerve or tices during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene muscle cells that make up an organism? Winifred W. periods. Doane, professor of zoology, is studying the genetic regu- Clark and his colleagues hypothesize that demo- latory mechanisms in cellular differentiation in the graphic pressures, rather than climatic changes, were fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster. Funded by the Na- primarily responsible for prehistoric man's shift from tional Institutes of Health, Prof. Doane's research is ex- hunting to agriculture during the periods investigated. pected to assist researchers in their studies by producing

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15 duplicate genes at will, to permit sequencing of the gene and state conferences to the campus. Among them: itself and search for controlling sequences. The Planetary Geology Principal Investigators Elliott S. Goldstein, associate professor of zoology, conference attracted 200 European and American re- is directing a study of genes active in the early develop- searchers. The ASU Geology Department supervised ment of Drosophila, under sponsorship of the National arrangements. Institutes of Health. Kathleen Church, professor bf zool- The joint convention of the American and ]apanese ogy, is conducting research on chromosome distribution Bandmasters Associations brought 450 ]apanese bands- systems during the development of gametesinDrosophi- men and a like number of American representatives to la, funded by the National Science Foundation. ASU. Therese Markow, assistant research professor of zo- The 43rd annual conference of the Mid-America ology, is studying the genetic and environmental aspects College Art Association, hosted by the ASU Art De- of behavior in fruitfly larva, under sponsorship of the partment, attracted more than 500 delegates. National Institutes of General Medical Sciences. Delegates of the Western Regional Counbeling Con- ference and Arizona Personnel and Guidance Associa- UNIVERSITY LIBRARY tion met on the campus. After careful analysis by the Automation Planning The Center for Latin American Studies was host Committee of the Library, it was decided to adopt a for the Conference on United States-Mexico Energy Computer Microform Catalog (COM). The decision was Relations. made for several reasons: the insufficiency of personnel Two Canadian provinces and seven American states to keep current with the filing of library cards, new were represented at the Rocky Mountain Association of changes imposed on the Library by the Library of Con- Physical Planning Administrators Conference at ASU. gress decision to close its card catalog, the need for a A contingent of scholars from the University of complete catalog for the new Science Library scheduled Bonn, West Germany, were among participants in the for 1982 opening, the heavy financial burden for the new Conference on German-American Relations in the 20th science facility resulting from creation of a traditional Century. card catalog, and the opportunity to provide improved The Western Regional Conference of the Compara- service for library users. tive and International Education Society brought speak- New and expanded Library services included an ers and delegates from Australia, Canada and the United Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) computer terminal States. in the reference area for users, the establishment of a The Symposium on Islam and the History of Reli- library orientation/instruction program, and a substan- gions attracted many of the world's leading Islamists, tial increase in interlibrary loan activity resulting from The Western Academy of Management held its con- using the OCLC Interlibrary Loan Subsystem' ference on campus, hosted by the ASU Department of The Library conducted 1,008 on-line bibliographic Management. searches, a 13.5 percent increase over the previous year; The College of Architecture hosted the annual con- held 274 library tours, attended by 5,629 users; and ference of the Interior Design Educators Council, with increased circulation statistics, wlth 2,354,291 books/ delegates from Canada and the United States. The Col- periodicals/microforms identified as used in the Library lege also was host to the Western Regional Conference of or checked out. the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Collections grew by 97,1-50 volumes during the year. The Library now has 7,468,650 volumes, GUEST SPEAKERS 1,119 ,17 4 microform units,17 ,71-6 peliodicals and serials Among the many distinguished guest speakers were: subscriptions, and 94,955 maps. Many valuable gifts Peter Drucker, internationally-famed author and lec- were received from the Library Associates and other turer in manaSement. donors,. Agnes de Mille, choreographer and dance impresario. Becker and Hayes, consultants for the new Science Edmundo Desnoes, Cuban novelist. Library, completed its Facility Program for the Arizona Morton Gould, composer and conductor. State Llniaersity Science Library. Architects Drover, Melvin Belli, famed defense attorney. Welch and Lindlan worked closely with the Library and Wade McCree Ir., Solicitor General of the United States. University administrations, science and map librarians I. W Abel, long-time president of the United Steel Work- and the Science Library Committee while completing ers Union. drawings and specifications for the three-level, 91,400 Louis Rukeyser, host of television's "Wall Street Week" square feet structure. Cost will be nearly $8.5 million. and syndicated business columnist. Arizona Senators Barry M. Goldwater and Dennis De- MAIOR CONFERENCES Concini. The University welcomed many national, regional Edward M. Purcell, Nobel Prize-winning physicist.

16 Dean |acob Neusner, authority on |udaica and world religions. The new Thermionics Laboratory, headed by Leonard Feather, pioneer of jazzeducation and criticism. L. Jacobson, professor of mechanical engineering, is rec- Edward Abbey, author of noted books on the West' ognized as one of the best in the world. The National Kate Millett, artist and author. Aeronautics and Space Agency equipped the laboratory' Robert McCall, space artist. The National Science Foundation funded acquisi- Edward Albee, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. tion of a $100,000 Auger spectrometer for research in Elleston Tievor, British novelist. materials and electronic devices. The ASU Construction Division chapter of the As- EVENTS IN THE COLLEGES sociated General Contractors Society was voted Chapter Among the events of the year in the colleges, ex- of the Year for its restoration of the Mt. Carmel Catholic cerpted from their annual reports: Church, Tempe. More than $25,000 in student services Architecture - The Solar Energy Workshop, direct- was donated. ed by Stanley A. Mumma, associate professor of plan- The Arizona tansportation Research Center of the ning, enrolled more than 1,500 participants who built Arizona Department of Tiansportation was established home water heaters. The project was cited by Time and in the College, was used as a model by the U.S. Department of Energy. Fine Arts - The Mountain States Music Festival The Architecture Pre-Professional Program was attracted 7,000 students from eight states to the campus. launched, with more than 600 FTE students, Northlight Gallery photo exhibit attendance rose The first exchange with Universidad Autonoma de sharply, and grants for the gallery were obtained to assist Guadalajara, Mexico, sent seven students to the UAG in its support. Northlight Gallery is attracting national Design Center and brought nine UAG students to ASU. attention for the quality of its exhibit programs. The Environmental Simulation Laboratory and The Children's Art Workshop was popular, attract- Computer Graphics Laboratory were equipped for ing 650 children. operation. Faculty performance groups, including the New Art Business Administration - The College celebrated String Quartet, Gammage Woodwind Quintet and the its Silver Anniversary with academic convocations and Southwest Brass Quintet, were in demand and traveled publications. From fewer than 1,000 students at its widely. founding in 1955, the College enrollment has grown to Credit hours in the Department of Music recorded a nearly 10,000. 20 percent increase over 1979 totals. The Arizona Real Estate Institute was established, Graduate College - More than 10,000 students funded by private grants and research contracts, to serve were enrolled in graduate programs during the year. the Arizona real estate industry. Dr. Jay Q. Butler is The College awarded 136 doctorates and 1,410 mas- director. ter's degrees. The Master of Business Administration for Execu- The Graduate Advisory Board awarded $17,787 tives program was launched, with 29 business persons in to 74 graduate students for travel to present research the first two-year class. papers. Enrollment in Center for Executive Development Distinguished Research Awards for full-time re- courses and seminars totaled 1.0,498. search in 1981,-82 went to O M Brack, professor of Education The College provided direct services English; Raymond W. Kulhavy, professor of education; - professor geology. valued at $2 million to Arizona schools and school dis- and Ronald Greeley, of an internationally- tricts, all externally funded. Law - Louis B. Schwartz, public utilities, busi- Faculty of the college served as editors, or on edito- known authority on anti-trust law, was chosen for the new rial boards, of 15 professional journals. ness regulation and criminal law, The Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Education was Merriam Distinguished Professorship of Law. the College was com- established and is already recognized as a national leader The new trial courtroom in private contributions. in the field. pleted, aided by substantial and hold- The College sponsored 27 professional conferences, The Law Library added 14,000 volumes, 77 6,O00. Lexis computer system was attended by more than 1,600 educators. ings now exceed A The Department of Higher and Adult Education installed to facilitate legal research. numbered 'l'39, of received second-year funding in the three-year $493,000 The Fall 1979 entering class was chosen contract with the National Institute of Education for whom 51 were female students. The class research on literacy. development in the community from 1,250 applicants. Liberal Arts The College gained two new depart- colleges. - Hearing Scienc- Engineering and Applied Sciences Funded re- ments, Religious Studies and Speech and - Philosophy and Humanities search in the college increased by 60 percent over that of es; the Department of and the College lost the previous year. combines two former departments;

17 Mass Communications, Recreation, Dance and the Cen- ter for Public Affairs to other colleges. The Pre-Health Professions Office took pride in the fact that 47 percent of its applying students were accepted for medical schools and 68 percent for schools of Top left and right: New facilities include the nearly completed Aquatic dentistry. Complex at College Avenue and Sixth Street, and the Science Library Geology faculty led the College with six publica- on Tyler Mall, to be ready in 1982. tions per FTE faculty member. Bottom left: The Center for Executive Development's southwest journal The German Studies Reuiew was cited by Tempe facility serves hundreds in the business community yearly. the German Studies Conference at Stanford University as Bottom right: Karen Monson, right, director of the Louise Lincoln the major journal in the field. Kerr Cultural Center, Scottsdale, checks blueprints for the fine arts Nursing - Graduate enrollment in the College in- complex with Susan B. Johnson and Fred Johnson, Center staff. creased sharply, with 126 enrolled in Spring 1980. Ellamae Branstetter was honored as an American Nurses Foundation Scholar, Nancy Melvin and Dean )uanita Murphy were named Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing, and Ann Muhlenkamp received the Distinguished Scholar Award of Phi Kappa Phi honor society. The four-year Robert Wood Iohnson Foundation Planning is progressing for a much-needed expan- Emergency Care Outreach Project was completed, and a sion of the College of Business Administration Building, report was published. Science Library and Student Services Building. Initial Public Programs - In its first year of operation the design was started for a number of other future projects. College experienced an 8.3 percent increase in student Of particular interest was the continued energy con- credit hours generated, compared with last year's pro- servation program, using a computer monitoring and duction in the individual departments comprising the control system. In |une, the first phase of the installation new College. was nearing completion. ln addition, the department was The Faculty Senate approved the Doctor of Public successful in obtaining matching federal grant funds for Administration program. the start of an expanded energy usage survey and imple- Student Joel Stiner served on the Arizona Board of mentation of further conservation measures. These and Regents and student Harry Mitchell was re-elected other innovative programs initiated by the department mayor of Tempe. have shown significant results in softening the impact of More than 150 students were appointed to intern- escalating energy costs for a growing campus. ships in federal and state government. Major programs to rebuild parking lots, roofs and School of Social Work - More than 450 students facilities for the handicapped continued in an ongoing provided services to public and private agencies valued proSram of campus improvements. at $7 69 ,500. A total of 115 major projects were active during the Minority student attrition was reduced by 27 .6 per- year, representing an investment of $'1,8,404,445. Over cent through a new program. $2,000,000 of smaller remodeling and repair tasks were Enrollment in the School reached a record 682 stu- completed. In addition, the operation and maintenance dents, 286 in the master's program and 396 in the bache- of University facilities received over $7,000,000, not lor's program. including utilities. Grants totaling $L,825,71L funded 14 service and The 1979 Safety Program, operated by the depart- research projects. ment for the campus, received the highest possible award presented by the National Safety Council to a university PHYSICAL FACILITIES or college, an Award of Honor. Results of the program Major new construction under way included the were further endorsed by a significant reduction in indus- three-pool aquatic complex scheduled to open in early trial accidents which resulted in a $213,000 rebate to the 1981; Phase II of the Classroom/Office Building and a University from Arizona Workmen's Compensation complete renovation of the Lyceum Theatre. A new Insurance. chemical storage building was completed and is now serving the needs of the campus. FACILITY ACQUISITIONS Development of the First Street and Price Road Three off-campus facilities were obtained by the property continued with a general warehouse completed University during the year, providing new resources for and work under way for an Animal Resources Center, public service and mission accomplishment. basic utilities, security requirements and other facilities. The Louise Lincoln Kerr Cultural Center in Scotts-

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Middle right: Recipients of awards given during the Colonial Penn Elder Scholars program pose for local television cameras. CONTINUING EDUCATION AND Bottom right: Hugh Burgess, dean of the College of Architecture, SUMMER SESSIONS shows how the new demonstration and research unit will combine Educational opportunities for Maricopa County res- technology and technique in energy-efficient homes. idents have multiplied with the broadening of the off- campus, evening, and summer course offerings. All these courses are applicable toward undergraduate and graduate degrees. The potential for off-campus courses was increased were several proSram production grants. with the addition of the ASU/Alhambra facility (north- Sixteen telecourses were aired in the Fall and Spring west Phoenix) in January, 1980. This facility has central- Semesters on Channel 8 for ASU credit, along with ten ized offerings of off-campus courses, and serves as an courses broadcast for the community colleges. KAET has information center. ASU/Metrocenter served 1,500 stu- placed increasing emphasis on telecommunications this dents in Fall1979 and 1,700 in Spring 1980. The enroll- year and applications were filed with FCC for approval ment at ASU/Alhambra was 853 in Spring 1980. The to develop an Instructional Television Fixed Service total off-campus enrollment was 11,338 in credit cours- (ITFS) system to serve the instructional television needs es. Correspondence study served 919 students. of Maricopa County through microwave transmission. University Continuing Education also coordinates Cable Channel 9 is programmed by KAET with instruc- non-credit offerings, conferences, and special programs. tional TV courses and some children's programs. A num- The English Skills Program, instructional television ber of satellite teleconferences have been held in KAET courses offered in cooperation with KAEI Channel 8, studios. This capacity to serve large groups for interac- and the Fulbright-Hays Grants and Awards program are tive meetings and instructional purposes hold promise included. for future expansion. The Summer Sessions, a self-supporting activity, The KAET staff won more national and local enrolled 20,973 students ina979. University Continuing awards. The Page School interns won state and national Education also served as the host for an Elderhostel pro- broadcast production awards, and one Rocky Mountain gram in the summer of 1980, serving citizens aged 59-80 Emmy Award came to KAET. There were awards from in two one-week sessions on the campus. the Pacific Mountain Network for programming excellence, six NAEB graphic design awards; the CPB Pro- KAET, CHANNEL 8 TELEVISION motion Award, Arizona Press Women Award, and a KAET staff members continue their national in- National Federation of Press Women Award. volvement in public television by sitting on many Public KAET consistently ranks in the top ten stations in Broadcasting Service and Corporation for Public Broad- the nation in percentaSe of households viewing. KAET is casting boards and advisory committees. Serving in this also ranked in the top ten in the nation for the number of capacity not only gives KAET an opportunity for leader- contributing members. The volunteers increased their in national decision-making, but also provides na- 'l,4,924hours ship serviceby2l% foratotal of - with29 tour national visibility f or KAET andArizona State University. guides giving more than 100 tours to 1,800 people. Grants totaling over $350,000 were received by KAET from theArizona Commissionfor Post-Secondary GAMMAGE CENTER AND UNIVERSITY Education, Corporation for Public Broadcasting for two ACTIVITY CENTER minority training Brants, the City of Tempe for cable Each year thousands of Arizonans attend a program studies, Arizona Department of Corrections for a tele- of cultural and entertainment events at Gammage Center communication study, and U.S. Department of Com- and the UAC that includes the world's finest dance commerce for a facilities grant which will pay part of the costs panies, outstanding theatre and Broadway musicals, nar- of the translator system for Flagstaff and Prescott. There rated film adventures, comedy stars, contemporary

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&-- I h n 21 singers and internationally acclaimed orchestras. The The Faculty Showcase Series presented Ashes by 1979-8O season was no exception since Gammage Center David Rudkin, The Caretaker by Harold Pinter, and A presented more than 150 performing arts events while Life in the Theatre by David Mamet. the 14,500-seat University Activity Center was the site The Children's Theatre produced Cinderella and for 12 concerts and events. Neto ToldTales, atouring production which was a collec- During L979-80 performers and events such as tion of children's stories by Oscar Wilde. Elton John, the St. Louis Symphony, Bette Midler, the Students and faculty of the Department of Music Roger Wagner Chorale, Bob Dylan, the Twyla Tharp presented more than 300 on-campus performances and Dance Foundation, Chuck Mangione, Marcel Marceau some 200 off-campus performances during the year. and the Broadway hlts Shouboat and Neil Simon's Student instrumental and choral groups include the Uni- Chapter Ttoo were presented as part of Gammage Cen- versity Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Sun ter's spectacular 16th season. Devil Marching Band, Jazz Bands, and the University ASU Student Series ticket proceeds help fund stu- Choirs. dent loans. Gordon Lightfoot, Carlos Montoya, Mum- The University Dance Theatre, the performing menschanz, Ain't Misbehaoin, Deathtrap, |ean-Pierre branch of the Department of Dance, presented some Rampal and AlexandreLagoya, the Houston Ballet, and twenty concerts and performances in the Dance Studio PDQ Bach played to enthusiastic Student Series audi- Theatre and at Gammage Center for the Performing ences at Gammage. Arts. Student dancers also performed on tour throughout Sell-outs helped make the University Activity Cen- the community and state. The repertory is comprised of ter season the best in its history as Abba, Bad Company, student, faculty and guest artist choreo graphy, as well as REO Speedwagon, Graham Nash & Poco, the Beach dance classics reconstructed by a guest notator through Boys, Billyloel, Dan Fogelberg and The Who entertained Labanotation. appreciative audiences. The Gammage Artists-in-Residence program con- INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS tinued to grow in popularity and acceptance. Adults, A year marked by turmoil and change in Sun Devil students, and children from the Phoenix area are afford- athletics produced some excellent team and individual ed the opportunity to experience the performing arts in performances. Coach Bobby Douglas' wrestling team master classes, free recitals, lecture-demonstrations and captured the PAC-1O championship and finished fifth in mini-concerts. The 7979-80 Gammage Artists-In- the NCAA meet. Ned Wulk, named PAC-10 Coach of the Residence program featured a string quartet, three young Year in basketball, led his team to a 22-7 season and concert musicians, four dance companies and a string second place in the conference. Freshman guard Byron trio. Scott won the PAC-10 Rookie of the Year award in basketball. STUDENT PRODUCTIONS The women's archery team, coached by Sheri Lyric Opera Theatre celebrated its 16th year by Rhodes, and the women's badminton team, coached by opening with Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, fol- Merle Packer, won their second straight national cham- lowed by Puccini's La Boheme. LOT's record total of pionships. ASU women's golf and softball teams won 1,200 season subscribers helped assure sold-out houses. Western Collegiate Athletic Association titles. The Valley's flood problems caused sparse attendance at Dick Thmburo was appointed director of athletics the local premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Ooer- and Darryl Rogers was named head football coach. tures, but Albert Herring played to full houses. ASU again led the PAC-10 in home football atten- In )anuary LOT hosted the Texas Opera Theater, dance with an average of 69,734. The Collegiate Sports touring arm of the Houston Grand Opera, for a three-day Information Directors of America again honored both residency. Summer saw the Music Theatre lit for an the ASU football and track brochures as the nation's best. original.revue, Cole os. Noel. University Theatre's entry in the American College OTHER EVENTS OF THE YEAR Theatre Festival The Night of the Tribades, by Per Olov An Arizona Board of Regents study recommended Enquist, was selected as one of nine plays from 450 the establishment of an Arizona State University branch entries to be presented at the American College Theatre campus in western Maricopa County. Festival XII at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The Forestry Sciences Laboratory and Rocky Moun- in May 1980. This honor made the year one of the most tain Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Depart- successful in the history of theatre at ASU. Other Main- ment of Agriculture facilities at ASU, opened Beaver stage Series productions included P.S. Your Cat ls Dead, Creek Biosphere Reserve south of Mormon Lake for by James Kirkwood, 2 X Stoppard, two plays by Tom ecological research. Stoppard, and The Robber Bridegroom, a musical by The Arizona Board of Regents approved a plan to Alfred Uhrey. use money received from the sale of the Arizona Gover-

22 nor's Mansion, $375,000, for student loans at all three zona Board of Regents at all three state universities. state universities. Arizona State University fees per semester for resident The national wire services, television news pro- students will be $325 and for non-residents $1,475 for grams and major newspapers in the United States, Cana- L98L-82. Resident students will now pay L9 percent of da and Europe publicized the "jogging pigs" program the average cost of education and non-residents 86 per- inaugurated by George Seperich, assistant professor of cent at ASU. agriculture, in metabolism research. G. M. Sollenberger, president-elect of the Phoenix The University sponsored nine summer study tours Chamber of Commerce, announced an industry partner- to Japan, Mexico, Great Britain, Scandinavia and Central ship to develop additional excellence in engineering pro- America. grams at Arizona State University. The Thomas Heggerty family of Phoenix claimed a The University became a member of the Inter- record eight degree holders from ASU. The youngest university Consortium for Political and Social Research, child, Helen, was a sophomore in1,979-80. making available new research resources in economics, Lewis and Lenore Ruskin, Paradise Valley, gave the sociology, psychology, geography, history, political sci- University paintings, sculpture, stained glass and draw- ence and allied disciplines. ings by artists of the 16th through 19th centuries, hailed Mark D. Robeson, former chairman of the Ameri- as the most important gift to the University Art Collec- can Tiucking Association, won the Seley Award of the tions in 13 years, Tiansportation Association of America and presented his The ASU Leadership Scholarship Program offered $5,000 award to Arizona State University. 15 $5,000 scholarships to outstanding high school se- Salt River flooding in mid-February washed out niors for achievements in community leadership and ac- bridges and created traffic congestion that hampered ademics. University operations for several weeks. Car-pooling, A scientifically-designed physical fitness couise, 18 special bus and train shuttles, and other emergency mea- exercise stations over 1.8 miles, was opened on campus, a sures enabled the University to maintain class schedules gift of the Perrier mineral water company. without interruption. The University's annual Arizona Economic Forecast ASU became a member of the Inter-university Con- Luncheon at the TowneHouse, Phoenix, one of the state's sortium for Political and Social Research, opening up to major business presentations, attracted a record 1,500 faculty vast data archives in economics, sociology, psy- persons for the 1979 event. chology, geography, history, political science and allied A series of seven architectural lectures, "Focus West disciplines. - Current Mainstream of Environmental Design," fea- turing leading western architects, was presented at the THE ALUMNI Arizona State University and University of Arizona Col- The Arizona State University Alumni Association leges of Architecture. was headed by Karl Wochner, '70 ID, Tempe, as presi- Liu Yin, president of the Chinese Institute of Elec- dent during an eventful year. He was succeeded for tronics, and nine other industry leaders from the People's 1980-81 by Darrell Sawyer, '57, Phoenix. Republic of China, visited the University to study aca- The Alumni Association announced the appoint- demic programs. ment of Bill Bass, '63, as chairman of the Annual Fund for ASU was one of five selected for the 1979-80 Colo- 1980. Phoenix City Councilman Barry Starr, '60,'70 nial Penn Elder Scholars program, which offers $1,000 MA, was named chairman of the Century Club drive. scholarships for students over 50 years of age. The Association presented its annual Alumni Appre- The Sun Devil Inlarching Band, now with 275 mem- ciation Award to Olivia H. Birchett, former secretary to bers from 29 states and Canada, became the largest in the the College of Law dean, and its Alumni Service Award Pacific Ten Conference. to Judge C. Kimball Rose, '57, who has served the Asso- A center for the study of new crops for minority ciation and the University in numerous capacities. farmers, NEWCAST, was established at the University At the annual Founders Day Dinner, sponsored by with funding from the U.S. Departments of Agriculture the Association in March, the alumni presented the Dis- and lnterior and the Office of Minority Enterprises. tinguished Teacher Award to Dr. Kaoru Yamamoto, pro- Jojoba and guayule are the principal crops under study. fessor of Education, and the Faculty Achievement Award The Arizona State Department of tansportation to Dr. Kenneth Donelson, professor of English. The provided primary funding for the new Center for tans- Alumni Achievement Award went to political leader portation Research in the School of Engineering. Mary Dent Crisp, '77, and education administrator Career Services co-sponsored a teacher jobs fair Carolyn Lane Scott,'53 MA,'66 Ed.D. which attracted 600 prospective teachers and representa- The Alumni Association ended the academic year tives of more than L00 western school districts, by welcoming6,328 new graduates into its ranks, which Student tuition and fees were increased by the Ari- now total 101,653 alumni.

23 UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT year by Motorola, Inc. Others in the top ten included: Private Support. A record 63,200 private citizens Honeywell Corporation, Sperry Flight Systems, Phelps reinforced Arizona State University's belief that the citi- Dodge Corporation, Del Webb Corporation, Exxon Edu- zens of Arizona want and are willing to support a univer- cation Foundation, Arizona Public Service, Salt River sity of the highest quality. Giving for the 1.979-80 year Project, Sperry Univac, General Telephone and IT&T. was $4,492,790. General Purpose Foundations. The Charles S. Mott The Arizona State University Annual Fund. Led by Foundation continued its leading role in support of the the National Fund Chairman, Darrell Sawyer, '57, presi- cultural and academic maturity of ASU. The Dougherty dent of Sawyer Aviation, and assisted by Century Club Foundation. E. Blois duBois Foundation, Spencer T. Olin Chairman Bill Bass, senior vice president of First Federal Foundation, Arizona State University Foundation and Savings and Loan Association, the total of alumni sup- the Sun Angel Foundation are but a few of the 60 founda- port for 'L979-8O set new records in both total dollars tion givers. received and total number of contributors. Alumni, The Sun Angel Foundation. The Sun Angel Founda- numbering 10,050, recognized the University's needs tion deserves special comment for its role in providing beyond the capacity of the State to support the institu- partial financing for the expansion of Sun Devil Stadium, tion and contributed $304,000. for its effort to increase the Funk-Sun Angel Scholarship Friends of Channel 8. The most popular area of Fund,and for its enthusiastic support of the general aca- support among alumni and non-alumni, foundations, demic and athletic programs at Arizona State University. corporations, clubs and organizations at ASU was again Arizona State University Foundation. The Founda- in 7979-80 the Friends of Channel 8. Under the chair- tion's efforts to increase public awareness of the needs of manship of Jack L. Blumenstein and under the staff direc- the University beyond the support provided by the State tion of John Lang, Sharon Arnold and Charles Clark, a Legislature and the Foundation's efforts to provide addi- record of 56,364 gifts totaling $'L,1.8L,282 were received. tional "quality dollars" to the University resulted in a The Arizona State University Library Associates. total response of $600,000 for 1979-80. Under the chairmanship of Donald E. Daughton, 247 The area of Planned Giving directed by Dean S. active members assisted the University's libraries in the Dooley continued to emphasize the importance in indi- acquisition of rare books and collections. Specific gifts vidual planning of: bequests, trusts, life income agree- from the Associates for 7979-80 included the letters of ments, pooled income funds, uni-trusts, annuity trusts Charles Ricketts, Handmade Papers of the World and a and charitable gift annuities, as well as outright gifts. Chinese Calligraphy Series, for a total of $9,000. The Particular emphasis this past year was placed on the use of Focus Series of ASU Faculty Lectures continued in Hay- appreciated assets: ranch land, shopping centers, busi- den Library under the chairmanship of Mrs. Clarence B. nesses, real estate and art objects, in providing immediate Warrenburg and under Mrs. Richard P. Hall in Sun City. and future gifts for the improvement of the University. The Friends of Music. Increased awareness of the At the annual meeting the following directors were need for support of the Music Department was evident reelected to three-year terms: Ralph H. Eaton, Mrs. Hugh this year when the Friends of Music doubled its active Long, Sam Mardian, Sen. Rod ]. McMullin, Sen. John membership to 1,62 faculty, staff, parents and friends Pritzlaff , Ted Riggins, Mae Sue Thlley, Keith Tirrley and investing a total of $8,185. George Umberson, chair of Donald J. Ulrich, Jr. the Department of Music, directed a special effort toward The following officers were elected for 1980-81: Ted parents of music majors. Riggins, chairman; The Hon. Walter E. Craig, first vice Corporate Support.The business community con- chairman; Iack W. Whiteman, second vice chairman; Rex tinues to demonstrate its interest in supplementing the E. Staley, third vice chairman; Carl S. Miller, president; basic support provided by the State Legislature as evi- Wayne E. Legg, secretary; Mrs. Kathryn Gammage, asso- denced by the all-time high of 580 corporate gifts, total- ciate secretary; Edward M. Carson, treasurer; and Allen ing $500,000 inL979-80. Corporate giving was led this Rosenberg, past chairman.

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