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UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA Tuesday, September 24, 2002 Volume 49 Number 5 www.upenn.edu/almanac/ Annenberg Foundation’s $200 Million for USC and Penn’s Annenberg Schools The Annenberg Foundation announced last ications scholars, researchers and policy Thursday endowments for the Annenberg makers,” said President Rodin. “As our world Schools at the University of Pennsylvania and grows increasingly complex, and information is the University of Southern California totaling disseminated with breathtaking speed, the role of $200,000,000. One hundred million dollars will communications research and practice becomes be committed to each of the two universities. ever more important. The significant efforts already Established in 1989, The Annenberg Foundation underway at Penn’s Annenberg School will help is the successor corporation to the Annenberg us better understand and effectively deal with the School for Communication founded in 1958 by critical issues of the day.” the Hon. Walter H. Annenberg, H ’66. These President Sample said, “The Annenberg endowments augment the $120 million grants family is unrivalled in its support of education awarded to each institution in 1993. in America, with a special vision and passion In a jointly issued statement, Foundation for the study of communications. Their ongoing president the Hon. Leonore Annenberg, H ’85 support of the USC Annenberg School for and Foundation vice president Wallis Annenberg Communication ensures that our faculty and stated, “Walter Annenberg founded the schools students are engaged in groundbreaking research out of a conviction that scholars and students and practice in communications and journalism could harness communication in service of and that we attain the highest standards of society. Since the creation of the School at Penn professionalism and ethics in those fields. This in 1958 and at USC in 1971, graduates and landmark gift is a strong signal of support for faculty have identified ways to use USC and for the city of Los Angeles, which is a communication to improve children’s television world center of the communications industry and programming, protect privacy from techno- the capital city of the Pacific Rim.” logical trespass, improve the quality of political At Penn, the first year’s revenue from the discourse and news, establish standards of new $100 million endowment will be used for Leonore and Walter Annenberg quality in online journalism, and minimize teen student scholarships, faculty chairs, and smoking, suicide, illegal drug use, and risky refurbishing of classrooms. The Hon.Walter H. Annenberg was named sexual behavior. This gift will ensure that the At USC, the revenue will be used for new Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s in 1969 important work of the schools will continue into initiatives relating to civic engagement, and served in Great Britain until October 30, the next century and beyond.” including new faculty appointments, a program 1974. He was president of Triangle Publications, Penn President Judith Rodin and USC focusing on innovation and excellence in local publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer and President Steven B. Sample hailed the generosity broadcast news, and new student scholarships. founded TV Guide and Seventeen magazine. His and vision of the Annenberg family and the wife, the Hon. Leonore Annenberg, served as Foundation. “The Annenbergs, through their Trustee Meetings U.S. Chief of Protocol, with the rank of unparalleled generosity to Penn and other Meetings of the Trustees of the Uni- Ambassador, from 1981-1982. They are both educational institutions, have affirmed again and versity of Pennsylvania will be held on emeritus trustees of the University of again the critical role that education plays in Thursday, September 26, as follows: 9:30 Pennsylvania. They are the first holders—in the people’s life opportunities. This extraordinary to 11 a.m.: Budget and Finance Commit- history of Penn—of both the President’s Medal gift from The Annenberg Foundation ensures tee; 2 to 2:30 p.m.: Meeting of the Execu- (Almanac September 27, 1994) and honorary that Penn’s Annenberg School for Comm- tive Committee of the Trustees. All meet- degrees from Penn. unication will enhance its capacity to create the ings will be held at the Inn at Penn. Mr. Annenberg’s daughter Wallis, who is a most productive future generations of commun- long-time trustee of USC, directs the Los Angeles office of the Annenberg Foundation. White House Town Hall Meeting on Cyberspace The Annenberg Foundation “exists to advance the public well-being through improved The Penn community is invited to attend a White House Town Hall Meeting regarding communication.” As the principal means of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, “For Comment” to be held on Thursday, Octo- achieving this goal, the Foundation encourages ber 3, 7-9 p.m. in Annenberg Center’s Zellerbach Theatre. the development of more effective ways to share This Town Hall Meeting is held at the behest of the President’s Critical Infrastructure ideas and knowledge. Protection Board. The purpose of this Town Hall Meeting is to: • raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity to our national security, our economic well-being, and our individual privacy; and to IN THIS ISSUE • discuss and promote informed input regarding the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace 2 Deaths: Dr. Ando, Dr. Ku, Dr. Makdisi; “For Comment” released in draft form on September 18 and available online at Memorial: Dr. Knight www.securecyberspace.gov. 3 Speaking Out: Salary; Safety, and Arms Panel members will include: 4 Appointments • David J. Farber, Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunication Systems, SEAS 6 Celebrating 150 Years of Engineering • Howard Schmidt, Vice Chairman, President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board 8 Health & Society Scholars; Penn Purchasing; • Orson Swindle, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission New Penn Logo; Cancellation of U.S. Tour 9 Proposals on Work/Life; NSF Fellowships; Please RSVP online at www.issa-dv.org/web/CIPOTownHall/register.htm U@Penn; Technology Training Important: For admission, it is necessary to RSVP and register at the door. For additional 10 LGBT Center; Opening; Family Day at Museum; information call (215) 898-1637. Peek at Penn’s Past The following organizations have helped to make this event possible: The University of 11 Update; CrimeStats; Classifieds Pennsylvania and the Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response (I*STAR), 12 Pottruck Health and Fitness Center InfraGard Philadelphia Chapter, and ISSA Philadelphia Chapter. Pullout: October AT PENN Deaths Dr. Ku, Emertus Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering Dr. Albert Ando of Wharton fessor of electrical engineering until 1972 when It was learned at press time that Dr. he retired. Albert Ando, professor of economics and It was his unique relationships with top lead- finance at Wharton, died on September ers of both the Republic of China and the People’s 19, at the age of 72. Republic of China over several decades that led His obituary will appear in the next to remarkable developments which directly im- issue of Almanac. pacted both US-China and China-Taiwan rela- tionships. Examples include the US-China Clarification: Fred Harper Hainan incident and direct and confidential con- The obituary in last week’s Almanac, Photo by Candace diCarlo tacts with President Jiang of PRC and President for Frederic H. Shaffmaster, former long- Chen of Taiwan. time director of Radio and TV should He was an internationally recognized author- have noted that he had been known at ity and made major technical contributions in Penn as Fred Harper, although he used the areas of electrical energy conversion, non- Frederic Shaffmaster for his stage name. linear systems and the theory of nonlinear con- trol. In recognition of his scientific achieve- Dr. Makdisi, Emeritus Professor of ments, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) awarded to him the presti- Arabic and Islamic Studies Yu-Hsiu Ku gious IEEE Lamme Medal in 1972. In 2000 at Dr. George M. Makdisi, emeritus professor the age of 98, he was awarded the IEEE Third of Arabic & Islamic Studies in the Department Dr. Yu-Hsiu Ku, emeritus professor of elec- Millennium Medal. of Asian & Middle Eastern (formerly Oriental) trical and systems engineering, a renowned edu- “Dr. Ku was on of the last polymaths. He Studies, died at his home in Media on September cator, scientist, author and poet, died on Septem- made technical contributions in areas as diverse 6 at the age of 82. ber 9 in Oklahoma City due to complications as electrical machinery, Liapunov methods and Dr. Makdisi was born in Detroit in 1920. from pneumonia. He was 99. Volterra equations for nonlinear mechanics and Following an early educational career in both Dr. Ku was born on December 24, 1902 in nonlinear control, and boundary-layer heat trans- the United States and Lebanon, Dr. Makdisi Wushi, Jiangsu Province, China. He entered the fer. Additionally, Dr. Ku....served as president pursued graduate studies in France where he Tsing Hua School in Beijing, China at the age of of China’s National Music Conservatory. ...We obtained the degree of Docteur es-Lettres at the thirteen. After graduating from Tsing Hua should be proud that he is a part of Penn Sorbonne in 1964. He taught at both the Univer- School, (later named National Tsinghua Univer- Engineering’s history,’ said SEAS Dean Glandt. sity of Michigan and Harvard before coming to sity) he received a special scholarship to study He is also a renowned writer, playwright Penn as professor of Arabic in 1973. He contin- electrical engineering at MIT. and poet. Twelve volumes of his collected liter- ued to teach Arabic and Islamic Studies until his At MIT from 1923-28, he was awarded the ary works were published in 1961, followed by retirement in 1990. During that period he served Bachelor, Master and Doctor of Science degrees eight volumes of poems.