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WCWM Changing Frequency, William and Mary Station Moves to Campus Center The student-run radio station, WCWM, According to Smit h, WHRO initiated will change its frequency to avoid inter¬ dialogue with the College when comp¬ ference in the Williamsburg area with laints were received of interference in the WHRO-FM, a National Public Radio Sta¬ Williamsburg area and has borne the tion in Norfolk. expense of the change of WCWM from The College had hoped to complete the 89.1 to 90.7 on the FM dial. WHRO-FM is change this summer, said Kenneth E. located at 89.5 WHRO, said Smith, will NEWS Smith, Jr., associate dean of students for also underwrite advertising and public activities and organizations, but the pro¬ Tuesday, August 30,1983 Permit No. 26 announcements necessary to inform area cedure has taken longer than expected. Volume XII, Number 1 Non- Profit Organization residents when the move is completed. U.S. Postage PAID at Williamsburg, Va. The process of filing for permission with It is anticipated that the changeover for the Federal Communications Commission WCWM will be made during the Christmas is in progress. When completed, equip¬ ment at WCWM will have to be returned Continued on p. 4 Kresge Challenge Grant to manufacturers for retuning. To Aid Art Museum Project The Trustees of The Kresge Foundation October 21 of this year, marking the com¬ of Troy, Michigan, have announced the pletion of the first phase of the building's approval of a $200,000 challenge grant to development. Plans are already well the College to aid in construction of Phase underway for Phase II construction of an II facilities for the Joseph and Margaret 11,000-square-foot addition, which will Muscarelle Museum of Art. The grant include 7,800 square feet of new exhibi¬ requires certification by March 1984 that tion space and an extensive climatically the balance of funds to complete the controlled storage area for the care of the museum project has been raised. College's entire art collection. In announcing the grant on August 9, The Kresge Foundation considered over President Thomas A. Graves, Jr., said that 1,300 proposals in 1983 and made grant the College was especially pleased at this commitments totaling $33 million to 133 critical time to receive such an important charitable organizations in 36 states and commitment from a major national foun¬ the District of Columbia. The majority of dation in the face of stiff competition. these grants were toward projects involv¬ "Approximately $500,000 has been ing construction or renovation of facilities. pledged prior to word of The Kresge Foun¬ The Kresge Foundation was created by dation grant," Graves added. "This new the personal gifts of Sebastian S. Kresge. challenge grant will give us inspiration and Foundation grants are made to institutions confidence as we move toward the total of in the areas of higher education, health $1,354,000 needed to construct Phase II care, the arts and humanities and other of the museum." social services, science, conservation, The Muscarelle Museum on the College religion, and public policy. campus will have its official dedication on Program Marks Treaty of Paris Consortium Commencement As part of the Bicentennial celebration of The program will conclude with the Gordon K. Davies, Director of the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia the Treaty of Paris 1783-1983, the college national anthems of the United States, (far left) was principal speaker at commencement exercises for the Virginia Consor¬ will host a symposium at 2:30 p.m., Fri¬ France and Great Britain, followed by a tium for Professional Psycho/ogy program, held in Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall on day, Sept. 2, in the Dodge Room of Phi benediction. Saturday, August 27. Davies poses with members of the graduating class and repre¬ Beta Kappa Memorial Hall. Local coordinator for the celebration is sentatives of consortium institutions (from left to right) William D. Mayer, M.D., The public is invited to attend the ses¬ Landis Heller of Williamsburg, 220-3181. President, Eastern Virginia Medical Authority; Alfred B. Rollins, Jr., President, Old sion at which three speakers will talk about Dominion University; George R. Healy, Provost. College of William and Mary; and the 1783 event which established diplo¬ Loughran Foundation Harrison B. Wilson, President, Norfolk State University. matic recognition for the United States as The Virginia Consortium for Professional Psychology, the only doctoral program in an independent nation. The celebration Gives $10,000 For the nation that is co-sponsored by four institutions, held its first commencement last concludes with a program on Saturday. year in Norfolk. The unique educational arrangement was authorized in 1978 by the James H. Hutzon, Chief of Manuscripts, Salary Endowment state Council of Higher Education in Virginia to help meet the needs for more mental Library of Congress, will speak on "The health professionals. Faced with shrinking budgets and relying heavily on community Character of the American Delegation." The College has received a $10,000 support, the institutions are able to do jointly what none could do alone. John E. Selby, professor of history, Col¬ grant from the Mary and Daniel Loughran (Photo by Tom Williams} lege of William and Mary, will take as his Foundation designated for faculty salary topic, "The Implications of the Treaty for endowment. This recent grant will be TO: All Members of the Faculty and Administration Virginia." added to the principal of the Mary and SUBJECT: College- Wide Faculty Meeting Merrill Peterson, Dean of the Faculty, Daniel Loughran Endowment Fund, which University of Virginia, will speak on "The was established at the College in 1981. This is a reminder that the Annual College-Wide Faculty Meeting will be held on Treaty of Paris." Moderator for the sym¬ With a principal of $20,000, the Tuesday, September 6, 1983, in Millington Auditorium, at 3:30 p.m. posium will be Edward Crapol, chairman, Loughran Fund will generate approx¬ On that occasion we shall be introducing new members of the faculty of the College department of history, College of William imately $1,100 annually in support of to their colleagues. Deans and Department Chairmen are urged to extend special and Mary. faculty salaries. The income will join that invitations to their new colleagues to attend this meeting. The Williamsburg commemoration of of more than two dozen similar funds and A listing of new members of the faculty will be distributed in advance of the meet¬ the Treaty of Paris is being sponsored by unrestricted current funds providing in ing, containing brief biographical and professional information about each individual, the College, the Colonial Williamsburg excess of $300,000 for general faculty to reduce the time of introductions. Mr. George R. Healy, as Provost of the College, Foundation, the Institute of Early Ameri¬ support during fiscal 1983-84. will introduce all new members of the faculty. „ can History and Culture, the Jamestown- "The need for private funding at Mr. Herbert V. Kelly, Rector of the College, and I will make brief remarks to Yorktown Foundation, the Daughters of William and Mary has never been greater," introduce the new college year. the American Revolution and the Sons of said President Graves. "The Loughran The meeting, which should be over by 4:30 p.m., will be followed by an informal the American Revolution. Foundation grant illustrates the continuing reception in Andrews Hall Foyer, to which you are all invited. On Saturday, Sept. 3, the celebration progress in our private funding efforts for I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, September 6. Zoe and I also look forward will move to the Courthouse of 1770 in faculty support—efforts which are critical to welcoming you to the President's House for an informal brunch on Sunday, Sep¬ Colonial Williamsburg. The Fife and Drum to the maintenance of William and Mary's tember 4. Corps will lead a parade to Bruton Parish tradition of academic excellence." Church where The Reverend Cotesworth The Mary and Daniel Loughran Founda¬ P. Lewis, rector, will offer prayers for tion was incorporated in 1967 in the Dis¬ (A^^/^^Oiy^- peace in Bruton Parish Church Yard. At 5 trict of Columbia and is supported by p.m. Williamsburg Mayor Robert C. donations from the estate of the late John Thomas A. Graues, Jr. Walker will give readings from the Treaty. Loughran. President William and Mary News, Tuesday, August 30, 1983 Kuchinka Resigns VIMS Post Albion Taylor Mrs. Ryland had spent most of her life in Williamsburg and is survived by a son, Koehly Appointed Part-Time Dies in Colorado Frank Boyd Ryland, and two grand¬ children, Harold Key Ryland and Mary Dr. Albion Guilford Taylor, chancellor Boyd Ryland, all of Vienna. Frank 0. Perkins, Director and Dean, Perkins to conduct a national search for a professor of economics emeritus, died Funeral services were held at Bruton Virginia Institute of Marine Science/ new Associate Director. Members of the Wednesday, Aug. 10, in Colorado Springs, Parish Church; the Rev. Barry Parsons of School of Marine Science, has announced Committee are as follows: Colo. He was 97. St. Dunstan's Church in McLean, officiat¬ the resignation of Thomas J. Kuchinka, as¬ Bom in Quebec, he received his A.B. ing, assisted by the Rev. Jeffrey Dugan, sociate director for finance and administra¬ Lawrence W. Broomall, Jr., Chairman degree from the University of Des Moines, parish associate at Bruton Parish. Buried tion, effective September 2. Vice President for Business Affairs his master's degree from the University of was in Hollywood Cemetery. In announcing the resignation, Perkins Nebraska and his doctorate from the lauded Kuchinka for his accomplishments Robert J.