Magazine of The American University Summer 1984

TheAtlnan Khashoggi Center

at last - a special place for sports and con"ocations! Vol. 35 No. 3 Table of Contents

.AMERIQiN Campus News ...... 2

American is the official alumni magazine of The American University. It is prepared under the gen­ Special Supplement ...... 1a eral supervision of Anita F. Gottlieb, director, The Adnan Khashoggi Center fo r Sports University Relations, and the editorial supervision and Convocations of Martha N. Robinson, di rector, University Pub­ lications and Printing Office. Suggestions and com­ ments concerning American should be sent to: American Magazine, University Publications and Printing Office, The American University, HOO Massachusetts Avenue, N. \V., V.'ashington, D.C. Honors 9 20016.

Kathryn Stafford, Editor Faculty ...... 11 Laura Robinson Pritchard, Designer P rofessor Rudolph von Abele's eclectic Mary Jo Casciato, Lenny Granger, Susan approach has inspired students for thirty­ Phillips, Tracy Samuel, Joanne Tarr, seven years Writers David Buhler, Katherine Lambert, Annette Lein, Robert Sherbow, Photographers Alumni ...... 13 News, Class Notes American is published quarterly by The American University. With a circulation of about 55,000, American is sent to alumni and other constituents of the university communit)'. Copyright 198+, The American University.

The American University is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action institution.

Illustrations that a ppear on cover a nd else­ where: C hristopher A . Klein

SUMMER 1984 Campus News

American Legacy: most law schools. Students Women and the will average twenty hours of Washington College clinic work per week, in addi­ of Law tion to taking a three-hour seminar on the theory of advo­ he Women and the cacy. T Law Project of the Child-support enforcement Washington College of Law and family violence issues will (WCL) is a unique program constitute the majority of born of an unusual heritage. cases. Referrals will be made Proposed by faculty mem­ directly from the District of bers who want to establish a Columbia courts. Shalleck be­ living recollection of the lieves that the clinic will founding of the WCL by two demonstrate how the law and women, the project addresses its institutions affect women, particular issues of the law fac­ particularly poor women who ing women today. are heads of households. The United Methodist Church supplied the initial grant money for the project in Statistics Show Emma M. Gillett Ellen Spencer Mussey 1983. Project Needed WCL professors Janet fall below the poverty line es­ women comprised the first Spragens and Herman Over the last decade and a tablished by the Census Bu­ graduating class; the entire Schwartz cochair the program half, courts and legislatures reau. In 1981 more than two­ student body totaled only that administers the Women nationwide have begun to ad­ thirds of Black and Hispanic eleven-ten women and one and the Law Project, directed dress how women are affected female-headed households na­ man. Today the student body by Ann Shalleck. The func­ by the law and its institutions. tionwide fell below the pover­ is over 50 percent female and tions of the project are three­ Speaking to the third annual ty line. This growing "femini­ the faculty, 24 percent female, fold, according to Shalleck: es­ WCL Women's Law Associa­ zation of poverty" means that a high percentage compared tablishment of a clinic tion luncheon last February, the laws pertaining to poor to the ratios of other law concentrating on family law is­ Judge Gladys Kessler of the people directly affect women schools. sues; program development Family Division, D.C. Superi­ and, therefore, women must Shalleck graduated from within the law school curricu­ or Court, estimated that 90 identify and correct those laws Harvard Law School with a lum; and additional communi­ percent of the 8.4 million sin­ and practices that have contri­ Juris Doctor degree and has ty outreach, such as WCL gle-parent families in the buted to their lower status. worked for the ational Legal Founder's Day events last United States are headed by Resource Center for Child spring which focused on wom­ women. In 1981 the Census Heritage of the WCL Advocacy of the American en within the legal profession, Bureau reported that of these Bar Association as well as with and a fall 1984 conference for families, 25 percent received Founded in 1896 by Ellen legal services in Philadelphia. legal educators concerned some child-support payment, Spencer Mussey and Emma Under her direction the with teaching women's legal 4 7 percent received full pay­ M. Gillett, the law school was Women and the Law Project studies. ment, and 28 percent received established "primarily for provides an enriching link be­ no payment at all. More than women," according to its char­ tween AU and the Washing­ Clinic Established half of the fathers of these ter. In 1896 women could ton, D.C., community. In ad­ families were failing to pro­ practice law in the District of dition, it establishes a forum In the fall Shalleck will con­ vide the court-ordered sup­ Columbia, but they were de­ for the concerns of women as duct a year-long clinic for six port payment. nied admittance to four out of law students and future law­ third-year law students who A study by the Washing­ the five law schools in the yers and reaffirms the pur­ have made special application ton-based Children's Defense area. The WCL was the first poses of founders Mussey and to the Women and the Law Fund revealed that 12 million law school in the United Gillett almost ninety years Project. Students will follow children live in female-headed States to be founded by wom­ ago. cases from beginning to end, households, and more than 56 en, and until the 1940s only an opportunity not available at percent of these households women served as deans. Six -Kathryn Stafford

2 AMERICA War, Peace, and Press ington editor of The Atlantic, to give some comment which bers of the press were permit­ Talk Hosted and James McCartney, nation­ will cause us to be a part of ted to accompany troops al security correspondent for the controversy of the news. during World War II on the ''T he next war in Knight-Ridder newspapers. And if we don't choose to do D-Day invasion, they were not the Middle East The problems facing the that, then what opinions we involved until about the fifth will be carried live if we can print media, television report­ have tend to be left aside." wave of combatants, they only firtd a sponsor," re­ ers, and elected and appointed The possibility of oversim­ were in uniform and given of­ marked NBC News corre­ government officials appear to plifying complex issues can ficer ranks, and they were spondent Marvin Kalb, char­ have much in common, ac­ lead to other problems for a strictly censored by the mili­ acterizing the impact of cording to the panelists; name­ reporter, according to Fal­ tary. television on news reporting. ly, oversimplification of com­ lows-"to look for conspira­ Resolutions offered by the The occasion for his remark plicated questions that require cies." Burch agreed, stating panelists focused on the power was a symposium held on The quick resolution. that "the press approaches ev­ of television to inform visual­ American University campus The issue of oversimplifica­ ery military operation as if it ly. McCartney emphasized the last semester on "War, Peace, tion was cited as a near occu­ were some sort of scandal or "educational function" of the and the News," moderated by pational hazard to officials and that television has the idea press, which shouldn't be ig­ School of Communication ad­ reporters alike. Kalb re­ that if you can't take a picture nored and which the press has junct professor and Pulitzer marked that "because of the of it, it isn't news." Alluding been reluctant to take on. He Prize winner Nick Kotz. A ca­ growth of television news, ... to the U.S. military invasion commented that television can pacity crowd was in attend­ everything tends to be terri­ of Grenada last October, he perform this function better ance, and the cable television bly compressed .... compres­ stated that the aims of the than the print media by show­ network C-Span videotaped sion is an act of oversimplifica­ U.S. government in barring ing how things work and what the discussion for a later show­ tion." the press were twofold: the se­ they look like. Burch, too, ing on national television. Kassebaum pointed to tele­ curity of the mission and the looked beyond the print media The other panelists were vision as causing the greatest protection of American lives. for the answers, stating that Senator Nancy Kassebaum (R­ problem for elected officials The perceived conflict is be­ the "new satellite technology" Kan), chair of the Congres­ because "it doesn't allow us tween the press's obligation to will encourage more and de­ sional Military Reform Cau- . any perspective ... as a mem­ inform the public and its re­ tailed coverage. cus, Michael Burch, assistant ber of the Foreign Relations gard for security and, perhaps, secretary of defense for public Committee, I find we are fre­ its patriotism. Burch com­ affairs, James Fallows, Wash- quently sought out if we want mented that although mem- - Kathryn Stafford

SU MMER 1984 3 Literature Department The workshops are small, Each year selection of visi­ year, and who has filled in for Offers Visiting Writers typically for ten or fifteen tors is handled by a group of Taylor and Professor Myra Series people. "They're primarily faculty members, with recom­ Sklarew in workshops they aimed at students in the grad­ mendations by MFA students. teach regularly; uate creative writing pro­ "We're looking not just *a workshop by novelist hen Allen Ginsberg gram," says Taylor, "but not for well-known writers-we're Richard Price. W conducted a writing exclusively." Slots that aren't looking for well-known writ­ -Lenny Granger workshop in poetry this filled by MFA students are ers who are also known to be spring, he asked the audience open to the general public, effective teachers of their to come up with short poems contingent upon manuscript craft," says Taylor. on the spot. review by Taylor. He advocates having "a real Basketball Conference "He wouldn't let anyone in In addition to Ginsberg, spread" as far as what and how Slated to Change the room off the hook," says visiting writers this year were the writers teach. Henry Taylor, director of Brad Leithauser, George Star­ Taylor wanted Ginsberg eginning next season, American's graduate program buck, Alice McDermott, and B The American Uni­ "not only because he is a ma­ in creative writing. R.H.W. Dillard. The pro­ jor figure in the history of re­ versity basketball team will be Ginsberg is one of a half­ gram also included a special cent American literature, but switching from the East Coast dozen nationally known writ­ panel discussion with James because we approach the writ­ Conference to the Eastern ers who participated in this Laughlin, writer and publisher ing of poetry-and therefore Collegiate Athletic Confer­ year's Visiting Writers Series. of New Directions; Mitchel probably the teaching of poet­ ence-Southern Division All writers in this annual se­ Levitas, editor of the New ry-from nearly opposite di­ (ECAC). ries give readings from their York Times Book Review; and rections." The Eagles will compete works-poetry or fiction­ Robert Towers, novelist and Says Taylor: "He has a lot against George Mason U ni­ while two each semester also well-known reviewer of fic­ of reservations about the ef­ versity, the U.S. aval Acade­ conduct week-long workshops. tion. fectivene s of MFA pro­ my, The College of William grams, so I brought him here and Mary, The University of with the knowledge that he'd Richmond, James Madison shake things up a bit. What I University, East Carolina Uni­ didn't foresee was the wonder­ versity, and The University of fully high level of energy and orth Carolina at Wilming­ generosity-and carefulness ton in the ECAC. All teams, that he brought to the work­ according to Fran Dunphy, as­ shop every day." sistant basketball coach at The workshops are typical­ AU, are highly competitive ly held in the late afternoon and the ECAC is ranked elev­ on Monday, Tuesday, Thurs­ enth among the twenty-eight day, and Friday of a given NCAA Division I confer­ week; Wednesday night is re­ ences. served for a reading from the "We are excited about writer's works, a presentation competing in the ECAC," open to the public without says Robert Frailey, director charge. of AU athletics. "We believe So far, plans for 1984-85 the seven universities we are call for: joining share a common com­ *a reading by poet Harvey mitment to athletics and its Shapiro, who until recently place within an educational in­ was editor of the New York stitution. There can be no Times Book Review; doubt of the athletic and aca­ *a workshop by Linda Pas­ demic excellence of the con­ tan, a poet from Potomac, ference members, and we feel Md., who has published wide­ this move will be a very posi­ ly, was nominated for The tive step for our entire pro­ Allen Ginsberg meets with students after giving a poetry American Book A ward last gram." reading on campus last semester. 4 AMERICAN Election '84: the history and is also cochair of Stassen, bless him, received a fact Constituency, the the bipartisan Women's Cam­ ~ ~ 1111\e single vote; and someone Media, the Polls paign Fund, pointed out that & ~hat ev- named 'Ultraman' received "the response of the president ery one of the the other." has been to ignore it. candidates refers to unemploy­ ment, tax policy, and so on, or some, election day "The White House poll­ sters and political advisers does not mean they necessari­ Fresults are simply a ly have a significant feel for matter of who receives the have claimed that the gender gap is a problem of 'percep­ the magnitude of the problem, most votes. But for five AU nor that they have any realis­ professors who spoke at an tions', that if women under­ stood what the president has tic plans to deal with it." he accu­ Alumni Weekend panel dis­ Asked communications Tracy of a cussion, the equation is a more done for them in this country they would support him m dean Frank Jordan, "If a tree pollster's pre­ complicated one. falls in the forest and it is not dictions has a lot to do with Answering the question, record numbers. Frankly, even as a Republican, I find on the seven p.m. news, did it the questions asked, explained "Election '84: What Makes actually fall? Maybe," he an­ Richard Smolka (SGPA/ the Difference?," the five ex­ that a hard case to establish." oting that many women swered, "but who cares?" BA'59; MA'61; PhD'66), po­ perts approached the 1984 po­ Jordan, who has been a cor­ litical science professor at the litical scene from widely diver­ voted Democratic in 1980 out of anger over Ronald Rea­ respondent for NBC, noted School of Government and gent perspectives. that "this is the age of the me­ Public Administration. Washington College of gan's stance on the Equal Rights Amendment, Griffith dia, free and paid, in polit­ "The question that is asked, Law Professor O'Neal Smalls ICS. • • . It has been growing invariably, goes something asked the audience of alumni asked, "How many more women are there who might since 1960, until today, when like this: 'If the election were and their families to examine we have the most media-adept being held today . . . ' The whether minorities and the be offended by current presi­ dential policy? And are there president in our history. It is election is not being held to­ poor are on the candidates' the age of the symbiotic rela­ day; the premise is inaccurate. "starting roster." enough who will switch to a Democratic column to make a tionship between the press It is misleading." Jesse Jackson's candidacy, difference?" and the politicians." " It is almost the same as if I Smalls observed, "has had He feels that there is "noth­ asked each of you, 'if you both an invigorating and so­ Griffith pointed out that more women than men voted ing intrinsically wrong with were buying a car today, what bering impact on both Demo­ electing a president with the car would you buy?' and you cratic politics and politics in in 1980. With even greater numbers of women register­ aid of the media .... The me­ had to answer right away. To­ general." dia concentration on the elec­ day you might buy this kind Smalls characterized the ing now, she asserted, "this could be the year of women's toral process has broadened of car, but when the time Jackson candidacy as "a con­ the participation of the people comes for that decision, condi­ tinuation of the emancipation new power in electoral polit­ ics." of this country in that process. tions may have changed." process" and "an attempt to Dr. Herbert Striner, pro­ The broad base of the Ameri­ What questions are more spark hope, to build faith, and fessor of economics m the can people play a much likely to result in an accurate to keep the dream alive" -not Kogod College of Business greater role these days in the forecast for next November? " merely a presidential cam­ Administration, stressed the electing of their president Smolka recommended that the paign." importance of electing a presi­ than they did in the past." audience ask if people feel the dent who understands eco­ Jordan told the audience incumbent is doing a good job. nomic issues. about a recent "entry poll" he "If that indicator is high, the "We really have to differ­ took among incoming AU chances are good that the entiate between the candi­ freshmen, asking whom they president will run very well." dates' mentioning the pro­ would vote for in November. Another useful question, djunct blems of economics- which "First, we held a Democratic said Smolka, is, " 'for whom A Profes­ they all do-and evidence indi­ primary. Gary Hart won that. did you vote in 1980, and for sor Elisabeth cating that they are aware of "Then, we held the presi­ whom do you think you will Griffith (CAS/ PhD'81) noted the significance of what they dential elections, and the win­ vote in 1984?' that "the gender gap was in­ are talking about and have ner by one vote .. . was Ron­ "One of the very few Dem­ vi ible until the Reagan candi­ proposals for dealing with ald Reagan. Lee Iacocca ocratic pundits who predicted dacy." Griffith, who teaches these problems. received one vote; Harold a big Ronald Reagan victory

SUMMER 198 4 5 At the Berendzens­ Leaders of Today Meet Leaders of Tomorrow 1) Cheryl Adelstein and Senator Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyo.); 2) left to right, m 1980 said he did it on the Michael Paris, Ken basis of one question, and one Sisko, Anthony Pelt, question only. He asked peo­ and FBI Director ple whether they voted for William Webster; 3) Ford or Carter in 1976. former secretary of the "He found very few people treasury G. William who voted for Ford who were Miller, Pamela switching. Since it was a close Cebulski, and Pamela election in 1976, he simply as­ Cothran; 4) left to right, sumed that that was not hap­ Secretary of Agriculture John Block, Chairman of penstance, and that Carter the Federal Reserve P aut would be in trouble, as indeed Volcker, and Darryl Jones; he proved to be. 5) Mitchell Hertz, Julie ". . . On the basis of those Kingsley, and Peace Corps kinds of questions, it would Director Loret Miller appear to me that the 1984 Luppe. race will be very close," Smolka predicted. "I don't think it's going to be a land­ slide." - Tracy Samuel

6 AMERICAN SUMMER 198+ 7 Commencement Day ness Administration marked 1984 the first commencement ap­ pearance of the college's new ore than 1100 stu­ dean, William Peters. He told M dents received diplo­ the graduates, all of whom mas during ceremonies that sported carnations on their Left, economist John Kenneth Galbraith chats with Lobna marked the seventy-ninth graduation gowns, that the Ismail and AU president Richard Berendzen. Both spring commencement of The day marked "the beginning of Galbraith and Ismail addressed the graduating class of the American University. an education that won't end College of Public and International Affairs. Throughout the day, AU until your working careers president Richard Berendzen close." The CPIA commencement time and tor the first time in acknowledged the unique con­ KCBA graduates also heard speaker, economist John Ken­ history, it is a universality that tribution of family members from Secretary of the Trea­ neth Galbraith, gave the grad­ can be seen and heard in al­ to the success of each gradu- sury Donald Regan, who gave uates "a friendly warning" most every home in America. ate. the commencement address af­ about a new political thought ... We need only to apply ex­ "Your support and devo­ ter receiving an honorary doc­ process he called "the conve­ cellence and make it under­ tion have helped make this tor of laws degree. nient reverse logic." standable to revolutionize our day possible," he said. Regan, whose son and This process, which he said era quickly and without vio­ "In a very real way, you daughter graduated from AU, differs from the accustomed lence." share in the joy of the individ­ discussed the Reagan adminis­ intellectual process of moving CAS honored Koppel with ual's accomplishment." tration's economic policies. from cause to effect, "first an honorary doctor of laws de­ The first commencement "Eight percent growth. identifies the remedy that is gree. exercises of the day were held Four percent inflation. That's most agreeable, most conve­ National Public Radio re­ by the Lucy Webb Hayes a hard act to follow," he said nient, most in accord with ma­ porter ina Totenberg told School of Nursing; the cere­ "Except maybe by you." ' jor pecuniary or political the graduating class of the mony also marked the last In what has become an an­ interest, ... (then) move(s) Washington College of Law commencement at which nual tradition, the graduates back to the cause that is most that among the lawyers in her Laura Kummer officiated as of the College of Public and consistent with the remedy we acquaintance, the "ones who dean. Kummer, who retired, International Affairs were ac­ would like to use." have the most fun, are to one was named Dean Emerita of companied to their com­ Galbraith urged the gradu­ degree or another, public in­ the school. mencement ceremony by the ates to reject this new process. terest lawyers." The graduation ceremony members of the Washington "The logical process that you Totenberg, who covers the of the Kogod College of Busi- Scottish Pipe Band. learned in your academic years Supreme Court for the public here at The American U ni­ radio network, told the new versity is not wrong ... lawyers their responsibility There is a certain inherent was to society as a whole. satisfaction m the proper "Your choices are not to processes of thought-in thrive or starve," she said. movement from actual cause "Yes. ... you have an obli­ to relevant reponse. In this gation to yourself and to your world, it i also far, far safer, families. But you have an obli­ too." gation to justice too.... that Graduates of the College of blind old lady ... has been Arts and Sciences heard tele­ awaiting your arrival-and she vision journalist Ted Koppel expects you to spend some discuss the link between excel­ time with her." lence and time. As the day ended, the grad­ Television, he said, has the uate , fortified by the congrat­ potential to be "both the me­ ulations of their families and dium for excellence and the friends, left the campus and means for telescoping time. headed out for the future. "There is a universality of Graduates of the Kogod College of Business Administration man that spans distance and -Mary Jo Casciato prepare to line up before commencement ceremonies begin.

8 AMERICA After more tfzan forty years, The American University is finall y going to have a home for sports and other ma ;or cam pus-wide events. The forma l announcement at the May Board of Trustees meeting touched off a wave of excitement and anticipation throughout the university community. The pages that follow capture some of that spirit. The time for dreaming is past. At last The American University is about to have a special place, a true center for tlie campus and its community. The Adnan Khashoggi Center .... 2a Donors Make Dream a Reality .... 9 a We're on Our Way ... . I Oa AU Community: Enthusiastic I 2a American History .... 15 a

Laura Robmson Pntchard. Designer Mary Jo CasCi ato. Ma rjorie Neumann, Writers Harlan Hambright. John Quale Robert Sh erbow, Ph otographers illustrations on cover and pages 12a, 13a, and 14a Christopher A Klein illustrations on pages 3a , 4a-5a, and 6a Greg Harlm Stansbu ry, Ronsavi lle. Wood Inc SPECIAL 1984 la Plans for Sports and Convocation Center Announced nan

he Board of Trustees of The mated at $14 million. needed a comprehensive sports and con­ American University has The board resolution authorizes the vocation center. It now will have uch a taken a major step toward university administration to develop the center ... and a splendid one at that," construction of a sports and convocation architectural, financing, and additional said Berendzen. center for the institution. fundraising plans necessary to begin con­ In making its decision, the board In a briefing to campus and press rep­ struction and report these plans to the accepted three major philanthropic contri­ resentatives, held in conjunction with the board at its meeting on October 28. The butions, which together make up more trustees' May meeting, President Richard plans will provide for ceremonial than half of the total fundraising goal. To Berendzen announced that the board had groundbreaking in October 1984 and show its appreciation of these gifts, the given its approval to the project in completion of the facility by late 1986. board will name the center itself and its response to his presentation of financial "This is a time of joy and celebration two major components in honor of these commitments totaling more than $10 mil­ for The American University. For more donors-Ad nan Khashoggi, the Bender lion. Construction of the center is esti- than four decades the university has Family, and John :Vlercer Reeves.

2 a AMERICAN The Bender A rerza of the A dnan Khaslwggi Center will permit AU to enjoy an appropriate basketball schedule with media coverage of home events and to host champio nship games with seating fo r about 4,500.

Also at the briefing, Donald tion, Berendzen said, "Adnan Thus philanthropy such as Mr. T riezenberg, vice president for develop­ Khashoggi's gift makes this institutional Khashoggi's is vital'' ment and planning, announced that an dream come true; without it, the dream In remarks made on her father's additional $3 million had been pledged would only linger. Even though he has behalf, Nabila Khashoggi said he was by other trustee leaders and a small group been a trustee of The American Univer­ very proud of his association with the of alumni and parent leaders. sity for only one year, Mr. Khashoggi university. The I 00,000-square foot structure, already has developed a deep appreciation "Because he believes that no one occu­ which will have both sports and convoca­ for the institution's unique heritage and pies a certain place or position without tion capabilities, will be called the Adnan VISIOn. having a certain duty to perform ... he Khashoggi Center, in honor of "Since The American University is an has endeavored to give of himself in the Khashoggi, an international financier and independent university, without city or best way he knows how so that his place an AU trustee. state support, our revenues come almost in relationship with you may be sealed in Acknowledging Khashoggi's contribu- exclusively from our own sources ... stone ...

SPECIAL 198+ 3 a 4a AMERICAN The AU community will use the Bender Arena daily-almost round-the-clock- for recreation and intramurals.

SPECIAL I 98+ h z addition to sports events a11d commel!ceme11ts, the Be11der Arena will accommodate zw i­ versity-wide registration, performances, and speakers f or audiences of about 6,000.

"My father, my family, and I are students. generous naming gift for the Bender deeply moved that as a recognition of this "Mr. Khashoggi applauds this plural­ Arena, the largest portion of the center. contribution, you are naming the sports ism and wishes to support such a major Since Sondra Bender joined the Board of and convocation center in honor of my private, national university in the capital Trustees two years ago, she has been an father," she said. city of the United tates. unexcelled champion for the center, urg­ Noting that the university's students "In every sense of the word, :vir. ing her fellow trustees to support the come from all 50 states and more than Khashoggi has exemplified at our univer­ project. 12 5 nations, Berendzen said that AU sity the true meaning of the word philan­ "In addition, I should like to remem­ provides important training for future thropy: to love mankind. ber John M. Reeves, who provided in commercial and political leaders around "I am also deeply grateful to Sondra his will for the center. The former chair­ the world and valuable understanding of and Howard Bender for their unflagging man of the Board of Trustees was a other countries' cultures for U.S. support and for the Bender Foundation's devoted member of the university com-

6 a AMERICAN Berendzen Announ(·es Creatio11 of Interfaith Garden

Jtl merican University President ..L=IIII._ Richard Berendzen has announced that "as part of the construc­ tion related to the new sports and convo­ cation center, we shall create an Interfaith Garden, dedicated to the world's major religious faiths." This small park will be a place for I repose and contemplation. The Interfaith Garden will be located near the Adnan Khashoggi Center, the two largest com­ ponents of which are the Bender Arena and the Reeves Aquatic Center. Said Berendzen, "the ecumenical spirit of support, friendship, and philanthropy that characterizes the creation of The Center and the key names associated with it give high tribute to the university and to the donors. "The American people are diverse and pluralistic. As benefits its name, The American University is, too . The very creation of our long-awaited Center, as well as the creation of the associated Interfaith Garden, exemplify that broth­ erhood, mutual respect, and diversity. " In addition, this university has a long and rich religious heritage. The Centet· and the Garden will stand as permanent testaments to the institution's dedication to pluralism, diversity and faith."

munity. He valued sports and deeply important convocations, such as com­ Myers said the firm of Daniel F. wanted a center to come into being. The mencement, and it will provide a magnif­ Tully Associates of Melrose, Mass., had Reeves Aquatic Center, the second largest icent location for major speakers, includ­ been engaged to do the conceptual work feature of the complex will provide a ing heads of state. It will benefit not only "so that when a day like today arrived, superb facility for casual swimmers and the university's students, faculty, and we would know in which direction we team competitors alike. staff but also its alumni," Berendzen planned to go." "Located physically at the center of the said. Tully Associates, a nationally recog­ campus, the building literally will be tlu In his presentation at the briefing, nized architectural/engineering firm, spe­ center. It's outstanding sports facilities Donald Myers, treasurer and vice presi­ cializes in the design of university athletic will benefit all who care about athletics, dent for finance, displayed the conceptual facilities. The company's most recent physical fitness, exercise, and sportsman­ drawings for the center in the context of Washington project was the Yates Field ship. The center also will be used for the university's master development plan. House at Georgetown University.

SPECIAL 1984 7a 3

Members of the AU community present at the press briefing on the plans for the proposed Adnan Khashoggi Center included: 1) left to right, Sondra Bender, AU president Richard Berendzen, SC president Darryl Jones, and Nabila Khashoggi; 2) left to right, Board of Trustees members Nancy H. Dickerson and Ursula Meese; 3) National Advisory Board member and Managing Director Emeritus of the Washington Performing Arts Society Patrick Hayes; 4) Alumni donors, left, Joe Wisemiller and, right, Alan Meltzer with President Berendzen.

8a AMERICAN • Donors Make Dream a Reality

~~ • .Eou university. During his tenure as an AU Victoria College Association and national have done more than support a sin­ trustee, the North Carolina textile manu­ advisory council membership for the gle University in a cardinal way facturer underwrote the cost of the University of Utah. He also is a found­ . .. You have built a center, ful­ Reeves athletic field and the construction ing director of the U.S.-Arab Chamber filled a dream, and touched time." of the tennis courts. At his death in of Commerce. 1976, he left the university a bequest for Bender and her family also have -President Richard Berendzen the proposed field house. demonstrated a strong commitment to in a letter to Adnan Khashoggi Khashoggi, the naming gift donor, is education in general and to AU in partic­ the son of a Saudi Arabian physician. He ular. The Bender Foundation was the is personally interested in health and fit­ principal benefactor for the Bender ness as well as in the education of young Library and the funding source for the Thanks to the generosity of two pres­ people. He has already demonstrated his preliminary drawings of the center. ent-day trustees Adnan Khashoggi and commitment to education by establishing In addition to her work with AU, Sondra Bender, the dream of the late the Adnan Khashoggi Scholarship at the Bender has been active in Washington John Mercer Reeves will finally be university to provide full tuition assis­ area business and community affairs, realized. tance to an academically able but finan­ including the First Women's Bank of Reeves, a university trustee from 1944 cially needy student. Maryland, the Hebrew Home of Greater to 1966, believed that a strong recrea­ Khashoggi's other educational affilia­ Washington, and the American Heart tional program was a vital part of any tions include board membership of the Association.

John Mercer Reeves Sondra Bender Adnan Khashoggi

SPECIAL 1984 9a We're On

QUESTION Precisely where Inc. of Melrose, Mass. This firm has Q What is the time frame for will the Khashoggi Center be extensive experience in designing col­ construction of the facility? located on campus? legiate athletic facilities, with more than forty such structures to its Our next step is the detailed In back of Mary Gray­ credit. design phase of the center. \Ye must don Center, extending to where the also apply for zoning authorization to tennis courts are currently located and Q What facilities will be construct the building and will com­ will remain. This area is now a park­ included in the new center? mission a traffic study to evaluate the ing lot and roadway through the cam­ impact of the facility on traffic and pus. The facility is being planned The single largest feature will be parking patterns. I anticipate comple­ with a new campus main roadway the arena which will seat approxi­ tion of this detailed design phase for running through the structure and, of mately 4,500 for sporting events and presentation to our Board of Trustees course, the lost parking spaces will be 6,000 for convocations. The center in October 198+. Actual construction recaptured in the new parking will also have an eight-lane, twenty­ should begin in early 1985 with com­ garage. five-meter swimming pool with sepa­ pletion expected in late 1986. rate diving well, five racquetball Q Who will design the facility? courts, jogging, weightlifting, and numerous other fitness facilities. A We have engaged the architectural parking garage which will accommo­ firm of Daniel F. Tully Associates, date approximately 42 5 cars, and var­ ious adjunct service facilities will also be part of the structure.

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( ) lOa AMERICAN Our Way

Q How close are we to reach­ Q The building itself, the arena, exist. I hope we will soon have lead­ ing our goal of $14 million? and the aquatic center have ership committees soliciting additional been named for the three major gifts for these funds and selecting More than 7 5 donors. WiU other areas of the appropriate areas of the building for percent of our goal has already been building be named in honor of naming honors. met by fewer than twenty-five other donors? donors-trustees, alumni association Q How does this fundraising leaders, and parents. Because this All major donors will have the effort fit into The American strong leadership exists within the opportunity to receive recognition University's total giving university family, we're confident that through the naming of classrooms, program? we can reach our goal. coaches' offices, raquetball courts, team rooms, and other special pur­ Completing the fundraising for Q Who will provide the rest of pose rooms. Gifts for equipment and this project is just the beginning. In the money? furnishings will be recognized also. 1993 The American University will be I 00 years old. We have a lot of Several more trustees, alumni, and Q Will there be recognition for work to do to complete the first cen­ parents will come forward with lead­ Staff Cassell and Marc Splaver, tury of fundraising. ership gift commitments, as will a people who played important few corporations and foundations. I roles in developing the athletic hope that student, faculty, and staff programs at AU? leadership will also develop. After the groundbreaking for the new Small memorial funds for each of building, these donors will provide these outstanding individuals already the leadership committees for a gen­ eral campaign to reach all alumni, Gift Value parents , faculty, staff, and students.

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SPECIAL 1984 lla Among the members of I think it's going to the university community, be the single most reaction to the proposed important addition to Adnan Khashoggi Center is overwhelmingly positive: campus in the last It will give us the twenty or thirty chance to offer some new courses that we haven't years ... I might add With the space to handle that I think this is a speakers that draw really big had a chance to offer I think it's marvelous. I project that the crowds, like a presidential before. And, of course, graduated twelve years ago, whole university candidate or a well-known there are the obvious we needed it fifteen years community ought to political figure, it {the benefits for recruitment too. ago. It will be a great thing center) will really put the contribute to. It is an for the university commu­ university on the map . It's - Barbara Reimann, important venture, nity, because it will unite the best thing I've heard of associate chair, and I feel it is all our the campus ... It will defi­ for the university and it will physical education responsibility to do nitely upgrade the level of be something to be proud of department so. competition, simply because . . . We' II get a lot more there will be an arena on - Donald Brenner, recognition. campus . business faculty, - Mike Paris, director, - Frank H erzog, chair of athletic Kennedy Political Union, sportscaster, Channel 7, committee, CPIA'86 CPIA'72 university senate AU COMMUNITY: ENTHUSIASTIC

As a member of the uni­ versity family, I feel it is something we can point to with a sense of pride. It will not only change the hen though we recruiting of able campus physically, it will are wen on our way studen~twllltake also be a catalyst for future to realization of our a total effort by au growth. I also hope it will dream, we cannot members of the unl­ bring a lot more alumni rest. As with other nrslty community to back on campus. ma1or uralnrslty bring our dream to - Todd Epsten, CPIA'82 The sports center ac:blewements-lhe reaUty. I am confl· will be an important building of Bender dent that the unlYer­ link in long-term Ubrarr. the strength· stty community and enlng of acadeamc AU's man, friends recruitment. It will standards, the will respond. improve the quality -Richard Berendzen of life at American What I have seen and generate school across campus for the past spirit among stu­ Overwhelming enthusiasm, four or five years is a dents. Prospective has been the response of real interest among students frequently every alum I've talked to. the faculty, staff, and query admissions The sports and convocation students in physical about athletic facili­ center will give all of us­ exercise and taking ties on campus. We alumni, students, facu lty, and care of their bodies. now anticipate this staff-a place to come home This new facility will provide another question with to. For me personally, it's a new alumni director's dream place for these people to enthusiasm. pursue these interests. - Maurice come true. -Bob White, director of - Bob Karch, director of the O'Connell, health/fitness center director of alumni and parent relations admissions

12a AMERICAN The Dream is Real by Robert H. Frailey, director of Athletics and chairman af the Department of Physical Education

ince Hurst Anderson put tions, and, of course, classes, intercollegiate teams, Our whole community can Stogether plans to expand athletics. and intramural participants, come home to celebrate. the original physical The Adnan Khashoggi virtually no time has been In the Spring 1984 issue plant at the university, we've· Center with the Bender available for recreation. Espe­ of American Magazine the known that a sports and con­ Arena and Reeves Aquatic cially in an academic institu­ dream of Staff "Pop" Cassell vocation center is critical to Center will have a profound tion, the need for recreation and his part in making that our development as a univer­ impact on athletics. And is paramount. Participation in dream reality were outlined. sity and as a community. For when I use the term I don't physical activities sharpens The day for what we refer to forty years we've built dormi­ mean American against the mental acuity needed to as "Pop's Place" has finally tories, classroom buildings, Georgetown. I use it in a succeed in academic pursuits come. From the 193 0s until administration buildings, broader sense that includes and now, not only our stu­ his death in 1961, as coach, libraries. Now, at last, we recreation, intramurals, and dents, but also faculty, staff, director of athletics, adminis­ are building the CE TER. intercollegiate competition. alumni, and friends in the trator and friend, Pop The university body is finally The basketball team will general community will be touched many of us, and adding its heart. This build­ no longer have to travel ten able to add an extremely those of us who shared his ing will live and breathe. miles to play its "home" important element to their dream will be playing a sig­ The Adnan Khashoggi games. Now it can truly lives. Racquetball, swim­ nificant role in finishing the Center will mean the most to come home with a sense of ming, basketball, volleyball, fundraising efforts to make our students-all of them, pride. The swimming team jogging-the possibilities are the center a reality and to not just the athletes. Students can host more than one other all there. The opportunities provide an appropriate are our reason for being. team in a meet. The that will be available have memorial. They are what a university is university can host conference always been a central element What will the Adnan all about. This new building championship events for the of the dream. Khashoggi Center mean? Cer­ will be the first building our first time. Our outdoor But as great as the impact tainly it will mean a tremen­ students visit as they join our sports will finally have an on "athletics" will be, it is dous sense of pride to our university family during their area for indoor practice. only part of what the center generous benefactors, whose first freshman registration. It Over our forty years of will mean. The next chief support has made the dream a will be the last building they waiting, thousands of students justice of the Supreme Court reality, to the Board of Trus­ visit as their days of study have participated in intramu­ who receives an honorary tees, who took the decisive draw to a close at graduation. ral competition, often playing degree from The American steps toward realization, and In the interim, their sense of until midnight so an almost University will not have to to the president and the community, of identity, of unlimited number of students stand in a tent. The next administration, who acted belonging will be enhanced could complete a totally inad­ president of the United States where others had seen only by their experiences at the equate schedule of games. to make a major policy state­ obstacles. And it will mean a center, including visits by Now our students will be ment at our university will tremendous sense of fulfill­ speakers, physical education able to compete and grow in not have to speak on the soc­ ment for all of those who classes, recreation, confer­ this most important of cer field. Graduations for our kept the dream alive through ences, performances, convoca- programs. various colleges need not be the years. Because of the demand of spread throughout the city.

SPECIAL 1984 13a The Adnan Khashoggi Center will transform campus I think it's great. life at AU for all constituen­ -Warner Wolf, sports When I was at cies ... As a faculty mem­ editor, AU, the students ber, I feel that it will help WCBS-TV, NY, CAS'60 used to hold mock me and my family (husband groundbreaking cere­ and four children) become monies, and it is more actively involved in great to hear that campus life by attending more sporting events, lec­ there is going to be a It is really a wonderful real ceremony. tures, etc. The entire AU feeling to finally see it come community is indebted to I feel it is something -Debbie Becker, about. I think it will really Mr. Khashoggi, whose gen­ sports reporter, help the basketball team, and erosity made the center everyone can be proud of, something we can all feel a USA Today, of course, the other teams, possible. CAS'82 which I really have enthusi­ -Ivy Broder, economics part of. It is really important asm for . . . It will also faculty that there be a central place help the health and fitness on campus for the entire uni­ awareness around campus. versity community. The -Ron Sutton, communica- Khashoggi Center will cer­ tions faculty, past chair of tainly be the center of all the university senate activity. -Sue McCollum, CAS' +

It's great that it's coming . .. I am really excited about what this will do for the basketball program. -Ed Tapscott, men's basketball coach

I've been research­ The sports center will ing a special section draw interest to our campus for the 1985 Talon on from potential students, old AU yearbooks, Washington area residents, and in just about sports fans, and others--pro­ The Khashoggi every book for the viding a valuable asset to Center is the most past decade or so, the public relations efforts of important project the there has been some the university. university could reference to the lack -Pat Raymond, director of I am very excited . . . I am of quality sports facili­ special events and media undertake. Benefits very pleased with the relations accruing to AU in ties and/or student Interfaith Garden. It is enthusiasm. The two terms of the quality something very appropriate, of life on campus seem to go hand in especially at a Methodist hand. I really feel the university. and the fitness of the level of student enthu­ -James Weaver, economics university commu­ siasm will be greatly faculty, president of the _.·'Y I' nity are staggering. enhanced by the university senate =·s - Our efforts to build a building of this new ::7 ~ ~) top-flight women's center. - ~ basketball program -John Quale, 1984-85 can finally be Talon editor-in­ If the success the sports chief, CPIA'86 teams have had so far without brought to fruition the center is any kind of indi­ with the completion cation, we can expect a lot of the center. We'll be going from more success in the future. It -Linda Ziemke, one of the smallest i a welcome addition, not women's basket­ (swimming) facili­ only for the sports program, ball coach ties in the country, to but also for student activities one more in line ... It will provide a "rally­ with our competition. ing point" for the students. -Joe Rogers, men's and -Mike Trilling, staff sports women's swimming reporter, the Washington coach Post, CAS'63

14a AMERICA 1899 Lithograph of Henty lves Cobb's 1898 watercolor 1·endering of his proposed campus plan fot· the American University

U has had two on Opening Day in 191+, to 580 in major financial commitment to the uni­ major periods of 1930, when 81 graduate and bachelor's versity for the building memorializing growth since it degrees were awarded. his family. was founded as Shown Henry Ives Cobb's marvelously The second period of development, a national university. The first was from ambitious watercolor plan of the campus, under Hurst Anderson's stewardship, was 1896-when the gavel with which Pres. William :.VlcKinley became a trus­ shorter and more dynamic. During his George Washington laid the Capitol's tee in 1898. He helped raise money for sixteen years as AU president, twenty cornerstone was used to lay the corner­ ALT's second building-to be dedicated to new buildings and six additions were stone of Hurst Hall-until 19.\U-b) his native state, Ohio--and offered to built on campus. Between 19 52 and which time the campus boasted class­ serve as dean when his presidency ended 1965, fall enrollment doubled, to rooms, a library, a gym, a theater, an but was assassinated eight days before he 12,850. Of all the degrees the university assembly hall, administrative offices, and was to lav the cornerstone. Pres. Theo­ had awarded by 1966, +0 percent had a residence hall for men and one for dore Ro~sevelt, also a trustee, laid the been awarded in the previous five and 6J women. During this period both the cornerstone of the renamed :VlcKinley percent in the previous ten years. graduate component and the College of :Vlemorial Ohio Hall of Government. U.S. presidents continued to grace the Arts and Sciences were founded. Fall Early benefactors included :Vlary Gray­ campus, not as elected trustees but as enrollment went from 28, with a faculty don, a quiet advocate of women's rights, friends and speakers. F01· example, Pres. of I, when Pres. \\'oodrow \li.'ilson ~poke and (John) Gordon Battelle, who made a Dwight Eisenhower urged the founding

SPECIAL I 984 15a of the School of International Service, major funding to esta i the chool of school in recognition of the interest and and Pres. John F. Kennedy, in deliver­ International Service and co n truct its support of Robert P. Kogod, a graduate ing a major foreign policy address on buildm T he fa · f braham L. Kay of the school, and Arlene R. Kogod. campus, praised AU for its "study of his­ mad a major commitment t ward the Between these two periods, AU offered tory and public affairs in a city devoted Kay Spiritual Life Center. David Lloyd the government the use of the campu to the making of history and to the con­ Kreeger, patron of the arts, and Leon A. during World War ll, and the navy duct of the public's business." Beeghly, an Ohio steel industrialist, and built a recreation center for WAVEs liv­ AU's promise and progress drew the his wife, Mabel Snyder Beeghly, pro­ ing on campus, which became Cassell generosity of many people. The founda­ vi ded the bulk of the funding needed to Center. The greatly enhanced recreational tion established by Charles H. T ompkins construct the buildings bearing their and athletic as well as other facilities of and his wife Lida R. Tompkins, promi ­ names. Since the end of this period, the The Khashoggi Center are a cause of nent builders and civic benefactors, Bender Foundation contributed gener­ jubiliation for the A community. financed two additions to Battelle. The ously toward the building of our new United Methodist Church committed library, and AU r ename the business

184}3 1896 Cornerstone of H urst laid. Kreeger :VI ic Building 1902 Cornerstone of M cKinley laid. 1967 Beeghly Chemistry Building First class admitted . open d.

Downtown graduate schools hool of nternational 19 68 The New Lecture Hall in its new building. The opened. chnology and n established. Public Administration ved into n W ard Circle Building a d the Downtown Center closed. Clendenen opened (gym, the­ mbly hall). Battelle opened. JL 972 College of Public and Inter­ national Affairs established. First men's 1979 Bender Li ry opened .

A U acquired Cassell Center. Board of Trustees announces Washington College of Law AU's intention to build the merged with A . Adnan Khashoggi Center 1954J Radio/television building following President Ber ndzen's presentation of cornrnitrn for more than 70 percent of funds needed for construe

16a AMERICAN Honors

University Archivist Logue began her college education at Van­ to this country. Posner, as well as Donald Stores AU Lore derbilt University and later transferred to Derby, former history professor and dean of administration, and then-president ettled unobtrusively m the north­ the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Hurst Anderson all played key roles in set­ west corner of the top floor of where she majored in English and minored S ting up the archives program formally in Bender Library is a little-publi- in history and social sciences. She came to cized corner of The American University AU in 1964 after a thirty-year career as 1958. From 1893, when the university re­ community: the university archives. The head of the records division at the Ameri­ ceived its charter, until 1914, when the archives house a potpourri of historical can Association of University Women. first degree was granted, AU was primari­ records that offer a window into life at AU She became acting archivist in 1968 and has served as archivist since ly a nondegree research institution. After over the past three generations. 1971. Her mentor, she says, was Helen Chat­ World War I, Logue reports, "AU em­ The heart and soul of the archives is its phasized the education of government em­ director, Marion Logue. Stored beneath field, who began service as AU archivist after retiring from the U.S. Treasury De­ ployees and the promotion of understand­ her tousled gray-white hair is a wealth of partment. Chatfield previously had taught ing and cooperation between government information about AU history, personali­ archives courses at AU as an adjunct pro­ agencies." A visit to campus by President ties, and programs. Logue was drawn into Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934 illustrates archives work by her love of history and fessor. this fact. "We need a trained personnel in people and what she laughingly calls her AU's archives program has a special government," he said. "American Univer­ "elephant memory." She enjoys discover­ legacy. Chatfield worked closely with cele­ sity is yet young; but you have a great fu­ ing the missing pieces of AU history be­ brated historian and archivist Ernst Pos­ ture-a great opportunity for initiative, for cause, she says, "bringing up the past ner, who served on AU's faculty and as constructive thinking, for practical ideal­ helps to understand the present." dean of the School of Social Sciences and ism, and for national service." She is soft-spoken but intent behind her Public Affairs. Posner emigrated to the Logue proudly displays photographs re­ silver wire-rim glasses, and her gracious United States from Germany in 1939 and is credited with introducing the first cording other presidents who visited the demeanor reflects her southern roots. courses on the administration of archives Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, university for commencements, inaugura-

On May 12 at the Honors Convoca­ tion ceremony, Marion Logue was honored by the university with a special staff award. The citation be­ gan, "You are the memory of The American University ... the princi­ pal personal source of information about the university and its past."

Marion Logue SUMMER 198+ 9 tions, and dedications. Among the notables Although the collection is open to the Students honored include Chinh Kien are Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wil­ campus community, Logue points out that Nguygen, CAS'84, and Andrew J. Sher­ son, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, other departments in the library contain man, CPIA'84-outstanding scholarship at Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, some of the same information and discour­ the undergraduate level; Kevin Mulder, and Gerald Ford. Also, several presidents ages circulation of the items in the WCL'84 and Valerie Spike Peterson, served as honorary members of the Board archives so that the integrity and historical CPIA'84-outstanding scholarship at the of Trustees, including Grover Cleveland, value of the documents are preserved. A graduate level; Joshua Ederheimer, Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley, complete set of AU yearbooks, for exam­ CPIA'85, and Susan T. Jablow, KCBA / Harding, and Herbert Hoover. ple, is located in the open stacks. MA'84-outstanding service to the univer­ A trip into the vault room reveals rows Logue is assisted on a part-time basis by sity. and rows of neatly labeled boxes contain­ Thomas Devan, assistant archivist, whose In addition to these awards, the follow­ ing bits and pieces of the AU picture. One primary task involves cataloging reproduc­ ing students received student achievement shelf containes files about AU's off-cam­ tions and publications, and a student in­ awards: pus programs at military institutions dur­ tern. Maria Aponte-Pons, CAS'84, The Staf­ ing the war years and boxes of information Logue's most recently completed proj­ ford H. Cassell Award; Paul W. Schroe­ files about the Washington Semester pro­ ect is a listing of all of AU's past and pre­ der, CPIA'84-The Cathryn Seckler-Hud­ gram, which was initiated in 1948 and re­ sent emeriti professors. She welcomes ad­ son Award; Andrew G. Lisak, CAS'84 and mains a unique feature of AU. There are ditions to the collection from alumni and Kirk D. emer, CPIA'84-The Fletcher also papers of some of AU's distinguished others associated with AU who may pos­ Scholar Award; Michael P. Kockler, CPIA faculty members, including Posner; Doro­ sess clues to AU's past, such as class pic­ and CAS'84-The Bruce Hughes Award; thy Gondos Beers, retired history profes­ tures, catalogs, yearbooks, or other Andrew J. Sherman, CPIA'84-The Kins­ sor; Ella Harlee, theater professor; David memorabilia they would like to donate. man-Hurst Award; Kathleen M. Robins, Brandenberg, retired history professor; - Susan Phillips KCBA'84-The Charles C. Glover Award; and Cathryn Seckler-Hudson, government Jill S. Dutt, CAS'84-The Charles W. professor and the first dean of the School Van Way Award; Ahmed Houiti, of Government and Public Administra­ Students, Faculty, CAS'84-The Carlton Savage Award; tion. and Staff Honored Pamela L. Weinstein, CPIA'84-The Careful measures are taken to slow the ive university alumni were recog­ Evelyn Swarthout Hayes Award; and deterioration of all the valuable items. The F nized for their accomplishments at Claudia Breslav, CAS'84-The AU Wom­ papers are stored in special acid-free boxes the university's annual spring hon- en's Association Award. and file folders, and the negatives and pic­ ors convocation: The university also honored several tures are kept in acid-free cases. The col­ Joan R. Challinor, CAS'71, MA'74, staff members for outstanding perform­ lection is housed in an atmosphere-con­ PhD'82; John David Hughes, WCL'61; ance: Nancy Barker, Office of the Vice trolled room in which the humidity and Charles W. Kegley, Jr., CPIA'66; William Provost for University Programs; Linda temperature are monitored and automati­ A. Regardie, KCBA'67, MA'68; and Lin­ Bolden, Office of the Vice Provost for Ac­ cally adjusted. Electronic vaults, designed da Simpson, SON'73, received citations ademic Affairs; Elvira Melegrito, Office to save space by sliding flush together at for their accomplishments since leaving of the Vice Provost for Student Life; and the touch of a switch, house part of the the university. Helen Zok, Office of the President/ archives collection as well as the library's Faculty members honored at the cere­ Provost. rare book collection. mony include: Alan M. Kraut-outstand­ Paul Leeper, Office of the Vice Presi­ Logue says that her typical day is un­ ing teaching; Arnold S. Trebach- out­ dent for Finance and Treasurer and Uma predictable. "Every day is an unexpected standing scholarship; Curriculum Saini, KCBA, were honored for outstand­ adventure-almost!" she chuckles. She is Committee, CAS (Ann Hagan, Kenneth ing service. challenged by requests for verification of Kusterer, Valerie Morris, Barbara Marion Logue, university archivist, re­ historical facts. In the style of Sherlock Reinmann, Theodore Rosche, and Bonnie ceived a special staff award. Holmes, she relentlessly searches for miss­ Willette)-outstanding service to the uni­ Career civil ervants Stanley Goldberg, ing data and, on occasion, turns the office versity; Michael Mazis, KCBA-outstand­ deputy assistant commissioner, returns and upside down in the process. At times she ing contributions; Jane Edmisten, WCL­ information processing (IRS), and Gerald has been called by the university adminis­ outstanding teaching; John Wallach, J. Mossinghoff, assistant secretary and tration officials to verify names of gradu­ CAS-outstanding teaching. Donald D. commissioner for patents and trademarks ates and employment and payroll records, Dennis, university librarian, received the in the U.S. Patent Office, received the serving as a backup to records offices else­ university faculty I administrator award for university's Roger W. Jones Award for where in the university. outstanding service. executive leadership.

10 AMERICAN Faculty

Professor's Eclectic Approach Inspires Students

hen the young scholar, fresh W from the Columbia University history department, arrived at the down­ town campus of The American University in 194 7, he planned to help lay the groundwork for the American Studies Program proposed by then-president Paul Douglass. When he retired in 1984, Pro­ fessor Rudolph von Abele of the Depart­ ment of Literature had become known as one of the principal scholars of James Joyce at the university, as well as an avid teacher and stylist of detective fiction. Von Abele admits that his approach to academics, literature particularly, is eclec­ tic and that through the years he has at­ tempted to retain the student within him­ self. He hopes that he has been able to impart that same approach to his students of the past thirty-seven years. His dissertation, a biography of the vice president of the American confederacy, Alexander Stephens, capped his Ph.D. in American history at Columbia in 1946. He recalls that all Ph.D. candidates were re­ quired to have their dissertations pub­ lished at that time. Consequently, many students endured additional expense to meet that requirement. Von Abele, how­ ever, had a publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, and found himself cast in the heady role of young upstart-he defended his disserta­ tion to his faculty committee in page proof. He recalls one faculty member com­ menting that it was probably too late for them to make many changes.

First Years at AU

When he arrived at AU in 194 7, the communication department, in which he first taught, was situated downtown at 19th and F Streets. During those days von Abele recalls that the campus was filled Professor Rudolph von Abele with students completing their education ~------.------~ on the GI Bill. Consequently, a full range of evening courses was offered. Only busi­ Douglass envisioned did not get off the ing American literature in addition to ness courses were held during the day. ground until the 1960s, and von Abele, wide-ranging survey courses on the mod­ The American Studies Program that the trained historian, found himself teach- ern European novel. It was in such a

SU M MER 198 4 11 course that he taught Joyce's Ulysses for murder case in Glasgow, Scotland, in the Books in Print the first time. early 1900s. He is at work on a third, ooks by AU faculty and staff pub­ which he characterizes as "American B hshed last semester include: Joyce Connection Grows sleaze." He traces his interest in the crime novel to 1978 when Tom Maddox, a grad­ "From Shtetl to Border: East European His interest in Joyce dates to his high uate student he was advising, chose to re­ Jewish Emigrants and the 'Agents' Sys­ school days in Bergen County, ew search the American detective fiction writ­ tem, 1868-1914," by Pamela S. Nadell Jersey. He nonetheless was unprepared for ers Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Jewish studies, was published in Studies r~ his study of Joyce to become what he now Chandler for his dissertation. Von Abele the Amencan Jewish Experience If: Contn·­ terms as an "obsession." For more than was prompted not only to read detective butrons from the Fellowship Programs of the two decades von Abele was the only AU fiction but also to try his hand at writing Amencan Jewish Archives, University Pre s literature professor to devote a full semes­ it. In the summers of 1979 and 1980 he of America, 1984. ter to the works of Joyce, the only profes­ taught the genre of the detective novel. sor to teach the inscrutable Finnegans Retirement holds the possibility of Labor and the Economy, a textbook by Wake. His study of Joyce led him to make spending his days writing. He explains that £:foward M. Wachtel, economics, was pub­ a trip to Dublin in 1972, during which he he reads little when he is writing a novel in hshed by Academic Press. photographed all that remained of Joyce's order not to become influenced by anoth­ er's style or subject matter. But he readily turn-of-the-century Dublin. Professrona/ !ntegratron: A Guide for Stu­ In 1981 a core of about twenty-five offers a novel of one of his favorite detec­ dents from the Developing World, Joyce aficionados organized a group to tive authors to a visitor with whom he has coauthored and coedited by Mary Ann G. honor the Irish writer on the one-hun­ exchanged stories about Ireland. It is Mc­ Hood, director of the English Language dredth anniversary of his birth, February Garr on the C!if.fi of Moher, by the Irish­ Institute, was published by the ational 2, 1982. A marathon reading of Ulysses was American Bartholemew Gill. Painting, Association for Foreign Student Affairs. planned for February 2 and 3 on the AU too, (he dates his interest in it to his boy­ campus at Bentley and SIS Lounges. hood) will have to take a backseat to the novel in progress. He explains that it has Lawyers in Soviet Work Life, by Loui e Readers ranged from members of the Shelley, justice/ international relations Gaelic League and the D.C. Anglo-Irish to be one or the other. However, even in retirement he will not retire completely was published by Rutgers Universit; community to AU faculty and graduates. Press. The final eleven pages were read by the from teaching; next spring he will offer his lnsh actress Siobhan McKenna. (The dean seminar on Ulysses to AU students. Fantasy and Reconcrliatron: Contemporary of the College of Arts and Sciences Frank In addition to his biography of Ste­ Formulas of Women's Romance Frctron, by Turaj, had suggested that the society in­ phens, von Abele has published four other Kay Mussell, American studies and litera­ vite McKenna to read. And Ray Lane, a books: The Death of the Artist: A Study of former student of von Abele's, followed Hawthorne's Disintegration, in 1955, A ture, was published by Greenwood Press. through by visiting the actress at her Cage for Lou Lou, a book of poems pub­ home in Dublin to extend the invitation hshed m 1978, The Party, in 1963, and Country studies on Zimbabwe, Indone­ formally.) McKenna became so enthralled The Vigil of Emmeline Gore, in 1962. The sia, and Brazil, prepared by AU's Foreign with the Joyce project that she decided to latter two are novels, which happened to Area Studies program, were published by perform at AU a special program of selec­ have been published in first-draft form. the Government Printing Office. tions from Joyce-a story from the Dub­ Von Abele is a storyteller, whether they liners collection, a portion of Finnegans are the stones of Joyce or his own. But if Wake, and the last part of Ulysses, which there is a synthesis to all of his interests she had recorded earlier. he is not eager to find it. He does not ap~ pear to be the kind of person of whom one would ask what three books he would want if he were stranded on a desert island. Detective Fiction Discovered How would books alone suffice when painting, to?,. claims his attention? Surpris­ Perhaps those who regard von Abele as mgly, he Initiates the question and swiftly a Joyce scholar are surprised to learn that answers It-Flaubert's Sentimental Educa­ he has written two crime novels. He can tion, Mann's Magic Mountain and of entrance visitors by unraveling the plot of course, Joyce ,s Ulysses. ' his first crime novel, based on an actual - Kathryn Stafford

12 AMERICA Alumni News Bob White: New Alumni ing alumni networks for jobs and ZBT Recharged Director information." As part of an overall alumni develop­ he Beta Psi .chapter of the ~eta Beta ob White is enthusiastic about his ment plan, White organized an alumni as­ T Tau Fraternity at The Amencan Uni­ B new job as director of Alumni and sociation national board of governors re­ versity has been reactivated. Parent Relations. The former public rela­ treat in May. The group targeted five ''Our focus," says Ira Soloman, tions executive corporate recruiter and as­ primary areas of activity-recruitment, fi­ KCBA'87, is "strengthening ties with piring novelist wants to increase alumni nancial development, career development, alumni because they have experience and participation nationwide to strengthen the chapter development, and alumni pro­ can offer the moral support we need to foundation of The American University. grams. build a solid and enduring fraternity that "Bob's background and enthusiasm will About sixty people attended the retreat. provides students a basis upon which to be a great support and help in building a ''It was a good beginning and many others grow." Solomon is ZBT alumni relations dynamic alumni association," says Anita have expressed an interest in getting in­ chairman. Gottlieb, director of University Relations. volved." The reactivation process begun last fall White has already started to work with Building and administering the alumni included: a campus orientation visit by the a group of young alumni to start a pro­ scholarship fund and providing strength­ ZBT national board; special on-campus gram to make certain that recent gradu­ ened fundraising support, including help­ ZBT nights, ski trips, and other activities ates will still feel a part of the university ing to raise money for the proposed sports to promote group cohesiveness and to at­ community after they graduate. and convocation center, are also on tract prospective brothers; plus demon­ "Usually the first thing a graduate hears White's agenda. stration to the university administration of from the university is a request for mon­ In addition, White says, "we must de­ the group's desire to become active mem­ ey," White says. "I want AU to do some­ velop ideas and programs for parents orga­ bers of the AU community. thing for the graduates first, such as creat- nizations and for international alumni."

Members of the Class of 1934 pose for a class photo during festivities for Alumni Reu11ion Weekwd in April. They wet·e honored at a special t·eunio11 di11ner and a reception at the home of AU president Richm·d Berendzen. Golden amziversmy medals were presented to attending class members. SUl'vl:VlER 1984 13 their second child, Jessica Anne, on Janua­ ry 9, 1984. Class Notes John Leonard Coble Grasser, BA'71, married Susan Edith Fattig on February 25, 1984. They reside in Washington, D.C. James L. Kerr III, BA'71, retired from ARTS AND SCIENCES dates to be considered for the Professional the navy, has become director of radiology Leaders Fellowship program. She resides at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, P olly Monarch Warnick, BA'35, and in Anchorage, Alaska. Tex. her husband, Don, spent three months on Lynn R. Golden, BA'64, is owner and Ronald Javer, BA'72, and his wife an­ the island of Java, Indonesia. vice president of Travel Now, Inc., in nounce the birth of their third child, Eric Jean Evans McConnell, BA'39, retired Rockville, Md. Matthew, on March 13, 1984. in June 1983 after forty years of teaching Bonnie Matsumura, BA'64, has begun Eloise R. Levy, BA'73, is director of at The Sidwell Friends School in Wash­ teaching in the health education field after The Preiser School, a private school for ington, D.C. ten years as a secondary education teacher. autistic adolescents, in Rockville, Md. John H. Stephenson, BA'40, is serving She resides in Kapaa, Hawaii. Evelyn P. Byrne, BA'74, after several his third term as an elected city council­ Stephen C. Morton, MA'64, of Stow, years of Peace Corps work, has settled man in Zephyrhills, Fla. Ohio, was elected to a three-year term on down to being a full-time mother to two Walter L. Barkdull, BA'42, has been the faculty senate of Kent State Universi­ sons, as well as being a LaLeche leader (a appointed deputy director of policy opera­ ty. He is the university archivist and direc­ breast-feeding counselor) in Washington, tions for the California Department of tor of the America~ History Research D.C. Corrections in Sacramento. Center at Kent. Richard Dorfman, BA'74, is currently Edgar C. Keller, BA'42, is a partner in Vicki I. Barletti, BA'6S, of Chestnut acting as television agent for Wimbledo~ the law firm of Keller & Holt in San Hill, Mass., has three children and is chair­ Tennis, the U.S. Open, and the NFL, for Bernadino, Calif. man of the Board of Trustees of Chestnut Trans World International. Edith Mitchell Webb, BA'42, and Er­ Hill School. Michael P. Menchel, BA'74, has been nest C., KCBA'41, are retired and en­ Joan C. Carter, BS'66, of Fairfield, named vice president and director of pub­ joying life in Punta Gorda, Fla. Conn., has been appointed by Governor lic relations for the St. Louis Cardinals of Caroline S. MacColl, MA'4S, of Seattle O'Neil to the Board of Trustees for Con­ the NFL. Wash., joined Bette (Simon) Resalu and necticut State Technical Colleges. Noel Myricks, DEd'74, recently taught Mimi (Berman) West in a forty-three-year William K. Gross, BA'66, of New classes in family law and civil liberties at reunion at Mimi's Beverly Hills home last York, N.Y., is an insurance agent with the Lafayette College and conducted a moot fall. New York Life Insurance Company. court case in May at the Northampton Eugene Lendell Steele, MA'S9, of John E. Coulbourn, BS'62, MA'67, of County Courthouse in Easton, Pa. Springfield, Va., has been installed as pres­ Naitland, Fla., has been named publicity Robert J. Halprin, BA'7S, has complet­ ident of the Federation of Materials Socie­ chairman of the National Florida Centen­ ed his M.A. in communications at the Uni­ ties in Washington, D.C. nial Committee. versity of Hartford and has begun law Cynthia Powell Healer, BA'60, of Do­ Elizabeth D. Ring, BA'68, has retired school at the University of Connecticut, ver, Mass., has been elected to the Board from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. while holding the position of deputy com­ of Trustees of the Kodaly Center of Her position was public information spe­ munications manager at the American Ra­ America. cialist. dio Relay League in Newington, Conn. Natalie Morgan Josephs, BA'60, is a Paul J. Scheips, DPhD'68, was Barbara A. Herman, MA'7S, of Phoe­ commercial sales associate with Howard awarded an honorary LL.D. degree by the nix, Ariz., and her husband announce the Hannon Real Estate. She, her husband, University of Evansville at the Founder's birth of Michael Jonathan Herman in Feb­ Jerry, and their two daughters reside in Day Convocation on February 8, 1984, in ruary 1984. Pittsburgh, Pa. Evansville, Ind. Anibal Jose Cortina, BS'76, of Falls Linda Cohen Gordon, BA'61, has been Carol A. Bruce, BA'69, is completing Church, Va., and Sally Anne Winde of El­ named placement director at the Katherine her term as president of the Washington licott City, Md., were married on March Gibbs School in Philadelphia. Education Press Association. 3, 1984. Stacy B.C. Wood, Jr., BA'61, of Lan­ Dedee Segal Costello, BA'69, is a can­ Randall John Bohlman, BA'77, mar­ caster, Pa., published his second book, The didate for circuit judge in the 14th Judicial ried Deborah Lynn Schriver in Jarrett­ Circuit of Florida. The election will be in Wondeiful World of Time, in December sville, Md., in November 1983. The cou­ September. 1983. ple resides in Severna Park, Md. Denise Duddleson, BA'69, is the publi­ Robert M. Hawk, BA'62, has been ap­ Jerry W . Kennedy, MA'77, is adminis­ cations manager for the Alban Institute in pointed director of public affairs for Fok­ trative assistant to U.S. Representative Washington, D.C., on the grounds of the ker Aircraft USA in Arlington, Va. Ben Erdreich (D-Ala.). National Cathedral. Faith-Robin Lepow, BA'77, of Alexan­ Janet Moyer, BA'63, has been involved Sandra Landow Handleman, BS'69, dria, Va., married Steven M. Feldman on with the Japan Society in selecting candi- and husband, Aaron, announce the birth of Oct. 22, 1983. She is an executive assis-

14 A:VlERICAJ'\ tam at Dean \Vitter Reynolds in Washing­ Melanie Shore, BA'83, has been ac­ INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ton, D.C. cepted at the Geor~e Washington Univer­ Helen M. Wood, MS'77, is chief of the sity School of Med1cme. D orothy F. Davis, MA'63, of Lake data management and programming lan­ Placid, N.Y., is a journalist and writer. guages division in the Institute for Com­ EDUCATION Elizabeth Lawson, MA'67, is president puter Sciences and Technology at t~e Na­ of a small travel club, "London and All Other Places, Ltd." She resides in Fails tional Bureau of Standards. She IS also A nthony James DelPopolo, Sr., ~S'71, managing editor of the Journal of Telecom­ of McLean, Va., retired from teachmg at Church, Va. mumcation Networks, as well as being au­ the Northern Virginia Community Col­ Walter E. Schmidt, MA'68, of New thor or coauthor of several publications. lege in April 1984. York is a practicing attorney specializing Andrew Korn, BA'79, and his wife had John A. Howe, MS'72, has been elect­ in computers and computer software. their first child, Marjorie, on January 20, ed senior vice president and general man­ Marilyn Duffin Rowland, BA'68, is a 1984. ager by Wyly Corp. (NYSE) in Dall_as, senior urban planner with Parsons, Timothy R. Rugh, MA'79, has joined Tex. He is responsible for the worldw_1de Brinckershoff, Quade & Douglas in Bos­ ton. the staff of the Scientific Apparatus Mak­ operations of the $70_-million comput~ng Carl Mohrwinkel, BA'69, and his wife, ers Association in Washington, D.C., as services group of Umvers1ty Comp~tmg Marion, had their third child, Michael Jo­ assistant director for the instrument and Co., Wyly's principal operatmg subs1d1ary. PMC sections. seph, on August 26, 1983. S.A. Swarztrauber, DPhD'70, of Falls Ruth L. Zetlin, BA'79, was recently LAW the assistant director for a production of Church, Va., has retired from government Fiddler on tile Roof and also played Mrs. service. C harles B. Hargett, JD'65 was named Frank in a recent production of The Diary Mack C. Shelley II, BA'72, has been general counsel of BASF Wyandotte Cor- promoted to associate professor of political ol Anne Frank, both for Washington, poration in Januar~ 1984. , science and statistics at Iowa State Univer­ b.C., theater groups. Robert W. Whitmore, JD 73, produc­ sity in Ames. Sarath B. Seneviratne, BS'80, of er worked with Jack Klugman in "LYN­ Alevetta D. Smythe, BA'74, of Bowie, Washington, D.C., married Jacintha Siri DON " at the Shubert Theater in N.Y. Md., married Dwight D. Pindell in Octo­ Jayalath on Nov. 19, 1983. They reside in Whit~ore continues to pursue his c~reer Washington, D.C. ber 1983. in show business in the areas of wntmg Michael Fleischauer, BA'77, of Colum­ Bob Becker, MS'81, is a reporter for and directing. He co-founded a computer­ bia, Md., works for the Research Analysis the Cleveland Plain Dealer, specializing in based, musical synthesizer company where medicine and health. Institute, Inc. of Columbia. he serves as chairman of the board. William J. Long, BA'78, and Mary M. Dr. Roselyn Payne Epps, MA'81, of Thelma A. Olshaker, JD'77, had her \Vashington, D.C., was honored on De­ Balent were married on March 24, 1984. romantic novel Intimate Strangers pub­ They have both joined law firms in Wash­ cember 6, 1983, for her significant contri­ lished in November 1983. Her forthcom­ butions to the health and welfare of young ington, D.C. ing novel is about a young woman lawy_er. Samuel S. Olens, BA'78, of Decatur, people in the District of Columbia. Raymond E. Clark, JD'79, was marned David W. Smith, BS'81, graduated Ga., graduated from Emory University to Elizabeth Sum walt on April 7 • 1984. School of Law in May 1983. from the George Washington University The couple resides in Columbia, Md .. Law School in May. William Costanza, MA'79, was recent­ Allen Dixon III, JD'83, is completmg a Geoffrey L. Daniels, BS'82, is entering ly posted by the State Department to the judicial clerkship in the U.S. Court ?f Ap­ u.S. Embassy in Brasilia. a naval aviation program this summer as a .peals for the Fourth Circui_t. He resides m technical assistant. Dana J. Johnson, MA'79, received one Abingdon, Va., with his WJfe and year-old Kevin A. Drawbaugh, BA'82, was re­ of the YWCA Leader Achievement son. cently named as one of Virginia's top three Awards presented on Mar~h 29, 1984, in Young Journalists of the Year for 1983 by recognition for her work m strateg1c sys­ the United Press International Advisory NURSING tems and defense analysis at Rockwell in Board of Virginia. He is a reporter for the southern California. S uzanne E. Hanas, BS'75, of Hernd_on, Potomac News in Woodbridge, Va., andre­ Mark E. Maier, BA'79, graduated from sides in Occoquan. Va., appeared in Who's W~o of Amencan Nova LAW CENTER, Florida, in De­ Women 13th Edition. She IS employed by Dennis V. Jefferson, BA'82, was pro­ cember 1983. He and his wife, Ana Maria, 3M Su;gical based in St. Paul, Minn. moted to director of computer services at returned to Washington, D.C., in May af­ Mary Ellen Behme Shands, BS'77, _of Evans Economics, Inc., in Washington, ter their first child was born. Summit, N.J., was married to Roger Lm­ D.C. Joseph P. Foley, MA'~O, has ?e~n coln Shands. of Falls Church, Va., m May. Kathleen J. Rohn, MA'82, married named congressional relations spec1ahst Yvon LeDain in April. They reside in for the Federal Emergency Management Washington, D.C. JUSTICE Agency. He and his wife, Adrienne, had Molly M. Fannon, MA'83, has been their second child in February. named to the post of assistant director of L ynn Herring, BA'70,. has served as H. Houston Moore III, MBA'82, is a development at Skidmore College, Sarato­ chief of police in the Umted States Park system analyst at the NS&T Bank of New ga Springs, N.Y. Police since 1981. York. He resides in Washington, D.C.

SUM;vtER 198+ 15 Maura Helene Oz, BA'83, married Na­ Jeannette L. Pastore, BS/BA'80, of Henry Cernitz, BA'72, is a partner in vy Lt. John ]. Nankervis, Jr., of Des Pompano Beach, Fla., married Donald the law firm of Becker, Engelman & Plaines, Ill., in January 1984. The couple Markus of Boca Raton on April 14, 1984. Cernitz, in Lynbrook, ' .Y. resides in Virginia Beach, Va. Joseph M. Ventrone, MA'73, of Ar­ Bryan Talanian, BS/BA'80, has joined lington, Va., is a professional staff mem­ the Custody Shareholder Division of the ber House of Representatives Committee BUSINESS State Street Bank in Boston, Mass., as a on 'Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, management accountant. Subcommittee on Housing and Communi­ S tephen D. Gould, BS'61, director of Marion Milman, BS'80, has been tv Development in \\'ashington, D.C. distribution for Pepperidge Farm, Inc., ac­ named director of personnel for The Sher­ - Marc H. Rosenberg, BA'74, and his ted as chairman for the 1984 Transporta­ aton Grand Hotel on Capitol Hill. She re­ wife, Ruth Imershein, are parents of tion and Distribution Conference commit­ sides in Arlington, Va. Deena Julie Rosenberg, born August 8, tee meeting, May 6-9. Jesse I. Miller, MBA'82, is a man_ager 1983. Richard H. Mikesell, BS'66, is presi­ of marketing administration for a natwnal Brian E. Foss, BA'75, Deputy Execu­ dent-elect of the DCPA. He is in private hotel and convention service, Projection tive Director of A Presidential Classroom clinical and consulting practice in Wash­ Incorporated, based in Washington, D.C. ington, D.C. for Young Americans, was selected to re­ Edward J. Rochford, Jr., BS'69, is se­ ceive the Professional Performance Award nior vice president for bond investments at GOVERNMENT of the American Society of Association BBS, Inc., in Livingston, N.J., and Palm Executives. A native ~f Westborough, :Vlass., he resides in Takoma Park, Md. Beach, Fla. Z oltan Schwartz, APA'40, BA'47, Leonard P. Zakim, BA'75, was recent­ Steve Shapiro, BA'69, is opening the MA'52, was pleased to participate in the ly named as one of Greater Boston's Ten first Businessland Computer Center on the student, parent, and alumni meeting in Outstanding Young Leaders of 1984. . east coast. February 1984 at the Island Inn, David F. Ertel, BA'76, is a student m Douglass M. Porter, BS'70, formerly Westbury, L.l., N.Y. the Graduate School of Business at the Co­ of Silver Spring, Md., is the president of Richard Hicks, BA'62, is assistant vice lumbia University in New York. He re­ Nowlin Mortgage Co. in Fort Worth, president in the home office claims depart­ sides in Montclair, N.J. Tex. ment of Peerless/Netherlands Insurance Paul J. Kennedy, BA'78, of Haverford, Robert P. Pincus, MA'71, was recently Company. Pa., graduated from Villanova University named president and chief executive of­ William Price Miller, BA'63, is presi­ School of Law. He was a member of the ficer of DC National Bancorp, holding dent of Campus Boulevard Corporation, Law Review and was selected for the a­ company of DC National Bank, of which Philadelphia, a nonprofit neighborhood de­ tiona! Moot Court Team from Villanova he is also the current president and chief velopment corporation. He resides in in 1982. executive officer. North Wales, Pa. Neal Meyerson, MPA'78, and his wife, Donald Tripp, BS'72, has been named Randall B. Trenor, BA'68, of Harris­ Mary, announce the birth of Rebecca vice president of Dorman & Wilson, Inc., burg, Pa., is the reference librarian in the Anne on March 28, 1984. a mortgage banking company in White State Law Library of the commonwealth Jo-Ann E. Molnar, MA'79, was select­ Plains, N.Y. of Harrisburg. ed as one of the Outstanding Young Stuart D. Schwartz, BA'74, has been Arthur Churchill, MA'69, received the Women of America for 1984. appointed comptroller for North Ameri­ Pilgrim Medal in May 1983. The award _is Daniel E. Serata, BA'79, recently grad­ can Specialties Corp. He is also the father the highest honor of Defiance College, m uated from Thomas M. Dooley Law of a new baby, Matthew Adam. The fami­ Defiance, Ohio, for service to the college School. ly resides in Rockaway, N.J. and the community. Gary A. Greenberg, BA'80, of Albany, Thomas Ford, BA'69, is production Ann Palevsky, BS'76, of Livingston, N.Y., has been named president of Ar­ N.J., and Richard S. Hantgan, of Engle­ manager for Software Digest, a new com­ thur's Pipe and Gift Shop, Inc. of Scotland wood, N.J., were married April 1, 1984. puter publication, based in Wynnewood, Ave., Albany. He replaces his late father Pa. He and his wife, Ellen, reside in Lawrence A. Stahl, BA'76, of Irvine, Newton. who began the business eight years ago. Calif., is beginning his third year in hospi­ Richard Hardick, MA'69, has been tal administration at the University of Cal­ named deputy to a National Labor Rela­ ifornia Irvine Medical Center. DEATHS tions Board Assistant General Counsel. He Thomas N. Jones, BS/BA'77, has is married to the former Nancy L. Berry joined Nautilus Environmedical . S_ystems, R ev. William Kenneth Hoover, CAS/ of Phillipsburg, N.J., and they have three BA'33, on February I 0, 1984. . Inc. as medical and government liaison for children. the Washington, D.C., area. Adolphus "Dolly" Worley Mornson, Brian Geary, BS/BA'79, and Mary Glenn Rowland, BA'69, is currently se­ CAS/BA'33, in April 1984. Douglas Geary, BS/BA'80, had their first nior transportation analyst with Technolo­ Joe Frank Davis, CAS/MA'Sl, on baby, Sean Robert, on June 4, 1983. gy Applications, Inc., in Cambridge, Mass. February 8, 1984. Eric S. Mendelsohn, MPA'71, of Marian Kenowitch, SGPA/MPA'77, Paula Ann Hudson, BS'80, married D. Rockville, Md., is with the Montgomery on April 6, 1984. Craig Wolff on Dec. 17, 1983. The cou­ County Department of Environmental Walter B. Johnson, KCBA/BS'78, on ple resides in Arlington, Va. Planning in Rockville. October 16, 1983.

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