Alumni Spring 2003

CLASnotesThe College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

honoring the past shaping the future The University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Spring 2003 Contents Spring 2003 Alumni CLASnotes is published twice a year by the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for its alumni and friends. Please send all correspondence to Editor, CLAS Dean’s Office, PO Box 117300, University of Florida, Gainesville A Note from the Dean FL 32611-7300 or [email protected]. 3 CLAS honors the past and helps shape the future. Dean Neil Sullivan

Senior Director of Development and Alumni Affairs Cynthia Butler A History of the College

Director of Development and Alumni Affairs 4 150 years of academic excellence. Della Booher

Assistant Director of Development and Alumni Affairs Krista Mitchell Cornell Around the College Editor 8 News and events from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Allyson A. Beutke

Contributing Editor Buffy Lockette

Design Where Are They Now? Jane Dominguez 10 Former CLAS students enjoy the road to success. Writing Intern Kimberly A. Lopez Graphics Intern Term Professors and Dissertation Simone Williams 11 Fellows Copy Editor Lynne Pulliam CLAS awards outstanding faculty and doctoral students.

Photography Jane Dominguez: Cover (Foreground); p. 3 (N. Sul- livan); p. 7 (M. Gannon); p. 8 (T. Porter, R. Abel, A. Alumni Spotlight Patel); p. 9 (M. Mathewson-Chapman, N. Raseotsa, 12 CLAS alumni embrace a world of opportunity. K. Bjorndal); p. 10 (R. Foreman); p. 12 (Turlington Hall); p. 13 (Anderson Hall); p. 14 (N. Sullivan); p. 15 (Students). Courtesy University Archives: Cover (Back- ground); p. 4 (Class of 1906, UF Entrance, W. Floyd); p. 5 (Women's Studies Founders, J. Anderson, Class of Alumni Notes 1910, Anderson Hall); p. 6 (S. Proctor, T. Leigh, M. Rawlings); p. 7 (D. Rethlingshafer, R. Page, M. Dauer); 14 Updates from CLASmates and alumni news. p. 8 (R. Frost); p. 9 (W. Mendenhall, M. Nirenberg, H. Sisler); p. 10 (C. VanderWerf); p. 11 (R. McQuown); p. 12 (C. Sidman, D. Justice); p. 13 (C. Mather, W. Dial). Courtesy Marine Laboratory at Seahorse Key: p. 8 (Seahorse Key). Richard Frasier, Courtesy National Outstanding Alumni Endowment for the Humanities: p. 9 (S. McKnight). Courtesy Charlotte Mathers: p. 10 (C. Mathers). 16 Alumni of distinction honored. Courtesy Katrina Blair, National Institute of Health / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: p. 10 (M. Nirenberg). Courtesy Michael Collins: p. 12 (M. Collins). Courtesy Feminist Majority Foundation: p. 13 (E. Smeal). Courtesy News and Public Affairs: p. 13 (W. Harrison); p. 14 (N. Nahas). Simone Williams: Cover: p. 14 (E. Kissam, M. Nikitas); p. 15 (Cap and Gown). Awarding-winning CLAS Courtesy National Science and Technology Medals students Teresa Porter (Truman Scholarship win- Foundation: p. 14 (J. Thompson). Courtesy Depart- ner); Anup Patel (Goldwater Scholarship winner); ment of : p. 15 (Gran Telescopio Canarias). William Sexton (2003 UF Outstanding Male Lead- Allyson A. Beutke: p. 16 (Alumni). er); and Teesha McCrae (Four-Year CLAS Scholar) prepare to shape the future. The background photo is Anderson Hall in 1931.  a note from theDean CLAS honors the past and helps shape the future

Greetings from Turlington Plaza! and six international affiliates. build on these programs, garnering During the first few months of In the past, UF’s funding of a renewed international visibility 2003, the College of Liberal Arts basic research in biology, chemistry, with our college’s numerous con- and Sciences has engaged actively and genetics supported the training ferences and programs sponsored in a number of exciting new ven- of scholars like Marshall Nirenberg, by the Center for the Humanities tures, many of which are part of who won the Nobel Prize in 1968 and the Public Sphere. The college the University of Florida’s strategic for his work in explaining the mys- plans to endow a director of the plan. These activities are especially teries of genetics. More recently, center, which will serve as a magnet significant this year since they coin- the university has created the UF to attract famous scholars, writers, cide with UF’s sesquicentennial, Genetics Institute, which fosters philosophers and historians who celebrating 150 years of academic collaborative, interdisciplinary are especially relevant today as we excellence by “honoring the past, research in medicine, chemistry, search for more meaningful ways shaping the future.” engineering, agriculture and eth- to teach our students about differ- Our new ventures are creat- ics, including making important ent societies and cultures in an ever ing innovative and new programs advances in bioinformatics. For more concentrated global environ- that are among the best in the the future, the college is gain- ment. nation in their areas. In the field of ing strength in plant genetics with The first steps of our college in astronomy and space sciences, UF prominent participation in the developing UF’s strategic plan are has carefully nurtured its program, National Science Foundation’s prime drivers in advancing the aca- developing it from the first radio multi-national Floral Genome demic core of the institution. The observatory in 1956 to the national Project, which looks at the archi- future of our state depends criti- reputation for excellence the pro- tecture of flowers from 100 million cally on developing the skills, tech- gram enjoys today. Past investment years ago to determine what genes nology and international awareness allowed UF to become a world are responsible for flower produc- that are needed to build a more leader in , tion in plants today. diversified and stable economy. developing an expertise in infra- In the humanities, the college Florida needs a strong university red detection. Now we continue to is busy expanding its already-strong institution that will provide the build on our accomplishments by international focus. In the past, leadership, energy and ideas for the developing a partnership with our humanities programs in litera- next generation of industries and to construct on the ture, sociology, languages, and the services. The College of Liberal the world’s largest . political sciences have made signifi- Arts and Sciences and the Univer- In recognition of UF’s investment cant investments in creating oppor- sity of Florida are helping shape in excellence in this field, the uni- tunities for international learning, this future. versity recently was invited to join including the Center for African the Association of Universities for Studies, established in 1965, and Research in Astronomy (AURA), a the newly created France-Florida select group of 29 US institutions Research Institute. We continue to Neil Sullivan, Dean  a history of the college

When the East Florida Seminary opened its doors in 1853 in a little Humble Beginnings village called Ocala, no one imagined this grammar school with In 1851, six years after Florida became three small wooden buildings and no student over the age of 14 a state, the legislature decided to set up would become the University of Florida we know today. This year, institutes of higher learning in East and UF celebrates its 150-year history, from its humble beginnings in West Florida. The Suwannee River was used as the dividing line. “The legislature rural Florida through its evolution into one of the largest, most asked the communities of Florida if they respected universities in the nation. The College of Liberal Arts and were interested in having one of these Sciences has been an integral part of the university, in some form, institutes in their community, and what every step of the way. they were willing to put into the pot in the way of money or land,” says , UF’s historian. “The response was not great.” A small private school in Ocala established for local children—the East Florida Seminary—offered its prop- erty to the state, which was the only pro- posal Florida received. On January 6, 1853, Governor Thomas Brown signed a bill allowing the state to financially sup- port the institution. This is where UF gets the 1853 date on its seal. Many courses taught at the seminary can be traced to today’s College of Liberal Arts and Sci- ences, such as English, history, Latin and zoology. In 1866, the school transferred to Gainesville and gained the reputa- tion as one of the nation’s top liberal arts schools. University of Florida Officially Established In the late 1800s, the state of Florida Class of 1906: was struggling to maintain eight institu- The first graduating class of the University of Florida. tions. “The state was trying to support these institutions and was not doing a very good job at it,” Proctor says. “None of them compared well with other schools in the South, much less the nation.” So

In 1853, East Florida offered that can be new University of of Agricul- Seminary opened its traced to today’s Florida. ture and a doors in Ocala. The College of Liberal professor University of Florida Arts and Sciences, In 1906, the first of agricul- marks this as its such as English, master of science ture, biol-

founding date, history, zoology and degree was awarded ogy and since this school Latin. at UF to botany stu- physics. Griffin-Floyd was transferred to dent Wilbur L. Floyd, Hall is named partly Gainesville in 1866. In 1905, the Buck- who later became in his honor. Many courses were man Act created a dean of the College A Brief Brief A CLAS of History  in 1905, Henry H. Buckman, chairman of the Florida House Judiciary Committee, drafted a bill to com- bine these schools into three universities—what are known today as UF, Florida State and The Women’s Studies Program was established in CLAS in 1977, and a six-woman steering committee Florida A&M universities. The Buckman administered the Program in the early 1980s. From left to right: Jacquelyn Resnick (counseling psychol- Act passed in May 1905, and Gainesville ogy); Ruth McQuown (political science); Madelyn Lockhart (economics); Maxine Margolis (anthropology); and Lake City were the top cities compet- Faye Harris (nursing); Irene Thompson (English). ing for UF. “Lake City thought it had it and Sciences, Agriculture, Engineering isolated. On University Avenue, from in the bag because it had a good campus and Law. The new college had a staff of 13th Street all the way downtown, there with nice buildings; therefore, it didn’t 12 and offered degrees in 15 disciplines. were residences and fraternity houses. make a good play for the university,” says Some of the original departments were There were no recreational facilities on Proctor. “Gainesville, however, formed a later transferred to new colleges: edu- campus. The movie houses were down- committee to promote the city. It offered cation classes moved to the College of town, but you could easily walk it. Fresh- $70,000 cash, agreed to pave what is Education in 1913, economics joined the men had to wear these beanie caps—rat now called University Avenue, promised College of Commerce and Journalism in caps—which identified who you were, and to provide low-cost housing for students 1920, and military sciences became a sepa- they were very valuable. Very few people until dorms could be built, and to pro- rate division. A few departments—botany, had cars, and if you wanted to travel vide free water to the campus.” On July 6, chemistry, and physics—left the college for around you had to hitch a ride, which 1905, Gainesville won the bid with a six to short periods and returned. Courses in you could do very easily wearing a rat cap. four state Board of Control vote. “Lake the fine arts were added, and these even- People had no hesitancy picking you up in City was so upset about it that for years no tually became part of the College of Fine those years.” boy from Columbia County would come Arts. New departments were created; some If students wanted to go downtown, to UF,” says Proctor. of the early ones were mathematics, reli- Proctor says they stood on the corner of gion, geology and biology, sociology and 13th Street and University Avenue and College of Arts and political science, philosophy and psychol- hitched a ride. When they were ready to Sciences Created ogy, and speech. return to campus, they stood in front of When the new UF opened its doors in the Seagle Building and thumbed a ride September 1906, classes in the arts and Memories of the back. Students could get a bite to eat in sciences were taught in the School of Early Years , then the student union. Language and Literature and the General “Times have changed dramatically since Toast, coffee and juice were served at Scientific School. The College of Arts and I was a student,” says Proctor, who came breakfast for 15 cents. There were restau- Sciences was created in 1909 when the to UF as a freshman in 1937 to major in rants that served students near campus. university divided into four colleges—Arts political science. “The school was pretty The most famous was the College Inn, continued on page 6

In 1909, the College In 1909, In 1910, In 1912, in honor of Dean In 1926, the Depart- of Arts and Sciences James the Col- Language James Nesbitt Ander- ment of Speech was opened as part of a Nesbitt lege of Hall was son. established. It was reorganization of the Ander- Arts and con- renamed the Depart- university. The new son was Science structed ment of Communica- college had a staff named graduated to house tion Sciences and of 12 and offered the first dean of the its first group of history, mathematics Disorders in 1997. degrees in 15 disci- College of Arts and students. Five were and the languages. plines. Sciences. granted bachelor’s It was later renamed degrees. Anderson Hall,  continued from page 5 which was known in more recent years as the Purple Porpoise bar. Samuel Proctor Tuition to UF was initially free. “When I came here it was about Samuel Proctor has not earned his reputa- $60, but you weren’t paying tuition, you were paying fees—$5 went tion as the foremost expert on UF history to the infirmary, $10 for athletics because students could go to all by memorizing facts from tattered old docu- football, baseball and basketball games free. They really didn’t need to ments and newspaper clippings. He has charge until after the war.” experienced it first-hand, in the making, over the past 66 years. Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, Changes in the College he came to UF as a freshman in 1937 and In 1935, UF President John J. Tigert created University College lived with his uncle, then a chemistry senior, in a boarding (originally referred to as General College) out of concern that stu- house off campus. As an undergraduate, Proctor wrote for the Alligator. After receiving a BA in history in 1941, he went dents were not getting a strong liberal arts education. The attrition on to earn an MA in in 1942 by writing a 560-page thesis on rate was very high at the time—roughly one-third of first and second Florida Governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward. year students dropped out. Through University College, students In 1943, Proctor was drafted into the Army during World War II and served at Camp Blanding, near Starke, giv- could gain a basic college education—and receive an associate of arts ing illiterate recruits a basic education in reading and arith- degree—before entering the college of their choice to complete a metic. When he got out of the service in 1946, he planned bachelor’s degree. to study international law. Proctor chose Ohio State and was “Tigert believed you needed less specialization,” says Proctor. “A living at home in Jacksonville, planning to start his studies in the fall, when William Carleton, chairman of the freshman doctor needed to know more than just medicine; he needed to know social sciences program, called him about teaching at UF. “I about the arts, literature and so on. Some students came from such a asked him if he was crazy because I knew absolutely noth- poor background, they couldn’t afford to stay in school for four years. ing about teaching and was going to start working on a law Tigert reasoned that if you could give them a general education for a degree.” In the fall of 1945, about 600 students were enrolled at UF, year and a half, and then they had to drop out, at least they would be but by 1946, enrollment swelled to 8,000 as World War II better off than if they had just tried to specialize during that time.” veterans began taking advantage of the GI bill. “In despera- Though arts and sciences courses were taught in University Col- tion they were turning to people like me,” Proctor says. “Bill lege, the College of Arts and Sciences continued to teach the same said if I didn’t do anything more than stand up in front of the room and call the roll, they needed me.” courses. Harry Sisler served as a college dean during this time. “I Hoping to earn money for graduate school, Proctor don’t know of a university anywhere that is a first-class, leading insti- came to UF and taught that summer. “The students were tution that doesn’t have an outstanding College of Arts and Sciences,” excellent and, in fact, I think they were in many ways the says Sisler, who retired from UF in 1985. “One of the things I did best students we ever had at UF. They were older, since they had lost three or four years to the service, and many times immediately as dean was establish a functional student council in the they knew more than the professors because they had trav- college. I think it’s essential that any administration have that kind of eled to far away places.” contact with students.” Carleton persuaded Proctor to remain at UF. President J. Hillis Miller named him university historian and archivist and commissioned him to write a book on UF history, in First Women and Minorities honor of the university’s 100th anniversary in 1953. Proctor In 1947 when UF became co-educational, Dorothy Rethlingshafer submitted the book as a dissertation, which he successfully became the first woman faculty member in the College of Arts and defended in 1958. “We didn’t have archives. Nobody even Sciences when she was hired by the psychology department to help knew the names of the presidents. I became the historian and the archivist, collecting this information from every- develop the doctoral program and teach testing, development, learn- where.” ing and motivation courses. Ruth McQuown, a political science pro- In 1967, Proctor established the Oral History Program fessor, became the first female associate dean of the college in 1976 in the Department of History, with the purpose of preserv- and one of the first female campus administrators. She was an impor- ing eyewitness accounts of the economic, social, political, religious and intellectual life of Florida and the South. The tant voice in bringing the women’s studies program to the college in collection, so far, contains 3,900 interviews and more than 1977. 350,000 pages of transcribed material, making it the largest UF integrated in 1962, and the first group of African-Ameri- oral history archive in the South and one of the major col- can students enrolled. In 1970, UF hired its first group of African- lections nationwide. Proctor retired in June 1996 but continues to serve American faculty and staff. The small group of eight included English as the official UF historian and as director emeritus of the professors Ronald Foreman and Betty Ingram—the college’s first black Proctor Oral History Program, which has been named in his faculty. “There were very few black students here at that time,” says honor. —Buffy Lockette

In 1930, the Depart- In 1934, In 1934, chemistry In 1935, President In 1937, UF opened In 1938, ment of Psychology Townes R. student John Mor- John J. Tigert created its chapter of Phi Marjorie was established. Leigh was row earned the first General College out Beta Kappa, the Kinnan Elmer Hinckley named PhD awarded at the of the concern that oldest and most Rawlings, served as its first dean of University of Florida. UF students were respected under- author of chair. the Col- His dissertation was not getting a strong graduate honors the 1939 lege of Arts and titled “The Dielectric liberal arts educa- organization in the Pulitzer Prize winner Sciences. Constant of Ben- tion. It was later US with the mission The Yearling, taught zene.” renamed University of fostering and rec- a creative writing College and offered ognizing excellence course at UF for  associate degrees to in the liberal arts the Department of all UF students. and sciences. English. Foreman. “We were trying to get our colleagues, whoever they might be—white, black, blue, green—to understand that diversity was what Michael Gannon we wanted to have. My main point that whole time was that UF, as a UF Professor Emeritus of History Michael Gan- public institution, had a responsibility to everybody in the state. It was non has written and lectured extensively about not Duke, Yale or Harvard. It was public, and that is why I thought it World Word II naval history and Florida colonial should widen its gates and invite black people to come and do any- history. But, in the early 1970s, Gannon helped make history at UF. As a catholic priest at the thing that was possible.” time, and a professor in the history and religion departments, Gannon was thrust into the role College of Liberal Arts of mediator. During the spring semesters of 1970, 1971 and 1972, and Sciences Takes Shape several riots and protests erupted about the Vietnam War and After a long struggle, University College was merged into the College the treatment of African-American students on campus. Gannon of Arts and Sciences in 1978, creating the College of Liberal Arts and mediated during the three occasions to help maintain peace. “In 1972 students were aroused by the mining of Hai Phong Harbor Sciences. The merger made the college the largest on campus—with in Vietnam. I don’t think anyone realized how out of control more than 13,000 students and more than 500 faculty. Merger talks student anguish would become,” Gannon says. The students began in 1976, when History Professor Michael Gannon was an assis- blocked the intersection of 13th Street and University Avenue tant dean in the college. “From 1976-78, I worked with English Pro- for several hours, and that night, Florida Highway Patrol officers were called to break up the crowd. “Many students ran inside fessor Harry Shaw to negotiate the merger. I visited the University of the Krystal restaurant on University Avenue, and one of the Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to see how they had merged their two patrolmen had a gas grenade in his hand and had pulled back colleges by creating a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, so I sug- the pin, ready to throw it inside. I grabbed his arm and told gested UF follow this model.” him many students would be hurt or die jumping through the glass windows if he threw it. I was then clubbed over the head Charles Sidman was hired as dean of both colleges, and Gan- by another officer and taken into custody.” A member of the non worked with him to get the new college underway. “When I was General Counsel’s office saw what had happened and told the brought to the university, the faculty had already made the decision officers to release Gannon because he was on the university’s and the president had endorsed it,” Sidman says. “I wanted the tran- side, trying to help the situation. During these incidents, many students knew Gannon as sition to go as smoothly as possible that first year. I spent a lot of time Father Gannon. He was a priest at St. Augustine’s Church on talking to faculty members about their concerns, and I think the vast University Avenue for 12 years. For nine of those years he was majority felt they were better off for the merger.” also a full-time faculty member in both the history and religion When Sidman came to campus, Turlington Hall had just been departments. “It was a lot of work, but I immensely enjoyed both jobs.” completed. Home to the newly renamed College of Liberal Arts and Before becoming a priest, Gannon was a sports announcer Sciences, the building was constructed on the site of the first building at WIS radio in Columbia, South Carolina. “I was the voice of completed on the university campus, Machinery Hall. The structure the Gamecocks, broadcasting the football games. It was fun, but first housed farm equipment, but was later turned into a chemistry I wasn’t making any special contribution to the human condi- tion, so I decided to devote myself to a higher calling than laboratory. Turlington Hall was built on the site in 1978, at the cost of radio.” He spent four years (1955–59) studying theology at the $5.7 million, and named in honor of Ralph Turlington, former state Université de Louvain in Belgium and became a priest in 1959. education commissioner and UF business professor. He received his PhD in history from UF in 1962 and worked at the Spanish Florida Research Center in St. Augustine, Florida for several years before joining the faculty in 1967. Looking to the Future Gannon decided to leave the priesthood in 1976, the same In 2003, as the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences celebrates the year he became an assistant dean in the college. He assisted in sesquicentennial of UF, many new initiatives are on the horizon, merging University College and the College of Arts and Sciences into the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1978. Gannon including the construction of the world’s largest optical telescope on returned to full-time teaching in 1988 and officially retired in the Canary Islands and the continued development of the Center for 1998. Through phased-retirement, he has taught a course each the Humanities and the Public Sphere. year for the past five years and regards himself primarily as a Dean Neil Sullivan has a bright outlook on what lies ahead. “As classroom teacher, estimating he has taught more than 16,000 students during his 36 years at UF. This spring Gannon is the intellectual core of the university, it is indeed the investment of teaching his final course about the colonial history of Florida. the past in our fundamental disciplines that has allowed us to embrace “I’ll miss teaching, but it’s time to hang up my hat and let a today new interdisciplinary efforts that will expand our future and younger faculty member have my office.” He plans to continue propel the university into its place as one of the top public institutions working on several book projects. —Allyson A. Beutke in the nation.” —Buffy Lockette

In 1946, the Depart- In 1947, In 1948, In 1948, the Depart- In 1948, a Depart- In 1949, ment of Religion Dorothy Ralph ments of Geography ment of Biology was the was officially estab- Rethling- Emerson and Geology were established but was Depart- lished by Delton L. shafer Page was officially established, later merged into ment of Scudder, though the became named though geology can the Department of Political department can be the first dean of be traced back to Zoology. After years Science traced back to 1911. woman to join the the College of Arts 1909 and geography of not having a biol- was officially formed faculty in the Col- and Sciences. to 1926. ogy major, CLAS is with Manning Dauer lege of Arts and currently developing as the first chair. Sciences when the one. Department of Psy- chology hired her.  CLAS Students Receive Prestigious Scholarships Teresa Porter, a junior double-majoring in political science and sociology, has been around named a Harry S. Truman Scholar. One of just 76 win- ners nationwide and the only the recipient from Florida, Porter will receive $3,000 to use dur- college ing her senior year of college and $27,000 for graduate Porter school. CLAS Teacher / Advisor of the Truman Scholars are selected for their extensive record of community service and for their commit- Year Awards ment to careers in government and public service. A CLAS had eleven college-level award winners for 2002-2003. St. Augustine native, Porter is president of the Panhel- The awards recognize excellence, innovation and effectiveness in lenic Council and a member of Phi Mu sorority. She either teaching or advising. has studied abroad at the University of Cambridge and Darragh P. Devine, Psychology teaches intermediate and advanced level dance at a local Robert A. Hatch, History studio. Selman P. Hershfield, Physics (Advisor) Robert Abel, a junior James C. Horvath, Chemistry from Davie, Florida, and Konstantinos Kapparis, Classics Anup Patel, a junior from Benjamin R. Karney, Psychology Altamonte Springs, Florida, David D. Metzler, Mathematics have each received a Barry M. Ido Oren, Political Science Goldwater Scholarship. The Sergei S. Pilyugin, Mathematics award was created to encour- Kathryn A. Rex, Academic Advising Center (Advisor) age outstanding students to Brian E. Ward, History pursue careers in mathematics, Abel the natural sciences or engi- neering, and foster excellence in those fields. Abel is a Keene-Flint Hall Dedicated mathematics major and chemistry minor who intends The dedication of Keene-Flint Hall was held on February 20. to pursue a doctorate in theoretical or computational Janet and Kenneth Keene, who made the restoration of the chemistry. Patel is double- building possible through a generous gift, and members of the majoring in biochemistry and Flint family were on hand for the ceremony. molecular genetics and eco- Built in 1910 as Science Hall to house all of the experimental nomics. He hopes to pursue sciences taught at that time, the building was renamed Flint Hall an MD/PhD specializing in in 1955 in honor of Edward Flint, the first professor of chemis- molecular genetics. try and resident physician at the University of Florida. Flint Hall Each scholarship cov- fell into disuse in the 1970s and was condemned in 1978. ers expenses for tuition, fees, Keene-Flint Hall now serves as the home of the Department books, and room and board, of History. The new annex building to the southwest provides advanced teaching facilities for the Department of Chemistry and up to a maximum of $7,500 Patel annually. accommodates a modern multi-media, 150-seat auditorium.

In 1951, the Center In 1951, In 1960, off and on, between In 1962, the Depart- In 1962, the Depart- for Gerontological the UF four-time 1938 and 1958, in ment of Astronomy ment of Anthropol- Studies was estab- Marine Pulitzer the Duck Pond area. was established by ogy and the Depart- lished as the Insti- Labora- Prize He came to campus merging it into the ment of Sociology tute of Gerontology. tory at winning regularly to work in physics department officially became UF Vice President Sea- poet the library and held already in existence, separate depart- John Allen assumed horse Robert poetry readings. thereby creating the ments, though the position of chair Key was established Frost was granted Department of Physics anthropology can through the first by E. Lowe Pierce, an honorary doctor- and Astronomy. The be traced back to four years. who served as its ate from the Univer- two areas were split 1936 and sociology first director. sity of Florida. He into separate depart- to 1921.  lived in Gainesville, ments in 1978. Zoology Professor is Teacher/Scholar of the Year UF Zoology Professor Karen Bjorndal has been named the 2003 Teacher/Scholar of the Year, the highest honor bestowed Major General Visits Campus upon a faculty member by the University of Florida. The award is Marianne Mathewson-Chapman, the first woman to be pro- given annually to a faculty member who demonstrates excellence moted to the rank of Major General in the Army National in both teaching and scholarly activity. Guard, visited campus in late March in honor of Women’s Bjorndal, who received a PhD from UF in 1979, joined the History Month. faculty in 1987. As Hosted by the director of the Archie Center for Geron- Carr Center for Sea tological Studies, Turtle Research, she Mathewson-Chap- conducts a wide range man is a UF alumnus of studies on the with a PhD in nurs- ecology, physiology ing sciences and a and behavior of sea gerontology minor. turtles. She has writ- She gave two lectures ten more than 100 on her experiences scientific publications rising through the ranks of the military and on her career as a and edited several books on a variety of topics, from sea turtle nurse executive for the Veterans’ Health Administration. She biology and conservation to digestive processing in herbivorous is pictured above with her two daughters who are UF students, reptiles. Bjorndal teaches an undergraduate course for non-sci- Helena (left) and Heather (right). ence majors called Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. She also teaches graduate-level courses and seminars on nutritional ecol- ogy and sea turtle biology. University of Botswana Dean Visits UF History Professor For 10 days in April, Nobantu Raseotsa, University of Botswana Dean of the Faculty Visits White House of Humanities, got a taste of how the Uni- In February, History Professor Stephen McKnight and his wife versity of Florida runs business. Raseotsa Rebecca traveled to Washington, DC for the National Council on shadowed CLAS Associate Dean for Aca- the Humanities induction demic Affairs Yumiko Hulvey and met with ceremony. During the trip, different groups on campus. Her goal was to begin prepara- the McKnights met First tions for an agreement between the two universities that would Lady Laura Bush and other allow for an exchange program. Raseotsa, who received a PhD council members. President in English literature from the State University of New York, George W. Bush nominated says there are structural differences between UF and her uni- McKnight to serve on the versity, which is only 21 years old, attended by 12,000 and is 25-person advisory council the only university in the country of 1.7 million, but that both last fall, and the US Sen- want to enhance the sharing of knowledge for both its students ate unanimously confirmed and faculty. “The good thing is that both universities recognize his nomination in January. He will serve a six-year term on the the importance of collaboration and diverse interdependence council, which is an independent grant-making agency of the that comes from a shared responsibility of going beyond and federal government dedicated to supporting research, education, joining hands with the rest of the world.” preservation and public programs in the humanities.

In 1963, In 1965, the Center In 1967, the Oral In 1968, In 1968, In 1969, the Depart- the for African Studies History Program biol- Harry ment of Germanic Depart- was established at was established by ogy and Hall and Slavic Studies ment of UF as the first pro- Samuel Proctor, who zoology Sisler was established. Statis- gram of its kind in served as its first alumnus was The first chair was tics was the South and the director. It has since Marshall named Egbert Krispyn. estab- 11th in the nation. been renamed the Niren- dean of lished. William H. Proctor Oral His- berg won the Nobel the College of Arts Mendenhall served tory Program in his Prize for Physiology and Sciences. as its first chair. honor. or Medicine for his work deciphering the genetic code.  First Elected Female Student Body President Continues Political Work where are Being the first UF woman to be elected student body president was a challenge, but it gave Charlotte C. Mather they now? (BS, Political Science, 1984) the basis for her career. Now almost 20 years later, Mather priorities was to open up stu- the hospital district’s develop- such as the Cystic Fibrosis continues to represent a dent government to students ment, implementation and Foundation and Leadership diverse body serving as vice who never felt they could administration of strategic Broward. president of government rela- participate before.” Mather initiatives in legislative and Mather says that while UF tions and public affairs for says this commitment has not public policy and represents has played an integral part in the North Broward Hospital stopped and she is proud to the district before the fed- Florida history during its 150 District, but UF was where it work for an organization that eral, state and local levels of years of existence, she hopes all began. is dedicated to diversity from government. “Some of my to see more woman leaders “Serving as Student bottom to top. friends say I work too much, in its future. “I think it is Government President taught Working for the North and I probably do, but I feel important for all women to me everything I needed to Broward Hospital District has what I do is important and I know that they should never know about politics, serving allowed her to meet inspira- truly enjoy my work,” she says. let a group of people or a my community and working tional people—including fel- In addition to serving the person hold them back from collaboratively with others to low Gators doing great things nation’s sixth largest hospi- pursuing their dreams.” achieve the greater good for for Florida—while contribut- tal district, Mather remains —Kimberly A. Lopez the people I am represent- ing to the health care needs actively involved with several ing,” she says. “One of my of area residents. She oversees community organizations, Nobel Laureate zoology from UF in 1952. steps that relate DNA, RNA “I can’t tell you how much I and protein. These investiga- Refuses to Retire enjoyed my time at the Uni- tions led to the demonstra- Marshall Nirenberg, winner versity of Florida,” he said. “It tion that messenger RNA is of the 1968 Nobel Prize for was a wonderful experience, required for protein synthesis Physiology or Medicine, has both as an undergraduate and and can be used to decipher known since childhood he graduate student.” various aspects of the genetic wanted to be a researcher. “I Nirenberg earned a PhD code. Nirenberg was awarded have always been interested in in biochemistry from the the Nobel Prize for his discov- science, from the time I was University of Michigan at Ann ery in 1968, along with Rob- very young,” he said. Arbor in 1957 and received ert W. Holley and H. Gobind After graduating from a post-doctoral fellowship Khorana. was a biochemist for the NIH. Orlando Senior High School from the National Institutes Nirenberg continues to Nirenberg resides in Bethes- in 1945, he enrolled at UF of Health. After two years, the work for the NIH and is cur- da, Maryland and is still as as a biology major. He was a NIH offered him a full-time rently working on a project fascinated by science as he was member of Pi Lambda Phi job as an independent inves- examining the genes that as a little boy and has no plans fraternity and had a part-time tigator, and he has worked for affect the nervous system of of retiring. “I plan to work as job as a teaching assistant in the organization ever since. fruit flies. His wife of more long as I’m able.” nutrition labs. He gradu- One of his first projects than forty years, Perola —Buffy Lockette ated in 1948 and went on to for the NIH was studying the Zaltzman, died last year. She receive a master’s degree in

In 1969, the Depart- In 1970, program was estab- In 1970, the Linguis- In 1972, In 1973, the Center ment of Romance English lished at this time tics program was Calvin for Jewish Studies Languages and Lit- professors and Dr. Foreman established. John Anthony was established. eratures was estab- Ronald C. served as its first Algeo served as its Vander- Barry Mesch served lished. J. Wayne Foreman director. first director. Werf was as its first director. Conner was its first and Betty named chair. Ingram became the dean of the College first black faculty of Arts and Sci- hired in the College ences. of Arts and Sci- ences. The African 10 American Studies Each year, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences awards CLAS Term Professorships to outstanding faculty who excel in both scholarship and teaching. These professorships allow the college to recognize faculty who are making a significant difference in the classroom, as well as through their research. Funded entirely by private sources, the number of term professors and the amount of the award varies from year to year. For 2002-2003, the following professors have received a one-time $6,000 salary supplement and an addi- tional $5,000 for their research. James Button, Political Science Christopher Stanton, Physics Mitchell Magid Term Professor Jean and Robin Gibson Term Professor

Anthony Oliver-Smith, Anthropology Daniel Talham, Chemistry Mitchell Magid Term Professor Jean and Robin Gibson Term Professor

Malini Johar Schueller, English Manuel Vasquez, Religion termWaldo W. Neikirk Termprofessors Professor Waldo W. Neikirk Term Professor dissertation fellows

Each year CLAS invites PhD students to apply for dissertation fellowships to aid in their studies. The following awardees will receive a $3,750 stipend to use during the spring or summer 2003 term: Gerson Dissertation Fellow McGinty Dissertation Fellows Guillermina Seri, Political Science &Ahmad Saleem, Communication Geoffrey M. Blate, Botany Eri Sugita, Anthropology Sciences and Disorders Elizabeth Byron, Anthropology Lee Walker, Political Science William Whitley, History Gibson Dissertation Fellows McLaughlin Dissertation Fellows Jeffrey Thompson, Statistics Virginia Battista, Sociology Joann Benigno, Psychology Dana Byrd, Psychology Sarah Bouchard, Zoology Nutter Dissertation Fellows Keith Choe, Zoology Mari DeWees, Sociology Jeremy Cohen, History Parakh Hoon, Political Science Kathryn Kanuck, Philosophy Lynn Usher, Chemistry Natalia Hoyos, Geography Rongliang Liu, Physics Ellen Maccarone, Philosophy Andrea Mabry, English Russell Dissertation Fellows Yongyi Min, Statistics Elizabeth McKinney, Psychology C. Bradley Dilger, English Vakif Onemli, Physics Benjamin Miner, Zoology Threadgill Dissertation Fellows Sang-Hee Yeon, Linguistics Stephen Ortiz, History Gonzalo M. Estavillo, Botany James Penn, Geography Stephen Lehman, Chemistry Holmes Memorial Scholar Laura Ruiz, Romance John Schultz, Anthropology Youlanda Henry, English Languages and Literatures Alberto Santana-Vargas, Chemistry

In 1973, the Center In 1974, the Depart- In 1975, the Asian program in 1993. In 1976, In 1977, the Cen- for Studies in Crimi- ment of Classics Studies program In 2000, with the Ruth ter for Women’s nology and Law was was established. was founded under hiring of Michael McQuown Studies and Gen- established as a Gareth Schmeling the leadership of Tsin as director, the became der Research got joint effort between served as its first Austin Creel. Due program reopened the first its start, offering sociology, psychol- chair. to the retirement and is currently female classes dedicated to ogy and political of key faculty, reactivating its BA associate dean of exploring the per- science. Merle Alex- the program fell program. the College of Arts spectives of women. ander served as its into demise and and Sciences. first director. suspended its BA 11 alumni spotlight UF Alumnus Becomes Entrepreneur with Microwave Technology When Mike Collins gradu- microwave technology com- to react now only takes five majoring in molecular biol- ated from UF in 1965, it was pany he co-founded from the minutes with the use of the ogy. only the beginning of what he ground up: CEM. technology. His recent reconnec- calls the “ultimate American But the “C” is not for Collins made the decision tion to Gainesville, however, Dream.” After receiving a PhD Collins—it stands for chem- to attend UF after his father’s extends beyond his children. from the University of Texas, istry. Along with expertise military career led his fam- While traveling to visit them, he went on to work for Cela- in electronics, “E,” and ily to Vero Beach during his Collins reconnected with the nese Corporation where he mechanics, “M,” the three senior year of high school. “I chemistry faculty. In March, met the two men who would started CEM out of a garage am very happy it worked out he brought the first Interna- complete the name of the having only a vision of the that way. UF is a large school tional Microwaves in Chemis- potential impact microwave where you get to interact with a try Conference to Gainesville. energy could have on scientific lot of different people. It pre- Collins says it is great to see research. pared me well to be in a large the advancements the uni- “It’s been very rewarding university with many opportu- versity continues to make in starting a company and having nities for diverse experiences, research and beyond, especial- the entrepreneurial experi- which I found to be very ben- ly during its 150th celebration. ence,” Collins says. CEM has eficial.” “It’s very significant that now reached far beyond the Though he had been the school has endured for garage and currently has a distant from UF for some this period of time,” he says. worldwide staff of 200 people, time, he reconnected with “It is definitely one of the revenues of $45 million and the university when his chil- top 25 learning institutions worldwide leadership in the dren decided to follow in the in the country, and I know it emerging field of microwave Gator’s footsteps. His two sons will continue to develop and chemistry. The idea is that are both UF graduates, one in ultimately become one of the microwave energy can be used biochemistry and the other in truly great institutes of higher in the laboratory to cut down chemical engineering, and his learning in the US.” the time it takes to do chemis- youngest daughter, Meghan, —Kimberly A. Lopez try—what once took 24 hours currently is a sophomore

In 1977, philoso- In 1978, In 1978, In 1978, University In 1980, In 1980, the Center phy student Billy construc- Charles F. College and the Col- English for Greek Studies Kynes was named a tion of Sidman lege of Arts and Sci- Professor was created. Rhodes Scholar. Ralph was hired ences were merged Donald Turlington as dean into the College Justice Hall was the Col- of Liberal Arts and won the completed. lege of Liberal Arts Sciences, instantly Pulitzer Prize for and Sciences. making CLAS the poetry for Selected largest college on Poems. campus with 13,207 students and 510 12 faculty at that time. Women’s Movement Pioneer Receives UF Honorary Degree As former president of the National some male doctors Organization for Women and co-founder and how they treated and president of the Feminist Majority women as neurotic Foundation, Eleanor Smeal’s name has complainers was become synonymous with the women’s horrible.” Smeal movement. But as a political science says this attitude, graduate student at UF in the early 1960s, probably more than the word “feminism” was not part of anything, led to her her vocabulary. “I started reading about involvement with the women’s history, and I was so staggered by women’s movement. In 1987, she co-founded and assumed the fact that I thought I was so educated, Smeal finished her PhD classes at UF the presidency of the Feminist Majority but I had never really read about Susan B. in the early 1970s and started working on Foundation. The organization specializes Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton,” her dissertation. She moved to Pittsburgh in programs that combine research and she says. “This whole period of history and became active in NOW, going from a action to develop long-term, cutting- had been dismissed.” local officer to the national board in 1973 edge strategies for the political, economic Smeal decided to attend UF for a and elected chair in 1975. The research and social empowerment of women. The master’s degree instead of going to law Smeal started at UF eventually led to her foundation was the first women’s group to school. “A professor at Duke University discovery of the gender gap in elections launch a Web site (www.feminist.org) and told me if I went to law school, I would in 1980. She found an eight percent dif- has developed five additional sites since probably only find work as a law librarian, ference between men’s and women’s votes 1995. It also owns Ms. Magazine and started and I didn’t see the point in that.” for Ronald Reagan in his election over a legislative advocacy arm, the Feminist While she grew up in Erie, Pennsyl- Jimmy Carter. “It was clear there were Majority, as well as the Feminist Majority vania, Smeal’s family also had a home in a lot of differences between male and political action committee. Melbourne, Florida, so she was familiar female attitudes on a host of issues,” she For Smeal, there are still many with UF. “When I came to UF in 1961, I says. “Everything from social security and issues she wants to tackle. “I would like to was the only woman in the political sci- women’s rights to Medicare and commit- eliminate discrimination in social security ence graduate program, and I worked ting troops abroad. Women had been vot- benefits,” she says. “One of the reasons with Ruth McQuown. Ruth was definitely ing since 1920, but our voting power had older women are in poverty is that they get a feminist. She wanted a women’s party been ignored for 60 years.” about 60 percent of what men get. We still and encouraged me to write about the Smeal wrote her dissertation, which have the job of closing the wage gap, and women’s movement for my PhD work.” was published, with co-author Audrey S. women still aren’t in sufficient numbers In addition to reading about wom- Wells, as a chapter in Women in Politics (1974) in leadership roles.We also need to solve en’s history, something personal hap- edited by Jane S. Jaquette. However, she the childcare problem in this country and pened that caused Smeal to get involved decided not to come back to UF to defend make a bigger dent on violence towards with the women’s movement. After the it. “I needed about two more months to women.” birth of her children in the mid-1960s, add in footnotes, but there was so much Smeal says jobs like hers won’t make Smeal went through a period of illness. to be done with NOW, so I didn’t finish. someone rich, but the work is too reward- “With almost anyone who really gets Ruth always said I should call myself ‘doc- ing not to do. “If you’re the kind of per- turned onto a cause, something has to tor’ because I essentially got the degree.” son injustices really bother, you shouldn’t hit home,” she says. “For me, it was my Smeal served as NOW’s president just feel helpless,” she says. “You should medical situation. Women couldn’t get from 1977 to 1982 and 1985 to 1987. empower yourself.” disability insurance. I asked a doctor what —Allyson A. Beutke happens to women when they get sick and At the CLAS commencement ceremony on May 3, Eleanor Smeal will receive have little children, and he told me they an honorary Doctor of Science degree from UF. She also will be the keynote just have a lot of relapses. The attitude of speaker. The ceremony starts at 6 pm in the O’Connell Center.

In 1982, the Depart- In 1983, In 1988, In 1996, effectively the con- In 1997, ment of African and political Willard W. the Wil- ventions governing Kenneth Asian Languages science Harrison liam and speaking and writ- and Janet and Literatures was student was hired Grace Dial ing in their chosen Keene established. Haig Charlotte as dean Center disciplines. donated Der-Houssikian Mather of the for Writ- a gener- served as its first became the first College of Liberal ten and Oral Com- ous gift, allowing chair. woman elected stu- Arts and Sciences. munication was the college to start dent body president created to prepare restoration of Ander- at UF. UF students to use son and Keene-Flint 13 Psychology Graduate Establishes Trust Fund for Student Scholarships When Ed Kissam was an recently set up a charitable “In addition to seeing my undergraduate at UF in remainder unitrust for the own patients, UF football the late 1940s, he enjoyed College of Liberal Arts and coach Ray Graves asked me nature and watching the Sciences. His donation to look after the football birds around Lake Alice. could fund up to $88,000 players. I would travel with His bird-watching hobby for student scholarships the team, assess the players’ is what Kissam attributes and other college resources. injuries and operate if nec- to helping him gain accep- “I’ve always thought you essary.” tance into medical school should work in a field you Kissam retired in 1983 at Wake Forest University enjoy. I would have paid to but did not slow down. in the mid-1950s. “When I do what I’ve done because “One week after I retired, I interviewed with one of the I’ve loved it so much, so was on my sailboat sailing to administrators up there, he I’ve decided to give back Bermuda.” He decided to asked me about my hobbies, and encourage today’s gen- sell his boat in 1995 when and I told him I enjoyed eration to do the same.” he turned 70. He now lives bird watching. He also Kissam completed in his St. Augustine beach enjoyed this, and we spent medical school at Wake For- house and is the proud about half an hour talking est in 1955. After special- father of five children, about birds, so I like to say izing in general surgery and three of whom graduated that birds helped get me orthopedics and working from UF, and nine grand- Ed Kissam into medical school.” in Augusta and Atlanta, children. “The kids keep Kissam, who earned Georgia, he came back to me busy. They make me feel his bachelor’s degree in Gainesville and opened a as young as ever!” psychology in 1949, has private practice in 1960. —Allyson A. Beutke

Maturo Endowment Keep in Touch with CLAS Zoology Professor Frank Maturo We want to hear from you! (Doc) has touched many lives during Send your update to: Editor, PO Box his 44 years at UF. He is retiring this 117300, Gainesville FL 32611. Please year, and to honor Doc’s decades of include your degree (BA, MA, PhD, service to UF as a professor and as an etc.), major/minor, graduation date advisor to the Alpha Tau Omega fra- and e-mail address if you have one. ternity, the Frank Maturo Excellence Photos are welcome too! Fund has been established. Your You can also e-mail your support is necessary to successfully update to [email protected] or visit complete this endeavor. A 50 per- http://clasnews.clas.ufl.edu/news/ cent match from the state of Florida alumninotes/updates.html to fill out can be applied for if the endowment The Center for Greek Studies presented a Distinguished an online update form. reaches its goal of at least $100,000. Humanitarian Award to UF alumnus His Eminence Metropolitan Nikitas, who is the bishop of Hong Kong This endowment will provide criti- and Southeast Asia, on January 10. He received the cal support to the zoology depart- award for bringing a variety of philanthropic causes to ment through graduate fellowships Southeast Asia. His Eminence has consecrated several Video Memories and undergraduate scholarships. new Orthodox Christian churches in Asia. He earned a Want to hear an alum sharing a favorite For information on how to contrib- BA degree in religion in 1976 and a Master of Divinity memory about UF and CLAS? Visit www. from the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theol- ute, please contact Krista Mitchell ogy in 1980. Pictured left to right: Cookie Kallares, Rev. clas.ufl.edu/150 and click on “College Cornell in the CLAS Development Nicholas Graff, His Eminence Metropolitan Nikitas, His Memories” to view the video clips. You can Office at (352) 392-5421. Eminence’s mother, Kalliope Lulias, and US Navy Vice also read more about the college’s history Admiral Michael Kallares. and UF’s sesquicentennial celebration.

Halls. The newly In 2000, In 2000, the Land In 2001, a scientist by the In 2001, refurbished build- English Use and Environ- Mathemat- US government. Neil Sul- ings are listed student mental Change ics Profes- Thompson was livan was on the National Newman Institute (LUECI) sor John also a recipient of named Register of Historic Nahas was established as Thompson the Fields Medal in dean of Places. was a cooperative effort was 1970. the Col- named a Rhodes between the Depart- awarded the lege of Liberal Arts Scholar. ments of Geological National Medal of and Sciences. Sciences, Geography, Science by President Anthropology, and Bill Clinton, which the Center for Latin is the highest honor 14 American Studies. bestowed upon alumni notes Updates from CLASmates of Actuaries (FSA) status after passing a 1957 1987 series of eight exams. FSA status is recog- J. Wanzer Drane (MS, Mathematics) has John D. Riley (BS, Zoology) and his nized as the most demanding and presti- been selected as a Fellow of the American wife Theresa Treep have opened their gious designation available in the insur- Academy of Health Behavior. The acade- own home practice, Hoosier Housecalls, ance and financial security industry. Bull my is a society of distinguished researchers in Indianapolis, Indiana. Riley cares for works in annuity product development at and scholars in the areas of health behav- about 500 adult patients and 75 per- American National Insurance Company ior, health education and health promo- cent of his work is in geriatrics. Treep, a in Galveston, Texas. tion. Drane is a professor of biostatistics pediatrician, has about 150 patients. The at the University of South Carolina. shared home business allows the couple to spend more time with their sons Danny, 1992 3, and Timmy, 5. Edward Tombari (BA, Geography) works 1965 in regulatory affairs for the National Joseph Marinelli (BS, Psychology) has Association of Home Builders in Wash- been appointed president of the Associa- 1988 ington, DC. He received a master’s degree tion of Educational Service Agencies, a Larry Nash White (BS, History) finished in urban planning from the University of national organization with a mission to his PhD in information studies at Flor- Michigan in 1994 and spent eight years strengthen and support educational ser- ida State University in April 2002. He in municipal planning in Florida before vice agencies. Marinelli is a district super- founded Organization Doctors, a knowl- moving to DC. intendent of schools covering New York edge management consulting firm based counties Ontario, Seneca, Wayne and in Tallahassee, and now serves as executive Yates. He is also the CEO of the Wayne- director of the public library system in 1994 Finger Lakes Board of Cooperative Edu- Washington County, Ohio. Rachel Armel Gebaide (BA, Political cational Services in Newark, New York. Science) is an attorney with Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor and Reed in 1990 Orlando. She and her husband Robert H. 1975 Kelly J. McKibben (BS, Psychology) was Gebaide, who also graduated from UF in Dr. Richard A. Levine (BS, Zoology) recently promoted to deputy chief legal 1994 with a degree in finance, welcomed has worked for the past 17 years in a pri- counsel for the Florida Department of the birth of their son, Jordan David, on vate practice at General and Preventative Children and Families in Orlando. She October 7, 2002. Internal Medicine in Boca Raton. He is responsible for providing legal repre- also serves as a clinical faculty member sentation in adult abuse cases, disciplinary for Florida Atlantic University’s affiliate issues and administrative hearings in four 2001 medical school. Florida counties. She also manages Child Thy Nguyen (BA, political science) has Welfare Legal Services in Brevard County. been accepted into Johns Hopkins Uni- McKibben has been with the agency since versity’s School of Advanced International 1985 graduating from the Cumberland School Studies where she will pursue an MA Steven B. Bass (BA, Political Science) of Law in Birmingham, Alabama in 1994. degree. She has received a fellowship and practices law in Miami-Dade County. will begin her studies at the university’s He and his wife Lisa, who also graduated Washington, DC campus during the Fall from UF in 1985 with a degree in busi- 1991 2003 semester. ness, celebrated the recent birth of their James Allen Bull (BS, Statistics) was son Ethan Taylor. recently designated Fellow of the Society

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The College of Liberal Arts and Sci- ences at the University of Florida is the

largest college on campus, with over http://clasnews.clas.ufl.edu 700 faculty members who teach more than 35,000 students. CLAS offers 40 majors in 22 departments, three academic programs and five centers. It is home to 32 centers and institutes including the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, the Land Use and Environmen- tal Change Institute and the Center for African Studies. CLAS occupies nearly 650,000 square feet in 22 buildings on campus. outstanding alumni

In November, CLAS honored a group of exceptional alumni at its first ever Outstanding Alumni Brunch, held during homecoming weekend. Those recognized for their achievements and contribu- tions were: (Front row) James McClave (PhD, statistics, 1971); Robert Levitt (MS and PhD, psychology, 1965); Jeanne Fillman-Richards (MA and PhD, geography, 1982 and 1990); Storm Richards (BA, anthropology, 1973 and MA and PhD, geography, 1978 and 1987); (Back row) Gary Myers (BS, geol- ogy, 1974); Paul Tarrant, representing Alan Lovelace (BS, MS, PhD, chemistry, 1951, 1952 and 1954); Thomas Gibbs (BA, philosophy, 1975); Dorothy (Weik) Smiljanich (BA and MA, English, 1969 and 1971); Gloria Bryan (PhD, anthropology, 1992). Not pictured are Charles Black, Jr. (BA, political science, 1969); Pallas Comnenos (BA and MA, classical studies, 1990 and 1993); and Terry Smil- janich (BA, English, 1969 and JD, 1972).