INSIDE Humanities Center lecture...... 2 AAAC fundraising update...... 3 PittNewspaper of the University of PittsburghChronicle Volume XI • Number 31 • November 1, 2010 University of Names 13 New Legacy Laureates The has Among Adams-Campbell’s many named 13 new Legacy Laureates, alumni honors was her selection as a Fellow of recognized for their outstanding personal the Institute of Medicine, the American and professional accomplishments. The College of Epidemiology, and the Hedwig laureates were honored during Pitt’s van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Oct. 28-31 Homecoming festivities. Academic Medicine Program for Women. The Pitt Legacy Laureate program She also has served as an adjunct professor was launched in 2000. Following are brief and guest lecturer at a number of prestigious biographies of this year’s honorees. universities. The recipient of GSPH’s Health Gold Lucile Adams-Campbell Medallion Award, Adams-Campbell was Lucile Adams-Campbell is a profes- named a Pitt Distinguished Alumni Fellow sor of oncology at Georgetown University in 2000. While a student at Pitt, she received Medical Center and associate director the Student Leadership Award. of minority health and health disparities research at the medical center’s George- Robert J. Cindrich

town Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Robert J. Cindrich has most recently CIDDE Center. served as senior vice president and chief A 1983 graduate of Pitt’s Graduate legal officer of the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Adams-Campbell Medical Center. He earned a law degree JIM BURKE/ earned her PhD in epidemiology, the first and Order of the Coif from the Pitt School Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg with Rosalynn Carter African American woman in the United of Law in 1968. States to do so. She went on to become an Cindrich’s legal career includes internationally recognized expert in minor- appointment as a U.S. attorney by Presi- ity health and health disparities research, dent and as a U.S. District Rosalynn Carter Brings Stature, Dedication identifying and addressing public health judge by President Bill Clinton. A founding issues in the United States, Africa, and the partner of a prestigious law firm, he is a Caribbean. member of the Association of Trial Lawyers To Fight for Mental Health System Reform Adams-Campbell has held a series of of America and the Academy of Trial Law- By Sharon S. Blake academic and administrative appointments yers of Allegheny County. He also served at Howard University; served as director of as a member of the Supreme Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter just leaving her overnight shift. the Howard University Cancer Center; and Court’s Civil Procedural Rules Committee. began championing mental health rights “Good morning, I hope you’re going led several large cohort studies of African Cindrich’s legal career includes clerk- and reform during the mid-1960s, when she home to get some sleep,” Mrs. Carter had American women, including the Boston ing for the Honorable Ruggero J. Aldisert and her husband, Jimmy, were working on said. University Black Women’s Health Study, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third his gubernatorial campaign. During one The woman answered that she hoped considered to be the largest medical study Circuit, representing underprivileged particular stop—at an Atlanta cotton mill— so, too, but that she and her husband, who to explore the disproportionately high rates Mrs. Carter greeted an older weary woman, of disease among Black women. Continued on page 5 clothes and hair covered with lint, who was Continued on page 4 Edward McCord Named Director of Pitt’s Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy and civic action on important public policy director of this broad new opportunities for the issues, building on Thornburgh’s legacy Un iver sit y for u m, Thornburgh Disability forum to foster student and by creating a framework for advancing his McCord will continue Lecture Nov. 4 faculty interests in law and vision of creating effective and principled to expand and integrate public policy. In particular, governance. The forum engages in a variety the forum’s offerings in Andrew J. Imparato, his experience with the of activities across the University that are collaboration with the president and CEO of the Honors College provides an designed to enhance the accountability and exceptional academic American Association of People ideal vehicle for increasing integrity of governmental institutions at the programs of the Uni- With Disabilities, will present the impact of the forum’s local, state, and national levels. Internation- versity Honors College programs across a wide ally, it seeks to advance those values as well to the larger Univer- a lecture as part of the 2010 range of activities within as the commitment to the rule of law for all sity academic com- Thornburgh Family Lecture the University community.” levels of government. munity by developing Series in Disability Law and “I am delighted that “The Dick Thornburgh Forum for programs that reflect Policy at 1 p.m., Nov. 4, Ed has agreed to serve Law and Public Policy honors the legacy the career and inter- as director of this impor- of achievement and impact of University ests of Pitt alumnus Ballroom B, University Club. tant forum,” said Patricia of Pittsburgh trustee and alumnus Dick and trustee Thornburgh An accomplished attorney with E. Beeson, Pitt provost Thornburgh, who, through a lifetime of (LAW ’57), a former bipolar disorder, Imparato and senior vice chancellor, public service, has made extraordinary two-term Pennsylvania worked with a coalition of more in announcing McCord’s contributions to the public good,” said Pitt governor and attorney appointment. “His demon- CIDDE / Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg. “We are general of the United than 200 disability, employer, strated skills in administra- fortunate that Ed McCord, who already has States under both Presi- civil rights, and faith-based tion and program develop- contributed so much to the advancement of dents groups to guide the political ment are ideally suited to our Honors College, now also will provide and George H. W. Bush. the responsibility of chart- MIKE DRAZDZINSKI strategy that led to the passage strong leadership to a variety of programs Thornburgh also served ing and steering the future Edward McCord and activities that will advance Dick Thorn- as United Nations of the Americans with course of the forum.” burgh’s vision of effective and principled Under-Secretary-Gen- Disabilities Act (ADA) Amend- “I look forward to By Patricia Lomando White governance and respect for the rule of law.” eral for Administration ments Act in 2008. The Lecture working with Governor Through annual lectures and a Univer- and Management and Series is sponsored by the Dick Thornburgh in develop- Edward McCord, director of program- sity-based archive spanning Thornburgh’s director of the Institute ing innovative uses of his ming and special projects for the University diverse career, the forum is intended to of Politics in the John Thornburgh Forum for Law and archival materials across of Pittsburgh Honors College, has been develop program relationships with schools F. Kennedy School of Public Policy. the University. The Gov- appointed director of Pitt’s Dick Thorn- and departments across the University. Government at Harvard ernor’s career is associated burgh Forum for Law and Public Policy, Over the past several years, recent program University. with a broad spectrum of effective Oct. 1. offerings were held in partnership with the “ E d Mc C o r d’s achievement and offers Established in 2007, the mission of Graduate School of Public and International appointment as director of this program is numerous opportunities for teaching and the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law and Affairs, the School of Law, and the School good news indeed,” said Thornburgh. “His Public Policy is to foster public education of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. As background and experience open important Continued on page 4 2 • Pitt Chronicle • November 1, 2010 BrieflyNoted

p.m. Nov. 4 in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium. wireless service, more electrical outlets, and a 46-inch Nov. 5 Deadline for Pitt Staff Hahn is the author of several collections of screen to access the Internet. Association Council Endowed poetry, including The Artist’s Daughter (W.W. Norton, A small raised stage will accommodate perfor- Book Fund Scholarship 2004), Mosquito and Ant (W.W. Norton, 2000), and mances, including those by musicians in Emerging Narrow Road to the Interior (W.W. Norton, 2006). Legend, a weekly concert series cosponsored by ULS Pitt faculty and staff members who have a Her latest book of poetry, Toxic Flora (W.W. Norton, and Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society. The child attending the University of Pittsburgh have 2010), contains poems inspired by articles from the series kicks off Friday with a free noon performance until Friday, Nov. 5, to apply for the Staff Associa- Science Times section of The New York Times. of Ronni and Al, a jazz-influenced piano/guitar duo tion Council Endowed Book Fund Scholarship. The The recipient of fellowships from the National with vocals. program was established to provide financial Endowment for the Arts and the New York Founda- —By Sharon S. Blake assistance toward the purchase of books for a Pitt tion for the Arts, Hahn also has received the Lila undergraduate student whose parent or guardian is Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award, the Theodore a staff member at Pitt. Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize, and the Association Awards of as much as $200 can be granted of Asian American Studies Literature Award. In 2007, each year. To download an application or find out she received the Poetry Society of America Shelley more about eligibility, visit www.sac.pitt.edu or call Memorial Award; other Shelley Award recipients 412-624-4236. include poets Adrienne Rich and E.E. Cummings. Hahn earned a BA in English and East Asian studies at the University of Iowa and an MA in Japanese literature from Columbia University. She Memorial Service currently is Distinguished Professor in the English Planned Nov. 5 for Pitt Humanities Center department at Queens College/CUNY. Plans Nov. 3 Talk on Jewish The Contemporary Writers Series is cosponsored Ruth Eleanor Levine Origins of Christianity by the Pitt Book Center and University of Pittsburgh Press. For more information, call 412-624-6508 or A memorial service will be held for The University of Pittsburgh Humanities visit www.creativewriting.pitt.edu. Ruth Eleanor Levine at 1:30 p.m. Center and Medieval and Renaissance Studies —Sierra L. Starks Nov. 5 in the University of Pittsburgh’s Program will present a lecture by Anthony Graf- Nov. 4 Talk Planned on Heinz Memorial Chapel. ton, the Henry Putnam University Professor of Wood Carver Whose Work Is Mrs. Levine, an admired artist History at Princeton University. The lecture, titled Featured in African Heritage who had worked for The National “How Jesus Celebrated Passover: Renaissance Nationality Room Endowment for the Arts’ theater Scholarship and the Jewish Origins of Christian- program and managed the travel- ity,” will take place at 5 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Frick Rowland Abiodun, the John C. Newton Professor ing exhibition for the U.S. Holocaust of Art History and Black Studies at Amherst College, Fine Arts Auditorium. A reception will follow the Museum, died Oct. 18. She was 74 lecture from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Frick Fine Arts will give a free public lecture at the University of Pitts- years old and had been married for 51 Cloister. burgh at 4 p.m. Nov. 4 in the Frick Fine Arts Building. The free public lecture will focus on percep- The lecture, titled “The Itinerant Artist as years to Arthur S. Levine, senior vice tions of Jesus as part of the Jewish world. Explorer in Yoruba Culture,” is a memorial for Lamidi chancellor for the health sciences and Grafton is an expert in renaissances, Fakeye, a fifth-generation traditional Yoruba/ dean of Pitt’s School of Medicine. reformations, and historiography, with a special Nigerian carver whose work is featured in the entry A reception in the Carnegie interest in the cultural history of Renaissance door, chalkboard doors, and podium of Pitt’s African Museum of Natural History Hall of Europe. He has written extensively on forgeries Heritage Classroom, one of 27 Nationality Rooms in Architecture will follow the memorial and the use of footnotes, the history of books the Cathedral of Learning. The room was designed by service. and book readership, and Renaissance magic, Pitt history professor Laurence Glasco and dedicated among other subjects. Grafton’s recent publica- Hillman’s Cup & Chaucer in 1989. tions include Codex in Crisis (The Crumpled Press, Café Reopens Nov. 5 Prior to the lecture, the African Heritage Class- 2008) and Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship room committee will perform a “going home” libation and Community in the Modern West (Harvard The grand reopening of the Cup & Chaucer café ceremony in honor of Fakeye. Abiodun will discuss the University Press, 2009). He is also a contributing on the ground floor of Hillman Library is set for intellectual transformation of the traditional Yoruba PittChronicle writer for The New Republic and The New York Nov. 5 and will begin with a ribbon-cutting ceremony artist and their role as an agent of both change and Newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh Review of Books. at 10 a.m. continuity in African society. PUBLISHER Robert Hill Grafton is the chair of the Council of the Rush Miller, Hillman University Librarian and Abiodun’s primary research interests are the ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER John Harvith Humanities at Princeton University, where he has director of the University Library System (ULS), will history, style, and aesthetics of African art, particularly EXECUTIVE EDITOR Linda K. Schmitmeyer taught since 1975. make remarks, as will Pitt Provost and Senior Vice art of the Yoruba of West Africa. A contributor of many EDITOR Jane-Ellen Robinet The Nov. 3 lecture is cosponsored by Pitt’s Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson, University architect Park articles to scholarly journals and chapters in books on ART DIRECTOR Gary A. Cravener Rankin, and Strada Architect Al Cuteri. The 10-year-old African art, Abiodun coauthored Yoruba: Nine Centuries STAFF WRITERS Sharon S. Blake University Honors College, European Union Center John Fedele of Excellence and European Studies Center, and café closed in mid-August to undergo a facelift. of Africa Art and Thought (Abrams, 1989), Yoruba Art Morgan Kelly Jewish Studies Program, among others. For more The all-day reopening celebration at the café will and Aesthetics (Center for African Art and the Rietberg Amanda Leff information on the lecture or the discussion, visit feature giveaways from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., including Museum, 1991), and Cloth Only Wears to Shreds: Anthony M. Moore www.medren.pitt.edu. free water bottles and Starbucks tumblers (while sup- Yoruba Textiles and Photographs From the Ulli Beier Patricia Lomando White plies last) and drawings and raffles of gift certificates, Collection (Amherst College, 2004); he also edited CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Susan Zavage Grivnow —Sierra L. Starks Jessica Myers coffee mugs, an iPod Touch, and a mountain bike. The Yoruba Artist: New Theoretical Perspectives on Lynn Shea Pittsburgh Contemporary Free Small Bites from the menu will be available from African Art (Smithsonian, 1994). Sierra L. Starks Writers Series to Host Poet 10:30 a.m. to noon; free hors d’oeuvres from noon to Abiodun has lectured extensively in the United HAPPENINGS EDITOR Baindu Saidu Kimiko Hahn Nov. 4 2 p.m.; and coffee discounts from 4 to 6 p.m. States, Africa, and Europe. This lecture is cosponsored The Pitt Chronicle is published throughout the year by The revamped Cup & Chaucer will be more of by Pitt’s Departments of the History of Art and University News and Magazines, University of Pittsburgh, 400 Craig Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, The Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series a bistro setting with additional eating space and an Architecture, History, and Religious Studies, as well as Phone: 412-624-1033, Fax: 412-624-4895, will continue its 2010-11 season with a free expanded menu. Upgrades include new floor and wall the African Heritage Classroom Committee. E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.chronicle.pitt.edu public reading by poet Kimiko Hahn, at 8:30 finishes and new furniture. There will also be free —By Jessica Myers The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution that does not discriminate upon any basis prohibited by law. November 1, 2010 • University of Pittsburgh • 3 Two Pitt MD Alumni Put AAAC’s $3 Million Diversity Campaign Beyond $2 Million Mark in Pledges, Gifts

to undergraduate and graduate students of advocate for underrepresented students in diverse backgrounds throughout the Uni- the School of Medicine, helping many of versity. [See sidebar below] The AAAC them find resources they need to pursue their launched its $3 million diversity fundraising medical education. The endowment created initiative during Pitt’s 2009 Homecoming. in his name will provide ongoing financial The AAAC’s efforts support to the outstand- have attracted sup- ing dedication he has port from more than The AAAC’s $3 million shown to the many stu- 1,000 donors, whose dents he serves. contributions to the fundraising drive—its first “ For 41 ye a r s, more than 120 diversity Chenits has dedicated funds Universitywide major gifts campaign—has his career to changing have made possible the the world, one life at campaign’s swift and been designed to provide a time,” said Larkins- steady progress. financial assistance to under- Pettigrew. “When given Larkins-Pettigrew the responsibility of and Clagette have made graduate and graduate recruiting students who pledges to establish a traditionally had been new fund in honor of students of diverse back- underrepresented in the Larkins-Pettigrew’s University community, husband, Chenits Pet- grounds throughout the Chenits understood tigrew Jr., who earned how impor tant the the Master of Educa- University. The AAAC responsibility was. His tion degree from Pitt launched its $3 million life is intertwined with in 1976 and a PhD in the lives of the students education from Pep- diversity fundraising he has known. He has perdine University in stood watch and guided 1984; he received his initiative during Pitt’s many who have realized undergraduate degree, their dreams. This gift is Chenits Pettigrew and Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew in political science, 2009 Homecoming. a testament to Chenits’ from Westminster Col- belief in possibilities By Susan Zavage Grivnow lege in 1969. The new and a guarantee that endowment will supply funding for the someone will always be there to stand Distinguished University of Pittsburgh one year after the campaign’s public phase Office of Diversity Affairs in the School of watch.” MD alumni Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew began. The announcement was made Oct. 31 Medicine to provide need-based scholarships Larkins-Pettigrew is currently an (NURS ’76, MED ’94, GSPIA ‘10) and during the AAAC’s Sankofa Homecoming and program support. assistant professor at Case Western Reserve Vaughn Clagette (A&S ’89, MED ’93) Weekend Fellowship Brunch in the Pitts- Pettigrew, who is an instructor in the University, where she serves as program have put the $3 million African American burgh Grand Hotel, Downtown. School of Medicine, has served as assistant director for global health and reproductive Alumni Council (AAAC) student financial The AAAC’s $3 million fundraising dean for student affairs and director of diver- science. Throughout her career, she has assistance fundraising campaign beyond the drive—its first major gifts campaign—has sity programs in the Pitt medical school since $2 million mark in pledges and gifts just been designed to provide financial assistance 2006. In that role, he has been a dedicated Continued on page 4 Pitt African American Alumni Council Fundraising Efforts Support Student Leaders By Lynn Shea and Susan Zavage Grivnow

Glory Ojiere and Deitrick Franklin these are students of ordinary means who “ I h a v e s o are among the recent Pitt students to would not have the opportunity to reach their much appreciation receive scholarship support from the educational goals—and their real potential— for a school I love African American Alumni Council without someone helping financially, it is returning its love to (AAAC). Both have exceeded the no surprise that the students who ultimately me,” Ojiere com- high expectations of their benefactors received the scholarships continue to be mented. “I hope to by not only maintaining high grade grateful. We see every single day that they always be an advo- point averages, but also by having are able to live their dreams. And because cate for Pitt, start- made outstanding contributions to the of their appreciation for this, the desire to ing with being a University as student leaders. help other students and give back what was role model for stu- The AAAC is a group that given to them is always there—even after dents.” appreciates the importance of meeting graduation, even when they leave Pitt for The daugh- and exceeding expectations. Last anywhere in the world.” ter of Nigerian October, it announced the launch of its Ojiere is a junior majoring in psychology immigrants, Ojiere

first major fundraising campaign and set with a focus on premedicine. She plans to believes in giving PHOTOS BY JOE KAPELEWSKI/CIDDE a goal of $3 million to increase financial join the Peace Corps and aspires to work for back. “It wasn’t Glory Ojiere Deitrick Franklin support for promising students like Doctors Without Borders, an international easy for my parents Ojiere and Franklin. In less than one medical humanitarian organization. In addi- to leave everything to come here. I am the Black engineers who excel academically, year, the AAAC campaign has raised tion to pursuing her academic endeavors, first child in my family able to go to college. succeed professionally, and positively more than $2 million in gifts and pledges Ojiere is the director of hiring, training, I fell in love with medicine. It is important impact the community. toward that goal. and recruitment for the Pitt Pathfinders, the for me to thank my family for always being Franklin currently serves on the Pitt The AAAC, which was founded University’s group of student recruiters. In supportive.” chapter’s executive board as program in the late 1980s to recruit and retain that role, she is one of Pitt’s most exuberant Deitrick Franklin is a junior majoring chair and is responsible for planning and African American students, faculty, ambassadors. in mechanical engineering who receives coordinating the student group’s events, administrators, and staff, selected “I love Pitt, and I wouldn’t want to hire financial support from the AAAC’s Karl which include an annual banquet, study- Ojiere to receive the AAAC Endowed someone who doesn’t share the same enthu- Lewis Impact Fund, which honors Professor a-thons, and a ski trip. Last year, Franklin Scholarship. It is one of the alumni siasm,” said Ojiere. Emeritus Karl Lewis, who created the Impact served as the academic excellence chair group’s three giving priorities for the Ojiere excels academically while at the program while teaching civil engineering at for the organization. campaign; the Bebe Moore Campbell same time staying very busy hiring and train- Pitt. Impact provides tutoring, counseling, As the Karl Lewis Impact Scholar, Scholarship Fund and the Jack L. Daniel ing all of the new student recruiters. It is a job and financial aid to help underrepresented Franklin has had the opportunity to meet Endowed Book Award are the other that is very close to her heart—first, because students succeed in engineering. In 2004, Lewis as well as other AAAC members two funds the AAAC has earmarked to she started as a recruiter herself, and second, five Impact program alumni recognized who attended the 2009 Sankofa event. provide students of diverse backgrounds because she cares deeply for the University. Lewis’ work by establishing the Karl H. His contacts have inspired him and helped with direct aid. It was largely because Pitt Pathfinders kept Lewis Impact Alumni Endowed Fund. him land an internship with Chevron in Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, who in close contact with her that Ojiere visited Franklin, who also is from Baltimore, Houston this past summer. is cochair of the AAAC campaign, and eventually chose Pitt. She had toured maintains high grades while also devoting a “It’s really been a wonderful oppor- believes in the power and potential of the 13 different schools in her college search— considerable amount of time to the Pitt chap- tunity,” Franklin said of the financial support the AAAC provides to students: among them NYU and Columbia in New ter of the National Society of Black Engi- support he receives, adding, “I’m glad I “I have not seen any student that has York City and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, neers, a student organization that strives to was chosen as the first student to receive not been phenomenal. Considering that her hometown. increase the number of culturally responsible this scholarship.” 4 • Pitt Chronicle • November 1, 2010 Rosalynn Carter Brings Stature, Dedication Two Pitt MD Alumni Put AAAC’s To Fight for Mental Health System Reform $3 Million Diversity Campaign Beyond $2 Million Mark

Continued from page 3 served in many medical positions, includ- Intensive Medical Services in Carrollton, ing program director for global health Ga., where he specializes in the overall and reproductive science in Pitt’s School medical care of hospitalized patients. of Medicine; assistant director of student Tanner Health System has consistently health at Tuskegee Uni- been named “hospital versity; and critical care of choice” in the region instructor at Brotman by its patients and has Medical Center. She The AAAC campaign is part been recognized by volunteers with several of the University’s $2 billion the Atlanta Business not-for-profit organiza- Chronicle as a Best CIDDE tions worldwide and Building Our Future Together Place to Work. Clag- has received numerous ette is also founder and

JIM BURKE/ awards and honors. In capital campaign, which has chief operating officer From left, Katherine L. Wisner, Rosalynn Carter, and Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg talk together at the Station Square 2009, during her years of HGA Hospitalist Sheraton prior to Mrs. Carter’s Oct. 27 keynote address to the 2010 Marcé Society International Conference, which was held as a faculty member at raised more than $1.5 billion Consultants in Atlanta. at the hotel and ended Oct. 30. Wisner, who is a Pitt professor of psychiatry, obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, Pitt, she was a nomi- to date. In addition, he is a and epidemiology in Pitt’s School of Medicine, is the outgoing president of Marcé. nee for the Chancellor’s member of the Society Distinguished Teaching of Hospital Medicine. Continued from page 1 Award. Clagette and Larkins- Larkins-Pettigrew and Louis Kelly Pettigrew first became friends as students worked during the day, were caring for their County Jail and Rikers Island are the largest (EDUC ’77, ‘78G) are cochairs of the in the Pitt medical school. mentally ill daughter. The woman added that mental health institutions in the world.” AAAC Scholarship Campaign Steering The AAAC campaign is part of the she never knew what to expect when she got Carter recalled that during her hus- Committee. She attributes the campaign’s University’s $2 billion Building Our home. Mrs. Carter said the image haunted band’s campaign for governor in the mid- early success to a number of factors: “We Future Together capital campaign, which her and ignited her desire to work diligently 1960s, people would ask daily what her have been very well supported by Pitt’s has raised more than $1.5 billion to date. for mental health care husband, if elected, would development team. We have a dedicated The University’s capital campaign is the reform. do about residents housed committee that meets regularly and is made largest and most successful in the history University of Pitts- Nordenberg said Mrs. in Georgia’s huge and up of people from many different profes- of both Pitt and Southwestern Pennsyl- burgh Chancellor Mark overcrowded Central sions and backgrounds. The challenge is vania. A. Nordenberg retold Carter was a “shining State Hospital. Never able to make sure we maintain momentum and To learn more about supporting this anecdote from Mrs. exemplar of human to find time alone with continue to educate, so the people really the Pettigrew Endowed Fund and other Carter’s most recent him, at one point during know the good that the donations bring.” diversity initiatives at Pitt, or to make book, Within Our Reach: values,” and he praised the hectic campaign she Clagette is founder, clinical codirec- a gift, visit www.giveto.pitt.edu or call Ending the Mental Health waited in line to shake her tor, and practicing hospitalist of Tanner 1-800-817-8943. Crisis (Rodale Books, her dedication and effort surprised husband’s hand 2010), during his Oct. and ask him point-blank 27 introduction of her as in trying to break down what he planned to do for the keynote speaker for Georgians with mental the 2010 Marcé Society the stigma associated illness. He replied that he Edward McCord Named Director of Pitt’s Dick International Conference, was going to establish a held Oct. 27-30 at the with mental illness and commission and put her Station Square Shera- the barriers that impede in charge of it, Mrs. Carter Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy ton. The annual event, said. which focuses on wom- many people with such Mrs. Carter worked Continued from page 1 en’s mental health issues with Atlanta’s few mental related to childbearing, illnesses. “When people health advocates at the learning, including the exploration of issues dinosaur-bone-bearing beds, Native Ameri- was cosponsored by sev- time as part of the Gov- surrounding governance,” said McCord. can archaeology, indigenous prairie ecology, eral organizations, includ- who hold prominent ernor’s Commission to McCord, an affiliate professor of and a section of the original grade of the ing Western Psychiatric Improve Services for the philosophy and faculty 1869 transcontinental rail- Institute and Clinic of and responsible Mentally and Emotionally member in the environ- road. McCord oversees the UPMC and UPMC Health positions speak out, it Handicapped. mental studies program McCord, an affiliate property’s development as Plan. Katherine L. Wisner, “It was hard to get at Pitt, also is director of an education and research Pitt professor of psychia- has an impact on the people to come to meet- the American Experience professor of philosophy consortium serving Pitt, try, obstetrics, gynecol- ings,” she recalled. “No Distinguished Lectures, the Carnegie Museum of ogy, and reproductive sci- thinking of others.” one wanted to be involved one of the oldest and most and faculty member Natural History, and the ences, and epidemiology —Mark A. Nordenberg in the issue. No one wanted prominent lectures series University of Wyoming. in Pitt’s School of Medi- to admit a family member in the city of Pittsburgh, in the environmental In addition to serv- cine, is the outgoing presi- was struggling.” created by the late Robert ing as Pennsylvania’s top dent of Marcé and only the Once in the White Hazo more than 40 years studies program at Pitt, elected official and the second American to hold that position. House, the First Lady was an active honor- ago. The forum will hence- also is director of the nation’s top prosecutor, Nordenberg said Mrs. Carter was a ary chair of the President’s Commission on forth cosponsor these lec- Thornburgh earlier was “shining exemplar of human values,” and he Mental Health and worked to pass the Mental tures with the Honors Col- American Experience U.S. Attorney for the West- praised her dedication and effort in trying Health Systems Act of 1980, only to see it lege. The lectures feature ern District of Pennsyl- to break down the stigma associated with abandoned, she said, by the next president national figures brought Distinguished Lectures, vania. He currently is of mental illness and the barriers that impede to take office. to the city and campus counsel to the international many people with such illnesses. Mrs. Carter’s post-White House work for discussions of politi- one of the oldest and law firm K&L Gates in its “When people who hold prominent and with The Carter Center has included host- cal, social, and economic Washington, D.C., office. responsible positions speak out, it has an ing an annual symposium for leaders of issues of great moment. most prominent lectures He presented to the Uni- impact on the thinking of others,” the chan- mental health groups. Her Rosalynn Carter Thornburgh, as gover- series in the city of versity Library System in cellor commented after Mrs. Carter’s talk. Institute supports individuals and caregivers nor in 1985, served as 1998 his extensive personal And speak out Mrs. Carter did. coping with chronic illness and disability. an American Experience Pittsburgh, created by papers, which are fully “We spend $120 billion in this country She has written five books and has received lecturer. described on the ULS Web on mental illness,” Mrs. Carter told the audi- numerous awards and honors, including the McCord received his the late Robert Hazo site: www.library.pitt.edu/ ence. “And look what we have—a system in Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s baccalaureate degree cum thornburgh. shambles.” highest civilian honor. laude from Princeton Uni- more than 40 years T h o r n b u r g h a n d There is a great need for many more Following her talk, Mrs. Carter was versity and earned all three his wife, Ginny, in 2003 mental health care professionals, Mrs. Carter presented with the Marcé Medal in recogni- of his graduate degrees— ago. The forum will received the Henry B. Betts added, for organizations to share information tion of her compassion and advocacy for the an MA in cultural anthro- henceforth cosponsor Award from the American on programs that succeed and for additional mentally ill. pology, a PhD in philos- Association of People with attention to be paid to the nation’s returning And she appeared to be equally touched ophy, and a JD—from these lectures with the Disabilities. They donated war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic by a gift for another one of her passions: fly Pitt. He, along with the the $50,000 Betts Award stress syndrome, or PTSD. fishing. A 14-year-old boy associated with late Alec Stewart, found- Honors College. funds to Pitt to establish Mrs. Carter also spoke of the need to the local organization Family Tyes—which ing dean of the Honors The Thornburgh Family teach law enforcement officers how to rec- encourages youth development and environ- College, coordinated the Lecture Series in Disability ognize mental illness, so that people with a mental conservation through fly fishing— donation to the University of the Allen L. Law and Policy in partnership with Pitt’s mental illness involved in disturbances are presented Mrs. Carter with several boxes Cook Spring Creek Preserve near Laramie, School of Law and School of Health and taken to hospitals instead of jails: “The L.A. of hand-tied flies for her next fishing trip. Wyo., a 6,000-acre tract containing pristine Rehabilitation Sciences. November 1, 2010 • University of Pittsburgh • 5 University of Pittsburgh Names 13 New Legacy Laureates

as Subjects in Clinical Research. She has held positions spanning education, research, and clinical practice and has affected the way health professionals approach disease prevention and intervention by increasing their understanding of cultural and gender differences regarding disease and risk. She was the principal investigator for numerous studies with grant funding totaling more than $3.2 million. LaRosa previously served as professor and chair of Community Health Sciences at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and director of the Tulane Xavier National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. LaRosa has received many honors for excellence in teaching and committed service, among them the NIH Merit, Perfor- mance, Special Achievement, and Director’s awards as well as the International Institute

/CIDDE of Boston’s Golden Door Award. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurs-

JIM BURKE ing, the American Heart Association, and Pitt’s 2010 Legacy Laureates gathered in Alumni Hall for a luncheon on Oct. 28. During the meal, the Laureates were seated with students from their respective schools and they participated the New York Academy of Medicine. She in roundtable discussions. First row, (from left), Judith H. LaRosa, John C. Mascaro, Byong Hyon Kwon, Janice M. Holder, Jerri Lynn Lippert, and Jagdish N. Sheth. Second row, (from left) has both authored and reviewed articles, chapters, and abstracts for a number of pro- James P. McDonald, Robert J. Cindrich, John J. Driscoll, Thomas Reinsel, Lucile Adams-Campbell, John T. Tighe III, and Harry E. Rubash. fessional nursing journals. LaRosa serves on the Pitt School of Continued from page 1 Nursing’s Board of Visitors. defendants as assistant public defender for moreland Hospital; as past president and Byong Hyon Kwon Allegheny County, serving the interests of the 1981 Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Byong Hyon Kwon is the Republic of Jerri Lynn Lippert the people as assistant district attorney and Club of Greensburg; as past president of the Korea’s former Ambassador Extraordinary Jerri Lynn Lippert currently serves as U.S. attorney, and chairing the Pennsylvania American Cancer Society of Westmoreland and Plenipotentiary to the People’s Republic the chief academic officer for the Pittsburgh Legislative Reapportionment Commission, County; and as a member, director, and of China, a position held at a time when there Public Schools. She earned her bachelor’s, which resulted in his appointment to the solicitor of the Westmoreland Chamber of was a marked warming in relations between master’s, and PhD degrees from Pitt’s U.S. District Court for the Western District Commerce. the two countries. Kwon earned a Master of School of Education in 1996, 1997, and 2003, of Pennsylvania by President Bill Clinton. A generous contributor to the Univer- Public and International Affairs degree from respectively. He also served his country in the U.S. Army sity of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, Driscoll the University of Pittsburgh in 1968. Lippert began her career as a physical Reserve and the U.S. Air Force Reserve. currently serves on its Advisory Board. Kwon’s diplomatic career spans four education instructor and went on to serve Cindrich’s many awards include selec- decades, including service in a series of as assistant principal of Pittsburgh’s Oliver tion as Jaycee Man of the Year in Law and Janice M. Holder diplomatic postings in Australia, China, High School and principal of Allegheny Government and receipt of the Joseph F. In 2008, Janice M. Holder became Japan, Myanmar, and the United States. His Traditional Academy Middle School. She Weis Jr. Distinguished Service Award from the first woman to serve as the chief jus- service has resulted in numerous awards and was named executive director of curriculum, the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny tice of the Tennessee Supreme Court and decorations. He continues to foster strong instruction, and professional development County. one of only 20 women to have served as relations between the Republic of Korea and and of the National Board of Teacher Cer- Cindrich currently serves as chair of a chief justice in the United States at that China by serving as the chair of the Korea- tification for the Pittsburgh Public Schools. Pitt’s School of Law Board of Visitors and time. Appointed in 1996 to the Tennessee China Economic Development Association Among her many accomplishments as is an adjunct professor in the law school. Supreme Court by Governor Donald Sun- and working toward the elimination of land executive director was securing $9 million in He has provided generous financial support, dquist, she is currently serving her second degradation and desertification in China funding to promote the professional develop- including gifts to the the Honorable Ruggero elected eight-year term on the court as one through the planting of the Korea-China ment of principals throughout the district. J. Aldisert Endowment. of only three female supreme court justices Friendship Great Green Wall. The reforesta- Lippert was a member of the design in Tennessee’s history. tion project is aimed at “taming the Yellow team that developed and shaped the Empow- John J. Driscoll Holder earned a bachelor’s degree Dragon”—the notorious dust storms from ering Effective Teachers in the Pittsburgh A 1966 graduate of Pitt’s School of Law, summa cum laude from Pitt’s School of China’s deserts. As a result of these efforts, Public Schools Plan, a landmark initiative John J. Driscoll was appointed in 1994 by Arts and Sciences in 1971 and was a Univer- he was named the inaugural recipient of the that received $40 million in funding from then-Pennsylvania Governor Robert P. Casey sity Scholar. She began her career as a senior Sustainable Land Management Champion the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She Sr. to be a judge of the Westmoreland County law clerk for Chief Judge Herbert P. Sorg award, given by the United Nations Conven- also engineered the research-based Inclusive Court of Common Pleas, a position to which of the U.S. District Court for the Western tion to Combat Desertification. System of Evaluation program to determine he was elected in 1995. He also serves as an District of Pennsylvania. In Tennessee, she Kwon also is committed to higher better ways to ensure that all students have administrative judge of the Westmoreland was elected to the Circuit Court of the 30th education and has been honored by serving access to effective teachers and to develop County Juvenile Court. Judicial District at Memphis. as Invited Eminent Professor at Myongji methods that support, evaluate, and reward Driscoll entered private practice in 1970 Holder is the recipient of numerous pro- University in the Republic of Korea and teachers. and has been admitted to practice before the fessional awards and honors, including the as Professor Emeritus at Luoyang Institute The Pittsburgh City Council recently Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the U.S. Dis- Sam A. Myer Outstanding Young Lawyer of Science and Technology in China. At honored Lippert by declaring June 11, 2010, trict Court for the Western District of Penn- Award from the Memphis Bar Associa- Pitt, he is a member of as Dr. Jerri Lynn Lippert Day sylvania, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for tion and the Charles O. Rond Outstanding the Graduate School of in recognition of her commit- the Third Circuit. From 1982 to 1994, he Jurist Award. She was recognized by the Public and International ment to educating students served as the Westmoreland County District National Association of Women Judges at Affairs’ (GSPIA) Board and training professionals in Attorney. He also was elected president of the its 2007 conference honoring women lead- of Visitors and has made the Pittsburgh Public Schools. Pennsylvania District Attorney’s Association ers of state courts and by the American generous gifts to create Lippert remains dedicated to and served as past chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Commission on Lawyer the Korean Alu m ni physical fitness and has set 10 Supreme Court’s Criminal Procedural Rules Assistance Programs in 1999 for her excep- Endowment. GSPIA has U.S. records in bench-press Committee. tional work in establishing the Tennessee honored Kwon as a Dis- weight lifting. Driscoll has published numerous opin- Lawyers Assistance Program, which assists tinguished Alumnus. ions in the areas of criminal and family attorneys with issues ranging from chronic John C. Mascaro law, including matters involving custody, depression to substance abuse. Judith H. LaRosa John C. Mascaro is the juveniles and dependent children, divorce, Holder has been recognized as an Judith H. LaRosa is founder and chair of Mascaro and matrimony. advocate for improving the legal system the first vice dean for the Construction, one of the largest Driscoll served in the U.S. Navy and through her leadership of Justice for All School of Public Health at general contracting, construc- received the Naval Achievement Medal, the Tennessee, a plan to better serve those who SUNY Downstate Medi- tion management, and archi- tectural firms in the nation. He Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, the use the Tennessee justice system. She is a cal Center, where she JIM BURKE/CIDDE Presidential Unit Citation, and a National member of and leader in numerous profes- also serves as a professor Judith H. LaRosa earned his BS and MS degrees Defense Service Medal for exceptionally sional organizations, including the Ameri- and interim chair of the in civil engineering from Pitt’s meritorious service as part of the U.S. Naval can Bar Association and the Conference of Department of Community Health Sciences. Swanson School of Engineering in 1966 and Support Activity in Danang, Republic of Chief Justices. She frequently appears as She earned her BS in nursing and MS in 1980, respectively. Vietnam. a speaker at legal and educational events, nursing education from the University of Under Mascaro’s leadership, Mascaro Among his many professional awards is conferences, and seminars sponsored by Pittsburgh School of Nursing in 1963 and Construction is at the forefront of green con- the Fred Funari Mental Health Association such groups as the Southern Trial Lawyers 1964, respectively. struction and is currently ranked a Top Green Award of Distinction from Mental Health Association and the Tennessee Bar Asso- As Deputy Director of the Office of Contractor by Engineering News-Record. America of Westmoreland County in 2005, ciation. Research on Women’s Health at the National Mascaro has received many awards for for his efforts to aid juvenile offenders. His An accomplished athlete and skilled Institutes of Health (NIH), LaRosa coau- his professional accomplishments and has contributions to the community include ser- equestrian, Holder has earned a third- thored the legislatively mandated guidelines vice as a trustee of the Excela Health West- degree black belt in karate. on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities Continued on page 6 6 • Pitt Chronicle • November 1, 2010 University of Pittsburgh Names 13 New Legacy Laureates

the American College of Rheumatology, the Blind in India. both of which have named him a Fellow. Sheth’s generosity also extends to Pitt, He also has received numerous awards and where he has established the Madhuri and honors from such prestigious organizations Jagdish N. Sheth Foundation Endowment as the AAOS and the American Fracture for the Advancement of Marketing and the Association. Jagdish N. Sheth Foundation Fund. Rubash has shared his expertise at many conferences and seminars worldwide and has John T. Tighe III published extensively; he also has served as John T. Tighe III is the founder, presi- an editor for numerous professional journals dent, and chief executive officer of TMG and publications. Health, Inc., the nation’s largest provider of business process outsourcing services, Jagdish N. Sheth supporting Medicare Advantage and Jagdish N. Sheth is the founder and Managed Medicaid plans for millions of president of the Institute for Communica- members. He earned his bachelor’s degree tions Research and Education, Inc., a con- from Pitt’s School of Pharmacy in 1978. sulting firm whose clients include AT&T, Under Tighe’s leadership, TMG Ford Motor Company, and Sprint. He earned Health has created more than 1,000 jobs a master’s degree and a PhD from the Uni- and been recognized as one of the fastest- versity’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School growing and most innovative companies in of Business in 1962 and 1966, respectively. Pennsylvania and North America.

/CIDDE Sheth has had a distinguished career in Tighe was the youngest person to academia, currently serving as the Charles serve as Pennsylvania’s secretary of

JIM BURKE H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing and administration, a position to which he Lucile Adams-Campbell (left) talks with Ashley Felix, a Graduate School of Public Health student. director of the Center for Relationship was appointed by Governor Robert P. Marketing at Emory University. Prior to Casey Sr.; he later served as the governor’s Continued from page 5 holding these positions, he was a professor deputy chief of staff. Tighe developed at the University of Southern California, Pennsylvania’s Children’s Health Insur- been honored by the University as a Distin- applications. He earned a BS degree in the University of Illinois, the Massachu- ance Program, which became a model for guished Alumnus in the Swanson School information science and an MS degree in setts Institute of Technology, and Columbia the federal program. and its Department of Civil and Environ- telecommunications from the University of University. Tighe is the recipient of many awards, mental Engineering. He also was named to Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences Sheth’s expertise in marketing has been among them the Pennsylvania Cultural the Swanson School of Engineering Hall in 1990 and 1991, respectively. internationally recognized through numer- Diversity Planning Dedication and Cour- of Fame. Reinsel began his career in computer- ous awards and appointments, and he is a age Award, and he was named to the New Mascaro has served in various positions based information systems at Eli Lilly and prolific author, having published hundreds of Spring Capital CEO Hall of Fame and the with numerous professional and civic organi- Company; he went on to found Pepperweed articles and books, including the best-selling Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year zations, including director and president of Consulting, which grew to become a top- Clients for Life: Evolving from an Expert- Hall of Fame. the Master Builders Association of Western valued software reseller for HP and one of for-Hire to an Extraordinary Adviser (The Tighe has demonstrated his long-term Pennsylvania and founding benefactor of the leading information-technology consult- Free Press, 2002). commitment to the University of Pittsburgh the National Aviary. His volunteer work ing firms employed by Fortune 500 clients A dedicated philanthropist, Sheth by providing generous financial support to for the University includes chairing the and government agencies. founded the Sheth Family Foundation, which the Schools of Pharmacy and Nursing and Construction Management Industry Advi- Reinsel also served as an executive- assists more than 60 charities and organiza- to the Department of Athletics and through sory Board and serving as a member of the in-residence and venture capitalist with tions in Georgia, where he resides, and in his service as Governor Casey’s represen- Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation Sewickley Oak Capital and was a founding India, where he grew up. Beneficiaries of tative to the University’s Board of Trustees. Advisory Board. member of the HP worldwide users group the foundation include Raksha, Inc.; Hosea He currently serves as a member of the His gifts to establish the Mascaro in 1993. In these capacities, he advised Feed the Hungry and Homeless; and Helping School of Pharmacy’s Board of Visitors. Center for Sustainable Innovation, the John early-stage start-up companies, counseled C. Mascaro Learning Center, and the Peter expanding businesses, and hosted software- J. Mascaro Endowed Fund in the Construc- user conferences to aid in the transfer and tion Management Program have been criti- development of ideas and best practices. cal to strengthening the Swanson School of At Pitt, he has lectured on information Engineering. technology management and is a member of the Industry Advisory Council of the School James P. McDonald of Information Sciences, which has awarded James P. McDonald serves as the man- him the Professional Achievement Award aging director of BNY Mellon’s Global in recognition of his leadership in entre- Philanthropy and Employees Program, preneurialism and information technology. director of the BNY Mellon Foundation, and president of the BNY Mellon Foundation Harry E. Rubash of Southwestern Pennsylvania. He earned Harry E. Rubash is the Edith M. Ashley a master’s degree from the University of Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in the Pittsburgh School of Social Work in 1982. Harvard Medical School and chief of the McDonald’s 27-year career has been Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at dedicated to the development and man- Massachusetts General Hospital. He earned agement of innovative human resources his bachelor’s degree from the University

policies, health-service programs, and char- of Pittsburgh School of Arts and Sciences /CIDDE itable-giving initiatives for BNY Mellon. In in 1975 and his MD from Pitt’s School of

his current position, he utilizes charitable Medicine in 1979. JIM BURKE donations, sponsorships, and employee Rubash began his career in Pitt’s medical John C. Mascaro (left) talks with Ansel Barchowsky, an engineering freshman. involvement to benefit needy communities school, completing fellowships at Rechts der worldwide. He also works to develop self- Isar Hospital in Munich, Germany, and at sufficiency through such workforce initia- . He served as chief of tives as job training, education, mentoring, orthopaedic service at the Veterans Affairs and skills development. Medical Center in Oakland (since renamed A member of the boards of directors of the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System–Uni- the United Way of Allegheny County and versity Drive), and as chief of the Division the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food of Adult Reconstructive Surgery at the Bank, McDonald encourages BNY Mellon University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. employees to contribute their time, talent, Rubash has made significant contribu- and funding to their local communities. tions to major joint replacement surgery, McDonald’s generosity and community including the development of innovative service extend to the University, where he reconstructive techniques, the conduct- financially supports the School of Social ing of landmark research that has reduced Work and serves as a member of the school’s complications and improved outcomes for Board of Visitors. He also serves on the patients, and the advancement of the study University’s Board of Fellows of the Institute of biomechanics and failure mechanisms of Politics. of joint arthroplasty in the hip and knee that has led to the development of enhanced Thomas Reinsel implant designs. Thomas Reinsel is the chief executive Rubash is an internationally recognized officer and a founder of RippleRock, a orthopaedic surgeon and medical scientist /CIDDE technology company that provides software who has been elected to many professional developers with expert consultation in the societies, among them the American Acad- JIM BURKE management of the life cycle of software emy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and Jagdish N. Sheth (left) speaks with John Saxton, a student in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. November 1, 2010 • University of Pittsburgh • 7

August Wilson Center for African Room, Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program American Culture, In My Father’s in connection with 40th Annual House, mixed-media exhibition about Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, how African Americans collect and pre- 412-624-4187. serve their culture, through June 2011, Happenings 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh “Cartographic Dante,” Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www. Theodore J. Cachey Jr., professor pgharts.org. and chair, University of Notre Dame’s Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Lectures/Seminars/ 3 p.m. Nov. 5, 144 Cathedral of Learning, 2010 Nicholas C. Readings Tucci Lecture, Pitt Department of French and Italian Languages Madhur Jaffrey, actress, cookbook and Literatures, www.frenchan- author, and world authority on Indian ditalian.pitt.edu. food, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Drue “Nominalization and Heinz Lectures, 412-622-8866, www. Relativization—The Japa- pittsburghlectures.org. nese and the Rest of the World,” Masayoshi Shibatani, “Over Ten Million Served: Gender the Deedee McMurty Professor and Academic Service,” Katie J. of Humanities, Rice Univer- Hogan, professor of English and director sity, 3 p.m. Nov. 5, 332 Cathe- of Women’s Studies, Carlow University, dral of Learning, Japanese noon Nov. 3, 2201 Posvar Hall, Pitt Speakers Series, Pitt Asian Women’s Studies Program Lecture Series, Studies Center, Department www.wstudies.pitt.edu. of Linguistics, 412-648-7426, [email protected]. “How Jesus Celebrated Passover: Renaissance Scholarship and the “Classics in the 21st Jewish Origins of Christianity,” Century: Radical Change Anthony Grafton, president-elect of the and Deep Traditions,” American Historical Association and the Gregory Crane, professor Henry Putnam University Professor of and chair, Tufts University’s History at Princeton University, 5 p.m. Department of Classics, Nov. 3, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt 4 p.m. Nov. 5, 244R Humanities Center, Medieval and Renais- Cathedral of Learning, Pitt sance Studies Program, www.medren.pitt. Department of Classics, edu. (see page 2.) [email protected]. Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times “A boundary 2 Violin Superstar Leila Josefowicz & Finlandia, bestselling author of Committed and Eat, Symposium,” one-day Pray, Love, 8 p.m. Nov. 3, Heinz Hall, Heinz Hall, event, 9:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. November 5-6 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Robert Morris Nov. 6, 602 Cathedral University’s Pittsburgh Speakers Series, of Learning, boundary 412-392-4900, www.pittsburghspeakers- 2 and Paul Bové, Pitt FreeFall, studio dance concert featur- series.org. Distinguished Professor ing jazz, hip-hop, ballet, tap, and others, of English and editor, 7 p.m. Nov. 4 and 5, Trees Hall Dance “The Visual Presentation of boundary 2, 412-624-6523. Studio, Pitt Dance Ensemble, $3 donation, Western Music in China During 412-648-8262, [email protected]. the Nineteenth Century,” Liangyu “From ‘Bird’ to ‘Trane’ With Love,” Fu, doctoral candidate, Pitt Department international jazz saxophonists Peter Harriet Tubman Loved Somebody, Divine, 1979 by David Hockney, of Communication, noon Nov. 4, 4130 King and Javon Jackson, 10 a.m. theatrical performance, Nov. 4-20, Ordinary Madness, Carnegie Museum of Art, Posvar Hall, Asia Over Lunch Series, Nov. 6, William Pitt Union Assembly Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, through January 9 Pitt’s Asian Studies Center, 412-648-7370 Room, Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program in 542 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pitt’s Kuntu or [email protected]. connection with 40th Annual Pitt Jazz Repertory Theatre, 412-624-8498. Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187. Concerts Thornburgh Family Lecture Series in Girls Night: The Musical, feel-good Disability Law and Policy, Andrew J. “A Salute to Louis ‘Pops’ Arm- comedy at a karaoke bar, Nov. 5-6, Byham Guaracha, 5-piece Salsa band, free, Frick Art & Historical Center, For Imaparato, president and CEO, American strong,” international jazz trumpeters Theater, 101 Sixth Ave., Downtown, noon Nov. 3, Nordy’s Place, Lower Level, My Best Beloved Sister Mia: An Album Association of People With Disabilities, Randy Brecker and Jon Faddis, noon Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, William Pitt Union, PITT ARTS Artful of Photographs by Julia Margaret 1-2:30 p.m. Nov. 4, Ballroom B, Univer- Nov. 6, William Pitt Union Assembly www.pgharts.org. Wednesdays, 412-624-4498, www.Pit- Cameron, works by one of the Victorian sity Club, 412-648-1418, [email protected]. Room, Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program in tarts.pitt.edu. Era’s best-known master photographers, connection with 40th Annual Pitt Jazz The Morini Strad by Willy Holtzman, through Jan. 2, 7227 Reynolds St., Point “Gender and the Medieval/Renais- Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187. inspired by true story that rocked the clas- University of Pittsburgh Symphony Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org. sance French Nation,” a discussion sical music world, Nov. 6-Dec. 12, City Orchestra, free musical performance of around French primary texts led by Daisy Drummer Winard Harper presents Theater, 1300 Bingham St., South Side, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Andy Warhol Museum, Marilyn Delogu and Katherine Crawford, 2:30 free lecture and demonstration, 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany. OP. 67, 8 p.m. Nov. 3, Bellefield Hall Monroe: Life as a Legend, through Jan. p.m. Nov. 4, Babcock Room, Cathedral of 11 a.m. Nov. 6, Hill House Senior Citizen org. Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, 2, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, 412-237- Learning, Pitt’s Humanities Center Col- Center, 2038 Bedford Ave., Hill District, 412-624-4125, www.music.pitt.edu. 8300, www.warhol.org. loquium Series, [email protected], www. Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program in connection When the Rain Stops Falling by humcenter.pitt.edu. with 40th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Andrew Bovel, through Nov. 21, Violin Superstar Leila Josefowicz Carnegie Museum of Art, Ordinary Concert, 412-624-4187. Iron City Brewery, 3340 Liberty Ave., & Finlandia, with Finnish conduc- Madness, through Jan. 9; Past Meets “The Itinerant Artist as Explorer in Lawrenceville, Quantum Theatre, www. tor Susanna Mälkki and violinist Leila Present: Decorative Arts and Design at Yoruba Culture,” Rowland Abiodun, quantumtheatre.com, 1-888-718-4253, Josefowicz, 8 p.m. Nov. 5; also Nov. 6; Carnegie Museum of Art, ongoing, 4400 the John C. Newton Professor of Art Miscellaneous PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, History and Black Studies at Amherst www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, BNY www.cmoa.org. College, 4 p.m. Nov. 4, Frick Fine Arts Women’s Studies Undergraduate Mellon Grand Classics, 412-392-4900, Building, Pitt’s Departments of the His- Information Expo, an opportunity to Slasher, theatrical performance, through www.pittsburghsymphony.org. Senator History Center, tory of Art and Architecture, History, and meet internship providers, learn about Nov. 7, Charity Randall Theatre, Stephen Vatican Splendors: A Journey Through Religious Studies, African Heritage Class- service-learning options, and talk to Foster Memorial, Pitt Repertory Theatre, 40th Annual Pitt Jazz Concert, musi- Faith and Art, through Jan. 9, 1212 room Committee, www.haa.pitt.edu. Women’s Studies graduate students, 412-624-0933, www.play.pitt.edu. cal performance with jazz greats, Smallman St., Strip District, 412-454- (see page 2.) 1 p.m. Nov. 4, Lower Lounge, William 8 p.m. Nov. 6, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 6000, www.heinzhistorycenter.org. Pitt Union, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, Triple Espresso, story of failure-prone Forbes Ave., Oakland, Pitt Jazz Stud- “Inside Edition: The Author Dis- www.wstudies.pitt.edu. comedy trio trying for its big break, ies Program, 412-624-4187, www.pitt. Mattress Factory, Queloids: Race and cusses His Books on Miles Davis and through Jan. 9, Cabaret at Theater edu/~pittjazz/index.html. Racism in Cuban Contemporary Art, John Coltrane,” Bill Cole, founder and Careers in Science Law, workshop Square, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, through Feb. 27, 500 Sampsonia Way, director, Untempered Ensemble, 7 p.m. with Deborah Parish, director, Parish Law Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, Manuel Barrueco, internationally North Side, Pitt’s University Center for Nov. 4, William Pitt Union Assembly Offices, noon Nov. 4, 1105 Scaife Confer- www.pgharts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap renowned guitarist, 8 p.m. Nov. 6, PNC International Studies, Center for Latin Room, Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program in ence Center, Careers Over Lunch Series, Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt. Recital Hall, Duquesne University, 600 American Studies, 412-322-2231, www. connection with 40th Annual Pitt Jazz Pitt Survival Skills and Ethics Program, edu. Forbes Ave., Uptown, Guitar Society of mattress.org. Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187. 412-578-3716, [email protected]. Fine Art, 412-396-5486, www.gsfapitts- Kimiko Hahn, author of several poetry The Shot Felt ‘Round the World, burgh.org, Pitt ARTS Cheap Seats, 412- 40th Annual Pitt Jazz Concert, Pitt PhD Dissertation 624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. collections, 8:30 p.m. Nov. 4, Frick Fine (2010, Tjardus Greidanus) documentary Carnegie Music Hall, Arts Auditorium, Pittsburgh Contempo- November 6 produced by Pitt Film Studies Program Defenses rary Writers Series, Pitt Department of faculty member Carl Kurlander that tells Exhibitions English, [email protected], www.english.pitt. story of the Pitt research team that con- Michael Turkovich, Swanson School of edu. (see page 2.) quered polio, 1:45 p.m. Nov. 7, Melwood Engineering’s Department of Bioengineer- University Art Gallery, Slag: What’s Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave., East ing, 9 a.m. Nov. 2, “The Effects of Obe- Left After Industry?, paintings, photo- “I Remember Monk,” George Cables, Liberty, Three Rivers Film Festival, 412- sity on Occupant Injury Risk in Frontal graphs, and contemporary perceptions international jazz pianist, 10 a.m. 681-5449, www.3rff.com. Impact: A Computer Modeling Approach,” of Pittsburgh’s transformation from its Nov. 5, William Pitt Union Assembly Bakery Square Conference Room, Suite industrial era, through Nov. 29, Frick Room, Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program in 401, 6425 Penn Ave., East Liberty. Fine Arts Building, 412-648-2400, www. connection with 40th Annual Pitt Jazz Opera/Theater/ theslagexperience.info. Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187. Yue Zhang, School of Information Dance Sciences’ Graduate Program in Informa- Hunt Institute for Botanical Docu- “Artistry in Rhythm: Dedicated to tion and Technology, 1 p.m. Nov. 4, “An mentation, 13th International Exhibi- Kenny Clarke,” Winard Harper, South Pacific, Rogers and Hammer- Access Control and Trust Management tion of Botanical Art & Illustration, international jazz drummer, 2 p.m. stein’s classic, Nov. 2-7, Benedum Center, Framework for Loosely Coupled Multi- features 110 watercolors, drawings, and Nov. 5, William Pitt Union Assembly 803 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh domain Environments,” 1A04 Information prints, through Dec. 17, 5th floor, Hunt Room, Pitt’s Jazz Studies Program in Cultural Trust, PNC Broadway Across Sciences Building. Library, Carnegie Mellon University, connection with 40th Annual Pitt Jazz America, 412-471-6070, 4909 Frew St., Oakland, 412-268-2434, Seminar and Concert, 412-624-4187. www.pgharts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Amy L. Wolfe, School of Arts & Sciences’ http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu. Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt. Department of Geology and Planetary Sci- “’Bags’ Meets ‘Wes”: A Salute to edu. ence, “Oxidative Dissolution of Pyrite: A

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8 • Pitt Chronicle • November 1, 2010 Home Foreclosure Rate in Some Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Exceeds State Average, Says Study by Deitrick and Briem

versity of Pittsburgh University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) has revealed. These properties either languish In Beechview, which had the highest number of real-estate on the books of financial institutions or owned houses, 26 homes sold for an average 37 percent less than are often off-loaded for far below market value, two circumstances that can fast- their assessed value. Those same 10 neighborhoods also contained track a neighborhood’s deterioration. Sabina Deitrick, director of 40 percent of the 521 Pittsburgh homes owned by a financial UCSUR’s urban analysis program, and Christopher Briem, a regional institution in January 2010—Beechview led with 29 properties— economist in UCSUR, matched city foreclosure filings with assess- meaning several more below-market sales in these areas ment records from the Allegheny are likely. County Department of Real Estate to determine the location of real-estate- owned properties—those held by institutions can have on real estate markets, 2010. The leading holders were Fannie Mae a bank or financial institu- Briem said. As an extension of that, large (9 percent), the Veterans Affairs Admin- tion. Deitrick and Briem numbers of properties owned by financial istration (7 percent), U.S. Bank National published their results institutions can have significant repercus- Association (6 percent), Bank of New York in the current issue of sions for an area—foreclosed properties Mellon (6 percent), and Wells Fargo Bank UCSUR’s Pittsburgh often stand vacant or sell cheap. (5 percent). Economic Quarterly. The average sales price of the 628 During 2008 and Pittsburgh homes sold by a financial insti- 2009, the statewide fore- tution from January 2009 through January closure rate was 0.7 per- 2010 was less than $20,000. Moreover, 40 cent—the 33rd lowest percent of those homes were located in just PUBLICATION NOTICE The next edition of rate in the nation. In Pitts- 10 neighborhoods. In Beechview, which had Pitt Chronicle will be published Nov. 8. burgh’s Sheraden neighbor- the highest number of real-estate-owned Items for publication in the newspaper’s Happenings calendar (see page 7) should hood, on the other hand, 117 houses, 26 homes sold for an average 37 be received six working days prior to the foreclosures during those two percent less than their assessed value. Those desired publication date. Happenings items years put the rate at 2.2 percent, same 10 neighborhoods also contained 40 should include the following informa- followed by Knoxville, with 1.7 per- percent of the 521 Pittsburgh homes owned tion: title of the event, name and title of cent, and Marshall-Shadeland, with 1.6 by a financial institution in January 2010— speaker(s), date, time, location, sponsor(s), By Morgan Kelly percent. Even some of the city’s more stable Beechview led with 29 properties—meaning and a phone number and Web site for addi- neighborhoods, such as Crafton Heights and several more below-market sales in these tional information. Items may be e-mailed Despite claims of Pittsburgh’s relative Brighton Heights, had a rate of 1.4 percent. areas are likely. to [email protected], faxed to 412-624-4895, immunity to the most recent financial and Recent reports of such problematic Only 15 banks do the majority of seiz- or sent by campus mail to 422 Craig Hall. For more information, call 412-624-1033 real estate crunch, certain city neighbor- foreclosure processes as “robo-signing,” ing and selling in Pittsburgh. This group of or e-mail [email protected]. hoods have racked up foreclosure rates resulting in wrongful seizures and evictions, institutions held 60 percent of the 717 real- above the state average, a tally by the Uni- have highlighted the influence financial estate-owned homes in Pittsburgh in May