VOL. XXIII NO. 135 TUESDAY , MAY 1, 1990 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY’S Hofman ends 40 years at ND, leaves a legend By ANDREA CAVANAUGH dean of the Freshman Year of man’s time at Notre Dame, News Writer Photos / page 4 Studies. especially his chemistry classes. Emil Hofman, currently dean Hofman’s many awards tes­ Students report dreading of the Freshman Year of Stud­ convinced him to become a tify to his devotion in teaching quizzes they termed “Emils. ” ies, is retiring at the end of this teacher. and in promoting excellence Before tests, students com­ year. After 40 years of hard After completing his M.S. de­ within the Notre Dame commu­ monly recited the “Our Father” work in various capacities, he gree at Notre Dame, he became nity. with a slight revision to “deliver will be leaving the University. part of the faculty of the chem­ •In 1963, he was the first re­ them from Emil.” Hofman said it was time for istry department. In accepting cipient of the Thomas P. Mad­ During finals week, Hofman him to retire because “when this position, ho interrupted his % \ den Award for excellence in formed a parade with different you are 70 years old, you have Ph.D. research. He said, “ I teaching freshman. themes in order to lighten the to think about these things.” loved the teaching so much, I •In 1982, he received the students’ mood. He dressed as He plans to stay in South Bend delayed the research.” James E. Armstrong Award in Bruce Springsteen or Notre and promises he w ill not do Balancing his research and recognition of his outstanding Dame’s quarterback, 007, and anything he “ does not want to.” teaching, he managed to com­ Emil Hofman service to the University and his proceeded with his teaching as­ Regardless of what he does, plete his Ph.D. in 1960. tant dean in the College of personal qualities that reflect sistants to the site of the final Hofman hopes he will be able to Science. the principles of the University. exam. remain involved in the Univer­ In 1963, he was appointed to Two of Hofman’s important •In 1983, A scholarship was Hofman has many stories to sity. assistant chairman of the accomplishments are the endowed in his honor for un­ toll of students who performed He entered Notre Dame in chemistry department. Hofman Teacher Training Institute dergraduate students at the poorly freshman year but re­ 1950 as a chem istry graduate implemented many creative which educated high school University. ceived a 4.0 senior year, and student and teaching assistant. programs to increase the qual­ teachers for their M.S. degree •In 1987, he received the students who paid their way Hofman had always hoped to ity of the students’ education. and directed the International Shilts/ Leonard Teaching through school and now are have a career in industry but His energy and creativity soon Science and Engineering Fair. Award in the College of Science. working as a teaching assistant earned him the office of assis- In 1971, he was appointed Many stories surround Hof­ see HOFMAN / page6 Shiites release American hostage Reed; Bush thanks Syria and Iran for assistance DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — He was freed in Beirut at 8:30 could be no rest “until all American hostage Frank Reed p.m. (1:30 p.m. EDT), Syrian hostages are free.” was freed Monday after being officials said, and was driven to There are still 16 Westerners, held for 43 “ endless" months, the Syrian capital, where For­ including six Americans, held in much of the time blindfolded, eign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa Lebanon. by Shiite Moslem kidnappers in turned him over to U.S. ambas­ “ I hope this is a forerunner Lebanon. He was the second sador Edward Djerejian. to the release of the other American freed in nine days. He left Damascus at 2.22 American hostages and the “ I'd like to toll my family, a.m. Tuesday (7:22 p.m. EDT others from other countries especially my son Tarek, that Monday) on a U.S. m ilita ry held against their w ill," Bush his daddy is well. He is a little transport plane headed for the said. skinny, hut he will be home very U.S. A ir Force Base at Wies­ The Iranian newspaper soon," the 57-year-old educator baden, West Germany, where he Tehran Times said Tuesday from Malden, Mass., told state- will undergo medical checks that unless Washington an­ run Syrian TV after his release. and a debriefing by a State De­ swers the latest releases with In the Boston suburb of partment team. goodwill gestures, no more Malden, Reed’s Syrian Moslem President Bush hailed Reed’s Americans w ill go free. wife, Fahima “ Fifi" Reed, 39, release as Bush welcomed Reed, who appeared pale and saw her husband on television former hostage Robert Polhill had grown a white beard, said and exclaimed, “ He looks to the White House, another at a briefing at the ministry great! He’s in a suit. ... I want U.S. educator who was freed in that he could not answer some to see everybody happy as I am Lebanon on A p ril 22 after 39 questions out of concern for now." months in captivity. Bush those still held — “ I do not Reed, who lived in Beirut thanked Syria and Iran for want to say anything that could AP Photo Fifi Reed (right) smiles with family members while holding a photograph since 1977, converted to Islam their help in securing the re­ harm them." of her husband Frank, who was freed by captors yesterday. Frank to m arry Fahim a. T arek is leases and said “ things seem to The freed captive appeared in Reed has been held captive for the past 43 months in Lebanon. their 9-year-old son. be moving," but that there reasonable health. Nelson says resources Meeting people key for transfers By PAUL PEARSON ND, she was placed in the Col­ Assistant News Editor lege of Business Administra­ are top world issue tion. “I didn’t want to be there, Two Notre Dame transfer T r n m W but that’s where I ended up," By MIKE OWEN students said that they prefer "'T she said. News Writer ■ Press conference / page 3 ND to their previous colleges. If she were asked to give a Gina Mahony, a transfer from The second of a two part seriespotential transfer student ad­ The status of our re­ devise some way of getting it James Madison University, is vice, Mahony would say, “ Hang sources including air, water, in," said Nelson. proof that the process of trans­ day of classes. “I was really in there. Things always work soil, oceans and natural The idea was suggested by ferring can be socially reward­ lucky,” she said. out.” 4 beauty is the most important Nelson to Hubert Humphrey ing. Campus budgeting is one of One person who wants to help issue facing the world today and John Kennedy in the In Craig T ille r’s case, the lack the differences Mahony sees things work out for next year’s since it effects the quality of early 1960s but was never of social interaction during his since coming to Notre Dame. transfers is Tiller, the 1990 our lives, according to Gay­ taken as a serious issue transfer period led him to be­ “ Everything is so tightly bud­ transfer orientation coordina­ lord Nelson, the founder of facing the nation. come involved with transfer geted. You can see it in how tor. Tiller, who transferred to Earth Day. “It was not until I visited orientation, a process that will well they keep up the halls and ND from Western Michigan Nelson, a former senator Santa Barbara, Calif, in July this year involve many activities the quality of the campus.” University in 1987, knows what in Wisconsin, gave a brief of 1969 after one of the to help students adjust socially. Mahony also says she enjoys these students go through. history of Ear.th Day and worst oil spills occurred According to Mahony, who ND’s student body. “I’ve had a outlined some of the tactics there in January of that year transferred last year, ND is great time here. People defi­ The fifth-year architecture we should use to help save that the issue started to get “much more demanding aca­ nitely know how to have fun,” student from Portage, Michigan the environment in his some backing. ” Nelson said. demically” than James Madi­ she said. said that his own transfer ori­ speech “The Greening of The actual idea for an son. Despite all its advantages, entation “wasn’t really that American Politics.” Earth Day was announced Mahony, a junior government according to Mahony, ND can­ good. It was basically getting The purpose of the first later that year in Sept. while major from Annandale, Vir­ not beat James Madison in one us registered. There wasn't too Earth Day was to bring the Nelson was speaking in ginia, was put on the waiting category—the food. “The food much social interaction.” idea of environmental Seattle. Nelson stated that list when she applied during her [at James Madisonl was one ol awareness into mainstream the idea of Earth Day gained freshman year. When she was the tops in the country.” When asked how much he America, according to popularity because it was a accepted as a transfer student Making friends at ND was learned about the campus from Nelson.