A Century of Scholarship 1881 – 2004
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A Century of Scholarship 1881 – 2004 Distinguished Scholars Reception Program (Date – TBD) Preface A HUNDRED YEARS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH AT MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS’ RECEPTION (DATE – TBD) At today’s reception we celebrate the outstanding accomplishments, excluding scholarship and creativity of Marquette remarkable records in many non-scholarly faculty, staff and alumni throughout the pursuits. It is noted that the careers of last century, and we eagerly anticipate the some alumni have been recognized more coming century. From what you read in fully over the years through various this booklet, who can imagine the scope Alumni Association awards. and importance of the work Marquette people will do during the coming hundred Given limitations, it is likely that some years? deserving individuals have been omitted and others have incomplete or incorrect In addition, this gathering honors the citations in the program listing. Apologies recipient of the Lawrence G. Haggerty are extended to anyone whose work has Faculty Award for Research Excellence, not been properly recognized; just as as well as recognizing the prestigious prize scholarship is a work always in progress, and the man for whom it is named. so is the compilation of a list like the one Presented for the first time in the year that follows. To improve the 2000, the award has come to be regarded completeness and correctness of the as a distinguishing mark of faculty listing, you are invited to submit to the excellence in research and scholarship. Graduate School the names of individuals and titles of works and honors that have This program lists much of the published been omitted or wrongly cited so that scholarship, grant awards, and major additions and changes can be made to the honors and distinctions among database. For your convenience, a copy of Marquette’s faculty as well as similar the program and instructions for research-oriented achievements among submitting data on-line can be found on alumni. These scholarly accomplishments the Internet at are numerous and significant; however, http://www.marquette.edu/orsp/haggerty/i the listing is incomplete in two ways. ndex.shtml , which is the website for First, it only reflects scholarship, which Marquette’s Office of Research and constitutes one-third of the professional Sponsored Programs. responsibilities expected of a faculty member. Although teaching and service The list’s shortcomings aside, it strives to are not honored here today, faculty highlight faculty recognized for published pedagogy is recognized through the Robert and/or researched work accomplished and Mary Gettel and Reverand John P. during their tenures at Marquette; alumni Raynor, S.J., Awards for Teaching are acknowledged for scholarly and Excellence. Second, the list of faculty creative accomplishments during their accomplishments is extensive but is not entire careers. In cases where faculty comprehensive, while the alumni listing graduated from Marquette, the list provides only a sampling of individuals’ Preface identifies these individuals under faculty and includes data regarding graduation and scholarship. College and departmental designations for both faculty and alumni reflect those in use today. Lastly, it is significant to indicate that inclusion in the program listing, as well as faculty and alumni invitations to today’s reception, were based upon the following specific categories reflecting scholarly activities or honors: Chairs and Distinguished Professorships Authors, Editors, and Translators of Books (If no further designation is provided, the named individual is the sole author of the work.) Distinguished Career Funding (Individuals who have obtained over $1,000,000 in career funding.) Major Grants and Contracts (Generally includes grants or contracts greater than $10,000.) Editors of Scholarly Journals and Book Series Fellowships and Visiting Professorships Research Published Principally Through Articles Prizes, Awards, Distinctions, Offices in Professional Societies, and Other Forms of Recognition Patents (Patent description, year, and number are generally indicated.) Lawrence G. Haggerty 1 and the Lawrence G. Haggerty Award for Research Excellence The Lawrence G. Haggerty ventures, the successful Faculty Award for Research entrepreneur maintained Excellence recognizes scholarly affiliations with approximately ten distinction at Marquette University. other corporations, among which In 1998, Haggerty Enterprises, were Medequip and Management Inc., announced the endowed Resources. award, established to honor Lawrence Haggerty. While active with his many professional interests, Mr. Lawrence George Haggerty Haggerty was a devout Roman graduated summa cum laude from Catholic. He and Marquette’s College of his wife, the late Mary Ellen Engineering in 1940, with a major Sweeney Haggerty, were members in mechanical engineering. As a of Saints Faith, Hope, and Charity student, he became a member of Parish in Winnetka, Illinois, and several honorary, engineering and Saint William’s Parish in Naples, fraternal societies, including Alpha Florida. They were honored Sigma Nu, Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta through respective Papal Pi, the Knights of St. Patrick, and appointments as Knight and Lady Sigma Phi Delta. Indeed, the new Commander of the Star of the Sigma Phi Delta house on campus Equestrian Order of the Knights of bears Mr. Haggerty’s name. the Holy Sepulchre—the Roman Professionally, the North Dakota Catholic unit that honors the native worked in the managerial chivalry of those who have and manufacturing sectors of defended Christ’s tomb in various companies from 1940 to Jerusalem since before the 1967. These included the Radio Crusades. Corporation of America, F. L. Jacobs Company, International In addition to being dedicated to Telephone and Telegraph, the Church, Lawrence Haggerty Farnsworth Electronics, and was a devoted family man. He and Warwick Electronics, which was a Mary Ellen raised nine children at manufacturing firm he owned with their Winnetka home: Sears and eventually sold to Sanyo. Michael E., Catherine (deceased), Eileen (AS ’69), Patrick B., Building upon his vast business Margaret E. (L ’89), Sheila B., experience, Mr. Haggerty was Maureen E. (AS ’79), Timothy J. president of the Illinois-based (B ’85; MBA ’91), and Monica L. Lawrence G. Haggerty and (C ’95). While five of his children Associates, Inc., an international graduated from Marquette, Mr. merger and acquisitions consultant Haggerty had other family to top management. Thereafter, he connections with the university, founded Haggerty Enterprises, Inc., including sons-in law John F. in 1978. In addition to his own Mundy (AS ’68) and William E. 2 Lawrence G. Haggerty and the Lawrence G. Haggerty Award for Research Excellence Warmuth (PT ’84). A brother, the Marquette recognized Lawrence late Patrick E. Haggerty was a Haggerty’s association with the 1936 graduate of the College of university, his extraordinary Engineering and was a co-founder commitment to serve, and his of Texas Instruments. Patrick and illustrious career by honoring him his wife, Beatrice, are recognized with the Distinguished Engineering names throughout the Marquette Alumnus Award in 1970. campus. Patrick E. Haggerty Hall and the Patrick and Beatrice In addition, Lawrence Haggerty Haggerty Museum of Art stand as was the co-founder of the tributes to a couple who—similar Marquette Club of Chicago, and to Lawrence and Mary Ellen the Club’s Distinguished Alumnus Haggerty—has generously Award is named for him. supported Marquette’s mission of excellence. Such honors attest to the integrity of an individual committed to The Haggerty family’s strong bond doing one’s best. Throughout his with Marquette University also career and until his death in 1994, includes Lawrence Haggerty’s Mr. Haggerty generously supported service to his alma mater. From this commitment in an educational 1968 to 1968, he was a member of sense at Marquette through various the Board of Regents—the first initiatives. Among these was university governing body to sponsorship of the Reverend John include both lay and Jesuit P. Raynor, S.J., Faculty Award for representatives. Thereafter, he Teaching Excellence, which he served as one of the first lay established. Thus, it is only a trustees from 1969 through 1988, fitting tribute that the Lawrence G. after which he was trustee emeritus Haggerty Faculty Award for until 1994. This role as a trustee Excellence in Research partially coincided with the complements, in the name of presidency of the Reverend John P. scholarship, Lawrence Haggerty’s Raynor, S.J., to whom Mr. all-encompassing belief in Haggerty was a dear friend, trusted excellence. advisor, and mentor. 3 The Lawrence G. Haggerty Faculty Award for Research Excellence 2000 James R. Kincaid Chemistry Professor Kincaid is one of Marquette University’s most prolific and talented researchers. Since arriving at Marquette in 1984 and establishing his laboratory here, he has garnered more than $3 million of extramural research funding from a dozen research projects, published 88 journal articles which have been cited more than 2400 times by other researchers, and served as research mentor for 11 Ph.D. students, 10 M.S. students, 5 undergraduates and 11 postdoctoral fellows. Professor Kincaid’s area of research is in spectroscopic techniques of resonance Raman and time-resolved Raman spectroscopy. His work with zeolites show great promise in resolving significant issues of “back-electron transfer” which