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Jan 20 Issue-Final UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Tuesday January 20, 2004 Volume 50 Number 18 www.upenn.edu/almanac First Penn Student to Win non-U.S. Rhodes Scholarship: David Ferreira David Ferreira, a named each year. The 32 from the U.S. join an he has been a member of the Under-19, Under- College senior from international group of scholars chosen from 18 21, and Under-23 International Cricket teams Hamilton, Bermuda, other jurisdictions around the world. Scholars and was recently called onto the full Internation- has been awarded a are selected from Australia, Bangladesh, Ber- al squad to represent his country in the upcom- Rhodes Scholarship, muda, Canada, Commonwealth Caribbean, ing World Cup qualifying matches. He has also which will fund two Germany, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Kenya, been Atlantic Junior Open Golf champion and or three years of study Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore, won several medals in Giant Slalom skiing com- at Oxford Universi- Southern Africa, Uganda, United States, Zam- petitions in France, Switzerland, and Austria. ty in England. Ber- bia, and Zimbabwe. In the summer of 2003, Mr. Ferreira served muda names only one “The best way to describe David Ferreira is as a speechwriter on the election campaign team Rhodes Scholar annu- ʻthoughtful,ʼ in the richest sense of the word,” of the New United Bermuda Party. At Penn he is ally. A political sci- said Dr. Arthur D. Casciato, the director of the currently a member of the PPE departmentʼs Un- ence, philosophy and Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellow- dergraduate Assembly Board and the Vice-Presi- economics (PPE) ma- Leonardi PhotoTommy by ships. “David is thoughtful in that he is perhaps dent and Philanthropy Chair of the Owl Society jor in the College of David Ferreira the most gracious person Iʼve met in four years of Philadelphia. Upon graduation from Oxford, Art and Sciences, he of working with fellowship candidates, and he he plans to return home to practice law. plans to pursue a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in his is also thoughtful in that he engages whatev- The Rhodes Scholarship was established in first two years at Oxford, followed by a Masters er questions he is asked not as hurdles to be 1902 by the will of Cecil John Rhodes, British in Jurisprudence (MJUR) in his final year. cleared and put behind him but as opportunities financier and statesman. Candidates must be be- Mr. Ferreira is the son of Pamela and the late to think anew about his opinions and positions. tween 19 and 25 years-of-age and citizens of the Alvin Ferreira, who passed away in 1993. Mr. Given this kind of thoughtfulness, as well as his country from which they are selected. Ferreira has an older sister, Kristen, 25, who, obvious and broad athletic ability, Iʼm not the The qualities set out by Rhodes for those like both her parents, is a lawyer. Mr. Ferreiraʼs least bit surprised that the Selection Committee seeking Rhodes Scholarships include academic sister and mother made legal history in Bermu- chose David from among the ten or so finalists and intellectual excellence, integrity of charac- da in 2002 when they became the first mother for Bermudaʼs Rhodes Scholarship for 2004.” ter, respect for fellow beings and a capacity for and daughter to be called to the bar together. Mr. Ferreira attended high school in England leadership. Athletic prowess and success is an Mr. Ferreira is the first Penn student to be at Eton, where he captained the Varsity Squash, advantage, but not a necessity. awarded a non-U.S. Rhodes Scholarship and Basketball, and Cricket teams and was also a Vice President Ramos: City Solicitor the Universityʼs 17th Rhodes Scholar overall. member of the Varsity Soccer team. At Penn he President Judith Rodin announced last Pennʼs most recent Rhodes Scholar was Lipika has played on the Varsity Menʼs Squash team, Wednesday that Vice President and Chief of Goyal (Col ʼ01), one of 32 U.S. students select- the Menʼs Club Rugby team, the Menʼs Club Staff Pedro A. Ramos, has been named City So- ed in 2001 (Almanac December 12, 2000). Soccer team, and this year will try-out for the licitor for the City of Philadelphia by Mayor John Approximately 95 Rhodes Scholars are Menʼs Club Baseball team as well. In Bermuda F. Street. Mr. Ramos will assume his post as a Dr. Guillén: Felix Zandman Endowed Professor of International Management member of the mayorʼs cabinet on March 1. Mr. Ramos, C ʼ87, joined Dr. Rodinʼs staff in Dr. Mauro F. Guil- Richard Scott Best Paper Award from Adminis- January 2002, coming from Ballard, Spahr, An- lén has been appointed trative Science Quarterly. He has taught courses drews & Ingersoll, where he had been a partner the Dr. Felix Zandman for Whartonʼs undergraduate, MBA and doctor- (Almanac December 4, 2001). At Penn, he has Endowed Professor of al students including Comparative Management played a key role in senior-level decision mak- International Manage- (undergraduate), Global Strategic Management ing, served as a senior policy advisor on short- ment, effective July 1, (MBA), and Psychological and Sociological term and longer-range issues, and managed the 2003. Foundations of Research in Management (doc- day-to-day operations of the presidentʼs office. Dr. Guillén has been toral). In 2002, he received the Wharton Grad- “He is a skilled manager with excellent judg- teaching at Wharton uate Association Teaching Award and the MBA ment and a commitment to the principles of ed- since 1996, when he Core Teaching Award. In 1998, he was named ucation,” Dr. Rodin said. joined the faculty as a Guggenheim Fellow and a member of the In- “I am very proud of Pedro and pleased for an assistant professor stitute for Advanced Study at Princeton. He be- the City. I am not surprised that he has been in the management de- came an Eligible Fellow at the Center for Ad- called to public service or that heʼs answered partment, and has held vanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo positively to the call. His legal, business, and Alto in 1996. a secondary appoint- Mauro Guillén civic experience will serve the City of Philadel- ment in the sociology The Dr. Felix Zandman Professorship in phia well,” she added. department since 1999. He became a tenured International Management was established in Senior Vice President and General Counsel associate professor in 2000 and was promot- 1995 with a gift from Alfred and Luella Slaner Wendy White will assume the duties of Chief of ed to the rank of full professor in 2003. Pri- to honor Dr. Zandman. In 1962, Dr. Zandman, Staff upon Mr. Ramosʼ departure, Dr. Rodin said. or to his arrival at Wharton, he was on the fac- with the financial help of the late Alfred P. Slan- ulty of the Sloan School of Management at the er, founded Vishay Intertechnology. The com- IN THIS ISSUE Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He re- pany was named after Dr. Zandmanʼs and Mr. 2 SENATE: SEC Agenda; AWFA Breakfast Meeting; Slanerʼs ancestral village in Lithuania, in mem- Faculty Workshop on Advising; PAACH Director; ceived his Ph.D. in sociology from Yale Univer- Expanding Cancer Network; RAD Training sity in 1992. ory of family members who perished in the Ho- 3 Honors & Other Things; The Diversity Fund Dr. Guillénʼs research and teaching inter- locaust. The Professorship was developed to 4 Research Roundup ests include international management, orga- go to “an outstanding scholar and teacher who 5 ISC: Networking & Telecommunications for 2005 6 Upcoming HR Programs; Discounts for Basketball nizational theory, and economic sociology. His has a strong background in the management of Game; EHRS Training; Vital Signs; Artifacts in Bloom publications have been recognized with several global enterprises and can focus on issues criti- 7 Update; CrimeStats; Classifieds honors over the years, most recently with the W. cal to managing international corporations.” 8 From the President & Provost: Economic Outlook ALMANAC January 20, 2004 www.upenn.edu/almanac 1 SENATE From the Senate Office Faculty Workshop: January 27 Advising Undergrad Students The following statement is published in accordance with the Senate Rules. Among other purposes, The College of Arts and Sciences and the publication of SEC actions is intended to stimulate discussion among the constituencies and their the Learning Resources Center will co- representatives. Please communicate your comments to Senate Chair Lance Donaldson-Evans, sponsor a faculty workshop on advising Box 12, College Hall/6303, (215) 898-6943. undergraduate students experiencing aca- demic difficulties. The workshop is open to all faculty members and will be cen- Senate Executive Committee Agenda tered on group discussions of anonymous Wednesday, January 21, 2004 sample cases. Join members of the Col- lege advising staff as well as representa- 2:30 to 5 p.m. tives from many of the academic support Room 205 College Hall offices on campus to share experiences, strategies for eliciting information from 1. Approval of Minutes (1 minute) students, and resources available to pro- 2. Chairʼs Report (2 minutes) vide help with a wide range of personal 3. Past Chairʼs Report on Academic Planning and Budget and Capital Council (2 minutes) and academic problems. 4. Presentation by Leslie Hudson, Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives, at 2:45 (30 minutes) The workshop will take place from 5. Brief interim report from Andrew Binns on work of the Ad hoc Patent Policy Committee 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27 (10 minutes) in the Ben Franklin Room in Hous- 6. Discussion on ways of making environment more comfortable for minority students ton Hall. RSVP to Niel McDowell at (30 minutes) [email protected].
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