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PittNewspaper of the University of PittsburghChronicle Volume X • Number 28 • October 26, 2009 John and Gertrude Petersen Make Gift University of Pittsburgh Names 12 New Legacy For New Pitt Olympic Sports Complex Laureates The University of Pittsburgh has named 12 new Legacy Laureates, alumni recognized for their outstanding personal and professional accomplishments. The laureates were honored during Pitt’s Oct. 22-25 Homecoming festivities. The Pitt Legacy Laureates program was launched in 2000. Following are brief biographies of this year’s honorees. Charles I. Berlin Charles I. Berlin, renowned for iden- tifying the Mengel-Konigsmark-Berlin- McKusick syndrome of conductive hearing loss and malformed low-set ears, received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in speech- language pathology from the University of Pittsburgh School of Arts and Sciences in 1958. Berlin is a professor of communication sciences and disorders at the University of South Florida and an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, where he served as the Kenneth and Frances Barnes Bullington Professor of Hearing Science and the director of the Kresge Hearing Research Laboratory. The lab has been cited as “one of the best places in the United States to be treated for hearing problems.” Contributions totaling $1 million from grateful patients, colleagues, and friends allowed Louisiana State University to endow the Dr. Charles I. Berlin Chair in Genetic and Molecular Hearing Science. Among Berlin’s other numerous awards and honors are the 2000 Honors of the CIDDE Association from the American Speech- John M. and Gertrude E. Petersen Language-Hearing Association and the American Academy of Otolaryngology’s By E.J. Borghetti Presidential Citation, that organization’s highest award for teaching, research, and The University of Pittsburgh has commencement and “The Petersen Institute of and Gertrude Petersen science. received a generous and substantial gift other important pro- is equaled only by the A member of Pitt’s School of Health from alumnus John Petersen and his wife, grams, created a new NanoScience and Engineer- significance of the proj- and Rehabilitation Sciences Board of Visi- Gertrude, for the construction of the Pan- center of student life, ing positioned our scientists ect which now bears tors, Berlin has served in multiple advisory thers’ new Olympic Sports Complex. and serves as a bridge their names,” Athletics and governance roles for many professional The facility, to be named the Petersen between the upper and to earn national recogni- Director Steve Peder- organizations. He has authored or coau- Sports Complex, is being built on 12 acres lower portions of our son said. “For years we thored 12 books and numerous scholarly at the peak of Pitt’s upper campus and campus. tion for the quality of their have had a dream to publications. will provide state-of-the-art homes for the “The Petersen construct a sports com- Panthers’ baseball, softball, and men’s and Institute of NanoSci- research in that increas- plex that would give Christine L. Borgman women’s soccer teams. The Petersen Sports ence and Engineering our baseball, softball, Christine L. Borgman is an interna- Complex will not only give Pitt student- positioned our scien- ingly important area. Now, and men’s and women’s tionally recognized scholar in information athletes nationally competitive facilities, but tists to earn national their support for our new soccer teams the kind of science specializing in digital libraries, it also will rejuvenate a previously untapped recognition for the facilities that will allow information retrieval, information policy, area of land that neighbors the University of quality of their research Petersen Sports Complex them to compete for Big infrastructure, learning and cyberlearning, Pittsburgh campus. in that increasingly East championships on and human-computer interaction. She is “The University of Pittsburgh is a important area,” Nor- will help us turn a long- a regular basis. The gift professor and Presidential Chair of informa- world-class institution led by a great chan- denberg continued. from the Petersens has tion studies at the UCLA; she received her cellor in Mark Nordenberg and his outstand- “Now, their support time dream into a sparkling helped make this dream master’s degree in library and information ing leadership team that has brought Pitt for our new Petersen a reality. Their generos- science from Pitt’s School of Information to the pinnacle of excellence in so many Sports Complex will reality of world-class prac- ity in previous commit- Sciences (iSchool) in 1974. different areas,” John Petersen said. “It is help us turn a longtime tice facilities and competi- ments has impacted our Borgman is the author of more than a great pleasure for Gertrude and me to dream into a sparkling programs in ways few 150 books, book chapters, and publications. again contribute to the University’s success reality of world-class tion sites for our baseball, could have imagined, Her books Scholarship in the Digital Age: and future.” practice facilities and and now they are doing Information, Infrastructure, and the Inter- Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg said, competition sites for softball, and men’s and it again. It would be net (MIT Press, 2007) and From Gutenberg “The extraordinary support that Pitt has our baseball, soft- hard to imagine a more to the Global Information Infrastructure: received from John and Gertrude Petersen ball, and men’s and women’s soccer teams.” worthwhile commitment Access to Information in the Networked has played a critical role in elevating our women’s soccer teams. —Mark A. Nordenberg to fine young men and World (MIT Press, 2000) won the Best University on many important fronts. The Pitt is blessed to have women. It is our honor to Information Science Book Award from Petersen Events Center provided the founda- enjoyed the support of have the Petersen name the American Society for Information Sci- tion for the rise to national prominence of such wonderful and wonderfully generous on this fabulous new Petersen Sports Com- ence and Technology in 2008 and 2001, our men’s and women’s basketball teams, people.” gave us a spectacular on-campus site for “The significance of this gift from John Continued on page 3 Continued on page 4 2 • Pitt Chronicle • October 26, 2009 John Wallace to Hold Philip Hallen Chair BrieflyNoted In Community Health and Social Justice JOE KAPELEWSKI/CIDDE John Wallace

By Sharon S. Blake Pitt to Sponsor Annual Slovak Spergel’s talk, “The Youth Gang Problem: A Comprehensive Communitywide Approach,” is free University of Pittsburgh School of Encyclopedia of Social Work.

JOE KAPELEWSKI/CIDDE Heritage Festival Nov. 1 and open to the public. Registration is not required, Social Work faculty member John Wallace Wallace sits on the boards of a number The 19th annual Slovak Heritage Festival— and lunch will be provided. For more information, call has been named the new holder of the Philip of organizations, including Operation Better Hallen Chair in Community Health and featuring professional song and dance performances 412-624-7382. Block. He also was appointed to the Youth Spergel’s approach to the gang problem, Social Justice. Future’s Commission and Census 2010 by Slovakian artists, educationalContinued lectures on page and 6 “The Philip Hallen Chair in Commu- referred to as The Spergel Model, calls for a committees by Allegheny County Executive displays, and vendors selling Slovakian merchandise nity Health and Social Justice honors the Dan Onorato and Pittsburgh Mayor Luke and ethnic food—will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. coordinated response from law enforcement, life’s work of Phil Hallen, who served as Ravenstahl. Nov. 1 in the University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of community groups, social services, and government president of the Maurice Falk Medical Fund Wallace is the pastor of Bible Center Learning’s Commons Room. organizations. Having won the endorsement of the for 35 years,” said Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Church of God in Christ in Homewood, the The free event will include performances by U.S. Department of Justice, the plan is being tested Nordenberg. “Under his leadership, the fund Pentecostal church his grandfather founded such local groups as the Pittsburgh Slovakians, in 20 American cities. Its use in Chicago resulted in a developed a set of priorities that continue to in the 1950s. Later, as a 12-year-old, Wallace Slavjane Folk Ensemble, and the Pittsburgh Area 40 percent decrease in violent crimes among young guide the work of the Falk Foundation today. helped demolish dilapidated homes near Slovaks. For the first time at the festival, the Univer- people. Those priorities include working to achieve the church. His grandfather paid him $20 a just and inclusive society, a goal that Pitt sity of Pittsburgh Carpathian Ensemble will perform. Spergel’s book, The Youth Gang Problem: a day to haul lumber, tear down walls, and (Oxford University Press, Professor John Wallace also embraces. His cut copper pipes. Now, Wallace and other Slovakian artists include the Singing Revil’ak Family A Community Approach elevation to the Hallen Chair constitutes one 1995), is considered to be a leading work in the members of the church teach teenage boys and Jozef Ivaska. of the highest honors this University can and girls those same skills as they rehab The event is sponsored by Pitt’s Slovak study of gangs. Overall, he has authored more than bestow upon a member of its faculty. It also homes in the neighborhood. The young Studies Program and the Pitt Students’ Slovak Club. 100 books, articles, and other publications. recognizes his significant work in investigat- people learn other life skills as well—how For more information, call 412-624-5906 or e-mail —Sharon S. Blake ing and helping to ameliorate social problems to change a tire, cook a meal, and tie a [email protected]. that disproportionately impact economically necktie. —Kristin Shearer Bruce Babbitt to Speak Nov. 3 disadvantaged children, families, and Wallace earned a Bachelor of Arts communities.” degree at the University of Chicago and As part of the American Experience Distinguished Since returning to his hometown and Master of Arts and PhD degrees at the Uni- Workshop to Focus on joining Pitt’s faculty in 2004, Wallace has Lecture Series, the University of Pittsburgh Honors Col- versity of Michigan, all in sociology. Prior Community Business Districts dedicated himself to improving the quality to coming to Pitt, he was a tenured faculty lege will feature Bruce Babbitt, former U. S. Secretary of life of inner-city youths. He serves as member in the University of Michigan Energizing a downtown or business district can of the Interior and chair of the World Wildlife Fund cochair of the Homewood Children’s Vil- School of Social Work. be a key part of neighborhood revitalization. Pitt’s (WWF), at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3 in a talk titled “Life With- lage steering committee, a collaborative The Philip Hallen Chair in Community School of Social Work is holding a workshop from out Oil: A Vision for the 21st Century” in the Twentieth that engages Homewood residents, local and Health and Social Justice was founded in 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 29 titled “Making Community Century Club, Bigelow Boulevard and Parkman Street, state governments, faith- and community- 1999. It is one of the first academic chairs Business Districts Work.” Oakland. Barbara Baker, president and CEO of the based groups, public schools, and local and ever named to honor the dedication and The workshop, to be held on the 20th floor Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium, will moderate the national funders in an effort to transform achievements of a foundation’s leader. of the Cathedral of Learning, will feature David question-and-answer session following the lecture. Homewood. Using as a model the success- Feehan (SOC WK ’81G), president of Civitas Babbitt served as governor of Arizona from 1978 ful Harlem Children’s Zone in New York, Wallace envisions a project that improves Consultants, LLC, and former president and CEO of to 1987, was a candidate for the Democratic Party the education, health, and social and physi- the Washington, D.C.-based International Downtown nomination for president in 1988, and was appointed cal well-being of Homewood children. Part Association. Feehan will share his experience of lead- the nation’s 47th Secretary of the Interior by President of that revitalization includes engaging Pitt ing downtown revitalization efforts in Des Moines, Bill Clinton, serving from 1993 to 2001. social work students to serve as interns. PittChronicle Detroit, and Kalamazoo. As Secretary of the Interior, Babbitt created the The project also is expected to provide rich Newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh Feehan is consulting with a number of local National Landscape Conservation System, brought avenues for research. PUBLISHER Robert Hill communities on their business districts through the about a forest plan in the Pacific Northwest, helped “This appointment will help John with ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER John Harvith Urban Redevelopment Authority. The workshop costs restore the Florida Everglades, and was instrumental in that work,” said Larry E. Davis, Donald M. EXECUTIVE EDITOR Linda K. Schmitmeyer $115 and is open to anyone interested in the topic. the passage of the California Desert Protection Act and Henderson Professor, dean of the School of EDITOR Jane-Ellen Robinet A discount rate of $75 is available by calling the legislation for the National Wildlife Refuge System. He Social Work, and director of Pitt’s Center ART DIRECTOR Gary Cravener on Race and Social Problems (CRSP). “It SSW continuing education office at 412-624-3711. also is responsible for implementing the rules allowing STAFF WRITERS Sharon S. Blake will bring more attention to his efforts on John Fedele —Sharon S. Blake for the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National behalf of the children of Homewood and the Park. Morgan Kelly Pittsburgh community.” Amanda Leff Pitt Sets Lecture on Approach The late Robert G. Hazo created the American Wallace’s research includes serving as Anthony M. Moore To Solving Gang Problem Experience program 39 years ago to offer Pittsburgh’s principal investigator on a project that seeks Patricia Lomando White mid-to-high-level managers the opportunity to gain to reduce youth violence in Pittsburgh. He CONTRIBUTING WRITERS E.J. Borghetti Once considered an urban phenomenon, insight into political and economic thought, with the is coinvestigator of Monitoring the Future— Pam Jordan gang violence today has extended into the suburbs intent of enlightening the public’s political discourse. the University of Michigan’s ongoing Kristin Shearer and is permeating many aspects of American life. The program’s current director is Edward L. McCord, national study of drug use among American HAPPENINGS EDITOR Baindu Saidu This growing problem will be the focus of a lecture director of programming and special projects in Pitt’s youth. One of his studies, “The Impact of Crime on Clergy and Congregations,” found by Irving Spergel, George Herbert Jones Professor Honors College. The Pitt Chronicle is published throughout the year by that violence adversely impacts church atten- University News and Magazines, University of Pittsburgh, Emeritus in the University of Chicago School of The event is free and open to the public, but dance as well as the services churches offer 400 Craig Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, Social Service Administration. It will take place from seating is limited. Those interested in attending must the community. Other studies have looked Phone: 412-624-1033, Fax: 412-624-4895, noon to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 29 at Pitt’s Center on Race RSVP with name, phone number, and name(s) of at gender and racial disparities in school E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.chronicle.pitt.edu and Social Problems (CRSP), School of Social Work additional attendees to [email protected]. For more discipline, racial and ethnic disparities in The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal Conference Center, 20th floor, Cathedral of Learning. information on the American Experience Lecture Series, substance abuse, and smoking among young opportunity institution that does not discriminate upon any It is part of the Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Fall visit ae.honorscollege.pitt.edu. adolescent girls. His work is published in basis prohibited by law. 2009 Speaker Series. —By Patricia Lomando White numerous books and professional journals, including Drug and Alcohol Dependence, American Journal of Public Health, and the October 26, 2009 • University of Pittsburgh • 3 PittScholars&Stewards Thomas Bigley Baseball Scholarship The Gift of Giving Back By Pam Jordan

For aspiring baseball players ship, we don’t know how things would have around the world, winning a full schol- started or ended, but his scholarship was arship to play baseball at the university definitely a start for us,” said Joan Bigley, Taylor said the Bigley of their choice seems like a dream. The who was dating her husband-to-be at the Thomas Bigley Baseball Scholarship time. “Everything has come our way since Baseball Scholarship has has made that dream a reality for Cole then, and everything goes back to that schol- Taylor. arship. Being able to give back to given him access to an Ever since Taylor received a base- the University has truly been outstanding education at ball glove as one of his first childhood a blessing, and it’s all presents, the sport has been his passion. been tremendous.” Pitt. In addition, the sport’s Now, as a University of Pittsburgh Taylor said the junior majoring in administrative jus- Bigley Baseball mental rigors have helped tice and a pitcher playing for Pitt’s base- Scholarship has ball team, Taylor can hardly believe his given him access him to handle stresses in good fortune. to an outstand- “Just being here at Pitt and being ing education other life situations. able to play baseball is amazing. It’s at Pitt. In addi- something that I’ve loved all my life,” tion, the sport’s he said. mental rigors they, in turn, will eventually give back The Thomas Bigley Baseball Cole Taylor have helped to schools, families, and friends. Scholarship rewards outstanding Pitt him to handle “It’s easy to receive … but you baseball players. Its genesis came in Bigley has been giving back stresses in other have to give back. That’s what really 1952, when Thomas G. Bigley was to his alma mater. Bigley life situations. makes an impact on your life,” Joan trying to determine his future path. His (KGSB ’56) is the retired Joan Bigley Bigley said. South Hills High School baseball team managing partner at Ernst and said she hopes the This year, Joan Bigley also cre- won the city championship. Pitt offered Young, LLP, and he also serves scholarship fund ated the Joan Bigley Endowed Baseball him a full baseball scholarship, and as an emeritus trustee on Pitt’s will make a signifi- Scholarship Fund for the University of everything fell into place from there, Board of Trustees. cant enough impact Pittsburgh. And the Bigleys’ giving, his wife Joan recalled. Since then, “If it wasn’t for that scholar- on its recipients that which began years ago, continues.

John and Gertrude Petersen Make Gift for New Pitt Olympic Sports Complex the Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoSci- The Petersen’s generosity helped ence and Engineer- ing. make a reality the Petersen The Petersen Events Center, which has Sports Complex highlights include: dramatically enhanced student • A baseball stadium with hit- life on campus since its ting and pitching practice areas, team completion in 2002. Widely dugouts, and a press box. Synthetic grass hailed as one of the finest college will allow the Pan- basketball arenas in the country, thers to play and practice throughout the Petersen Events Center has the year, while light- ing will allow for also greatly impacted Pitt evening games; • A softball sta- students by providing them dium with a skinned infield, an artificial with outstanding recreation grass outfield, as and fitness facilities and a fitting well as hitting and pitching practice home for the University’s annual areas. The stadium will have lighting, commencement. team dugouts, and a press box; and • A soccer sta- relationship with the University, supporting dium that will be a scholarships and other activities in the Col- practice and com- lege of Business Administration and the Pitt The Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Events Center petition venue, com- Department of Athletics. plete with a synthetic Petersen served 33 years with Erie Continued from page 1 grass field, lighting, Insurance Group, one of the country’s largest and a press box. property/casualty insurance groups, before plex. I join all Panther fans in expressing Petersen Events Center has also greatly Completion of the facility is expected his retirement in 1995. He joined the com- our appreciation to John and Gertrude for impacted Pitt students by providing them to be in the spring of 2011. pany as an accountant in 1962 and became again creating opportunities for our big with outstanding recreation and fitness A 1951 graduate of Pitt with a bachelor’s Erie Insurance’s first investment officer. dreams.” facilities and a fitting home for the Uni- degree in business administration, Petersen His investment skills helped the company’s The Petersens’ generosity helped make versity’s annual commencement. is the retired president and chief executive property/casualty assets grow from $20 mil- a reality the Petersen Events Center, which Additionally, a significant gift from officer of the Erie Insurance Group, located lion in 1962 to more than $4.6 billion at his has dramatically enhanced student life the Petersens in 2006 created an endow- in Erie, Pa. While an undergraduate at Pitt, retirement. Before joining Erie Insurance on campus since its completion in 2002. ment supporting research in nanoscale he lived on campus and lettered as a member Group, Petersen served as an accountant Widely hailed as one of the finest col- science and technology at Pitt’s Institute of of the swimming and diving team. The with the General Electric Company for 11 lege basketball arenas in the country, the NanoScience and Engineering, now named Petersens have long maintained a strong years in Fairfield, Conn. 4 • Pitt Chronicle • October 26, 2009 University of Pittsburgh Names 12 New Legacy Laureates Continued from page 1 respectively. Borgman is an American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow who has served as a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford Internet Institute and as a Fulbright Visiting Professor at Corvinus University of Budapest and Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary. She also has received the Pitt iSchool Distinguished Alumni Award and, from the Los Angeles Chapter of the Ameri- can Society for Information Science, the Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribu- tions to Information Science. Wen-Ta Chiu Wen-Ta Chiu is a highly distinguished neurosurgeon, medical researcher, academic leader, and public health advocate in Taiwan. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees in public health from Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health in 1987 and 1989, respectively. As president of Taipei Medical Univer- sity, Chiu has led the successful growth of a world-class medical university and hospital system, including doubling the size of the hospital system to 3,000 beds, while serving JOE KAPELEWSKI/CIDDE as superintendent of Shuang Ho Hospital and University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg honored Pitt’s 2009 Legacy Laureates during an Oct. 22 dinner that was part of Pitt’s Homecoming events. Standing (from left) are as a professor in the College of Medicine Nordenberg, Wen-Ta Chiu, John A. Jurenko, Hal K. Wrigley, H. Lee Noble, and Richard B. Kelson. Seated (from left) are Frank B. Fuhrer Jr., Theresa A. Guise, Margaret Grey, Charles I. Berlin, and College of Public Health and Nutrition. James H. McCormick, and Christine L. Borgman. Anthony N. Civello is not pictured. At the university, he also has served as superintendent of Wan Fang Hospital, chief of neurosurgery, director of the Biomedical established in 1997. He also has served in Yale University. She currently serves as the International Bone and Calcium Institute Informatics Center, and dean of the School leadership positions at the American Phar- dean of the Yale University School of Nurs- Outstanding Investigator Award. of Public Health. macists Association. ing, Annie Goodrich Professor of Nursing, Widely regarded for his accomplish- As a member of the School of Pharmacy and founding director of Yale’s Center for John A. Jurenko ments as a head injury researcher, Chiu Board of Visitors and Pitt’s Alumni Asso- Self and Family Management of Vulnerable John A. Jurenko earned a Bachelor of developed the world’s largest head injury ciation, Civello established the Joseph N. Populations. Science degree in electrical engineering registry and promoted the adoption of helmet Civello Student Award in Pharmacy. Grey has been principal investigator for at Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering laws, which dramatically reduced the rate of a number of well-funded research studies in 1956. After three decades in the elec- motorcycle-related deaths in Taiwan. Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. and has had a major impact on the study of tronics and telecommunications industry, Chiu has devoted himself to public ser- Frank B. Fuhrer Jr., founder and chair the management of chronic illnesses. She he cofounded a Huntsville, Ala., start-up vice and public health practices in Taiwan of one of the largest beverage wholesalers has served in leadership positions with the company in 1986 called ADTRAN, which as a primary investigator for the Center for in the United States—the Frank B. Fuhrer American Medical Association, American designs and produces high-speed data Health Policy Research and Development Wholesale Company—earned his master’s Diabetes Association, and National Insti- communications products. With Jurenko of the National Health Research Institutes degree in Pitt’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate tutes of Health. as vice president of sales and marketing, and as a consultant for the Department of School of Business in 1951. Grey is an elected fellow and member ADTRAN grew from a company with no Health. He has made significant leadership A sports enthusiast and former athlete, of a number of organizations, including the sales and a staff of seven to having $250 contributions in public health as president of Fuhrer owned the Pittsburgh Triangles Institute of Medicine, Society of Behavioral million in sales and 1,000 employees by the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for professional tennis team from 1974 to 1976 Medicine, and American Academy of Nurs- 1997. Jurenko retired from ADTRAN that Public Health, the Academy for Multidisci- and the Pittsburgh Spirit indoor soccer ing. Her many honors include the Outstand- year but still consults and directs several plinary Neurotraumatology, and the Taiwan team from 1979 to 1981. He also founded ing Nurse Scientist Award from The Council telecommunications companies. Neurotrauma Society; and as president-elect the Pittsburgh Family House Invitational for the Advancement of Nursing Science in Jurenko is a longtime member of the of the Asia Oceania Neurotrauma Society. Golf Tournament and sponsors the Frank B. recognition of the impact her research has Swanson School’s Board of Visitors. He Chiu’s leadership in public health has Fuhrer Invitational and a golf team for the made on health care and nursing practice received the school’s Distinguished Alumni garnered him many awards, including a Western Pennsylvania Golf Association. and the 1999 Distinguished Alumni Award award in 2007 and the Distinguished Alumni Contribution Award from the Asia-Pacific Fuhrer previously owned and directed from the University of Pittsburgh School of Award from the electrical engineering Academic Consortium for Public Health Fuhrer Clothing Store, which was estab- Nursing, department in 1999. His support has cre- in 2007. lished by his father; Ridgway Chemicals, ated an engineering scholarship, graduate Inc.; Columbia Lincoln-Mercury; Frank Theresa A. Guise fellowship in electrical and computer engi- Anthony N. Civello Fuhrer International, Inc.; and TriState An expert on metabolic bone diseases, neering, and the John A. Jurenko Computer Anthony N. Civello, chair, president, Capital Bank. Theresa A. Guise has made significant Architecture Laboratory. He recently funded and CEO of Kerr Drug, received a Bachelor Fuhrer has demonstrated his com- contributions to the understanding of these the creation of John A. Jurenko RFID Elec- of Science degree from the University of mitment to the community by providing diseases, with an emphasis on skeletal tricity and Magnetism Characterization Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy in 1967. philanthropic support for many Pittsburgh complications of malignancy and the effect Laboratory, which is one of three testing Civello forged a distinguished career institutions, including an extraordinary gift of cancer treatments on bone. laboratories in the school’s RFID Center of as a retail pharmacy executive, pioneering that resulted in the naming of the Frank B. Guise earned her medical degree at Excellence. the concept that the community pharmacy Fuhrer Magnetic Resonance Wing at UPMC the Pitt School of Medicine in 1985 and Jurenko has demonstrated his commit- should be a center of comprehensive health Shadyside and generous gifts to Children’s is currently a Distinguished Professor ment to community by providing philan- and wellness services. Beginning his career Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Junior of Medicine at the Indiana University thropic support for many arts and social ser- with the Pittsburgh-based Thrift Drug Store Achievement, and the Law Enforcement School of Medicine and the Jerry and Peg vices institutions, including the Huntsville and rising to become president of stores, Officers Memorial on Pittsburgh’s North Throgmartin Professor of Oncology at that Symphony Orchestra and the Huntsville he also served as a member of the board of Shore. university’s Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Museum of Art. directors. Fuhrer has provided generous finan- Center. In 2004, Jurenko was inducted into At Kerr Drug, Civello led the com- cial support to a number of Pitt initiatives, Guise has been a member of the Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning Society, which pany to become one of the nation’s leading including the Frank B. Fuhrer Sr. Confer- endocrinology faculty of the University of recognizes individuals whose lifetime sup- regional pharmacy chains, with more than ence Room in the Katz School, the Frank B. Texas Health Science Center, where she held port to the University exceeds $1 million. 90 stores in North Carolina. Kerr Drug Fuhrer Jr. Lessons in Success Program, and the Zachry Chair for Translational Research was recognized by the National Medication the Duratz Athletic Complex. at the Institute for Drug Development of the Richard B. Kelson Therapy Management Firm as a Top Chain Cancer Therapy and Research Center. At the Richard B. Kelson, retired executive Pharmacy in 2007 and 2008 and received Margaret Grey University of Virginia, she was the Gerald vice president and chief financial officer for the 2006 Pinnacle Award, the highest honor Margaret Grey has made significant D. Aurbach Professor of Endocrinology, the Alcoa, Inc., received a Juris Doctor degree awarded by the American Pharmacists contributions to the prevention, treatment, director of the Clinic for Osteoporosis and from Pitt’s law school in 1972. Association. Civello’s honors include the and management of diabetes, and her work Metabolic Bone Diseases, and a Mellon Kelson forged a highly distinguished Health Care Hero award from the Triangle with affected families to develop behavioral Investigator at the University of Virginia career at Alcoa, serving in a number of Business Journal and the Distinguished approaches has improved the lives of count- Cancer Center. She was the principal leadership roles during his 30-year career, Alumni Award in 1992 from Pitt’s School less children with diabetes. investigator for a number of clinical trials including as a member of the Executive of Pharmacy. After receiving her Bachelor of Sci- in the study of endocrine disease. Council. He also served as Alcoa’s execu- Civello served as chair of the board ence degree from Pitt’s School of Nursing Guise has been the recipient of tive vice president-environment, health, of the National Association of Chain Drug in 1970, Grey eventually went on to hold numerous awards and honors, including the and safety, and, under his leadership, Alcoa Stores and chair of the board of directors academic appointments at the University American Society for Bone and Mineral received the prestigious Gold Medal for of the Chain Drug Consortium, which he of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, and Research Fuller Albright Award and the International Corporate Environmental October 26, 2009 • University of Pittsburgh • 5 Legacy Laureates, continued

Achievement from the World Environment School of Education. earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry Hal K. Wrigley Center. After beginning his career as a high at Pitt’s School of Arts and Sciences in Hal K. Wrigley, who has had a remark- Among Kelson’s many accomplish- school teacher, he quickly went on to become 1962. At Bayer, Noble served as board able and varied career as a dentist and an ments at Alcoa were undertaking two suc- a leader in higher education, serving as a chair for Deerfield Urethane, a Bayer sub- entrepreneur, earned his bachelor’s and cessful billion-dollar cost-savings programs; professor and administrator at Shippensburg sidiary, and president of the Bayer Polymer Doctor of Dental Medicine degrees at Pitt creating a top-notch finance team; trans- University of Pennsylvania and president of Division, where he doubled sales to $2 in 1965 and 1967, respectively. forming its shared-services organization; Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. In billion, completed four major acquisitions, After completing his studies at Pitt, improving environmental, health, and safety 1983, he became the founding chancellor of and oversaw capital projects of more than he served as a U.S. Army captain in the performance; and overseeing numerous the Pennsylvania State System of Higher $1.2 billion. Vietnam War and as a member of the mergers and acquisitions. Education. During his 18 years in that post, Noble currently serves as chair of Army Special Forces, also known as the Kelson also serves as an operating he was responsible for the organization, the board of directors for Fluorous Tech- Green Berets; he received two Bronze Stars advisor at Pegasus Capital Advisors, LP, a administration, and strategic planning for nologies, Inc., a provider of proprietary and an Air Medal. Following his military private equity fund management firm, and the 14 public universities, serving 95,000 technology for the drug discovery and service, he led a successful dental practice on the boards of directors of the MeadWest- students and employing 11,700 faculty and development industry, and as the chief for 15 years. vaco Corporation, PNC Financial Services staff members at the time. executive officer of Noble Consulting, Interested in tool design, he founded Group, and the Lighting Science Group McCormick is chair of the State Higher which specializes in strategic planning, Applied Concepts, Inc., to develop and Corporation. Education Executive Officers, founder and the financing of start-up companies, and manufacture the RoboGrip pliers. This Recognized for his exceptional lead- member of the Minnesota P-20 Education mergers and acquisitions. tool became the bestselling hand tool in ership capabilities, Kelson won two CFO Partnership, and a member of Minnesota Noble has helped lead a number of the history of Sears and received the Top 20 Magazine Excellence Awards in 2000 for Governor Tim Pawlenty’s Education Coun- community organizations, including Tools Award from Motor Trend magazine Planning Process/Resource Allocation and cil. He received the 2009 Distinguished Ser- service as chair of Life’sWork of West- in 1993. He continued to serve as president for Performance Measurement and was vice Award from the Minnesota Association ern Pennsylvania; founder and chair of and CEO of Applied Concepts when it honored with the Best CFO in Metals and of School Administrators, was named Chan- the board of the Pittsburgh Project for became a subsidiary of Emerson Electric, Mining award from Institutional Investor cellor Emeritus by the Board of Governors Employment of Persons with Disabilities, retiring from that position in 2004. magazine. of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher now known as Project for Freedom; and a Today, Wrigley’s business ventures A member of Pitt’s School of Law Board Education, and received the Distinguished member of several boards of directors. include service as president of Knights- of Visitors, Kelson provides generous finan- Friend of Public Higher Education Award Noble has supported Pitt in a variety bridge Biofuels and Ecogy Biofuels, where cial support to the University, including gifts from the Association of Pennsylvania State of ways, including service as a member of he oversees research and development, and to the Edward F. Mason Scholarship Fund College and University Faculties. the University’s Board of Trustees and of as a partner in Tech 21 Partners, LP, the in the law school. McCormick has demonstrated his the board’s budget, investment, and student developer of a multimillion-dollar mixed- commitment to the University by making affairs committees. He also is a member use development in Marshall Township, James H. McCormick generous contributions to the Dr. James of the Boards of Visitors of the School of Pa. James H. McCormick is chancellor of Harold McCormick and Dr. Maryan Garner Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School Wrigley is a dedicated supporter of the the Minnesota State Colleges and Univer- McCormick Cathedral of Learning Preser- of Public and International Affairs. He University, providing generous financial sities system, comprising 32 institutions vation Endowment. has provided extensive financial support support to the School of Dental Medicine, operating on 54 campuses and serving to the University, including gifts to the the Bioengineering Development Fund, 390,000 students. He received the Master of H. Lee Noble H. Lee Noble Scholarship Fund and the and The Linda C. Baker and Harold K. Education and Doctor of Education degrees, H. Lee Noble, recently retired as execu- Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg Univer- Wrigley Legacy Fund and serving on the in 1961 and 1963 respectively, from Pitt’s tive vice president of the Bayer Corporation, sity Chair. dental school Board of Visitors.

CHANCELLOR’S AWARDS FOR STAFF

2010 STAFF EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE TO THE 2010 STAFF EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE TO THE

COMMUNITY UNIVERSITY

Nominations are being solicited for this University-wide award to Nominations are being solicited for this University-wide award recognize staff members whose dedication and effort have made their to recognize staff members who have made outstanding contributions community a better place to live and have improved the quality of life for to the University. This award will be given annually to part-time or others. This award will be given annually to part-time or full-time staff full-time staff members who have been employed at the University for members who have been employed at the University for a minimum of a minimum of five years. Nominations can be made by individuals, five years. Nominations can be made by individuals, groups, students, groups, students, or alumni. Self-nominations are allowed. If you know or alumni. Self-nominations are allowed. If you know of a staff member of a staff member whose work demonstrates a consistent pattern of whose work in the community surpasses the expectations of the organiza- extraordinary dedication to the University, often above and beyond the tions for whom he or she serves and whose commitment and effort have responsibilities of the nominee’s position, please submit a nomination to made a significant impact on the community while also demonstrating a Jane W. Thompson, Chairperson of the Selection Committee, University consistent pattern of dedication to the University, please submit a nomina- of Pittsburgh, 1817 Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. tion to Jane W. Thompson, Chairperson of the Selection Committee, Uni- versity of Pittsburgh, 1817 Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. The nomination deadline is Friday, November 13, 2009. The nomination should include the nominee’s name, campus address, and The nomination deadline is Friday, November 13, 2009. The nom- phone number; responsibility center and unit; dates employed at the ination should include the nominee’s name, campus address, and phone University; current position; and the nominee’s supervisor’s name and number; responsibility center and unit; dates employed at the University; campus address. The nomination will be reviewed to confirm that the current position; and the supervisor’s name and campus address. The nominee is eligible, after which the nominee, nominee’s supervisor, and nomination will be reviewed to confirm that the nominee is eligible, after nominator will receive notice of the nomination along with a request for which, the nominee, nominee’s supervisor, and nominator will receive additional information. notice of the nomination along with a request for additional information. A committee appointed by the Chancellor will review the nominations A committee appointed by the Chancellor will review the nominations and materials submitted and will select up to five persons to be honored. and materials submitted and will select up to five persons to be honored. For more information, call 412-624-6576 or visit http://www.hr.pitt.edu/ For more information, call 412-624-6576 or visit http://www.hr.pitt.edu/ awards.htm. awards.htm. 6 • Pitt Chronicle • October 26, 2009 Newsbytes Pitt-led Team Digs in Icelandic Additionally, the Dyngjufjöll range is similar to many Volcanoes for Clues to of Mars’ very large volcanoes, Skilling said. The Red Planet Martian Terrain, Earth’s Past has several large, very long-lived caldera volcanoes—which And Future Climate have expansive open pits caused by large eruptions—that for most of the planet’s history would have erupted through A three-year project led by the University of and interacted with thick layers of water ice. Dyngjufjöll and Pittsburgh will tap a volcanic other caldera volcanoes provide the best mountain range in central Earth-based models for studying the Iceland for clues about how formation of this important part of the the Martian surface formed as Martian surface, Skilling said. well as the past and the future —By Morgan Kelly of our own planet’s climate. Ian Skilling, a volcanology Building With Bamboo professor in Pitt’s School of Nets Pitt, Indian Arts and Sciences, recently Students a Nod for received $304,000 from the United Nations-Daimler Posing on the road from Rimbik to Darjeeling are (from left) Pitt civil engineering graduate student Derek Mitch; National Science Foundation International Bhavna Sharma, civil engineering doctoral student and recipient of an Integrative Graduate Education and Research to investigate the historic inter- Engineering Award Traineeship from Pitt’s Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation; civil engineering doctoral student Maria Jaime; and play between volcanoes and civil engineering professor and William Kepler Whiteford Faculty Fellow Kent Harries. glaciers preserved in the frozen A team of students from the desolation of the Dyngjufjöll University of Pittsburgh and the Indian in the developing world. workers cobble together buildings that list on the steep (Din-gyu-fyotl) mountains. Institute of Technology in Kanpur (IITK) The Pitt-IITK project, “Promotion of Bamboo as a Cost hillsides and crumble from frequent mudslides and Skilling will collaborate with working in the Indian Himalayas to Effective and Sustainable Structural Material,” relates to the earthquakes. Engineers in this remote part of India also colleagues from the University Ian Skilling popularize bamboo construction as a team’s ongoing collaboration with an engineering group in lack access to the equipment needed to perform basic of Iceland, the United Kingdom’s Open University, and sustainable construction method were recently selected as India to promote, design, and build bamboo structures in quality control and assurance testing. the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. finalists for an international engineering award presented the Indian Himalayan regions of Darjeeling and Sikkim. The In response, the Indian group Sustainable Hill The team plans to collect data for constructing a by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Pitt group is led by Bhavna Sharma, a Swanson School of Engineering and Design (SHED)—led by one of Harries’ model that illustrates the interaction between large volca- Organization (UNESCO) and German automaker Daimler. Engineering PhD candidate and recipient of an Integrative former graduate students—seeks to repopularize the noes and overlying ice sheets by analyzing the textures, The Pitt-IITK team is among 30 finalist teams for the Graduate Education and Research Traineeship from Pitt’s ikra, a traditional bamboo-frame structure. Bamboo is chemical composition, and age of rocks at Dyngjufjöll. Mondialogo Engineering Award presented by Mondialogo, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation. Kent Harries, a native to the region, largely resistant to earthquakes, Their results could reveal new information about past an initiative of Daimler and UNESCO that sponsors Pitt civil engineering professor and William Kepler Whiteford and gentle on the steep, loose-soil hillsides. The Pitt ice ages. Volcanoes that erupt underneath ice capture intercultural collaborations. The finalists were selected from Faculty Fellow, serves as the project’s faculty advisor and students develop comprehensive material standards evidence of the ice’s presence and thickness. Because it 932 research proposals from 94 countries and will attend a leads students to India for fieldwork. for bamboo construction, conduct strength and design has been blanketed by at least 16 glaciers in the past Nov. 6-9 convention in Stuttgart, Germany, where the final Sikkim and Darjeeling straddle the planet’s most tests for bamboo structures, and, when in India, help 2.5 million years, central Iceland likely contains among selection will be made. The engineering award encourages unstable terrain. Here, modern construction materials such SHED tackle issues ranging from slope stability to clean the most comprehensive records of Northern Atlantic land engineering students in developing and developed countries as concrete and masonry—which became fashionable in the energy. ice, Skilling explained. This largely unexplored chronicle to create cooperative projects that address some of the 20th century—pose a threat to the environment and human More information on the project is available on would be invaluable for depicting Earth’s bygone climate major challenges of the 21st century, including poverty, safety. These materials have to be trucked along rugged, Pitt’s Web site at www.chronicle.pitt.edu/?p=1613. and, thus, helping model future climate change. sustainable development, climate change, and improving life winding roads where untrained contractors and temporary —By Morgan Kelly

Pitt Students Making a Difference

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1 JIM CARVER About 3,000 Pitt students participated in the second annual Pitt Make a Difference Day (PMADD) Oct. 17. 1. Buses departed from the William Pitt Union at 9:30 a.m. to go to various sites throughout Allegheny County. 2. Volunteers traveled to McK- eesport to the Produce-to- People site, which is part of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s direct distribu- tion program. 3. Other students picked

MARY JANE BENT/CIDDE up trash on Railroad Street in the Strip District. PMADD is sponsored by Pitt’s October 26, 2009 • University of Pittsburgh • 7

Lectures/Seminars/ “Who Tells the Stories of Poetry? Villon and His Readers,” Nancy Readings Regalado, professor of French, New York University, 4:30 p.m. Oct. 29, 202 Frick And What About the Human? The Fine Arts Building, Pitt Medieval and Happenings Politics and Literatures of Freedom Renaissance Studies Program, Depart- in Radical Anti-colonial Thought,” ment of French and Italian Languages colloquium with Anthony Bogues, author and Literatures, 412-624-5220. and Brown University professor of Afri- cana studies and political science, 12:30 “The Politics of Theory: Caribbean p.m. Oct. 27, 512 Cathedral of Learning, Literature and the Search for a New Boundary 2: An International Journal Critical Language,” George Lamming, Ensemble-in-residence of Literature and Culture, www.english. visiting professor of Africana Studies, University of Pittsburgh pitt.edu. Brown University, 4:30 p.m. Oct. 29, 501 Cathedral of Learning, Boundary 2: An “A Brief Overview of the Life Science International Journal of Literature and and Medical Device Industry for Culture, www.english.pitt.edu. Engineers,” Bob Brook, project electri- cal engineer, Medrad Inc., noon, Oct. 28, “Careers in Biotech,” Alan West, 424 Benedum Hall, graduate seminar, president and CEO, Carmell Therapeutics Pitt Department of Electrical and Com- Corporation, noon Oct. 30, S100 Starzl puter Engineering, Pitt Swanson School Biomedical Science Tower, Brown Bag of Engineering, 412-624-8001. Luncheon Series: Careers Over Lunch, Pitt Survival Skills and Ethics Program, “Religious Pluralism and Syncretism 412-578-3716, www.survival.pitt.edu. in a Conflict Zone: A Study of Brah- manical Iconography in Polonaruva, “Science-driven Mathematical Sri Lanka, circa 10th-13th Centuries Explanation,” Alan Baker, professor Ella, CE,” Rakesh Mahalakshim, lecturer, in Swarthmore College’s Department The music of Ella Fitzgerald, Jawaharial Nehru University’s Center for of Philosophy, 12:05 p.m. Oct. 30, 817R Pittsburgh Public Theater, Cathedral of Learning, Lunchtime Talk Historical Studies, 2 p.m. Oct. 28, 4217 through November 1 Posvar Hall, Pitt Asian Studies Center, Series, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Sci- www.ucis.pitt.edu. ence, 412-624-1052, [email protected].

“Nervous Masculinity: Consumption and the Production of Embodied Opera/Theater/ Pitt PhD Dissertation Gender in Indian Wrestling,” Joseph Alter, Pitt anthropology professor, 3 p.m. Dance Defenses Oct. 28, 2201 Posvar Hall, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, www.wstudies.pitt.edu. Falstaff, opera by Verdi, Oct. 27 and Kara Lynn Andersen, School of Arts 30; Benedum Theater, 719 Liberty Ave., and Sciences’ Department of English, “Labor Relations in China’s Export Downtown, Pittsburgh Opera, 412-456- “Immaterial Materiality: Collecting in Processing Zones,” Chenchen Tang, 6666, www.pittsburghopera.org. Live-action Film, Animation, and Digital graduate student in Pitt’s Graduate Games,” 10 a.m. Oct. 26, 527A Cathedral School of Public and International Revealed, Pitt Dance Ensemble’s annual of Learning. Affairs, noon Oct. 29, 4130 Posvar Hall, fall informal dance concert, 7 p.m. Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series, Pitt Oct. 29- 30, Dance Studio, Trees Hall, Joseph Candiello, Swanson School of Asian Studies Center, 412-648-7426, Pitt Dance Ensemble, 412-648-8262. Engineering’s Department of Bioengi- www.ucis.pitt.edu. neering, “Investigation Into Changes of Les Miserables, theatrical performance, the Biophysical Properties of Basement “The Young Gang Problem: A through Nov. 1, Byham Theater, 101 Membranes by Atomic Force Micros- Comprehensive Community-wide Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Musical copy,” 2:30 p.m. Oct. 27, 303 Center for Approach,” Irving A. Spergel, author Theater, 412-456-6666, www.pgharts. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 300 and professor emeritus, University of org. Technology Dr., South Oakland. Chicago’s School of Social Service Reduce, Administration, noon Oct. 29, 2017 Antigone, theatrical performance, Sara A. Guediche, Center for Neurosci- IonSound Project, Bellefield Hall, November 1 Cathedral of Learning, Buchanan through Nov. 1, Pittsburgh Playhouse, ence, “Adaptive Processes in Speech Ingersoll and Rooney Fall 2009 Speaker 222 Craft Ave., Oakland, Point Park Perception: Contributions From Cerebral Series, Pitt Center on Race and Social University, 412-621-4445, www.pitts- and Cerebellar Cortices,” 9:30 a.m. Oct. Problem, www.crsp.pitt.edu. burghplayhouse.com. 27, 2nd-floor Auditorium, Learning Concerts Research and Development Center. Marija Temo and Ulrika Frank, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Sheila Klein’s “Critical Thinking and Ways of Life: A Count Dracula, theatrical performance, flamenco guitarist, vocalist, and dancer, The Return, through Jan. 20, 5472 Penn Radical Politics of the Imagination,” through Nov. 1, Charity Randall Theatre Timothy D. Sullivan, School of Arts and noon, Oct. 28, Nordy’s Place, William Ave., Garfield, 412-365-2145, www. Anthony Bogues, author and Brown in the Stephen Foster Memorial, Uni- Sciences’ Department of Anthropology, Pitt Union, Pitt Arts’ Artful Wednesdays, pittsburghglasscenter.org. University professor of Africana studies versity of Pittsburgh Repertory Theatre, “The Social and Political Evolution of 412-624-4462, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. and political science, 2:30 p.m. Oct. 29, 2009-10 season, www.play.pitt.edu. Chiapa de Corzo: An Analysis of Chang- Andy Warhol Museum, Unnatural Boundary 2: An International Journal ing Strategies of Rulership in a Formative Symphonie Fantastique, Marek Rubber; Super Trash; Shepard Fairey: of Literature and Culture, www.english. Ella, the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Period Mesoamerican Political Center,” Janowski, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibau- Supply & Demand, all through Jan. 31, pitt.edu. through Nov. 1, Pittsburgh Public The- 2:30 p.m. Oct. 30, 3307 Posvar Hall. det, piano; Oct. 30-Nov. 1, Heinz Hall, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237- ater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, www. 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, BNY Mellon 8300, www.warhol.org. “Morphodynamics of Transitional ppt.org. Grand Classics, Pittsburgh Symphony Meandering Channels: A Closer Look Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www.pitts- Hunt Institute for Botanical Docu- Into Planform Evolution,” Jorge Abad, Forever Plaid, musical theater, through burghsymphony.org. mentation, Botanicals: Environmental assistant professor, Department of Civil March 28, Theater Square Cabaret, 655 Expressions in Art, the Alisa and Isaac and Environmental Engineering, Pitt’s Penn Ave., Downtown, CLO Cabaret, Reduce, IonSound Project’s environmen- M. Sutton Collection, art exhibition, Swanson School of Engineering, 4 p.m. 412-456-6666, www.pgharts.org. tally themed program celebrating musical through June 30, Carnegie Mellon Oct. 29, 203 Thaw Hall, Pitt Department reductions of larger works, 7 p.m., University, 5th floor, Hunt Library, 4909 of Geology and Planetary Science, www. Nov. 1, Bellefield Hall auditorium, Ion- Frew St., Oakland, 412-268-2434, www. geology.pitt.edu. Sound Project 2009-10 Season: Reduce, huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu. Renew, Recycle series, www.proartstick- ets.org. Exhibitions Carnegie Museum of Art, Document- ing Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project, Part Three, through Nov. 1; Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Member Exhibit, through Nov. 8; Digital to Daguerreotype: Photographs of People, through Jan. 31, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3309, www. cmoa.org.

Senator John Heinz History Center, Forbes Field: Celebrating 100 Years, through Nov. 8; and Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War, through Jan. 15, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.heinzhisto- rycenter.org.

Frick Art & Historical Center, Icons of American Photography, A Century of Photographs From the Cleveland Museum of Art, through Jan. 3, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371- 0600, www.frickarts.org.

Mattress Factory Museum, Gestures: An Exhibition of Small Site-specific Pittsburgh Works, through Jan. 10, 500 Sampsonia Glass Center, Way, North Side, 412-231-3169, www. Sheila Klein, mattress.org. through January 20

Forbes Field: Celebrating 100 years, Senator John Heinz History Center, through November 8 Pitt Chronicle University News and Magazines University of Pittsburgh 400 Craig Hall 200 South Craig Street Pittsburgh, PA 15260

8 • Pitt Chronicle • October 26, 2009 Pitt Jazz Week 2009 to Feature Community Outreach Activities, Lecture, Film, and Nov. 7 Concert By Sharon S. Blake

Jazz enthusiasts from throughout the Impossible, and The Cosby Show. region will be on the University of Pittsburgh Golson says he is looking forward to campus Nov. 3-7 for the 39th annual Pitt Jazz returning to Pitt to lecture and perform, an Seminar and Concert, the longest-running experience that he says is “always fulfill- event of its kind in the ing.” United States. Founded by Nathan A stellar group of A stellar group of Davis, director of Pitt’s Jazz international jazz musi- international jazz Studies Program, the Pitt cians will hold free on- Jazz Seminar and Concert campus lecture/dem- musicians will hold free was the first academic jazz onstrations, visit area seminar in the country to Lew Soloff Yotam Silberstein Jimmy Owens Benny Golson schools and community on-campus lecture/ feature international artists venues, and convene for connecting with aspiring performances by members of the Pitt Jazz 2-3 p.m. the annual concert at demonstrations, visit students in a lecture format, Ensemble have been taking place throughout “A Salute to Max Roach” 8 p.m. Nov. 7 in Carnegie then performing together as October in Nordy’s Place, on the lower level Terri Lyne Carrington Music Hall, 4400 Forbes area schools and an ensemble. of the WPU. The public is invited to the free, Ave., Oakland. community venues, Details on the Pitt Jazz remaining performances at noon on Oct. 29 3-4 p.m. Guest performers Week events follow. and Nov. 5. “The Genius of Wes Montgomery” include George Cables, and convene for the Concert Yotam Silberstein piano; Terri Lyne Car- The Nov. 7 concert Evening Jazz Film/Lectures rington, drums; Leon annual concert at is a one-of-a-kind perfor- (Free and open to the public) Saturday, Nov. 7 Lee Dorsey, Pitt assis- mance, given the diverse 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3 10-11:15 a.m. tant professor of jazz 8 p.m. Nov. 7 in playing styles and the show’s Film screening: Round Midnight (Ber- “Trumpet Kings: The Music of Roy studies and coordinator impromptu nature. Tick- trand Tavernier, 1986) Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker, and of Pitt’s Jazz Studies Carnegie Music Hall, ets are $18; students with WPU Assembly Room Miles Davis” Program, bass; Benny Oakland. a valid ID pay $8. Tick- About an expatriate tenor saxophonist Lew Soloff Golson, tenor saxo- ets are available by calling living in Paris who is befriended by a French phone; Donald Harrison, ProArtsTickets at 412-394- graphic designer who tries to help the musi- 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. alto saxophone; Jimmy Owens, trumpet; 3353 or visiting www.proart- cian overcome alcoholism. “A Tribute to Jazz in Film: The Ter- Yotam Silberstein, guitar; and Lew Soloff, stickets.org. Tickets also are available at the minal” trumpet. University’s William Pitt Union (WPU) box 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 Benny Golson Golson’s participation in the Pitt event office. Student tickets can only be purchased Heinz Memorial Chapel occurs the same year that the John F. Ken- at the WPU. Fifth and Bellefield Avenues, Oakland nedy Center for the Performing Arts has The Honorable William R. Robinson, Lecture, “Inside the Business of honored the sax man—a composer, arranger, District 10 representative on the Allegheny Music” lyricist, and producer—with a concert County Council and former Pennsylvania Charlie Fishman, president and execu- PUBLICATION NOTICE The next edition of titled “Benny Golson at 80.” Hosted by state representative, will serve as the eve- tive producer of the DC Jazz Festival and Pitt Chronicle will be published Nov. 2. actor Danny Glover, with appearances by ning’s master of ceremonies. At intermis- former personal manager and producer for Items for publication in the newspaper’s the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Al sion, one of the guest artists will be pre- Dizzy Gillespie. Happenings calendar (see page 7) should be Jarreau, Ron Carter, and others, the Jan. sented with the University of Pittsburgh Jazz received at least two weeks before the event 24 concert featured Golson performing Seminar Committee Award and two other Morning and Afternoon Lectures/ date. Happenings items should include the his compositions that have become jazz musicians (one living and one deceased) Demonstrations following information: title of the event, standards. will be inducted into the University of All take place in the Frick Fine Arts name and title of speaker(s), date, time, Pittsburgh International Academy of Jazz location, sponsor(s), and a phone number and “Benny wrote the kinds of tunes people Building auditorium Web site for additional information. Items whistled and sang,” said Billy Taylor, artis- Hall of Fame. (Free and open to the public) may be e-mailed to [email protected], faxed tic director for jazz at the Kennedy Center, Friday, Nov. 6 to 412-624-4895, or sent by campus mail to adding that Golson is also popular with those Brown-bag Lunches 10-11 a.m. 422 Craig Hall. For more information, call who recognize his distinctive sound from (Free and open to the public) “A Tribute to Bud Powell, Bill Evans, 412-624-1033 or e-mail [email protected]. various movie soundtracks and theme songs As a preview to Jazz Week and to set and Herbie Hancock” from TV shows like M*A*S*H, Mission the mood on campus, brown-bag lunch George Cables