Tuesday. September 13, 1983 Published by the University of Pennsylvania Volume 30, Number 3

In the Works: A Plan to Keep a Penn Education Affordable For parents whojoke (but don't laugh) that pointed out, but "for Ph.D. students we are tuition costs more than their houses did, the working on other steps to meet their needs." University has come up with a financing plan Ph.D. support is high on the priority list that closely resembles home mortgaging. already, the Provost said, and "solving the Its earmarks are a guarantee against tuition financing problems for two out ofthree catego- increases, fixed or variable interest rates, and ries can only helpaswe turnto graduatefellow- tax deductibility of the interest. ship concerns." Any new measures must take The "Penn Plan" unveiled Friday to the account of the fact that flexible progress Trustees Executive Board has been two years in toward graduate degrees prevents setting a development, starting with three goals: to limit total guaranteed price and predictable pay- student indebtedness after graduation: to help ment schedule that are the key to the Penn families plan financing (in ways more tax- Plan. advantageous thantakingloans in the student's The Plan was presented Friday by Dr. name, for example): and protecting Penn's Robert Zemsky, the former historian turned "need blind" admissions policy for the rest of analyst of college and university planning and the century. finance. Now a professor at GSE and director As trustees raised and debated safeguards to ofthe University' Higher Education Financial a plan in which Penn would in effect become Research Institute, he headed the team work- "banker" to families, Provost Thomas Ehrlich ing with deans, financial administrators and said "the real nightmare would be the idea that others. something like this would not get done." "The four options are one for parents who The reference was to loss of quality and have saved tuition money and want to besure it under that leaves will cover allfour two for those who also diversity present public policy years: Option Two gives the same guarantee, but students ofmiddle-income families stranded. want a but need to finance the guaranteed price allows for down payment (one full year's tui- The Plan is believed to be the first in the after a down and one for payments payment: tion and fee) with a ten-year installment pay- nation torelieve middle-income parents-those aided students whose main need for relief is a back at a guaranteed interest rate. schedule of whose cash flow makes pay-as-you-go a hard- payback more flexible than that of Option Three is the same as Option Two, but loans ship but whose annual income is too high to any public agency that may make up part with variable payback schedules, of their Dr. arranged qualify for public-agency loans and direct package," Zemsky summed up separately with each family. after the to trustees. grants. briefing Option Four, for aided undergraduates would be only, Its four options work for both undergradu- Option One chosen by parents spreads any parental contribution over which who the full tuition. Penn would eight ate and professional-school enrollment, prepay guar- years instead of four: and by channeling pres- Provost Ehrlich anteea set at the current rate. have set courses to degree, price entryyear's ent loan funds into the Penn agency acting as banker, it allows for flexible payback sche- dules. In terms of at'ailahi/iir ofloans, it could at times make a difference in stability ofenrol- lment from Thefourfaculty members at low-income families as public poli- cies shift. left now have named "This professorships, and the one is by no means a substitute for the below has one named for needed loan and direct grant funds of local, him. Their stories are on state and federal agencies." Dr. Zemsky said. "The that pages 4-5. push President Hackney started two years ago with college presidents in the Dela- ware Valley area [protesting student aid cut- backs in Washington] has to go on, and so do Continued nextpage

INSIDE' " Trustee Actions, Reports, p.2 " Of Record: Affirmative Action, p.2 " Regulations: Research Faculty Track, p.3 " Chairs, Changes & JOINING IN, pp. 4-5 'We Sing Amid Our Uncertainty, p.6 " Faculty/Staff as Freshmen, p.7 " Guides to Settling in, p.8

Penn Planfrom page 1 tax interest may be ofmuch greater value to the Cash Flow: Up as a whole ifthe are in a other efforts of this university and of higher family parents higher In Chairman Miller and President income bracket. Since the loan reports by education in general to make it possible for they co-sign the Executive Committee atthe can take in the tax relief. Hackney, Sep- students at all income levels toenroll andftnish they part tember 9 news in Penn's back- "Some of the incentives that make us strain meeting, good college." he added. "Otherwise we will lose a to-school financial was the over the short run to a house-because it's picture higher- generation-perhaps more than one." buy Commonwealth contribution Meantime, the trustees will be to off in the run-are built into than-budgeted University going pay long at 2 but granted at 3.6; see asked to act in December on a the Plan. (expected percent setting up table) and a surge in cash receipts through wholly-owned subsidiary-tentatively known "Communicating that approach to college the notable ones Mr. Miller tuition-in effect students and gifts. Among as SFAA, for Student Financial Assistance reeducating out a G.E. toward an NMR (be- their families to a new of a singled gift Agency-and establish a line of credit pro- way financing-is low), two Robert Wood Johnson awards to at $55 million or more. The major job." he added. Admissions. Financial jected Agency Nursing, and the late HUP benefactor Thomas would both receive One Aid and Communications staffat the Univer- funds-Option pre- McCabe's bequest adding $800,000 to a trust outside loans and and future sity were brought into the picture early on to payments, grants, he set up some years ago. paybacks under Options Two, Three and test its "marketability" and help develop ways Four-and disburse funds to the Universityfor to explain it. Actions: A Magnet... Some People tuition and fees. The projection is that Penn will launch the Two of the Executive Board's actions add Atthe meeting.Trustee Margaret Mainwar- four options. with next year's entering class. resources in medicine-one the Eisman Pro- cautioned the to alumni two have been ing planners guard Already mailing pieces de- fessorship (page 5) and the other the çonstruc- relations from any perception ofthe University signed-a brief explanation for first-inquiries tion of a $3.3 million Nuclear Magnetic Reso- as a collection agency. "The wholly-owned and a more detailed one for those who apply. A nance (NMR) facility at Silverstein. General whichCoopersand Lybrand recommended third stage, personal counseling, will be deve- Electric has given $1.2 million toward the cost subin their independent-sidiary,analysis ofour plan early loped for those who decide on Penn. of the magnet itself, and the Department of this year, should help that," Dr. Zemsky said. The new mailing pieces are designed as com- Radiology's educational and development "We might really call this a financing assis- panions to the Communications Office's new fund will take up the rest of the magnet's cost tance plan rather than a financial assistance," package of admissions and orientation mate- plus contruction to house it. he explained. "But there can be some real dol- rial (page I). highly praised at the Executive In faculty appointments and promotions, larsavings for families under Options Two and Board meeting for their design and content. Provost Ehrlich identified six tenure-bearing Three-especially for the many parents who And, said Trustees Chairman Paul F. Miller. actions-for FAS's Dr. Alan J. Auerbach in now help their children with payback aftergrad- "After debating all this time whether to call economics, Dr. Paul M. Chaikin in physics uation but cannot realize tax benefits on the ourselves Penn or Pennsylvania, thequestion is and Dr. Paul Guyer in philosophy; for Medi- note in the graduate's name. The deduction of settled: We're Penn!" cine's Dr. Michael J. O'Connor in neurosurgery and Dr. Alan J. Wein in urology; and for Nursing's Dr. Ann Burgess (see page Getting on with Affirmative Action 4). Remaining actions by the trustees were: The acceptance of Penn's Affirmative Action Plan prompts the publication below of the Universi- " Confirmation of Helen O'Bannon as Senior Vice ty's official statement on equal opportunity, which appears in the Handbook for Faculty and Ad- President. ministration and in other literature used to recruit and orient students, faculty and staff. It should " Change of Dr. Ross Webber's title to Vice Presi- accompany the statement on Conduct and Misconduct published by the President and Provost (Al- dent for Development and University (from Alumni) manac September 6) when that document is used for discussion. Relations. "The long review conducted by the Department of Labor has resolved those few differences of *Designation of F. Stanton Moyer as University format and approach that delayed formal acceptance," Affirmative Action Director Davida Hopkins representative to the Atwater Kent Museum Ward. Ramey said, "but did not delay the University in implementing the spirit of the plan. In some of " Appointments to several Boards of Overseers and our highest-ranking appointments we have certainly made steady and demonstrable progress in di- to the Athletic Advisory Board (to be published). versifying the University's leadership," Ms. Ramey said. "and if nothing else Penn is proving be- " Adoption of updated Standing Resolutions on fac- yond any doubt that the very best candidates do come from richly varied backgrounds. But there is ulty appointments and related topics that were ar- more to be done, and it is a distinct relief to have the review completed so that we can get on with rived atjointly between the Provost's Office and the the rest of the job." Faculty Senate. These will appear in the revised Copies of the 190-page document are being sent to all school and center affirmative action offi- Handbook for Faculty and Administration now in cers, and may be examined at 4 Bennett Hall. preparation. The Commonwealth Appropriation 1112-OF RECORD- -13 1113-14 Increase Instruction $ 7.577.000 5 7,930,000$353,000 4.7 Action Financial Aid 3.798.000 3.798.000 0 0 Policy Statement on Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Medical Instruction 3.116,000 3.240.000 124,000 4.0 Veterinary The University of Pennsylvania, which includes the hospital, does not discriminate on the InstructIon 7.677.000 7,984,000 307,000 4.0 .9 basis of race, color, sex, sexual or affectional preference, age, religion, national or ethnic Dental Instruction 724,000 752,000 28.0003 Totals$fl,192,XS $23,711,088 $112,198 3.8 origin, or handicap. The University's policy applies to faculty and other employees, appli- cants for faculty positions and other employment, students, and applicants to educational programs and activities. Such a policy in recruitment, appointment, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits. 3601 Locust lk/C8 Pa. 19104 training, tuition assistance, lay-offs, terminations and social and recreation programs and in Philadelphia. (215) 896-5274 or 5275. all educational programs and activities is fundamental to the effective functioning of an institution ofteaching, scholarship, and public service. However, simpleabsence ofdiscrimi- nation is not sufficient. The task is to act positively toward the elimination ofall patterns of The University of Pennsylvania's journal of record andopinion treatment. The affirmative action are dedicated to the full is publishedTuesdays duringtheacademic yearand asneeded unequal University's policies during summer and holidaybreaks.Guidelinesfor readersand realization of equal opportunity for all. contributors areavailable on request. As law and its own the maintainswritten affirmative action required by policies, University EDITOR Karen C. Gaines plans for womenand minorities; for handicapped individuals; and for disabled and Vietnam ASSISTANT EDITOR Marguerite F Miller Era Veterans. The affirmative action plans of the University of Pennsylvania are available EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Unda N. FIscher from the Office ofAffirmative Action. ALMANAC ADVISORY BOARD Eliot Stellar, chair, Jacob Any concerns related to these policies should be directed to the Office of Affirmative Abel. June Axlnn. Jean Crockett, Carolyn Marvin and Ralph 4. Spritzer for the Faculty Senate; Denise McGregor for the Action located in Bennett Hall. Room Administration .... Jane BryanfortheLibrarians Assembly -Sheldon Hackne;; President -Thomas Ehrliilz, Provost Edwin Ledwell for the Administrative Assembly .... Joseph Kane for theA-3 Assembly.

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REGULATIONS OF RECORD University-wide Guidelines for the Research Faculty Track Adoptedby the Senate Executive committee on Mar 5. 1982. and forwarded to the Provost on Mar28. /982 Revisedand forwardedto the Provost on Mar 3. 1983 Approved hr the Provost on August 5, /983

The purpose of research faculty appointments is to increase the Members of the research faculty do not normally move to positions quality and productivity of the research programs in the University by on the Standing Faculty and then only in conjunction with a national permitting the appointment of scholars to the faculty on a non-tenure search. Under no circumstances may appointment to the Associated basis in orderto participate inand cooperate with the research efforts of Faculty be used as a device to extend the tenure-probationary period. faculty with tenure-significant appointments. Salaries overthe period of Because appointments to the research faculty are contingent upon the appointment are derived from research grants or other external external funding and may be terminated when the funding ceases, funds. An individual on the research track should not be supported for indefinite continuity ofappointment at any rank should not be assumed. an extended period of time from funds derived from the unrestricted For that reason all initialappointments and reappointments shall specify budget. the sources of funding. The tentativeness of research appointments Members ofthe research faculty do not acquire tenure. The research reflects the University's policy to limit guaranteed long-term appoint- faculty will be appointed in the Associated Faculty on a full-time basis ments to faculty who contribute in significant measure to both the only. Part-time appointments in the research faculty are not offered. teachingand the research mission ofthe University. Quality of investiga- Since research faculty fall in a full-time employment category, recom- tive effort is measured as scrupulously for research track faculty as for mendations for appointment to the research faculty must be in com- tenure track faculty. Research faculty appointments are solely for pliance with the Affirmative Action Plan ofthe University. enhancement of research programs, particularly in those areas where The research faculty is composed of individuals who hold a terminal unique expertise is required. degree and who choose to concentrate on research. Appointees are not While imposition of a firm limit on the relative size of the research part ofthe teaching faculty, although invitations to present guest lectures faculty may be harmful in its application to a particular program, the may be accepted. Members ofthe research faculty may nottake respon- number of research faculty in a school may not exceed 20 percent of the sibility for courses or seminars in their home departments or in other combined Standing Faculty and Standing Faculty-Clinician Educator departments ofthe University, nor may they supervise theses or doctoral in the school or five positions, whichever is larger. dissertations unless prior approval of the Provost is obtained for each The faculty ofa school may grant the research faculty voting rights in such activity. However, if the individual wishes to participate in the the school's faculty. Voting rights in the appointees' home departments training ofstudents in an area ofexpertise in which heorshe isuniquely are at the discretion of the respective departments. Members of the qualified, the department chair may permit a limited teaching assign- research faculty may not vote on matters related to Standing Faculty ment in a course or seminar for which a faculty member with a tenure- appointments and promotions, or on matters concerning the teaching significant appointment holds responsibility. Over the term of an mission ofthe school. Members ofthe research faculty may not serveon appointment, teaching by a member of the research faculty may not any committees concerned with teaching(i.e., curriculum, student advis- exceed 10 percent ofthetotal teaching load ofa memberofthe Standing ing, academic standards, etc.) or with personnel decisions involving the Facultyin the schooland in any one year no more than 10 percent ofthe Standing Faculty. Individuals in the research track enjoy all the rights teaching in a department may be done by research faculty. Under no and privileges ofacademic freedom and responsibility and have access to circumstances may a member of the research faculty be continuously the grievance procedures ofthe University. engaged over an extended period in the same activities as faculty As noted above, failure to secure promotion to research associate members having tenure or serving in a probationary period for tenure. professor by the end ofthe six-year probationary period will result in a Nor should appointments to the research faculty be made to displace or one-yearterminal reappointment provided external funding is available. make unnecessary the appointment of individuals in the tenure- ranks. Although continued funding may be available, reappointment may be significant denied for the reasons: Permissible ranks are: research professor, research associate profes- following sor, and research assistant professor. These titles are to be written in full I. Lack ofsuitable facilities; whenever used on documents, in listings of University personnel, and in 2. Inconsistency with the research priorities of the department or correspondence. All appointments are for the term specified, or for the school; duration of the external financial support, whichever is shorter. 3. Failure to maintain excellence in the quality of research and Research professors and research associate professors may be appointed productivity. for terms ofup to five years and mayserve without limit oftime through In such instances, the individual should be given a one-year advance successive reappointments. Research assistant professors may be notice in writing that at the conclusion of the term appointment, he or appointed for terms up to four years but in no case may a person hold she will not be recommended for reappointment or promotion. that rank for more than seven years. All individuals holding research An appointment can be terminated prior to the expiration of its term faculty appointments will be subject to the same departmental review on/v ifthesource ofexternal funding for the research faculty member has with regard to research as is customary for other faculty in their ended. In that event, the individual should be notified immediately ofthe departments. cessation offunding. An attempt may be made tocarry the individual on Initial appointments may be made as research assistant professor. An other funding sources, either to conclusion of the term appointment or individual appointed initially as assistant professor in the Standing for a reasonable period in which the individual may attempt to secure Faculty may request review for transfer to the research faculty prior to other employment. When there is reason to believe that the individual reappointment. Time served in the tenure-probationary appointment may be eligible for transfer of employment to another University will be counted as part ofthe seven-year maximum period for research research group, efforts should be made to effect such placement. assistant professors. In the sixth year of the single-track or combined- Research faculty are subject to retirement at the age specified for all track appointment, research assistant professors are subject toa manda- other faculty and aresubject to termination for "just cause"as customar- tory review for promotion to research associate professor. Failure to ily determined within the University. obtain promotion requires termination ofthe faculty appointment at the At the time a research faculty position is offered to a candidate, the end of the seventh year assuming external funding is available for the relevant Dean shall inform the candidate in writing oftheconditions and terminal year appointment. limitations on such appointments.

This text amplifies apassage onpage 24 ofthe /977 Handbook for Faculty and Administration, andis incorporatedin the/brtheo,ning /983 edition. ALMA NAC. September /3, 1983 3

Two University Professors

Psychiatry: Dr. Beck Cornplanter medal for lroquoian Studies, the Bancroft Prize in American Dr. Aaron T. Heck, a household name in the History (for Rockdale) and the Athenaeum of new to the treat- Philadelphia development approaches Award of 1980 for Rockdale). ment of Literary (also depression through cognitive therapy, The Rockdale The is now Professor of at award-winning (subtitled University Psychiatry Growth an American in the the School of Medicine. of Village Early Industrial Revolution) is several books The founder of Penn's "mood clinic" among (the and articles since 1977 that have added a Center for at 36th and Wal- Cognitive Therapy theme of social to industrial revolu- nut) is the author of over 150 articles and five adaptation tion to Dr. Wallace's work. Recent writing has books including Depression: Clinical. Evperi- ranged from extended families and the role of mental and Theoretical Aspects; Diagnosisand women in early industrial societies to coal- Management of Depression: Prediction of mining and the perception of risk.Dr. Beck Dr. Wa//tue Suicide;and two volumes on cognitive therapy. He is also associate editor of Cognitive Ther- apy and Research, and a veteran of ten other journals where he has served as board member and Two New Chairs' First Holders or consultant. Dr. Heck was a Phi Beta Kappa at Brown, where he took his H.A. in 1942 and an honor- ary degree last year. He took his M.D. from Yale in 1946. then served as assistant chief of Nursing: Dr. Burgess neuro-psychiatry at Valley Forge Army Hospi- When the van Amer ngen Foundation set up tal before joining Penn in 1954. the nation's first endowed chair in psychiatric His awards include the American Psycho- mental health nursing and awarded it to Penn, pathological Association's 1983 Paul Hoch Dean Claire M. Fagin launched a nationwide Award and the 1983 Louis Dublin Award ofthe search to fill it. American Association ofSuicidology. Dr. Beck has also held numerous national such as The search found Dr. Ann Burgess, a posts scholar and consultant on of the Society for Psychotherapy prominent teacher, Dr. Dr. Joshi president effects of For the Burgess Research: trustee ofthe American Academy of the psychological rape. past two decades, her areas of research have Engineering: Dr. Joshi Psychoanalysis, review panelist at NIM H. and major chair of that institute's task force on Suicide been victims of violence, child abuse and ado- Dr. Aravind K. Joshi, chair of the Engineer- been Prevention in the Seventies. lescent victimization. Since 1978 she has ing School's computer and information sci- involved with teaching and research with the ences, is the first Henry Salvatori Professor of FBI Academy and U.S. Department of Justice. Computer and Cognitive Sciences. Anthropology: Dr. Wallace The Salvatori Chair was established through A Fellow of the American Academy of Canadian-born Dr. Anthony F.C. Wallace, a $1 million gift from Henry Salvatori, a 1923 Nursing, she serves as a consultant for the Na- of the Moore School who founded a member of the University since his under- and graduate tional Center of Child Abuse and Neglect Western graduate days as a history major in the Classof the Massachusetts of Public Wel- Geophysical Company. of Department It is of a in computer 1947, is now University Professor fare, Unit. Dr. is also a part major expansion Adoption Burgess sciences that includes last year's $1 million Anthroplogy. Since 1980 he had been the first member of the Scientific Committee R. Profes- founding each from IBM and the Alfred P. Sloan incumbent of the Geraldine Segal of the World Federation on the Needs of Vic- grants in American Social Foundation, and a recently awarded $3.8 mil- sorship Thought. tims, Princeton and has testified and mental health University, lion from the NSF, Dean Joseph Combining psychology times before House and Senate Commit- grant studies with fieldwork and an American many Bordogna said. SEAS computer research in- writing tees on the areas of her expertise. Indian culture, early in his career Dr. Wallace teracts with a variety of programs in the completed work at the Rorschach Institute and Dr. Burgess is a 1958 graduate of Boston School and across the University-such as the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute as well University who took her M.S. in psychiatric those in artificial intelligence, computer vi- as earning both his master's degree (1949) and nursing from Maryland and returned to Boston sion, computer graphics, natural language pro- Ph.D. (1950) in anthropology at Penn. He for the D.N.Sc. awarded in 1966. cessing and computer architecture. Dr. him- self is on the in and began teaching in 1948 as assistant instructor, In books and some 60 articles here and graduate group Linguistics eight co-director of the Science rising to full professor and chairman of anthro- abroad she has combined her studies of abuse Cognitive Program. He has made contributions to communication pology in 1961. (During 1955-61, while serv- with definitive works in such areas as commu- at Eastern information of ing as a research associate mental health and role in inter- theory, theory, theory compu- Institute, he contin- nity nursing's tation, formal artificial intelli- Pennsylvnaia Psychiatric vention. Two of the books have won awards, grammars, Penn as a associate natural interfaces for ued with visiting profes- and her other honors include gence, language cpmput- sor. And, since 1961, he has remained a medi- many being ers, and and named 1980 Nurse of the Year linguistic psychological cal research scientist at the Psychiatric by of information models. Institute.) Nurse Education and in implications processing Dr. Wallace is a member of the National Prespectives Psychi- Dr. Joshi, who at Penn in atric Care. began teaching Academy Sciences, American Philosophical 1961, is a graduate of the University of Poona, Society, American Academy of Arts and Sci- The van Ameringen Foundation of New India, with a graduate diploma in communica- ences and many other learned societies. The York's endowment of the chair "is a con- tion engineering from the Indian Institute of former president of the American Anthropo- firmation of the positive force that psychiatric Science at Bangladore and MS. and Ph.D. logical Association has also chaired an ACLS nursing has become within the general field of degrees from Penn. He has been a sub-commission in the U.S.-U.S.S.R. ex- mental health," Dean Fagin said. "The selec- Guggenheim Fellow, an Invited Member of change, and been an advisor in the American tion of Dr. Burgess clearly emphasizes both the Institute for Advanced Study, Distin- space program. His awards include the Cleve- the quality of scholarship among psychiatric guished Visitor of the IEEE Computer Group, land Foundation's Annisfield-Wolf Award nurses and the impact of their work on resolv- and president of the Association for Computa- for The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca; the ing social and mental health problems." tional Linguistics. 4 ALMA NA C, September 13, 1983

STAFF CHANGES' and lacrosse before becoming the assistant athletic director. Intercultural Center: Mr. Gonzalez A 1964 graduate of Springfield College in Rene Abelardo Gonzalez, a former student Massachusetts, Mr. Blake earned his master's development specialist at the University of degree in physical education from the Univer- Texas at Austin, is the director of the Univer- sity of Bridgeport. Connecticut in 1967. He sity's new Intercultural Center. The three-story taught and coached several sports at Pelham. center is in a recently renovated building N.Y.. Memorial High School 1964-70. located at 3708 Chestnut Street. Ext. 3357. Mr. Gonzalez said the goal of the center is "to make the general University community JOINING IN aware of cultural diversity and cultural per- spectives while highlighting the contributions Honoring a Career of minorities to American society and life." As On Wednesday. September 28, at 3:30 p.m. in an academic support center it will sponsor pro- Suite A-3. Education Building, the Graduate School grams, activities and lectures and house some of Education is having a Coffee to celebrate Naomi student organizations. The Intercultural Cen- Berman's 20 years at GSE. Students, staff, faculty, Plus a Chair Established all friends: come and celebrate with us our ter's grand opening will be scheduled for mid- please Grateful patients, former students and col- to late-October. good fortune in knowing and workingwith Naomi of Dr. Eisman in the forso many years. leagues Sylvan depart- Mr. Gonzalez provided minority student ment of medicine raised the million-dollar -Norma Kahn. Adjunct services, transitional services, and retention- Associate Education endowment to establish the H. Eisman Professor of Sylvan and-emphasis programs during his six years at Professorship in his honor. A search commit- Austin. He was also an assistant instructor of Need tee for the new chair will be appointed soon. Spanish there, 1976-1978. Earlier he was a tutor a Ride to Delaware County? A alumnus who took College (psychology) consultant in reading and study skills and an The University's vanpool #5. Delaware County, his M.D. at Penn in 1941. Dr. Eisman rejoined editor-translator of social education textbooks needs riders from Aldan. Clifton Heights. Coiling- the as teacher and in dale. Primos. University practitioner into Spanish. Darby. Darby Township. Springfield 1946 after service in the Air Force from and Westbrook Park who work S a.m.-4:30 p.m. Army A Phi Beta Kappa at Texas where he took which he as a Lieutenant Colonel. Interested employees maycall me at HUP. Ext. emerged his undergraduate degree in Spanish with hon- With Dr. Robert Ravdin he was instrumen- 2549. ors in 1975, Mr. Gonzalez also received his -Don,inick Mechanical tal in the unit at Haigh. establishing chemotherapy masters in Spanish there in 1979. Leader. Refrigeration, Hf/P HUP. In addition, in the early 'seventies he foreshadowed a now-accepted part of medical Need a Ride to the Northeast? education by organizing and teaching a course to sensitize medical students tothe needs ofthe The University's vanpool #7. Northeast Phila- is for riders who live in the vicini- terminally ill. delphia. looking ties of Red Lion Road and Roosevelt Blvd.. Welsh In his years of service, he came to 40-plus Road. Bustleton Avenue. Grant Avenue. the role model of the Academy "epitomize physician- Road. Torresdale Train Station or State Road. teacher," Dean Edward Stemmler said. "He Interested University or HUP employees maycall has embodied in his career, and transmitted to meat Ext. 3242. countless students, asetofvalues which empha- -Doreen Gal/u. Administrative sizes treating the whole person-a philosophy Assistant. School of Medicine of medicine which has endeared him to pa- tients, students and colleagues alike."

Rabbi Levine Mr. Gonzalez Regan Chair English Lectures The English Department inaugurates its new Hillel Foundation: Rabbi Levine Donald T. Regan chair this month with a lec- ture series on The Cultural Form ofthe Second Rabbi Morton Levine, former director of B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at the Work! War starting September 16. University Three lectures will be given by the chair's ofArizona in Tucson, succeeds Rabbi Michael first holder, Dr. Paul Fussell, who as a Rocke- Kaplowitz as the director of Hillel at Penn. feller Foundation fellow this year will be work- Rabbi Levine, an Air Force chaplain stationed Hold Hands with the ing on his forthcoming book on World War II in Bangkok before becoming director in Tuc- Community (to be published by Oxford University Press). son in 1973, was also a member of Tucson's If ever there was a case for "joining in" it's the United Donor we This new study examines the cultural form Jewish Educational Advisory Committee. Way Option campaign just kicked off this month on This Presi- ofthe war and contrasts its intellectual climate A graduate of Case Western Reserve Uni- campus. year dent has the of the with that of World War I, into account versity, Rabbi Levine was ordained at the Jew- Hackney accepted job heading taking "Pacesetter" program to speed up college and artistic and the natureofconversa- ish Theological Seminary of America, where phenomena university portions of the four-county campaign. he earned a degree. He also took an tions among men in uniform. graduate On our own campus, we are setting a really fast M.A. in and at the Uni- Described as one of America's leading liter- counseling guidance pace-the cards are already out to school and of- of Arizona. ary humanists, Dr. Fussell has won awards for versity fice volunteers, and they are to report back before hisstudies of literature and war in thetwentieth the end of the month. century, notably a National Book Award for Athletics: Mr. Blake We have never before tried to move so fast, but we think it's worth it in for the health and his study on World War I, The Great Warand Curtis W. Blake, assistant director of athlet- stability welfare of our choice to know their re- Modern Memori' ics at since 1980, is Penn's agencies (1975). Colgate University sources sooner in the If we're to The lectures will be held at in Alumni new associate director of athletics year. going 4p.m. succeeding give-and last year we did, at $115,000, the high- Hall ofthe Towne as listed below: Building Lew Perkins, now director of athletics at est total in Penn history-let's give or pledge now September 16 Service Cu/lure Wichita State University. Mr. Blakejoined the and make Penn a winner in the hearts of its com- September 20 The Uses ofInnocence staff at Colgate in 1970 as head wrestling munity friends. September23 The Persistence of Wartime coach and a physical education instructor. He -James H. Robinson, Director, Cu/lure served as an assistant coach in football, track Community Relations 5

Each year the Provost gives to the entering freshmen his picture of what a Penn education is all about, and shares it with the rest of the campusfor a contemplative break in business-as-usual. Following his essay, Almanac reports on some activities and publications that help orient other newcomers to the nature ofthe place.

We Sing Amid Our Uncertainty

The Provost's Address to the Freshman Class

Welcome to the University. Penn isfortunate to haveyou with us. This I do not mean to suggest that the approaches or the methodologies of is an institution of infinite facets. I want to focus a few words on one of the various disciplines taught here are all similar. Indeed, the major particular importance-the academic spirit ofthe University. benefit of requiring a diversity of disciplines in your curriculum is that Yeats is my favorite poet, but it is a line from one of his essays that each has its own set of lenses through which to examine and evaluate seems best to capture that spirit. "Unlike the rhetoricians, who get a evidence. While no discipline has the single right angle of vision, in confident voicefrom remembering the crowd they havewon ormay win, combination, the resulting intellectual prisms can provide the perspec- we sing amid our uncertainty." Much ofwhat you will be doing here will tives needed to weigh and to measure, tojudge and to evaluate evidence beto listen, to learn, to speak, to write, and occasionally-ifyou are both in arriving at your own considered judgments on how best to use your wise and fortunate-to sing, at least figuratively, but always "amid our talents and energies. uncertainty." We seek to learn more, to inquire whether there is not a The evidence acceptable in my own field oflaw, for example, is limited better way, to reexamine ajust-proved thesis on the hypothesis that new by rules and procedures that seek to ensure fair resolution of contro- evidence may call it into question-all because the only thing we know versy. They exclude evidencecalled "hearsay" though itmay be, by some for sure is that we cannot know anything for sure. "Even the best writer standards, the best evidence available. in his best lines is incurably imperfect," wrote another poet. Robert The methods ofphysical sciences are quite different. An hypothesis is Lowell. But we keep on seeking, ifnot perfection, at least improvement. developed and experiments are designed to test that hypothesis. If a Over the courseofyour four years here asan undergraduate, you will single bit of inconsistent evidence emerges, the hypothesis must be gain enormous quantities of information. But the sum of that informa- rejected and a new one proposed and tested. What a different approach tion will be only a tiny fraction of the world's knowledge and much of from the weighing and balancing of conflicting testimony in the that fraction may, in a factual sense, prove to be wrong or at least courtroom! irrelevant before you have even a chance to return for a class reunion. The historian's methods are of still different design. She or he must The most important dimension of what you will learn, however, will not shift and weigh masses ofdata and present a picture ofwhat happens and be information but a process of self-education. It is developing an why it happens with both persuasiveness and with caution. The histori- inquiring mind that is open, searching, probing, but never certain. It is an's role is not like that of either the legal advocate or the scientific making decisions, based on considered judgments, in an envelope of explorer, though there are elements of both disciplines involved. uncertainty. All this is essential to all aspects of adult life, professional If you become exposed, as you should, to procedures in a number of and personal. different fields, you can be far better equipped to analyze and resolve How does one develop an inquiring mind? The process begins, para- problems you face when they no longer fall into neat categories called doxically, with an act of faith-Penn's faith in your own abilities. It can political science, civil engineering, and so forth, but rather are real be, I well realize, a bit depressing to hear, as you have in recent days,just concerns, personal or professional, of real people. how bright and talented your classmates are. Whatever honor or Youwill find, becauseyouare at Pennsylvania, an extraordinary setof achievement you have earned, there are others who seem to have done opportunities to experience the integration of intellectual disciplines. even more. But you would not be here if this institution did not have Not only does this University offer an incredible array of interacting extraordinary faith in your abilities. curricular opportunities for undergraduates taught by faculty members Be ready and willing to seek out those areas-in and out of the from each of twelve schools, but there is a positive premium placed on curriculum-that seem to offer maximum opportunities to stretch your finding and exploiting the connections. mind in ways that it has not been stretched. It is easy, even comfortable, To flourish in this environment, two attributes seem to me ofparticu- to take the science courses required for medical school or their counter- lar importance-the courage to inquire and the morality of reason. The parts for other professions. I do not mean the courses are easy-far from courage to inquire is based on the premise that whatever the dangers it. But the decision to take these courses is essentially made for you. It is inherent in knowledge, those inherent in ignorance are far more omi- much harder, but infinitely more challenging, to reach out into the nous. An act of faith is involved, for it cannot be proven that more realms ofpoetry or astronomy, not because thoseare areasthat relate to knowledge today will lead to a better life tomorrow, though all the your future careers, but rather because the subjects sound stimulating evidence ofthepast supports that assertion. At this University, likeother and the teachers challenging. By all odds. I believe, those who have great institutions of learning, we are committed to the relentless ques- enjoyed the richest educational experiences here are those who have tioning, searching, revising, rejecting, reaffirming process that is always followed their intellectual curiosities. skeptical of anyone's answers, though fully aware that decisions of You will find, in every field, faculty members working on the frontiers enormous consequence must often be based on those answers. ofknowledge. They are working, in other words, in the realm of uncer- On this premise, the argument that there are some things we should tainty. They will bring that uncertainty into their classrooms and share not know is unacceptable. Whatever may be true in our personal lives, with you the excitement of thinking about the unthinkable-occa- for a university the answer must always be to try to know more. This sionally with some ofthe trauma that the process entails. does not, of course, mean that a university need sponsor scholarship in 6 ALMANA C, September 13, 1983

all areas. It must set priorities. But it must not close off inquiry because of broadcasting systems, an active student government, and many service allegations ofserpents in the apple tree. clubs. In addition, there are fraternities and sororities and, of course, The courage to inquire requires the morality of reason to guide it. athletics as well. Penn has intercollegiate teams in overa dozen sports for Reason does not, of course, provide the only morality, even for a men and women and even more in the intramural program. university, but it is the one we recognize in our academic work. It is the You naturally cannot become involved in all theseactivities, but I urge morality that demands reasoned analysis of each problem, full develop- that you stretch yourself in as many new directions as possible by ment of those analyses, and full recognition of the limits of rational participating in a wide variety. exploration. All of us come to this University with conceptions and A final word about our University community. It is just that-a preconceptions. How could it be otherwise? You are required here to community of women and men linked by common interests. Penn state your premises, why you have chosen them, and the reasoning includes an extraordinarily rich diversity of backgrounds, interests, processes by which you move from premises to conclusions. races, and religions. It is sometimes easy and comfortable to confine No one would suggest that success in academia is guaranteed with yourself to those students seemingly most similar to your own self- only thecourage to inquire and the morality ofreason. Youwould not be image. But I recommend aspecial effort todojust the reverse-to extend here without displaying ample evidence of significant brainpower and yourself tothose ofdifferent backgrounds, for the chances are great that substantial willingness to work very hard. Those two attributes, to put they can do most to enrich your understanding ofthe human condition the mattergently, areessential. So is a spirit ofcooperation. While much in all its dimensions. of learning isa lonely undertaking, much requires jointeffort. And there We naturally do notrequire that you like all those whom you meet. We are other attributes aswell. But if you havethose two primary ones, you do insist, however, that you honor the dignity of each individual on the will. I believe, find here the special exhilaration that is the joy of campus, that you treat each person as a human beingworthy ofthesame education. respect you should rightfully demand for yourself. Without that respect, Penn is also a splendid place to stretch yourself in realms outside the our community cannot operate. With it, the potential is infinite. academic curriculum and to have fun in the process. More than 250 With great expectations, therefore, we urgeyou to take full advantage clubs and organizations operate on the campus. They include musical ofall that is here. We are delighted that you are with us. and theater groups, publications, religious and cultural organizations, -Thomas Ehrlieh

Faculty and Staff as Freshmen: A Thumbnail Sketch

This year for the first time, the University Senate Chair June Axinn's review of the institution at Penn, the regular meeting of Sen- conducted an orientation program for new fac- Senate role started with its creation in the early ate's chair, past chair and chair-elect with the ulty before holding the traditional wine-and- fifties, at a time of threats to academic free- president and provost as a Consultation Sub- cheese welcome. In a two-hour session at the dom elsewhere that "didn't take hold at committee-and the larger Consultation Com- Faculty Club on September 6, a stream of in- Penn," putting it in the category of institutions mittee that has graduate and undergraduate formation - spoken, written and slide-shown that protect faculty from political or other in- leaders on it, too. She urged new faculty to - greeted some 40 new and visiting faculty cursions on the search for new knowledge and watch for Senate communications inAlmanac, members who had just arrived on campus. its transmission. and remember the location of the Senate Of- This is how the University's leaders All members of the standing faculty are fice: 15 College Hall. summed up the institution and its resources for members of the Senate automatically, she Vice President for Human Resources Gary new people: pointed out. Their access to Senate leaders, Posner sketched the nonacademic side of the on the Senate Ex- house as it relates to - President Sheldon Hackney and Provost constituency representatives faculty the size and ecutive Committee and to school and Senate- of the the role of Thomas Ehrlich, both describing themselves scope University, many fac- as relative newcomers, too, chose words like level Committees on Academic Freedom and ulty as supervisors with responsibility to carry "energetic" and "ebullient" (Dr. Hackney) Responsibility, was described along with an out policies and regulations regarding support and "always yeasty, occasionally irritating but overview of Penn's extensive network ofadvi- staff, and the advantages of the performance never boring" (Mr. Ehrlich) for their impres- sory committees. She described a significant evaluation system now in place. He also in- vited the sions of the University as a community. In newcomers to call upon his office for in their separate ways they went on to underscore the help hiring and supervisory roles. Later, value ofbeing a consciously cross-disciplinary Benefits Manager James J. Keller discussed the University on a single campus - the formal Orient a Grad Student University "package," and ad- vised that counselors and informal interactions that take place, to would be available as A reminder: the faculty is invited to newcomers select what Dr. Hackney called Penn's "tremendous among health care plans. Thursday's reception welcoming new grad- "This is not automatic," advantage over the next generation of scholar- he emphasized. uate and professional students to the "Each of will need to make ship." He reviewed Penn's academic ratings you a selection." University. Two of the more detailed - andits goals in Choosing Penn's Future, then is an of orienta- presentations The reception outgrowth Detective Barbara Cassel's on urged the new faculty members to "engage tions set three the students' public safety, in the It's not 9- up years ago by and Recreation Director Ron Bond's on facili- yourselves fully University. (GAPSA and GSAC, stand- to-5, but it's I'm organizations ties open to faculty and staff for recreation and intellectually exhilarating. ing for Graduate and Professional Students - worn out," he laughed, "but it's worth it." fitness are summed up in new brochures Association and Graduate Student Associ- distributed at the orientation. are From the Provost came a picture of award- ations Council) with the of the Vice They being the commitment to help widely distributed to others in the University. winning faculty, teaching, Provost for University Life. The object: to and the research that gives Penn world-wide A highlight of the faculty orientation was a parallel undergraduates' new-student ac- break for a new slide show, nar- impact not only on scholarship but on the lives tivities with an occasion that breaks down University of rated by Zamost, that and health of people. Outlining the roles the of Penn for new arrivals in ad- Training Manager Judy in and stu- bigness the Human Resources Office for Provost's staff and deans faculty vanced developed dent life, he also told how the Museum, Mor- degree programs. group showings. "The University of Pennsyl- The time is 5-7 and the is the Arboretum and Libraries fit in. he p.m. place vania - A Way of Life" traces Penn ris Finally, Class of '55 Plaza between Houston and history stressed the Conduct Statement issued, and historic firsts, and takes a visual tour of just Halls, or in Bodek at and ended: "You are the . . . a hu- College Lounge Penn today. key [to] Houston Hall in case of rain. mane and caring institution. I'm glad we are partners." (For some "Key Items." see next page.) ALMANAC. September 13. 1983 7

I Orientation packetsfor new faculty (page 7) ON CAMPUS UPDATE contained some of the items below. Other For a master list of events in September, see the poster-calendar in Almanac last week. To newcomers may also want these publish October events in the September 27 issue, the deadline is today at noon, and for the November poster the deadline is October 11. Address: 3601 Locust Walk. Key Items for the Desk

Penn Telephone Directory: The 1983'84 edition will be out in October. Meanwhile, the current one Special Events In September Memorial Services - is still good for most listings and it has maps, tie- 13 at the Fa Club: celebra- A memorial service for the late Edward Ver- line lists, guides to mailing and other services in the Lenape Night u/it' tion of Club's 25th cocktails and non Sparer, professor of law and social welfare. "green" pages. anniversary, will be held Tuesday. September 20, at 3:30 The Practical Penn: The student hors d'oevres featuring American Indian food guide (much in the Law School. Professor livelier than the old intro to Penn) is not for students served at 5:30 p.m.; Lenape Club memorabilia p.m. Sparer died June 22 at the of 53. only, it's a readable encyclopedic guide to campus on display in Main Lounge of Faculty Club. age and environs - and on sale at the Book Store. 15 Activities/ Resource Da: tables set on up A memorial gathering for the late Dr. Sidney Safe Living Guide: Penn Public Safety's advice Locust Walk to inform newcomers about Penn on everything from parking a bicycle to getting an Weintraub, professor of economics, will be student organizations and University services, ID. made - plus urgently important information held Friday. October 28. at I p.m. in the Less- noon-4 on safety phones, escort services, etc. p.m. ing J. Rosenwald Gallery of the Rare Book Handibook, which should be in Room. 6th Floor. Van Pelt Library. Dr. Wein- every department Talks in September office, tells where elevators, TTY terminals and traub died June 19 at the age of69. other aids are located - information on a plus 15 Finding Freedom: Thoughts About Spiri- Handivan for in around help getting campus. tual Liberation; Rev. Ralph Moore, director of Directory of Bulletin Boards: A brand new ef- the CA; 7:30 p.m., Christian Association Build- fort the Communications Committee of Council by ing (CA). tells where to read a kiosk or wall for information on events, jobs and the like - or put up a notice of 16 Transmitter Position Diversity for Random your own. Available from the Office of the Secre- Arrays; Harish M. Subbaram, graduate stu- Hall. tary, 121 College dent, electrical engineering department; noon, Handbook for Faculty and Administration: Room 554, The Moore School (Valley Forge Scarce and soon to be replaced by a loose-leaf Research Center Seminar. Systems Engineer- version. Watch for it. updatable ing Department). Purchasing Procedures Manual: Not everyone 19 The Academic in orders supplies or buys services, but most Appearance of Biology Late Nineteenth America; J. departments keep a manual for those who do. If not Century Philip of found, try Purchasing at P-204 Franklin Building, or Pauley, department history, Rutgers Univer- call Director Robert Ferrell at Ex.t. 1450. sity; 4 p.m., Room 107, Smith Hall (Depart- Research Investigator's Handbook: Again, ment of History and Sociology of Science). the department should have one. The Office of Re- search Administration's of compendium guidelines Change ofAddress Bulb Sales on grant submissions, conflict-of-interest policy, Flowering The staff of Colorful chrysanthemums and spring flower- human subjects review and other policies should be Budget Administration, form- ing bulbs will be on sale September /7-24 at the read before the proposal-writing starts. ORA is on erly located in the Franklin Building, has relo- University's Morris Arboretum-now celebrat- the fourth floor, Franklin Building, Ext. 7293. cated to Room Ill College Hall. This move ing its 50th year of public service. The sale will consolidates the staffs of previously separated also feature bulb planting demonstrations and Other Aids to Settling-In: Penn's Federal Credit Budget Analysis. The telephone number for guided tours during the weekend. Sale hours are Union is at 4015 Chestnut Street (Ext. 8539) for sav- Administration remains Ext. 4950 and 10 a.m.-4 and there is no to enter the or for low-interest loans .... The Budget p.m. charge ings Off-Campus 4952. sales area which is located on Hillcrest Avenue in at Houston Hall (Ext. 5352) advises Housing Office Chestnut Hill. on neighborhood matters including how to get action from a landlord where is concerned ... Col- The Chaplain's Office, formerly located in safety For those gardners or gift-givers who would with homes to let sabbatical Houston Hall, has relocated to the of leagues during may post archway rather shop by mail, there is the ongoing flower- cards on bulletin boards like those in the Faculty the Quad. Memorial Towers/ G9, 3700 Spruce ing bulb sale of the Association of Alumnae. Club men's and women's rooms .... The Purchas- Street. The telephone number is still Ext. 8456. Now through February amaryllis and paper- ing Office (see above) sponsors for Penn employees The Rev. Stanley E. Johnson provides counsel- white narcissus kits complete with pot, soil, and a in Purchase Power, a membership buying organi- ing and personal guidance, as well as broadly- bulbs will be available. Paperwhite kits are avail- zation for discounts on over $150 purchases defined pastoral services such as calls able in whiteor yellow; theamaryllis kits come in Recreation facilities are to staff and hospital open faculty, and aid to families when deaths occur of red, pink, white, orange, and with stripes. The student use when teams aren't practicing. Standard kits cost $7.50 each and han- faculty, staff or students. Those including postage hours are 9 to noon Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. requiring Contact the Association of Alumnae at wheel-chair assistance should advise dling. Saturdays and Sundays. Check with Hutchinson by phone Ext. 7811 for an order form. Gym at Ext. 8387 or Gimbel Gym at Ext. 6101 for before arriving to gain entry. any schedule questions ... BUT for recreation, for use of the Libraries, and many other things on campus the Penn ID. is a must. It has to be shown 'OPPORTUNITIES' in many cases to what want; and often it get you gets The Office of Human Resources has relo- Anatomy-Chemistry Building: near Room 358, you a discount on campus movies, theatre and Haft first floor, cated itsjob listings to a new publication, The College sports. Franklin near Room 130; Penn Paper, to be issued each Thursday by the Building: Johnson Pavilion: first floor, next to directory; Communications Office. Its editor, Ann Bailey, Law Schook Room 28. basement; is at 410 Hall/CN. For a transitional Logan Logan HalL first floor, near Room Ill; Correction Almanac will this notice, period. repeat listing LRSM: first floor. opposite elevator; In last week's notice of the death of Henry B. the bulletin boards wherejob descriptions are Richard. Building: first floor, near mailroom; his surviving half-brothers James and Keep, posted each Monday afternoon. Rlttenhouse Lab: east staircase, second floor; Charles C. Biddle were incorrectly referred to as Social Work/Caster Building: first floor; Almanacregrets theerror, and ap- step-brothers. Steinberg Hall-Dietrlch Hall: ground floor; Dr. Benjamin Hammond's calling or preciates For further information call Office of Towns Building: mezzanine lobby; attention to it. -K.C.G. Human Resources, 898-7284. The University is Van Pelt Library ask for copy at Reference Desk; an equal opportunity employer. Veterinary School: first floor, next to directory.

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