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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington University Publications at Digital Commons@Becker. It has been accepted for inclusion in Washington University Record by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Becker. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS iecord Vol. 19 No. 12 Nov. 10, 1994 Modern Literature Collection turns 30 One of Washington University's greatest treasures is tucked into a corner of the fifth floor of Olin Library. The Modern Literature Collection, housed on shelves and in a vault in the recesses of Special Collections, is an archi- val treasure trove of 20th-century literary manuscripts, correspondence and printed works of some of the most eminent writers of modern times. The collection, which turns 30 this year, has been cultivated into a fascinating assem- blage of letters, notebooks, photographs, diaries, poetry worksheets, prose drafts, even thoughts and doodles jotted in margins, as well as published work, that offers a unique glimpse at some of the day's most renowned writers. A special exhibit commemorating the collection's 30th anniversary will open Monday, Nov. 14. (See story on page 5.) "The impressive list comprises 115 British and American writers who have left an indelible mark upon the collective literary . consciousness of current times," said Holly Hall, head of Special Collections. Some of the gems include Samuel Beckett's notebooks, thin composition books in which the playwright jotted the ideas and observations that led to some of his greatest works. The writer's penmanship Football Bears John Norbot (#98), a senior, and Josh Smith (#71), a junior, douse Coach Larry Kindbom after the team is so tiny that it is difficult for the untrained clinched a share of the University Athletic Association championship at the last home game of the season Oct. 29. eye to decipher when he switches from French to German to English. The working German text of Beckett's play "Warten auf Godot" ("Waiting for Godot"), with his own annotations in the margins, and other Woman's Club welcomes international wives papers make the University's Beckett collection one of the strongest in the world. Nayyara Abel formerly practiced assisted her in improving her English skills Gallery of Art, Grant's Farm, Soulard Mar- The collection also features renowned civil law in a prestigious law firm and leader Kaye Parvis often chauffeured ket, St. Louis Zoo, Laumeier Sculpture American poet James Merrill's first book, in Puerto Plata, the Dominican her to group meetings. Living in St. Louis Park, Missouri Historical Society and the St. published privately as a gift from his father Republic. would have been a lot harder without the . Louis Science Center have appeared on the when James was just 16. The copy is in- But her professional and personal group and other friendly St. Louisans, said itinerary. scribed by the young poet to his grand- worlds changed drastically in January of Abel, who plans to enroll in the master's In addition to the excursions, all of the mother: "This is the first inscription in my this year when she came to St. Louis to join degree program for foreign lawyers at St. women learn about other cultures when they first book because you are my first love. her husband, Ernesto V Abel, a research Louis University's School of Law. fellowship in each other's homes. During James Ingram Merrill. Christmas, 1942." assistant in molecular biology and pharma- Since 1967 the international wives these visits, the wives introduce their cul- Merrill's silver Christening cup, still in its cology at Washington University. She section has enhanced the quality of women's tures to the group through ethnic music, velvet Tiffany pouch, also is part of the missed her former lifestyle and extended lives who come from such faraway places as food and activities that have included flower collection. family and friends living in the Dominican Japan, Germany, Thailand, Romania, Rus- arranging, a kimono demonstration, dances, Other rare printed material includes Republic, her native country. Abel studied sia, Bosnia, India and France. The women piano concerts, a Japanese tea ceremony Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Lowell's first but had never practiced speaking English are wives of Washington University faculty, and a koto concert. A koto is a Japanese book of poetry, LandofUnlikeness, and until she arrived in St. Louis. She could not researchers and graduate students on both musical instrument that has 13 strings Despair, the second book written by work as a lawyer or accept any other posi- the Hilltop and Medical campuses. Even the stretched over an oblong box. "We've Vladimir Nabokov, the Russian nobleman tion due to visa restrictions. mother of a faculty member was part of the learned so much from each other," noted and author of Lolita who fled to the United "At the beginning, it was hard for me," section at one time. The International Office Felix. Parvis and the other Woman's Club States during the Russian Revolution. A said Abel, 26. "It was a radical change. I refers women to the section. members host seasonal gatherings, such as rare book by American poet Robert did not know how to do anything." The Every week, Parvis and fellow Woman's yearly pumpkin carvings, Christmas cookie Duncan includes a poem that Duncan international wives section of the Univer- Club members Mildred Barnett, Gretchen exchanges, and Hanukkah celebrations in inscribed by hand, accompanied by an sity's Woman's Club offered her friendship Felix and Lorraine Gnecco offer the wives a their homes as well. original collage by Duncan's companion and support. Section members answered taste of American culture. Trips to places Abel and section member Kitiwan and illustrator Jess Collins. her varied questions about living in St. like the Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri Phanawadee, a native of Bangkok, Thailand, Correspondence between the writers and Louis, helped her get settled in the city, Botanical Garden, Washington University Continued on page 6 their friends, family and colleagues offers a spyglass into their lives and personalities. "We have some really important Conrad Aiken letters to Robert Linscott written Series prepares seniors for job search, graduate school from England to America early in Aiken's The Career Preparation Series has graduate business majors who want to the series for Stein was "just having the Continued on page 5 helped senior Jodie E. Stein get a participate in employer interviewing at the guidance — someone to answer questions, jump-start on career planning. Olin school. someone to guide my resume writing and In this issue ... The series is designed to prepare seniors The Career Preparation Series for non- give me hints on how to change it." for their job search or entry into graduate business majors consists of five one-hour Stein said she hopes to either conduct or professional school. As part of the sessions conducted by Career Center staff. family planning or direct volunteers in a The latest technology 2 program, a variety of sessions are held on After attending the sessions, the students nonprofit organization. After working a Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology such topics as identifying and communi- have created their resume and a sample couple of years, she envisions attending debuts new imaging center dedi- cating job skills to employers, obtaining cover letter as well as gained experience in graduate school to obtain a master's degree cated to innovative research letters of recommendation, creating cover informational interviewing for employment in social work. Through the series, Stein letters and resumes, and networking. or graduate school, said Alfreda Brown, recently conducted an informational inter- Lifelong learner 3 This past summer, the Career Center director of the Career Center. The students view with Michael Yarbrough, senior alloca- Teaching gives Alan L. Schwartz, staff adapted the program from the Weston also obtain a clearer indication of their skills tions associate at the United Way of Greater M.D., Ph.D., the chance to be a pupil Career Resources Center's series. Linda and career fields of interest, she said. St. Louis. He received a bachelor's degree in for an extended period of time Glassner, associate director of the Weston Stein, an English and women's studies history from Washington University in 1986. center at the John M. Olin School of Busi- major, just completed the five sessions. She The students conduct informational inter- The job picture 8 ness, created the Undergraduate Career said that the Career Preparation Series views with alumni registered with the More than 92 percent of the Preparation Series last year. She developed enabled her to plan ahead. Without the center's ACCESS program, a network of University's newly minted Ph.D.s are the program based on a one-credit career sessions, "I would still be thinking about a volunteers who share career information successful finding employment, management course that she taught for six career, but probably not until the second with students. survey shows years. The series is required for all under- semester," she said. Another advantage of Continued on page 6 2 Washington University Record Medical Update

Olney receives Dana Foundation Award John W Olney, M.D., professor of psy- chiatry and neuropathology, is one of three scientists who have received a $50,000 Charles A. Dana Award for Pio- neering Achievement in Health. "This award is a great honor," Olney said. "The Dana Foundation's neuroscience awards program is guided by the top neuro- scientists in the world so the award repre- sents recognition from peers whom I very much respect." Olney was honored along with Jeffrey C. Watkins, Ph.D., an honorary professor of I pharmacology at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, and Phillippe Ascher, Ph.D., director of the Neurobiology Laboratory and the Biology Depart- ment at the Ecole Normale i Superieure in Paris. John W. Olney The three are recognized as pioneering neuroscientists who have helped to establish glutamate as a major The Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University Imaging Center opens Friday, Nov. 11, at the corner of excitatory transmitter in the brain. In addition, Scott and Taylor avenues. Mallinckrodt Institute established the $12 million center to provide a centralized facility for the stemming largely from Olney's research at development and application of advanced imaging technologies. Washington University over the past 25 years, glutamate now is recognized as a neurotoxin that contributes to neuronal degeneration in a number of neurological disorders. Cutting-edge research In the early 1970s, after discovering that glutamate can kill nerve cells in the brain by an excitatory mechanism, Olney coined the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology opens centralized imaging facility term "excitotoxicity" to refer to this neuro- toxic process and hypothesized that glutamate On Nov. 11, Washington Univer- M.D., Mallinckrodt professor and head of The Imaging Center is among the might play an important role in neurode- sity's Mallinckrodt Institute of the Department of Radiology. "This best-equipped radiology facilities in the generative diseases. Initially, Olney's sugges- Radiology will celebrate the Imaging Center is a demonstration of world. It houses two PET scanners; tion was not taken seriously. But today, the opening of a new facility dedicated to Washington University's commitment to four magnetic resonance scanners; labo- excitotoxic mechanism described by Olney is cutting-edge, multidiscipli- ratories for 3-D image believed to be responsible for nerve cell nary radiology research. ^^^^~ ^^—^— processing, radiopharma- degeneration in very common acute brain The $12 million facility, ceutical development disorders such as stroke, trauma and epilepsy. called the Mallinckrodt "This Imaging Center is a and neuropsychology In his early research, Olney fed Institute of Radiology at research; sophisticated glutamate to animals and found that it Washington University demonstration of Washington computer graphics work- destroyed nerve cells in the brain. Because Imaging Center, consists stations; a spiral computed infant animals were especially sensitive to of a four-floor, 48,000 University's commitment to tomography console; and this neurotoxic action, Olney undertook a square-foot addition to the a prototype machine long battle that eventually resulted in the School of Medicine's East be a leader in imaging called a tandem cascade food industry ending its practice of adding Building and 22,000 square accelerator — the latest glutamate to baby foods. feet of renovated space research and its application to technology for producing Olney's discoveries also ultimately within the building. The radiopharmaceuticals. provided the context for the development of center is located at the medical problems." Some of the equipment is therapies for stroke that are being tested in corner of Scott and Taylor Ronald Evens newly acquired, and some human clinical trials. avenues. —^—^^— ^^—^^^ was moved from other Mallinckrodt Institute locations within the Medi- established the Imaging cal Center. Center to provide a centralized facility for be a leader in imaging research and its The Imaging Center's opening will be the development and application of ad- application to medical problems." marked by a dedication ceremony and a vanced imaging technologies. The heart Radiologists, psychologists, neurolo- symposium. Record of the center's mission is to foster col- gists, engineers, chemists and physicists laborative work using positron emission will conduct research at the center con- Editor; Deborah Parker, 935-5235, Box 1070 tomography (PET) and magnetic reso- cerning brain functional imaging, nuclear Assistant vice chancellor, executive director, University Communications: Judith Jasper nance imaging (MRI), two technologies medicine, computer imaging and Managed care is topic that are proving to be critical tools in neuropsychology. Their projects include: Executive editor: Susan Killenberg of Nov. 14 CenterNet Editor, medical news: Diane Duke, revealing brain and heart function, among functional mapping of the mind; studying 362-9662, Medical School Box 8065 other uses. Tmei Nov. 14 CenterNet video conference the cause of neurological and cardiovas- Assistant editors: Carolyn Sanford, "Imaging technology has been impor- cular diseases; development of new will be a roundtable discussion titled 935-5293; Susannah Webb, 935-6603, tant to medicine for 100 years. With radiopharmaceuticals for evaluating "Health Professions Training for Man- Box 1070 recent advances, we can go beyond visu- breast and prostate cancer; developing 3- aged Care: What's Expected? Who Pays?" Production: Galen Harrison alizing anatomy to actually 'see' body D imaging techniques; and developing CenterNet is the Academic Health Center Record (USPS 600-430;ISSN 1043-0520), function. This will greatly improve our computer systems for delivering high- Television Network. Volume 19, Number 12/Nov. 10, 1994. Pub- understanding of the body and our ability resolution medical images to remote sites This roundtable discussion, from lished for the faculty, staff and friends of to control disease," said Ronald Evens, 10:30 a.m. to noon in Room 601 A in the Washington University. Produced weekly such as hospitals. during the school year, except school holidays, School of Medicine Library, will feature and monthly during June, July and August by representatives from two for-profit and the Office of Public Affairs, Washington two not-for-profit managed care organi- University, Campus Box 1070, One Brookings Lee Epstein to speak at Fall Lecture Series zations. They are Howard L. Bailit, Drive, St. Louis, Mo. 63130. Second-class D.M.D., Ph.D., senior vice president for postage paid at St. Louis, Mo. Lee Epstein, Ph.D., professor of politi- The three-part medical policy, research and develop- Address changes and corrections: cal science, will give the third lecture U gj Fall Lecture ment at Aetna Life and Casualty; Helen Postmaster and non-employees: Send to Record, Washington University, Campus Box of the Fall Lecture Series on Monday, Series, sponsored Hammer, M.D., assistant director for 1070, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Nov. 14. She will present her lecture, by the College of staff education at Kaiser Permanente Mo. 63130. titled "U.S. Supreme Court Decision- Arts and Sci- Northern California; Samuel Havens, Hilltop Campus employees: Send to Office Making and Reproductive Freedom," at 4 ences and the vice president of the group department at of Human Resources, Washington University, p.m. in Moore Auditorium, located on the School of Medi- Prudential Life Insurance Co.; and Gail Campus Box 1184, One Brookings Drive, first floor of the North Building, 4580 cine Library and Povar, M.D., vice president of the St. Louis, Mo. 63130. Scott Ave. Biomedical Medical Campus Employees: Send to Payroll George Washington University Health Office, Washington University, Campus Box Epstein is well-known for her innovative Communications Plan. 8017,660 S. Euclid, St. Louis, Mo. 63110. studies of Supreme Court behavior and was Center, was During the video conference, viewers among the first to explore the role of inter- designed to give from medical centers nationwide will be est groups on the Supreme Court's deci- Lee Epstein the medical able to participate in a discussion with sions. She is author or co-author of nine community easier access to the non- the representatives. For more informa- gmhjngfion books on law or the Supreme Court. medical expertise at the Hilltop Campus. tion or to reserve a seat, call 362-2793. WASHINGTON • UNIVERSITY- IN -ST- LOUIS Nov. 10, 1994 3

Zest for learning motivates Schwartz Colleagues refer to Alan L. Schwartz, M.D., Upon finishing his clinical training, Schwartz returned work, he made a seminal observation of how cells bind and Ph.D., Alumni Endowed Professor of to the research laboratory to learn about some of the take up macro molecules. If you open any textbook on cell Pediatrics, as a premier scholar, a top-notch advances in science that had taken place during his train- biology, you will find his work quoted." investigator and an original thinker. But ing. He chose a lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- Schwartz's endocytosis research addresses the biology interestingly enough, Schwartz thinks of nology because he was interested in the problem-solving of nutrient transport to the unborn and the question of why himself as a pupil, and said learning is the component of approaches being used there. "I used that as an opportu- tissue plasminogen activator, a drug used to treat blood his career that he enjoys the most. nity to begin to ask questions of how cell surface receptors clots, disappears from the bloodstream so rapidly. "I think there are few opportunities in life in which one function as molecules," he said. "When I had been edu- He also studies protein degradation, which may lead has the luxury of being a pupil for an extended period of cated as a pharmacologist in graduate school, cell surface researchers to a better understanding of arthritis, lupus and time. Teaching offers me that opportunity," Schwartz said. receptors were molecules that in some way responded to a diabetes. "It forces me not only to expand my horizons all the time signal from outside the cell and transmitted that signal into Outside the lab, Schwartz juggles a host of other re- but also to have a fundamental understanding of what I think the cell. But little was known about what they were in sponsibilities and interests. He developed and heads a I may know and emphasizes 3 graduate education pro- what I don't know." gram called the Markey Schwartz's boundless Pathway, which was started enthusiasm and commit- three years ago with money ment to scholarship have led from the Lucille P. Markey to his wide-ranging success. Trust. Schwartz was asked He heads one of the most to propose an education prominent pediatric hema- program that focused on tology/oncology programs . graduate education but was in the country, has been conceptually different from named Teacher of the Year, classical graduate educa- and is renowned for his tion in the human biologi- pioneering research in the cal sciences. field of receptor-mediated He decided there were endocytosis. ways to teach physicians "He has great enthusi- about basic science, but asm, which helps him there were no avenues to surmount the problems you teach Ph.D. scientists about encounter in research and human biology. any kind of job," said "The goal is not to make Theodore W. Rail, emeritus each of these students professor of pharmacology physicians but to give them at the University of Virginia a very broad yet focused School of Medicine and understanding of the diver- Schwartz's mentor and sity, complexity and excite- Ph.D. adviser. "That enthu- ment of human physiology siasm is part of what comes and human pathophysiol- across to students. They see ogy," Schwartz said. "They this enthusiasm, and they may look at problems decide they might need to ranging from understand- get excited too." ing gene structure to ethical Schwartz's zeal for considerations in patient- learning was fueled during care decision analysis." his undergraduate years in For the Markey Path- the 1960s at Case Western way, nine Ph.D. and Ph.D. Reserve University in postdoctoral fellows are Cleveland. He became selected each year from interested in questions of programs within the medi- developmental biology and Alan Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D., center, talks to leukemia patient Anthony Aiello, 10, while fourth-year medical cal school. They follow a left Case Western for a year student Mike Kim looks on. two-year course of study to study human develop- that supplements their other mental biochemistry at the University of Helsinki, Finland. courses. The students study three disease states each fall Schwartz, who always thought he would be a chemist, semester, which currently include sickle cell anemia, said the year abroad was instrumental in his decision to emphysema and acute leukemia. train in both biochemistry and medicine. He began looking "The reason I'm at a The students in the Markey Pathway also are matched into the newly defined M.D./Ph.D. programs in the United with a clinical mentor for 18 months and attend a spring States. university of this kind is seminar series. Thus far, Schwartz said, the program has He returned to Case Western to pursue medical and exceeded his expectations. Other premier medical centers doctoral degrees, and to train with Rail, who was doing that the mission of a are beginning to set up similar programs, using the Markey some of the most exciting work in biochemical sciences at Pathway as a model. the time. Schwartz also chose the school because of its university is one of Schwartz, who joined the medical school in 1986, also modern approach to medical education. Many classes were is a professor of molecular biology and pharmacology and taught by committees, not individual lecturers. All of the director of the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. undergraduate and graduate courses took place in the scholarship and teaching. Balancing all of his roles is a challenge, but Schwartz afternoon, Schwartz said, and medical school classes said he gets great personal satisfaction from being able to ended at noon. conduct biochemistry research, treat patients and teach. "So people like me who were interested in a variety of "But teaching is the most important thing that I do," he things could go to medical school in the morning and terms of their structure or the precise mechanisms of their said. "The reason I'm at a university of this kind is that the pursue other interests in the afternoon, whether it was function." mission of a university is one of scholarship and teaching. going to the gym and playing handball or studying bio- Schwartz said he was lucky to have chosen an area of And I hold that in the highest ultimate regard." chemistry or Russian history," he said. study — in the mid-to-late 1970s — that was going to be a Ilka Warshawsky, M.D, a former medical student of While working on his doctorate, Schwartz returned for very valuable model system to understand one area of Schwartz's who is now a Ph.D. candidate in his lab, said he one year of study at the University of Helsinki. He finished receptor biology, receptor-mediated endocytosis. is supportive of students and very accessible. "Although his Ph.D., formally in pharmacology but also in biochem- Receptor-mediated endocytosis is the process by which his plate is full in terms of many demands, when you are istry, and then spent his last year in medical school at the protein molecules from outside a cell gain entrance. Once talking with him, you feel as though you have his undi- University of Auckland in New Zealand. There, he con- inside, they provide that cell with growth control informa- vided attention. During the two years that I have worked ducted early-development research with a professor of tion, nutrients or signals that instruct it to develop or with him, what I appreciated most was his caring attitude." fetal physiology and decided he would focus his career on differentiate. Gitlin refers to Schwartz as a premier academic scholar questions about developmental pharmacology, develop- The general pathways are common to all cells, although and the model of a physician/scientist. "He is more com- mental biochemistry and developmental biology. the specific signaling mechanisms most often vary be- mitted than anyone I know to the principles of scholarship Schwartz returned to the United States and completed cause of the nature of the initial signal or the signal trans- and pediatrics," he said. an internship, residency and clinical fellowship at Boston ducing system. And the first step in the signal transducing Outside of work, Schwartz said the key to his sanity is Children's Hospital at Harvard Medical School. It was system is a receptor. his wife — St. Louis artist Judy Child — and his 13-year- there that he met his future boss, Harvey Colten, M.D., As Schwartz explains it, most proteins in the cells, old son. The couple's divergent careers — art and medicine who later became head of the Department of Pediatrics at including the receptors, go through a life cycle analygous —- extend and complement their lives and bring new the School of Medicine. Colten interviewed Schwartz for to humans. They have a gestation, are born in a functional friends to each of them, Schwartz said. his internship and many years later would recruit him to form that gets modified through their early period of In addition to learning, Schwartz said creativity is an Washington University. development, function as members of their society, and important element in his life, which he shares with his Schwartz said he chose to specialize in hematology/ become decrepit in a variety of ways and then ultimately wife. "It has been tremendously important to both of us. oncology so he could provide care to some of the sickest die. My creativity happens to be in science and medicine and patients in pediatrics. This specialization also gave him the Schwartz's work in the field of receptor-mediated hers happens to be in painting," he said. "I think both of us, opportunity to rapidly apply, directly and indirectly, some endocytosis is widely known, according to Jonathan if asked separately, would say the driving force for both of of the advances in biology to clinical problems in medi- Gitlin, M.D, associate professor of pediatrics and pathol- us intellectually is creativity." cine. ogy. "In the 1980s, when he was just finishing his post-doc — Diane Duke Calendar Nov. 10-19

Lawrence Professor of Chemistry, Harvard Epstein, prof, of political science. Moore 4 p.m. Biochemistry and molecular U Room 458 Louderman Hall. 935-6530. Aud., 4580 Scott Ave. 362-8255. biophysics seminar. "Structures of Viruses 4 p.m. Earth and planetary sciences 4 p.m. Biology seminar. "Contextual Analy- and Virus-receptor Interactions," Stephen C. colloquium. "The Rockware Story — Build- sis of Group Selection: Statistical Answers Harrison, prof., Dept. of Molecular and ing a Geological Software Company," James to Philosophical Questions," Charles Cellular Biology, Harvard U. Cori Aud., Reed, president, Rockware Inc., Golden, Goodnight, visiting assoc. prof, Dept. of 4565 McKinley Ave. Colo. Room 362 McDonnell Hall. 935-5610. Biology, U of Vermont, Burlington. Room Thursday, Nov. 17 4 p.m. Molecular oncology seminar. 322 Rebstock Hall. 935-3362. 4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "Organometal- "Mechanism of Action of the 8 p.m. Architecture lecture. "Lessons Exhibitions Retinoblastoma Protein," Douglas Dean, Learned: The Inner City as New Frontier," lic Chemistry at Adjacent Metal Centers," assoc. prof, of medicine and cell biology. Martin Cowle, U of Alberta, Canada. Roberta Washington, Roberta Washington Room 311 McMillen Lab. Biannual Faculty Exhibition. Features an Third Floor Aud., St. Louis Children's Architects, New York. Steinberg Hall Aud. eclectic mix of about 80 works by faculty Hospital. 362-9035. 4 p.m. History talk. "Latin America: from the schools of Art and Architecture. 4 p.m. Hillel Foundation lecture. "Israel in Tuesday, Nov. 15 Capital Cities and Modernization," Richard Through Dec. 18. Gallery of Art, upper J. Walter, prof, and chair, Dept. of History. gallery, Steinberg Hall. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 the 21st Century," Arthur Avnon, Israeli 12:10 p.m. Physical therapy brown bag consulate general. McMillan Hall Cafe. seminar. "Management of the Diabetic Foot Cohen Lounge, Room 113 Busch Hall. 935- p.m. weekdays; 1-5 p.m. weekends. — Survey Results From Healthcare Practi- 5450. "Facing Pages." Commemorates the 30th 4 p.m. Rheumatology lecture. "Immune tioners," Jay Diamond, supervisor, anniversary of the University's Modern Suppression by Selective Inhibition of T- Orthopaedic Division, Barnes Physical Friday, Nov. 18 Literature Collection. Nov. 14 through Jan. Cell Co-stimulation," David Wofsy, U. of Therapy. Classroom C, Forest Park Bldg., 11 a.m. Microbial pathogenesis seminar. 31. Special Collections, level five, Olin California, San Francisco. Room 7738 4444 Forest Park Blvd. 286-1400. "The Molecular Basis of HIV Pathogen- Clinical Sciences Research Bldg. Library. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. week- 4 p.m. Computational genomics seminar. esis," J. Victor Garcia, asst. member, Dept. days. 935-5495. 4:15 p.m. Philosophy-Neuroscience- of Virology, St. Jude Children's Research "Minimum Length Encoding Methods in Hospital, Memphis, Term. Room 775 Psychology Program seminar. "The Adap- Molecular Biology," Aleksander tive Significance of Purposeful Perceptual Milosavljevic, Genome Structure Group, McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. Integration," Cees van Leeuwen, U. of Argonne National Lab, Argonne, 111. Image Noon. Cell biology and physiology semi- Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Room 252 Presentation and Quantification Lab, Room nar. "The Digestive Vacuole of Plasmo- Olin Library. 110, 700 S.Euclid. 362-2134. diumfalciparum: Metabolic Headquarters 4:30 p.m. Math colloquium. Speaker is Roy 4 p.m. Diabetes research group seminar. and Choice Drug Target," Daniel Goldberg, Joshua, prof, of mathematics, Ohio State U, "Short-term vs. Long-term Effects of Exer- asst. prof, of medicine and molecular Columbus. Room 199 Cupples I Hall. microbiology. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley cise on Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Ac- Ave. tion," Wendy Kohrt, research asst. prof., Friday, Nov. 11 Dept. of Medicine. Pathology Library, Room Noon. Environmental engineering semi- 11 a.m. Chemistry lecture. (Thirty-sixth 3723 West Bldg. 362-7434. nar. "OSHA's Proposed Indoor Air Quality Films Joseph W Kennedy Memorial Lecture (IAQ) Standard — An In-depth Look at the cont.) "Studies in Asymmetric Catalysis," 6 p.m. Social work seminar. "'In the Best Standard and Its Impact on Building, Own- Thursday, Nov. 10 David A. Evans, the Abbott and James Interests of the Child' — Parental vs. ers, Managers and Tenants," Nicholaus P. 7 and 9 p.m. Filmboard Foreign Series. Lawrence Professor of Chemistry, Harvard Children's Rights???" with social work faculty Neumann, NPN Environmental Engineers "M" (Germany, 1930, B&W). Room 100 U Room 311 McMillen Lab. and juvenile and family services professionals. Inc. Room 226 Urbauer Hall. 935-8590. Brown Hall. Cost: $3. For 24-hour Brown Hall Lounge. To register for continuing Noon. Cell biology and physiology semi- education credit, call 935-6678. Noon. Physics brown bag seminar. "Phase Filmboard Hotline, call 935-5983. nar. "Mutational Analysis of the Myosin Transitions in the Early Universe," Michael Motor," H. Lee Sweeney, Dept. of Physiol- Wednesday, Nov. 16 Ogilvie, prof., Dept. of Physics. Room 241 Friday, Nov. 11 ogy, U. of Pennsylvania. Cori Aud., 4565 Compton Hall. 935-6276. 4 p.m. American Culture Studies McKinleyAve. 362-6950. 8 a.m. Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Institute film and discussion. "Greed" Rounds. "Clinical and Research Aspects of 1 p.m. Solid-state engineering and ap- Noon. Environmental engineering semi- GnRH Agonist in the Treatment of Uterine plied physics seminar. "Radiation Modes (1925), based on the Frank Norris book nar. "Dioxin Formation in Cement Kilns," McTeague. Discussion led by Richard Leiomyomas," Andrew Friedman. Clopton in Optical Fibers and Their Use in Chemical Robert J. Schreiber Jr., president, Schreiber, Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 362-3122. Sensors," Marcelo Cordaro, graduate stu- Ruland, prof, of English. Room 149 Grana and Yonley Engineering, St. Louis. McMillan Hall. 11 a.m. Assembly Series/Political Society dent in electrical engineering. Room 305 Room 226 Urbauef Hall. Bryan Hall. 935-5565. 7 and 9:30 p.m. Filmboard Feature Lecture. "James Carville Looks at American 2 p.m. Civil engineering seminar. "Inelas- Politics," James Carville, campaign strategist. 3 p.m. Electrical engineering colloquium. Series. "The Piano" (1993). (Also Nov. 12, tic Rating Procedures for Steel Beam and same times, and Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.) Room Graham Chapel. 935-5285. "Huygens' Principle as an Outgrowth of Girder Bridges," Theodore V Galambos, the Signal Processing," Richard E. Blahut, 100 Brown Hall. Cost: $3. James L. Record Professor of Structural 4 p.m. Physics colloquium. "Predictions for Nuclei Beyond Our Shores," Rayford Nix, prof., Dept. of Electrical Engineering, U. of Midnight. Filmboard Midnight Series. Engineering, U of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Illinois. Room 305 Bryan Hall. "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life" and former chair, Dept. of Civil Engineer- Dept. of Nuclear Theory, Los Alamos Na- (1983). (Also Nov. 12, same time, and Nov. tional Lab, Los Alamos, N.M. Room-204 4 p.m. Architecture Steadman II Lecture. ing, School of Engineering and Applied Crow Hall. 935-6276. 13 at 9:30 p.m.) Room 100 Brown Hall. Science. Room 101 Lopata Hall. 935-6350. "AALTO: Architecture, Landscape and Urbanism," David Block, graduate student, Cost: $3. 4 p.m. Architecture lecture. "Ethics and 4 p.m. Islamic colloquium series. "God, Mammon and Power: Islam, State and Soci- School of Architecture. Room 116 Givens Architecture," Mary Gass, architect, and Hall. 935-6200. Tuesday, Nov. 15 William Gass, the David May Distinguished ety in Post-Colonial Nigeria," Funso 7 p.m. Chinese Film Series. "Raise the University Professor in the Humanities. Afolayan, visiting asst. prof., African and 4 p.m. Earth and planetary sciences Red Lantern" (1991), with English sub- Room 116 Givens Hall. 935-6200. Afro-American Studies Program. Hurst colloquium. "The Chemistry of Interplan- titles. Sponsored by Dept. of Asian and Lounge, Room 201 Duncker Hall. 935-5166. etary Dust Particles: Evidence for a New Near Eastern Languages and Literatures. 4 p.m. Music colloquium. "Handel's Com- Room 219 Ridgley Hall. positional Decisions and Methods in 'Jephtha'" and "The Politics of Singing: Wednesday, Nov. 16 German Choral Societies in St. Louis, 1900- 7 and 9 p.m. Filmboard Classic Series. 1945," by Dept. of Music graduate students "The Third Man" (1949, B&W). (Also Nov. Christina Fuhrman and James Doering, 17, same times.) Room 100 Brown Hall. respectively. Room B-8 Blewett Hall. Cost: $3. 4 p.m. Hematology-oncology lecture. (Twenty-second Annual Carl V Moore Memorial Lecture.) "Multi-layered Regula- Compiled by Mike Wolf, director, and David Moessner, asst. director, sports information. tion of Hematopoietic Development and Transcription," Stuart H. Orkin, investigator, Football The four-team South Regional pits Wash- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the ington against Emory at 8 p.m. Friday in Leland Fikes Professor of Pediatric Medi- Last Week: Washington 17, Colorado one semifinal, while Trinity and Thomas cine, Harvard Medical School. Moore Aud., College 15 More College compete in the other at 5:30 4580 Scott Ave. 362-8801. This Week: Season Complete p.m. The regional final will take place at 5 p.m. Twenty-third Annual Wendell G. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Scott Lecture. "Teaching and Research in Season Record: 7-3 (3-T UAA, Champion) an Era of Healthcare Reform," W Maxwell Lectures Cowan, vice president and chief scientific Men and Women's officer, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Men's Soccer Thursday, Nov. 10 and former WU provost and executive vice Cross Country chancellor. Scarpellino Aud., Mallinckrodt Last Week: Washington 1, Wheaton 0; 10:30 a.m. Math colloquium. "Navier- Institute of Radiology, 510 S. Kingshigh- Wisconsin-Oshkosh 4, Washington 1 Last Week: Idle Stokes Equations cont.," Marco Cannone, way. 362-2866. visiting prof, of mathematics. Room 199 This Week: Season Complete This Week: Saturday, Nov. 12, NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Champion- Cupples I Hall. 7 p.m. Photography lecture. Presentation Season Record: 15-4-2 (6-0-1 UAA, by Herb Weitman, retired director of Photo- ship, Rock Island, 111. Noon. Genetics lecture. "How Yeast graphic Services. Sponsored by the Champion) Adapts to Glucose," Mark Johnston, assoc. prof, of genetics. Room 816 McDonnell Woman's Club of Washington University. Medical Sciences Bldg. Open to club members and their guests. Men and Women's Alumni House living and dining rooms. For Volleyball 1:10 p.m. Social work lecture. "Fund more info., call Jill Taylor at 458-6181. Raising for the Non-profit Sector," Last Week: Washington 3 (15, 15,15), Swimming/Diving Charmaine Chapman, president, United Monday, Nov. 14 McKendree 0 (8,6, 8); Washington 3 (15, Last Week: Men: Washington 56, North- Way of Greater St. Louis Inc. Brown Hall 3:45 p.m. Condensed matter seminar. 15,9, 15), St. Francis 1 (4, 10,15, 8) east Missouri 39; Washington 82, Chicago Lounge. 935-4909. "Crack! How Does It Fail?" Lilly Canel- This Week: 5:30 and 8 p.m./7:30 p.m. 28. Women: Washington 67, Chicago 44; 4 p.m. Chemistry lecture. (Thirty-sixth Katz, research assoc, Dept. of Physics. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 11-12, NCAA Northeast Missouri 64, Washington 30 Joseph W Kennedy Memorial Lecture.) Room 241 Compton Hall. 935-6276. Division HI South Regional, Field House "Simulation of Important Events in Biosyn- This Week: 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, vs. 4 p.m. School of Medicine/College of Arts Millikin University, Millstone Pool thesis. A General Strategy for Innovation," and Sciences Lecture Series. "U.S. Su- Season Record: 37-2 (L2-0 UAA Cham- David A. Evans, the Abbott and James preme Court Decision-making," Lee pion) Season Record: Men: 2-1; Women: 2-1 Washington University Record / Nov. 10, 1994 5 Type of Extra-terrestrial Material," George included. Open to Woman's Club members the classroom at the elementary, secondary Flynn, prof, Dept. of Physics, State U. of Saturday, Nov. 12 and their guests. Send reservation check to and university levels. January Hall. Cost: New York, Plattsburgh. Room 362 8 p.m. "Stage Left" series presents Josh Renata Rotkowicz, 6647 Kingsbury Blvd., $10. To register, call 725-3122. McDonnell Hall. 935-5610. Kornbluth in "The Mathematics of Change," St. Louis. 862-0422. a story of an Einstein wanna-be humbled by 11 a.m. Literary conference. "James the hallowed halls and hieroglyphic chalk- 2:30 p.m. Israeli dancing. In conjunction Merrill: A Life in Writing (cont.)," with poet boards of Princeton U. Drama Studio, with Israel Week. Bowles Plaza. (Also Nov. Stephen Yenser. Continues at 2 p.m. with a Room 208 Mallinckrodt Center. Cost: $12. 13 at 6:30 p.m. in Hillel Center, 6300 Forsyth panel discussion. West Campus Conference 935-6543. Blvd.) 935-1475. Center, 7425 Forsyth Blvd. Merrill will read from his works at 8 p.m. jn The May Aud., Sunday, Nov. 13 Simon Hall. To register, call 935-5495. 8 p.m. Shabbat program. In conjunction with Israel Week. Hillel Center, 6300 Forsyth Blvd. 935-1475. Calendar guidelines Events sponsored by the University — its Friday, Nov. 18 departments, schools, centers, organizations Performances 8:30 a.m. Continuing Medical Education and its recognized student organizations — conference. "Women's Healthcare Issues are published in the Calendar. All events are Thursday, Nov. 10 '94." Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 100 Carondelet free and open to the public, unless otherwise 8 p.m. "Stage Left" series presents Josh Plaza, Clayton. For schedule, registration and noted. Kornbluth in "Red Diaper Baby," his semi- cost info., call 362-6893. Calendar submissions should state time, autobiographical monologue about growing Miscellany 4 p.m. Literary conference. "James Merrill: date, place, sponsor, title of event, name of up on the streets of New York. (Also Nov. Thursday, Nov. 10 A Life in Writing." Conference commemo- speakers) and affiliation, and admission 11, same time.) Drama Studio, Room 208 rates the 30th anniversary of the University's cost. Quality promotional photographs with Mallinckrodt Center. Cost: $12. 935-6543. 8:30 a.m. Continuing Medical Education Modern Literature Collection. Lecture by conference. "Anesthesia and the Geriatric descriptions are welcome. Send items to Helen Vendler, the Porter University Profes- Judy Ruhland at Box 1070 (or via fax: 935- Friday, Nov. 11 Patient." Marriott Pavilion Hotel, 1 S. sor, Harvard U. At 7 p.m., authors Rachel Broadway, St. Louis. Through Nov. 13. For 4259). Submission forms are available by 8 p.m. Performing Arts Dept. presents Hadas and Richard Kenney will read from calling 935-4926. "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov, a 19th- schedule, registration and cost info., call their own as well as Merrill's works. 362-6893. The deadline for all entries is noon Tuesday century Russian physician who has been Women's Bldg. Lounge. Conference contin- one week prior to publication. Late entries called the country's greatest playwright. Friday, Nov. 11 ues Nov. 19. To register, call 935-5495. will not be printed. The Record is printed (Also Nov. 12, 18 and 19, same time, and 2 every Thursday during the school year, p.m. Nov. 13.) Edison Theatre. Cost: $8 for 11:30 a.m. Woman's Club fashion show Saturday, Nov. 19 and luncheon. "Yesterday's Fashions." except holidays, and monthly during the the general public; and $6 for senior citi- 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Education and homo- summer. If you are uncertain about a dead- zens, WU faculty, staff and students. 935- Fashions spanning the 1840s to the 1920s sexuality conference. Offers an opportunity will be modeled. The University Club, 1034 line, holiday schedule, or any other informa- 6543. for concerned educators, parents and students tion, please call 935-4926. S. Brentwood Blvd. Cost: $15, parking to discuss consequences of homophobia in Manuscripts reveal writers' personalities -fmmpagei career when he was struggling to find include Gerald Early, Stanley Elkin, Donald publishers," Hall said. (Aiken won the Finkel, William Gass, John Morris, Nemerov, Pulitzer Prize in 1929.) "Often, reading the Eric Pankey, Jarvis Thurston, Constance correspondence between writers helps us Urdang and Mdna Van Duyn. learn more about other literary intellects of Van Duyn was one of the key writers the day. Especially in the early days, we rely steering the initial effort. A lesser-known on these letters to round out the collection." poet at the time, Van Duyn was pursuaded to "Some of the correspondence contains include herself in the collection. Later she the oddest things," said Kevin Ray, curator too received a National Book Award. She of Special Collections. "Gary Snyder en- also was named poet laureate of the United closed seeds in some of his letters. Others States. mailed collections of things, like bags filled Today, the process of selecting writers with rubber spiders or ticket stubs, even and collecting their papers is more compli- mousetraps. Mail art or correspondence art cated than in the 1960s. Much of the mate- was in vogue for a time and collages and rial is donated directly by the writers and rubber stamps were very popular. Many of their friends and families, but some is these were designed simply for the unusual procured through dealers. The collection is and novel quality of receiving something supported through private gifts, the George surprising through the mail." N. Meissner Memorial Endowment and Working manuscripts often are as reveal- until 1971, with a federal tax benefit for the ing as diaries, notebooks and correspon- donation of self-created papers. A large dence. A struggling writer will find solace Title II-C grant from the U.S. Department in the crossed-out sentences, changed words of Education in the 1980s boosted the size and rewritten paragraphs that litter the of the collection and helped consolidate its manuscripts and illustrate that — even for international reputation. the most accomplished writers — their art is "The market has changed enormously often a battle. For a small minority, however, over 30 years," Ray said. "Competition is revisions are minimal, indicating that the far greater. Prices are far higher. You can't Kevin Ray, curator of Special Collections, arranges the working manuscripts and words took final form in the writer's head, simply draw up a list and start collecting. correspondence that make up "Facing Pages," an exhibit commemorating the not on paper. Issues of practicality must be explored." 30th anniversary of the Modern Literature Collection. "For example, Howard Nemerov would To keep the momentum going and to compose on his walks to and from campus chart new directions, an advisory board and would keep refining the words in his head recently was formed. Faculty members Early, Merrill conference draws guest authors until he was ready to put them on paper," Ray Wayne Fields, Gass, Joseph Loewenstein, said. The late Nemerov, an English professor Steven Meyer and Pankey, together with Washington University Libraries ary acclaim in the 1960s, winning two at Washington University and former U.S. Hall, Ray and Shirley Baker, dean of Univer- will host a celebration of re- National Book Awards. poet laureate, won the National Book Award sity libraries, have been charged with sug- nowned poet James Merrill's His epic poem "The Changing Light at in 1977 and Pulitzer Prize in 1978. gesting new writers to collect, attracting use work to commemorate the 30th anniversary Sandover," which won the National Book Thirty years ago, five writers affiliated of the collection by scholars, and fostering of its Modern Literature Collection. The Critics Award for Poetry in 1985, records in with Washington University provided the affiliations with peer institutions. conference, scheduled for Nov. 18-19, will 560 pages the Ouija board sessions that focus for the fledgling collection. Prompted "When exploring writers to collect, there feature a reading by Merrill, a special Merrill and David Jackson, his lifelong by William Matheson, former head of the often is harmony, but also lively discussion exhibit from the Modern Literature Collec- companion, conducted with spirits from the University's rare books department, the group among the board members," Ray said. The tion, and lectures and discussions with a other world. It is regarded as one of the composed a list of the poets and novelists board works closely with the Department of variety of guest authors. most complex works of the past 30 years. whom they respected and whom they thought English and the International Writers Center Also a novelist and playwright, Merrill is The conference, titled "James Merrill: A might become important in 50 years. to "woo" writers selected for inclusion. one of the most highly acclaimed living Life in Writing," will begin at 4 p.m. Friday, The writers looked for certain traits, for The collection is used primarily by schol- poets. Author of 11 books of poetry, Merrill Nov. 18, with a lecture by Helen Vendler, example, those who might be on the thresh- ars and researchers and sometimes by the has been recognized with two National Ph.D., the Porter University Professor at old of greater recognition, those not already writers themselves. Spark, a British writer Book Awards, the Bollingen Prize in Poetry, Harvard University, in the Women's Build- committed to another library, and those who working on her memoirs, recently contacted the Pulitzer Prize and the Rebekah Johnson ing Lounge. might be considered neglected or underesti- Washington University to review the manu- Bobbitt Prize for Poetry, among others. In Later that evening, authors Rachel Hadas mated. At the time, some of the selections scripts, letters and diaries from her early addition Merrill, who served as the poet and Richard Kenney, Ph.D., will read from appeared odd to outsiders, but the steering career. Often, researchers help the collection laureate for the state of Connecticut, has their own works, as well as Merrill's poems, group's rationale soon was reinforced when staff identify and translate various papers. published two novels and two plays, which at 7 p.m. in the Women's Building Lounge. James Dickey's book of poems Buckdancer's A special exhibit commemorating the were produced off-Broadway. A reception will follow in Olin Library's Choice, and Merrill's Nights and Days 30th anniversary of the Modern Literature The University's Modern Literature Special Collections to view a special exhibit received National Book Awards. At the time Collection opens Nov. 14 and will run Collection is the repository for Merrill's of the Modern Literature Collection. of the announcements in the late 1960s, through Jan. 31. Titled "Facing Pages," the literary papers and manuscripts. Merrill was The conference will continue at 11 a.m. Washington University held the manuscripts exhibit juxtaposes the work of different one of the first 15 poets selected in 1964 for Saturday, Nov. 19, in the West Campus of both these works. writers. For example, some of Gass' papers inclusion in the collection. In the fall of Conference Center, 7425 Forsyth Blvd., Today, the 10,000-volume assemblage is are displayed with John Gardner's, with 1968, Merrill was one of six authors in the with a lecture by Stephen Yenser, professor supported extensively by more than 100,000 whom Gass had an important aesthetic University's Visiting Writers Program and of English at the University of California, manuscripts, literary and personal papers. dispute about the morality of art. Nemerov served as the Visiting Hurst Professor in the Los Angeles. The collection includes the works of Aiken, is matched with Nobel Prize-winner Tho- Department of English in 1971 and 1985. Conference participants will take part in John Barth, Beckett, Elizabeth Bishop, mas Mann, whose book The Magic Moun- Since his work first surfaced in the late a panel discussion from 2-4 p.m. at West Dickey, Ford Madox Ford, Josephine tain was the subject of Nemerov's thesis 1940s, Merrill has been recognized as a Campus. The highlight of the conference, a Johnson, D.H. Lawrence, Lowell, Merrill, Iris while at Harvard University. master of poetic form. Born into a wealthy reading by Merrill, will take place at 8 p.m. Murdoch, Nabokov, Sylvia Plath, Ezra The Modern Literature Collection is New York family (his father, a stockbroker, in The May Auditorium, Simon Hall. A Pound, Jean Rhys, William Jay Smith, Muriel open for research weekdays from 8:30 a.m. founded Merrill Lynch), Merrill's earliest reception will follow. Spark, Wallace Stevens, May Swenson, John to 5 p.m. and is located in the Department works were said to reflect the gentility of his The conference is free and open to the Updike and Richard Wilbur, among others. of Special Collections, level five, Olin upbringing,-as well as his eloquence and wit. public, but registration is requested. For more Washington University-affiliated writers Library. — Susannah Webb Merrill drew serious attention and liter- information or to register, call 935-5495. — Susannah Webb 6 Washington University Record Carville to give Political Society Lecture James Carville, who served as Bill firm specializing in strategies to win elec- Clinton's campaign strategist in the tions for Democrats. 1992 Presidential election, will deliver the Carville's campaign successes include Washington University Political Society the 1991 "upset landslide" of U.S. Sen. Lecture at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, in Harris Wofford in Pennsylvania,'the 1990 Graham Chapel. The lecture, titled "James gubernatorial victories of Zell Miller in Carville Looks at American Politics," is Georgia and Bob Casey in Pennsylvania and free and open to the public and will be the the 1988 re-election of U.S. Sen. Frank last lecture of the Lautenberg in New Jersey. fall Assembly Carville received an undergraduate degree Series. Despite from Louisiana State University and went on having played a to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps. He then major role in returned to Louisiana State to earn a law Clinton's presi- degree. In 1993 he married Mary Matalin, dential campaign, campaign strategist for the 1992 George Carville decided Bush re-election team, with whom he re- to remain outside cently published joint campaign memoirs. the Clinton This lecture is co-sponsored by the administration. College Democrats, the Department of Carville is a Political Science, Student Union and the James Carville partner in Washington University Political Society. For Carville & Begala, a political consulting more information, call 935-5297.

Students participate in mock interviews -fmmpage i Stein said the interview with Yarbrough whelming response" to the sessions. The helped her "get a feeling for the opportuni- Career Center has offered two Saturday Yasna Tosic and her daughter, Maya, 2, of Bosnia try their hand at pumpkin- ties out there. We talked about how it helps sessions to accommodate the schedules of carving. The University's Woman's Club acquaints international wives with to have a graduate degree and what employ- busy students, including those enrolled in American culture. In the background, Sumiyo Date of Japan teams with club ers look for in entry-level jobs." Yarbrough University College. By semester's end, member Pat Sarantites. also told Stein that in applying for nonprofit Brown estimates that more than 240 stu- positions, she should distinguish her skills dents will have completed the program from those of volunteers. through the Career Center. Most sessions International wives grateful for support-//™^ / Senior Seth Harwood recently completed are limited to 10 students. Students unable enjoy visiting the wives' homes. They said Ph.D., Rosa May Distinguished University the Career Center's series as well. He had to to make the group sessions may participate the gatherings enable the international Professor in the Humanities. Helping prepare a resume for on-site interviews with in the series through individual sessions women to form lasting friendships. "This others has been a constant theme through- employers at the business school. Non- with a career counselor. group has helped me a lot —? helped me to out Parvis' life. Liitzeler said Parvis helped business students can participate in em- For Hogan, teaching the sessions has know many places in St. Louis and helped her obtain her first job as a science teacher ployer interviewing at the Olin School been extremely rewarding, especially the me to make many friends from different for the Springboard to Learning Program, provided they first complete a pre-screening role-playing she conducts during mock countries," added Phanawadee, who group an educational enrichment program known process and work with career offices in their employer interviews with students. "It gives members affectionately call Pirn. for sending teachers from other countries own schools. The Career Preparation Series you some sense of how a student is really Parvis took over the group shortly after into elementary schools to teach the culture "forces you to do a cover letter and informa- it was formed. Woman's Club members of their homelands. For many years, Parvis tional interviewing," said Harwood, an Janet Sargent and Helen Demerath, along taught in the program, focusing on Indian economics major from Boston. "It's prob- with Jean M. ^_^_ ^_^_ and Central African ably the easiest way to do it." Pennington, retired culture as well as Unlike the Career Center's program, director of arts, hu- "This group has helped Missouri history. As which is open only to seniors, the Under- manities and science chair of the Delmo graduate Career Preparation Series at the programs, decided the me a lot — helped me to Housing Corp.'s Olin School is designed primarily for juniors. wives of Washington's board of directors, The program consists of workshops on such international students know many places in St. Parvis encourages topics as assessing one's skills, writing could use an orga- educational and resumes, informational interviewing, net- nized support system. Louis and helped me to community programs working, job search techniques, professional Both Demerath and in the Missouri attire and conducting on-site interviews with Parvis had traveled make many friends from Bootheel. potential employers. Career discussions abroad. Parvis traveled different countries." In recognition of featuring young alumni as panelists also are to India and Zambia Parvis' leadership part of the program. Students additionally with her husband — Kitiwan Phanawadee and as a strong sign may participate in optional activities, includ- Richard J. Parvis, of friendship, 31 ing a videotaped practice interview with professor emeritus of former members of Glassner or another Weston staff member. Carol E. Hogan social work, and their three children. the group gathered in Kyoto, Japan, to Workshop videotapes are available for stu- Before the group was formed, male honor her in 1986. She was vacationing in dents unable to attend some of the sessions. communicating. You get a better sense of international students usually came to Japan with her family. During the gather- Reflecting on the students' response to their interests, a better feel for them as Washington University alone, Parvis noted. ing, each Japanese woman stood up and career preparation, Glassner said she believes people. I enjoy working with young people," But by the mid-to-late 1960s, women were detailed how the group, and Parvis, had the series participants are very committed to said Hogan, whose sessions have received traveling with their spouses, she said. The touched her life. The women had partici- preparing themselves for the reason many high marks on student evaluations. section's founders thought the women pated in the group over a 20-year period. attend college — to obtain an excellent Hogan, who has worked at Washington might welcome a social outlet so they During a joint meeting on April 24, position. Compared to the series' inaugural for more than three decades, also enjoys invited some international wives to a meet- 1991, the Woman's Club and the Women's year, more students are involved this year, she advising students on little things that can ing where everyone "sat in a circle and Society presented Parvis with a citation noted. So far this semester, approximately 90 make a difference to a potential employer, talked," said Parvis. She has served as "the recognizing her 24 years of service to the juniors have participated in the series work- such as wearing the appropriate clothing to heart and soul" of the group ever since, international community. According to shops, she said, adding that typically, between job interviews or installing professional according to Ingrid Liitzeler, a section Gretchen Felix, Parvis' honors are a fitting 80 to 90 percent of the Olin School's senior introductory messages on their answering member for nearly 21 years. tribute for a caring woman who has a knack graduating class registers with Weston for machines. "She's very dedicated to the student and for developing and maintaining friendships employer interviewing. Next semester, the Career Center's series faculty wives in the group. She tries to help around the world. Working with the students is "challeng- will be open to juniors. "It is our hope that all in any way she can," said Liitzeler, who For more information, call Parvis at ing," said Glassner, who has worked in of our seniors will take advantage of the came to St. Louis from Indiana University 725-4048, or the International Office at career placement at the Olin School for 11 series regardless of their future plans," said with her husband, Paul Michael Liitzeler, 935-5910. — Carolyn Sanford years. "They're very eager for direction. Brown. "But what would be ideal is for every They keep us on our toes." student to take the series before his or her Initially, the Career Center decided to senior year. Based on the positive feedback adapt Glassner's Career Preparation Series we have received from the students thus far, to prepare non-business students to partici- we feel that the juniors that take the series pate in Weston's campus recruiting program, will have a much more productive and enjoy- Campus Watch said Alfreda Brown. However, many of the able senior year and will make a smoother students enrolled in the center's series were transition from Washington University to the The following criminal incidents were reported to the Hilltop Campus Police Department Oct. 31-Nov. 7. Readers with information that could assist the investigation of these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This release is interested in career fields other than busi- world of work or graduate school." provided as a public service to promote safety awareness on campus. ness, such as social and public service, Regardless of whether students enroll in Oct. 31 Hall was reported damaged sometime education, architecture and the arts. Typi- the Olin or Career Center series, Brown said between 1:30 p.m. Nov. 2 and 9 a.m. Nov. 3. cally, recruiters in these fields do not con- she believes "they will come out of it with 12:40p.m. — Clothing was reported stolen duct interviews on campus, she added, certain job-hunting and interviewing skills from a student's room in Beaumont Resi- 5:38p.m. — Unknown person(s) reportedly shattered the window of a student's vehicle noting that the center collects career infor- that will be useful throughout their lives." dence Hall sometime between 8:15 and 9:45 a.m. Oct. 4. parked in the lot east of Eliot Residence Hall mation in these fields. She is excited about the collaborative effort sometime between 2 p.m. Nov. 1 and 5:38 "The series, therefore, helps students between the two placement offices and hopes 2:53 p.m. — A television and videocassette p.m. Nov. 3. understand how different fields identify "that we will continue to search for ways to recorder belonging to the Language Lab was talented individuals for entry-level posi- share information, programs and resources. If reported stolen from Room 14B Duncker Nov. 4 tions," continued Brown. "It is important for we do, what will result is the best career Hall sometime between 2 p.m. Oct. 28 and 9 11:30 a.m. — Computer software belonging a.m. Oct. 31. students to realize that they must develop a planning and placement services available to to the Department of Computer Science was multifaceted approach to their job search. students anywhere in the country." 7:28 p.m. — A car radio was reported stolen reported stolen from Room 514 Jolley Hall They cannot rely on any one means of For more information about the Career from a staff member's vehicle parked on the sometime between Oct. 28 and 3:30 a.m. first level of the Millbrook Garage sometime Nov. 4. connecting with organizations." Center's Career Preparation Series, call 935- between 9 a.m. and 7:28 p.m. Carol E. Hogan, associate director of the 5930. For more information about the 1:50 p.m. —A student's backpack was Career Center, was instrumental in adapting Undergraduate Career Preparation Series, Nov. 3 reported stolen from the Simon Hall library sometime around 1:50 p.m. Glassner's series to fit the Career Center's call 935-6387. 9:14 a.m. —A desk in Room 346 McMillan needs. She is amazed at the students' "over- — Carolyn Sanford Nov. 10, 1994 7

For The Record contains news about a wide American art and culture being produced by Law: A Civil Rights Reader co-authored by variety of faculty, staff and student scholarly the British Broadcasting Corp. The eight- Daan Braveman and Leslie Bender. Flagg's and professional activities. part series will be screened for British article is titled " 'Was Blind But Now I See': News Analysis contains excerpts from the For audiences sometime in 1995-96. White Race Consciousness and the Require- Expert Comment service. The service, which Of note ment of Discriminatory Intent." Excerpts provides timely faculty comments to media from her article appear in two of the book's across the country, is distributed by the Office Dennis M. Balfe, M.D., professor of Making the news of University Communications. radiology at the School of Medicine's five chapters. West Publishing Corp. will Hugh Macdonald, Ph.D., Avis Blewett publish the book in December. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, pre- Professor of Music, was interviewed and sented the Hounsfield Award-winning paper participated in a panel discussion for a 'Bell curve is third "Computed Tomography (CT) of the Retro- Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) peritoneum: Observations on the Distribu- program titled "Varietes-Musique" to be Guidelines for submitting copy: wave of propaganda tion of Fluid Collections" at the Society of aired in Montreal. He also was featured on a Send your full name, complete title, depart- on IQ and race' Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic CBC program titled "Critic's Choice," ment, phone number and highest-earned Resonance's annual meeting in Seattle. The which aired in Toronto. degree, along with a typed description of Garland E. Allen, Ph.D., professor of co-authors of the paper were Harold F. your noteworthy activity to For The Record, biology, is the author of two books on Bennett, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of To press c/o Carolyn Sanford, Campus Box 1070, or 20th-century radiology; Robert Y. Kanterman, M.D., [email protected]. Items must life sciences assistant in radiology; and Ernesto P. An article written by Barbara Flagg, J.D., not exceed 75 words. For information, call and articles on Molmenti, M.D., assistant professor of associate professor of law, was included in a Sanford at 935-5293. the history of anatomy and neurobiology. This is the new coursebook titled Power, Privilege and eugenics, an second consecutive year that the earlier move- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology has ment that received the Hounsfield Award which is claimed many named after Godfrey Hounsfield, known by social, person- peers as the "father" of CT. ... Obituaries ality and men- Yvette M. Fobian, doctoral candidate in tal traits were chemistry, received the 1994-95 August and hereditary. He Ruth Homeyer Fellowship in Chemistry from Garland E. Allen comments here the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Liselotte Dieckmann, former chair of German, dies on The Bell Curve, a new book by the late Liselotte Dieckmann, Ph.D., professor comparatist Erich Auerbach, philosopher Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Speaking of emerita and former chair of the Depart- Hannah Arendt and historians Paul Oskar Murray, which contends that IQ differ- During the annual meeting of the Central ment of Germanic Languages and Litera- Kristeller and Ernst Robert Curtius. ences between races is, to a large extent, Slavic Association in Lincoln, Neb., Kim- tures and the Committee on Comparative Dieckmann was chair of the German biologically determined. Allen says the berly Adams, a doctoral candidate in Literature, died Oct. 28 at her University department at a time when few women book is flawed due to faulty science. history, presented a paper on "The Coup of City home. She died three days short of her nationwide served as academic chairs, said Catherine II." ... 92nd birthday on Halloween. Gerhild Scholz Williams, Ph.D., professor Today, as in the past, it's popular to Dieckmann's death marked "the end of of German and chair of the German depart- state that intelligence, alcoholism, Derek Blakeley, a doctoral candidate in history, presented a paper on "A 'Superior an era - to University life, to the humani- ment from 1988-92. She was "a pioneer," criminality and homosexuality are I ties, to teaching continued Williams, who also is associate largely due to genetic influences, said Person' and the 'Second Eleven': Lord Curzon and the Conservative Party in the and to scholar- provost. Williams said the department's Allen. "Seventy years ago, people thought ship," said Will- tradition of hiring and encouraging women problems such as feeblemindedness, 1920s" during the North American Confer- ence on British Studies in Vancouver, iam Matheson, scholars began with Dieckmann. Addition- unemployment, prostitution, unruliness professor of ally, Dieckmann "was one of the people and tendencies such as nomadism and British Columbia. ... Susan Bower, visiting assistant professor comparative responsible for the department becoming as even thalassophilia — love of the sea — literature and prominent as it is," Williams said noting were inherited traits." of architecture, gave a talk titled "Collabo- rating and Constructing" at the Association former chair of that, while as chair, she felt very proud to The Bell Curve, he said is reflective of the Committee on continue Dieckmann's quest for academic a worried elite class that often uses such of Collegiate Schools of Architecture's Southwest Regional Conference in Lafay- Comparative excellence and support of women scholars. thought to keep other groups in white- I Literature. A person of tremendous intellectual dominated society under control. "We've ette, La At the annual meeting of the Missouri Bar A native of achievement, Dieckmann "possessed self- had three major waves of this IQ propa- Liselotte Dieckmann Frankftlrt) Ger. control and discipline in the best sense of ganda — 70 years ago, 25 years ago and Association in Kansas City, Dorsey D. Ellis Jr., J.D, professor and dean of the School of many, Dieckmann first joined the Washing- the word" said Williams. Yet "she never now 1994." ton University faculty in 1944 as an assis- lost her sense of humor." She also con- Allen pointed to the 1924 Immigration Law, participated in a panel discussion on the bar examination system. He advocated tant in German. She taught the future occu- nected with people of all ages, Williams Restriction Act. He said the legislation pation troops at the University during World continued, and her friendships included was enacted in part because eugenicists drastic changes in the system, which he says is a waste of limited resources. Ellis' com- War II. Her tenure at Washington spanned both the young and old. argued that influxes of generally inferior more than three decades. She was named A memorial service was held Nov. 5 at immigrants from Central and Eastern ments were the subject of a National Law Journal column.... professor of German in 1958 and served as Lupton Chapel in University City. Plans are Europe would dilute America's gene pool, chair of the German department from 1963- under way for a Washington University lowering the nation's IQ. The second Charles L. Leven, Ph.D., professor emeritus of economics, presented a seminar 67. She also was acting chair from 1970-71, memorial service to be held sometime in wave surrounded a slew of research the year she became professor emerita of December. articles between 1969 and 1974 by Arthur on "Economic Development in Economies in German. She remained professor emerita in Among the survivors are Dieckmann's Jensen, Herrnstein and William Shockley Transition" for the economics department at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.... comparative literature until 1979. friend Viktor Hamburger, Ph.D., Edward that inferred heritability of IQ is different Dieckmann translated a number of Mallinckrodt Distinguished Professor between African Americans and whites Cynthia Weese, F.A.I.A., professor and books from French and German into En- Emeritus of biology; a daughter, Bea Goree and that IQ reflects genetic differences in dean of the School of Architecture, deliv- glish. Her research interests included 18th- of East Lansing, Mich.; a brother, Klaus intellectual ability between the races, ered a talk at the American Society of and 19th-century German literature. She Neisser of Sao Paulo, Brazil; three grand- Allen said. Interior Designers' historical preservation received a doctorate from the University of children; and four great-grandchildren. Her "What's disturbing to me as an histo- seminar in St. Louis. Her talk was titled Heidelberg in Germany in 1927. During the son, Martin Dieckmann, who received a rian of science is that there is such intense "Historic Buildings in St. Louis and Why Third Reich, Dieckmann and her late hus- doctorate in mathematics from the Univer- interest in the topic by major media. The They Are Important." ... band, Herbert, fled to Turkey, where she sity, died in 1983. Goree is a University major media — which represent the top Kristin E. S. Zapalac, Ph.D., assistant taught Greek, German and Latin at the alumna as well. She received a bachelor's echelon of corporate America — want us professor of history, spoke on "Instructive Images: Powerful Women in Political University of Istanbul from 1935-37. degree in German in 1954 and also has a all to believe that increasing discrepancies Herbert Dieckmann taught French at Wash- master's degree in labor and industrial in wealth, job and social opportunities are Space" at the 16th-century Studies Confer- ence in Toronto. She presented her lecture ington University for 12 years. In Europe, relations from Michigan State University in a result of individual biological defects Liselotte Dieckmann's friends and associ- East Lansing. instead of the result of a defective political during a session titled "Instructive Images: Relating Word and Image in the 16th ates included leading members of the Memorial contributions may be made to system that keeps the less advantaged in a intellectual and cultural communities, such the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, continual state of poverty and deprivation. Century," which she organized. as poet Paul Valery, the renowned 660 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110. Believing that 'biology is destiny' makes us all more resigned to our fates. On assignment "The very premise of the book is First-year student Quiana Cope, Bud flawed scientifically because the pheno- Marsden, associate dean in the School of Introducing new faculty members type — in this case, intelligence, is not Engineering and Applied Science, and senior accurately defined by the authors, nor has Damon Vincent have been named to the Hilltop Campus: East Lansing in 1993. She also will re- it been defined clearly by anyone in 1994-95 George Engelmann Mathematics ceive a doctorate in Spanish literature psychology or biology today." Geneticists and Science Institute's Advisory Council. Eloisa Palafox, Ph.D., assistant professor from El Colegio de Mexico in December consider a phenotype an observable and Cope and Vincent are Washington University of Romance languages and literatures, 1995. definable character of an organism. student representatives to the council.... was a visiting assistant professor at Wash- "Intelligence is not a phenotype, in the Stephen H. Legomsky, J.D., D.Phil., ington last year. Among her research Medical Campus: interests are medieval Spanish literature sense of a traditional genetic trait such as Walter D. Coles Professor of Law, has been Stuart R. Kupfer, M.D., assistant profes- eye color, or presence of sickle cell named to the American Academy of Arts and colonial Latin American literature. She received a bachelor's degree in Latin sor of pediatrics in the Division of Pediat- hemoglobin, for instance. These genetic and Sciences' Working Group on Interna- ric Endocrinology and Metabolism, comes phenotypes-are measurable and everyone tional Migration. He will meet with German American literature from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, Mexico, from the University of North Carolina in can pretty much agree on them. But and American scholars and government Chapel Hill, where he was a research intelligence is not a single thing, and no officials in Boston and Ladenburg, Ger- in 1986, a master's degree in Romance ■ languages from the University of Georgia assistant professor of pediatrics. His one has ever come up with an accurate many, to prepare a comprehensive plan for research focuses on transcriptional regula- definition of intelligence. If you have a reforming the countries' political asylum in Athens in 1991, a master's degree in Spanish literature from El Colegio de tion by steroid receptors. He received a phenotype that can't be agreed upon, how processes. ... bachelor's degree in microbiology in 1980 can you measure it? If you can't measure Angela Miller, Ph.D., associate profes- Mexico in Mexico City in 1988 and a doctorate in Spanish language and litera- and a medical degree in 1984, both from it or identify it in individual organisms, sor of art history and archaeology, served as the University of Florida in Gainesville. how can you study its inheritance?" a consultant and interviewee for a series on tures from Michigan State University in Opportunities SSSSg*

make judgments on acceptability, racy; ability to handle multiple school graduate or equivalent, school graduate or equivalent, col- 60 wpm; experience with proper means and methods of de- tasks in an organized, accurate and some college preferred; experience lege degree preferred; three years WordPerfect 5.1. Position is located Hilltop sign and construction. Resume re- timely manner; available to work with DOS, WordPerfect and data business experience, including in West County office. quired. overtime as necessary. management; research experience general accounting; typing 35 Campus preferred; typing 50 wpm. wpm; WordPerfect experience pre- Medical Transcriptionist 950359-R. Administrative Secretary 950121. Laboratory Coordinator. Depart- ferred. Pediatrics. Requirements: High The following Is a list of positions Office of International Studies. Re- ment of Biology. Requirements: Ex- Special Project Assistant 950254- school graduate or equivalent; two available on the Hilltop Campus. In- quirements: Some college, perienced teacher with a master's R. Finance Office. Requirements: Systems Operator 950312-R. Psy- years related experience; experience formation regarding these and other associate's degree preferred; excel- degree or Ph.D. in biology or Two years college or equivalent chiatry. Schedule: Part time, 20 transcribing medical terminology; positions may be obtained in the Of- lent communication and organiza- equivalent to develop and super- work experience; knowledge of ac- hours per week. Requirements: WordPerfect experience; typing 70 fice of Human Resources, Room 126 tional skills; ability to use a vise learning activities for introduc- counting, finance or data process- Ability to assist systems analyst in wpm. North Brookings Hall, or by calling Macintosh computer; knowledge of tory biology courses; good com- ing preferred. Duties: Computer re- hardware/software installation, Medical Transcriptionist 950368-R. 935-5990. Note: All positions require the word processing programs for munication skills; computer famil- port production and distribution, troubleshooting and minor pro- Surgery. Requirements: High school three letters of recommendation. Macintosh, including Pagemaker, iarity. Activities: Wet lab; computer quality control for three computer gramming; some college or techni- Filemaker Pro, Excel and MS-Word, modeling and simulations; group printers and support of cal school training preferred. graduate; some secretarial training Communications Technician II preferred; typing 50 wpm with problem-solving and discussion. department's procurement activi- preferred; one year medical tran- 950081. Communications Services. accuracy; knowledge of Financial Duties: Select and develop teaching ties. Secretary 1 950333-R. Radiology. scriptionist experience preferred; Requirements: Certificate of training Information System accounting materials in conjunction with fac- Schedule: Part time, 20 hours per knowledge of word processing and Division Administrator 950287-R. and/or equivalent experience in system preferred. Duties: Provide ulty; schedule and oversee teach- week, hours negotiable. Require- medical terminology; typing 65 Division of General Medicine. Re- . communications,' including tele- general secretarial support to asso- ing laboratories, Natural Sciences ments: High school graduate or wpm. phone and computer networking; quirements: Bachelor's degree; ex- equivalent; three years clerical ex- ciate director; assist in the prepara- Learning Center; teach lab sessions Administrative Coordinator 950377- ability to perform strenuous work perience with on-line integrated ac- perience; experience with tion of newsletters, reports, grant for first-year students and sopho- R. Internal Medicine. Requirements: and heavy lifting; willingness to counting systems and spreadsheet Macintosh or IBM Microsoft; typ- proposals; creation of data bases, mores; work with a teaching fellow Bachelor's degree; master's degree work flexible hours and overtime; programs preferred. Duties: Man- ing 45 wpm. budgetary and other office-related and guide student teaching assis- in business administration highly • use of personal vehicle required age the administrative and support responsibilities; arrange meetings, tants. This is a nine-month ap- Medical Secretary 1950347-R. preferred; experience using on-line with mileage reimbursement; ability functions; financial operation, grant seminars and other events. Clerical pointment (not tenure track) with Otolaryngology. Requirements: personnel/payroll and budget sub- to detect and differentiate the tele- and human resource management. tests required. opportunity for summer employ- High school graduate or equivalent; mission system, and FOCUS pro- phone color code. Resume re- ment. Respond to: Search Commit- Grant Assistant II 950290-R. Ad- knowledge of medical terminology; grams; knowledge of personal com- quired. Department Secretary 950122. tee, Department of Biology, Box ministration. Requirements: High experience with dictaphone; typing puters. Alumni and Parents Admission Pro- 1137, One Brookings Drive, St. Assistant to the Dean 950095. gram. Requirements: College de- Louis, MO 63130. School of Architecture. Require- gree preferred; specialized secre- ments: Bachelor's degree; typing 50 tarial and business training; typing Postdoctoral Teaching Associate. wpm with accuracy; strong written 45 wpm with accuracy; experience Department of Biology. Require- and verbal skills; ability to assist the with word processing and data base ments: Biologist with an interest in dean in preparing written reports management; three years of office developing teaching skills to work regarding accreditation, strategic experience; ability to deal effectively with biology faculty and staff to de- Observations planning, student recruitment and and sensitively with senior adminis- velop and implement a range of graduate job information; profi- trators, faculty, alumni, parents and learning activities for introductory The following column is written by Robert Thdch, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate ciency in Microsoft Word, prospective students; ability to . courses; good communication School of Arts and Sciences. PageMaker and Excel to prepare maintain confidentiality; excellent skills; familiarity with computers. written reports and statistical re- attendance record; excellent com- Duties: Teach multiple lab sections ports; organizational skills to plan mand of spoken English; good for first-year students and sopho- The Job Market for Ph.D.s committee meetings, arrange for command of written English; ability mores; supervise tutors; give some visiting faculty, coordinate sympo- to handle multiple tasks with strict lectures to a large audience. Activi- Negative news articles about problems in academe have proliferated to an extraor- sia and accreditation visits; familiar- deadlines requiring high degree of ties: Wet lab; computer modeling dinary extent in the past year. Among the more prominent is a widely perceived ity with SIS and FIS systems neces- organization; ability to work inde- and simulations; group problem- deterioration in the job market for newly minted Ph.D.s. However, most of the evi- sary for assisting business manager pendently with minimal supervision; solving and discussion. This is a dence is anecdotal and what little statistical data is available does not reflect differ- with day-to-day transactions. Cleri- available to work overtime as nine-month appointment with op- cal tests required. ences among universities. needed; maturity; good grooming; portunity for summer employment. To find out how Washington University's Ph.D. recipients have fared over the past Deputized Police Officer 950096. pleasant personality. Clerical tests Two-year term with the possibility five years, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) recently conducted a job required. of renewal. Respond to: Search University Police. Requirements: A placement survey. Results to date indicate that more than 92 total of 640 hours of approved Committee, Department of Biology, Assistant Outreach Coordinator, Box 1137, One Brookings Drive, St. percent of GSAS graduates have found employment in academy training to be certified; Part time 950123. Department of areas related to their degrees. Fewer than 3 percent has ability to meet current police officer Louis, MO 63130. Biology. Requirements: Bachelor's changed fields. (Of the remainder, roughly equal numbers standards and training commission degree or equivalent experience; ex- standards for certification as a are temporarily out of the workforce for personal reasons, cellent verbal and written skills; are seeking new employment, or are of unknown status.) peace officer in a first class county strong organizational, planning and Medical in Missouri; ability to qualify for interpersonal skills; capable of work- These numbers are very encouraging. However, we deputization as a police officer by ing independently, exercising sound should not become too complacent, because a closer look at the St. Louis County Police Depart- judgment and handling multiple Campus the data shows that the job picture has changed in recent ment; valid Missouri driver's li- tasks simultaneously; demonstrated years. For example, a significant number of new jobs are cense. Application required. The following is a partial list of po- ability to take projects to closing; sitions available at the School of temporary appointments rather than permanent positions. In ability to deal cordially, accurately the sciences, two or three postdoctoral stints almost always Technical Associate/Programmer, Medicine. Employees who are in- Robert Thach Part time 950097. Student Educa- and responsibly with the public, es- terested in submitting a transfer re- follow graduation, and the same pattern is beginning to tional Service. Requirements: Cer- pecially on the telephone; attentive- quest should contact the Human appear in the social sciences and humanities. Moreover these jobs are becoming harder tificate or associate's degree. Du- ness to detail. Resume required. Resources Department of the to find. Nevertheless such temporary appointments usually lead to permanent positions. ties: Personal computer data base Support Center Specialist 950124. medical school at 362-4920 to re- It also should be noted that the GSAS survey did not attempt to address the qual- management; develop and maintain Accounting Services. Require- quest an application. External can- ity of the permanent jobs that were obtained. While a significant number of the data base file systems; investigate ments: One year of basic scientific didates may call 362-7195 for in- positions obtained were tenure-track at research universities, it is clear that not every student information to enter, edit and manual skills education as is formation regarding application graduate received his or her first choice of employment. There is considerable room and correct in data systems; gener- offered at technical institutes or jun- procedures or may submit a ate statistical data and reports. resume to the Human Resources for improvement in this area. On the other hand, a significant number of recent ior colleges or an equivalent graduates has opted for careers in teaching, and they have been amply rewarded by Resume required. amount of on-the-job training; office located at 4480 Clayton Ave., Campus Box 8002, St. Louis, Mo., good jobs at good places. (In most disciplines, experience as a teaching assistant is Writing Skills Specialist, Part time working knowledge of personal computers, set-up, maintenance 63110. Please note that the medi- crucial to success in this market.) Thus, in spite of real concerns, it seems safe to 950098. Student Educational Ser- cal school does not disclose salary conclude that our graduates on the whole are productively employed, and that society vice. Requirements: Master's de- and support; excellent attendance record; capacity for light lifting and information for vacancies, and the at large is benefiting from the expertise that they acquired at Washington University. gree; teaching experience at the office strongly discourages inquir- secondary or post-secondary level; other manual work; experience op- Why have our graduates continued to be successful in the worst market in recent erating and maintaining office ies to departments other than Hu- memory? We do not have a definitive answer to this question. However, a likely knowledge of the problems of the man Resources. academically underprepared stu- equipment, including microfilm contributory factor is the marked improvement in the quality of our students. The dent. Resume required. cameras, processors and mailing Technical Writer/Editor 950089-R. GSAS uses two measurements of student quality: selectivity and yield. Selectivity is machines; ability to work indepen- Surgery. Requirements: Bachelor's the proportion of applicants that is offered admission. This ratio has improved Senior Project Leader 950110. dently with a high degree of self- degree; master's degree or doctor- steadily, from 0.31 in 1983to0.19in 1993, and between 0.17 and 0.18 in 1994. Computing and Communications. motivation; strong service orienta- ate preferred; experience in Na- These recent values place us among a distinguished group of research universities. Requirements: Minimum four years tion; willingness to participate on tional Institutes of Health grant of college; five or more years data various types of teams and projects Another numerical indicator of quality is the "yield," i.e. the proportion of offers writing in biomedical sciences. which we have made that are accepted by students. A high yield value suggests that processing experience; ability to de- to achieve the goals of Accounting Project will last until January 1995. sign, program and install major Services. Clerical tests required. our programs in general are more attractive than others to which our applicants have data processing systems; ability to Computer Programmer 1950197- been accepted. Here again, the numbers are very good; yields have been consistently lead others in data processing Audiovisual Coordinator, Part time R. Lipid Research. Requirements: in the range of 0.56 to 0.68 over the past 12 years. 950126. School of Law. Require- project development; ability to de- Experienced DBASE IV program- Another measure of student quality is the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) sign, write and install MANTIS or ments: Bachelor's degree; strong mer to develop new programs, per- organizational skills; experience in score. Although it is widely recognized that GRE scores are poor indicators of an FOCUS systems. Resume required. sonal computer software support individual's future success, in the aggregate they do tend to reflect test-taking ability. the operation of audiovisual equip- and conduct hardware trouble- Project Manager 950114. Facilities ment; experience in the mainte- shooting; Novell network experi- Thus it is probably significant that the average GRE scores of students entering most Planning and Management. Re- nance and repair of audiovisual ence and scientific background programs have increased steadily in recent years, paralleling the positive trends noted quirements: Bachelor's degree; equipment preferred; minimum of preferred. above for selectivity and yield. minimum five years project man- one year managing an audiovisual Strong graduate programs tend to be a direct reflection of faculty strength. There- agement experience in both design department strongly desired; expe- Medical Secretary II950207-R. fore, it is not surprising to find that the positive trends noted above correlate with and construction; ability to read and rience with personal computers Neurology. Requirements: Two national recognition of our faculty in various recent polls. (Three Arts and Sciences interpret plans and specifications; preferred; ability to work flexible years of college; two years related capable of working with and moti- hours, including evenings. experience preferred; knowledge of programs or groups of programs have been ranked within the top 10 percent of their vating design professionals and WordPerfect; typing 60 wpm. Will peer groups in the past year.) contractors; ability to organize time Department Secretary 950128. have frequent contact with To summarize, there is ample objective evidence that suggests that our Ph.D. and priorities to be most produc- Alumni and Development Pro- Alzheimer's disease patients and recipients are finding successful employment in the poorest job market in recent tive; self motivated, responsible and grams. Requirements: Some col- their families. history. This relatively strong showing may be due to their own abilities as well as to mature individual; good communi- lege, bachelor's degree preferred; their instruction by a faculty that is increasingly prominent nationally. This supports cations skills; good working knowl- strong verbal and written skills; Data Assistant 950229-R. Psychia- pleasant, professional manner with try. Schedule: Part time, 20 hours our belief that continued emphasis on quality at all levels is our best hope for pros- edge of the design and construction perity in the future. industry to assess quality of the co-workers, volunteers and outside per week, Monday through Friday, work being performed; ability to vendors; typing 50 wpm with accu- flexible hours. Requirements: High