ASU Regents’ Professor of English Alberto Ríos and Creative Writing Program coordinator Karla Elling recently collaborated on a public art project in downtown Tempe. They created 600 squares of granite inscribed with words and images representing the history of the Salt River and placed them in the concrete wall surrounding Tempe Town Lake. Here is a glimpse of their handiwork. For more information on the project, go to www.asu.edu/creativewriting/abecedario/

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SPRING/SUMMER 2002 FROM THE EDITOR

hope you like the new content and look of CLAS News.They were developed Ibased on feedback gathered through a recent alumni perception survey.When COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES I was hired as the college’s communications manager last year, I set out to learn CLAS what our largest constituency—our 53,000 alumni—thinks about CLAS and how we can improve our communication and outreach efforts. NEWS Based on the results of the survey—sent to a random sample of alumni— CLAS News is second only to the Alumni Association magazine as both your primary and preferred source of information about the college.While more CLAS News is published by the Arizona State University College of than 90 percent of the respondents said they generally read at least a little of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Office of newsletter, fewer than 10 percent read all of it. One of my goals is to entice College Advancement for alumni and more of you into reading the publication cover to cover. friends of the college. With that aim in mind, I developed a content list for CLAS News based on what the survey results indicate are the kinds of stories you’re most likely to DEAN: David A.Young read.Topping that list is features on research projects, which fill pages 5 through 10 of this issue. Reports on new academic programs came in as the second DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE favorite story topic, so the Around the College section on pages 11 to 13 ADVANCEMENT: includes updates on new programs, as well as personnel, facilities and event Sandra McKenzie information. EDITOR: Other kinds of stories survey respondents said they are most likely to read Barby Grant are alumni profiles and updates, faculty profiles, and news of faculty and student achievements. In this issue, we profile three alumni who have distinguished DESIGNER: themselves professionally or personally and three faculty members who recently Michael Dambrowski were named Regents’ Professors.We also report on a host of other alumni, fac- WRITERS: ulty and student achievements. Diane Boudreau The publication’s new look is courtesy of Michael Dambrowski, who was Lisa Frawley hired as the college’s graphic designer last August. I hope the result of our CLAS Barby Grant News overhaul is both visually appealing and informative. Maureen Roen Next we will be working on an overhaul of the college Web site. Only a CONTRIBUTORS: quarter of alumni responding to the survey have ever visited the Web site Gary Campbell (asu.edu/clas), but more of them would prefer to receive information about the James Collins college from the Web site than currently do. James Hathaway I welcome your comments and suggestions about the changes we’re mak- Andrew Kittelson ing in our communications efforts.You can reach me via e-mail at Laura Johnson Lindstrom Richard Nagasawa [email protected]. Happy reading! Matt Shindell Lynette Summerill Direct comments or questions to: CLAS News Editor Barby Grant College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Arizona State University Communications Manager and CLAS News Editor PO Box 871701 Tempe,AZ 85287-1701 480-965-1441 [email protected] Visit the college Web site at www.asu.edu/clas CLAS News is supported in part by funds provided by the ASU Alumni Association.

Cover: ASU geologist Philip Christensen in front of the Delta II rocket that launched his Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) aboard NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter in April 2001. Pictured with him is Steve Silverman, an engineer at Santa Barbara Remote Sensing where THEMIS was assembled. See story on pages 5–7. FROM THE DEAN

t was gratifying to learn from our recent alumni survey that more than 97 percent of our graduates have Ipositive feelings about the education they received from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. On the other hand, the survey also revealed that we have work to do to increase the sense of connectedness of our alumni. Just over half of the respondents said they feel somewhat or very connected to the college. It’s important that you remain connected because you are ambassadors for the college.As graduates, you represent CLAS wherever you go. Sending you this publication is one way we try to help you stay connected.We hope that by reading about some of the exciting and significant work being done by CLAS faculty, staff, students and alumni, you’ll feel a greater sense of pride in your association with the college and will want to be involved. On page 30 we have included a response form where you can indicate the level of involvement you would like to have.At a minimum, please keep your address current in our records and let us know about your personal and career achievements. If you are willing to donate some of your time and expertise, our CLASWorks program offers an opportunity for you to be involved in helping students with career advice, job shadowing or internships. If you are willing to lend your financial support, please take this opportunity to become a dues-paying member of the Alumni Association and/or to make a gift to CLAS.With this year’s legislative cuts to the ASU budget, private support from alumni and other friends will become increasingly important if we are to continue making advancements in our teaching, research and outreach efforts. The recently concluded ASU Campaign for Leadership, which more than doubled its original $300 million goal by raising more than $560 million, offers proof of the community’s support for higher educa- tion in Arizona. However, alumni contributed only 13 percent of the funds raised through the campaign. For the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, alumni giving represented only 8 percent of the $64 million raised.We need your help, now and in the future, to make ASU a premier metropolitan institution for the 21st century. The ASU Foundation plans to publish a full campaign report soon, but I want to take this opportunity to thank those of you who participated—and to remind you that although the campaign has come to a successful conclusion, our need for private support has not ended.You will hear more in the coming months about the college’s fund-raising priorities—scholarship endowments for first-generation college students and future leaders, an endowment to reward faculty excellence and ensure retention of our finest professors, program endowments to elevate already-excellent programs to world-class status. In the meantime, stay connected with CLAS, enjoy the newsletter and have a great summer.

David A.Young Dean

IN THIS ISSUE

CHANGING COURSE AFTER SEPT. 11 3

IMAGES FROM MARS 5

EVOLUTIONARY DISCOVERY IN AFRICA 8

RESEARCH BRIEFS 9

AROUND THE COLLEGE 11

NEW REGENTS’ PROFESSORS 14

FACULTY ACCOLADES 17

IN MEMORIAM 19

CLASS NOTES 21

STUDENT AWARDS 27

CALENDAR OF EVENTS 29 TOPICAL FEATURE CHANGING COURSE CLAS Faculty and Alumni Move in New Directions After Sept.11 The terrorist attacks of last September were centered around the east coast, but their impact was felt across the nation.A full 90 percent of Americans suffered from some degree of stress in the wake of the attacks, with 44 percent of adults across the country reporting substantial stress, according to a RAND survey published last November.The primary ways people coped with that stress were by talking to others, turning to religion, and participating in group activities such as discussions and vigils.An alumnus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and several faculty members were among those helping people in New York, New Jersey,Washington,D.C., and Arizona cope with the tragedy. GIVING CARE TO THE CAREGIVERS “We help people understand some After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, of the stages of grief for families and many Americans turned to their reli- communities so they are better able to gious beliefs for comfort and answers. provide support throughout the Others questioned long-held beliefs, bereavement process,” explains Sage. wondering how a benevolent God could “Most clergy have already been trained allow such tragedies to occur. Religious in clinical pastoral education, but the leaders of all faiths found themselves magnitude of this tragedy requires overwhelmed with new responsibilities enhanced training.We also really enforce and challenges.While congregations the need for self-care, pacing yourself, turned to their religious leaders for taking time for yourself and your fami- guidance, to whom could the religious ly,” Sage adds. “Clergy take on so much, leaders turn? often more than they need to when CLAS alumnus William Sage was there are other resources to draw on.” between assignments for his job at the Sage graduated from ASU with a United Nations when he received a call political science degree in 1968. In his from Church World Service. Sage had previous work with Church World worked for 18 years at the emergency- Service, which is made up of 36 mem- response and refugee-relief agency, and ber Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican now they needed him again.Would he denominations, he traveled the world help them assist religious leaders in CLAS alumnus William Sage in New York’s Central Park before Sept.11 helping immigrants and refugees. In responding to this national crisis? 2000 he went to work for the U.N. “We listened to what we heard in the New York City area High Commissioner for Refugees. He had just finished an assign- and determined that many of the clergy and caregivers were ment in India and was back in New York when the terrorist under enormous amounts of pressure to respond to the needs of attacks occurred. He decided he could be most helpful remaining their congregations and communities,” says Sage. “In one New in New York at that time and coordinating the trauma response Jersey township, within 10 days they held 32 funerals.You can team for Church World Service. imagine for the priests and pastors what enormous pressure that “I’m not clergy, I’m not ordained, but I know New York is,” he says. pretty well, and I had an idea where we could draw upon appro- To ease the burden, Sage coordinates an interfaith trauma priate resources,” he says. response team.The team offers workshops that train clergy and EASING MINDS THROUGH EDUCATION caregivers to deal with the responsibilities of helping a trauma- While the Sept. 11 attacks led many people to question and tized public.The group began offering the workshops in New explore their personal beliefs, they also led many to consider the York, New Jersey and Washington D.C. in October.The sessions political and social implications of religion, and to seek a greater teach skills for dealing with the long-term recovery process. understanding of Islam.

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“Americans tend to think of religion as personal and private, “There’s been a kind of cultural blind spot in the United States but in other parts of the world it is public and shapes social toward recognizing Muslims.The six to seven million American behavior,” explains Joel Gereboff, chair of the department of reli- Muslims are as large as the Jewish community, but they don’t gious studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. “Given make it into popular discussions of religion. It’s important for the central role religious convictions play in the political and people to understand that there are Muslims in America who social thinking of significant groups in this world, it’s important serve in the military and are part of the society.” that people understand those religious views,” he says. ASU history professor Roger Adelson also believes the In February, the department sponsored a two-day confer- American public needs more education about Islam. ence on religion and nationalism, with speakers from various “I’m not a Muslim, but I think it’s outrageous that we don’t departments at ASU and other institutions.The conference educate people about Islam,” he says. “There is ignorance and bias explored social-political-religious connections in places such as toward the Islamic world.” Japan, Eastern Europe and Burma. Religious studies professor Well before the Sept. 11 attacks,Adelson was asked to teach Mark Woodward presented a session titled, “A Theology of a course on the Islamic world for the ASU President’s Terror: the Religious Thought of Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban Community Enrichment Program.The program offers a variety and Hizb al Tahrir al Islami.” of courses to the general public, Woodward also taught taught by leading ASU faculty. a course on that topic this “When they announced the spring.Although the class was class just after Sept. 11, my announced last-minute, about course filled up in two days,” 90 students enrolled.Woodward says Adelson.The president has also held speaking engage- asked him to give a public lec- ments in the community and ture in addition to the class. consults on policy issues in The lecture also sold out, and Washington, D.C. Adelson presented a second one Dave Damrel, an assistant to meet the demand. professor of religious studies and “The topic I chose was an expert on Islam, also has ‘Islam and the World: Past, given talks throughout the local Present and Future,’” says community since Sept. 11. He Adelson.The course examined says he is pleased to see so much the history and development of public interest in learning about Islam, its expansion–primarily PHOTO: ANDY SAWYER / EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE Islam. Assistant professor of religious studies Dave Damrel speaks to a group in Chandler. through peaceful means–and the “It really reflects that people are interested in these issues impact of European imperialism, the United States and the Cold and want to learn more. I was concerned to see what would hap- War on the Islamic world. pen to American Muslims in those tense early days after Sept. 11. “The class didn’t have to do with Sept. 11, but people said it There were some negative incidents nationwide, but overall it put their minds at ease when they saw the whole context and was a gratifying response.There were episodes where people realized you couldn’t judge a whole religion on the actions of a came out to support the Muslim community—church groups few people,” he says. standing in front of mosques to show solidarity.” Adelson says that the terrorist attacks had a strong impact on In his presentations, Damrel tries to give people a basic set his work, leading to several changes. First, he decided to offer his of tools to help them interpret all the news related to Sept. 11. global history course every semester. He also developed a new He has presented nearly 40 talks on Islam, some of them as part graduate class on 20th-century roots of Middle East terrorism. of the Arizona Humanities Council’s “community conversations” “Sept. 11 has had quite an effect on me, leading me to program. He provides a basic introduction to Islam, answering change my teaching plans, establish new courses, and do this such questions as:What is the Koran? Who was Mohammed? teaching in the community,” he says. “Educators have to build What do Muslims do in their religious life? bridges of understanding toward this part of the world and not “Learning about Islam and Muslims can be complicated,” treat it as one huge monolith.The risk is that if we don’t recog- Damrel says. “It is a religion that is spread across the world in nize its diversity, we can stereotype it and demonize it, and that’s various cultures. very dangerous.” “I also talk about the American Muslim community,” he says.

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CLAS RESEARCHERS’ CONTRIBUTIONS TO MARS EXPLORATION ARE REAPING

TANTALIZING KNOWLEDGE OF OUR CELESTIAL SIBLING, RAISING INTRIGUING

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE AND ROCKETING

ASU’S REPUTATION IN PLANETARY SCIENCES INTO THE STRATOSPHERE.

THEMIS Mounting THEMIS to Odyssey Odyssey launch

Since its most pronounced surface features were first observed by

astronomers in the early 15th century, Mars has captivated the imagina-

tion of earthlings like no other heavenly body.At times a mere 35 million

miles from Earth, its visible features spawned fancies of vast seas, lush

vegetation, barren deserts and eventually even dreams of advanced cities

and life-forms.Though by1976 we certainly knew better, who among us

who saw those first images collected by NASA’s Viking 1 lander didn’t

secretly feel compelled to scour the scenes carefully for tiny plants or the

shadows of creatures moving just beyond the camera’s peripheral view!

Background photo: An image of the northern interior wall of Coprates Chasma, one of the major canyons on Mars, taken by THEMIS.

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While that mission squelched lingering fan- THEMIS continues TES’s mission to deter- tasies the average citizen may have had of mine the distribution of minerals on the finding “visible life” on the Red Planet, it Martian surface, map the entire planet and only intensified the scientific community’s identify where ancient, wet environments— efforts to understand the Mars of yesterday and possibly life—may once have existed. Its and today, while continuing the search for infrared capabilities are especially powerful. traces of life and evermore promising land- Each mineral present radiates heat back to ing sites.The heightened science efforts of space in a unique way, showing up as a dif- the last two decades have resulted in a ferent color in the infrared spectrum. firestorm of fresh and exciting discoveries Researchers are especially on the look- that are once again capturing the imagina- out for minerals that are known to form in tion of the world—and researchers in the water, as well as for hot spots that might College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are once have been breeding grounds for life, fueling some of the most compelling finds. such as hydrothermal geysers or volcanoes. SEEING RED The initial infrared images reveal a surpris- In recent weeks it’s probably been impossi- ingly diverse landscape, created under a ble to tune into your favorite news channel variety of environmental conditions. or log onto your Internet browser’s home “We knew from Mars Global Surveyor page without encountering dramatic images that Mars was layered, but these data from Odyssey are the first direct evidence that the and stories about the “new Mars.” Many of Philip Christensen the images you’ve been seeing have been cap- physical properties of the layers are differ- tured by THEMIS, the Thermal Emission Imaging System aboard ent,” says Christensen. “It’s evidence that the environment NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter. changed over time as these layers were laid down.The history of THEMIS is the brainchild of Philip Christensen,the Edgar Mars is staring us in the face in these different layers, and we’re and Helen Korrick Presidential Professor of Geology at ASU. just beginning to figure it all out.” Christensen is leading a team of some 50 scientists at ASU’s Plane- ‘WORLDS ON WORLDS COMPOSE ONE UNIVERSE’ tary Imaging Analysis Facility and Advanced Training Institute in When Alexander Pope penned “An Essay on Man,” his the capture and analysis of the 15,000 images likely to result from observations from Epistle I, below, might well have been writ- this mission.Though the real analysis is only just beginning, the ten to celebrate the career of Ronald Greeley, Regents’ science community is already abuzz with anticipation. Professor of Geological Sciences: “With THEMIS we’re getting the global, big picture… “He, who through vast immensity can pierce, a deeper and larger understanding of what’s going on,” says See worlds on worlds compose one universe, Christensen. “Imagine hovering in a little chair above a map the Observe how system into system runs, size of a football field. Mars is being displayed to us at that reso- What other planets circle other suns, lution. It’s spectacular stuff,” he marvels. “The amount of detail What varied Being peoples every star, and variability we’re seeing is surprising. Now we’re off wonder- May tell why Heaven has made us as we are.” ing what is causing all this variability.And we’re just starting to scratch the surface.” Greeley has been involved in lunar and planetary studies for Christensen, whose study of Mars began as a graduate 35 years. His aim is to gain an understanding of planetary sur- student working on NASA’s Viking team, is the principal investi- face processes and geological histories by combining spacecraft gator for the THEMIS project.THEMIS builds upon the Thermal data analysis, laboratory experiments and geological field studies Emission Spectrometer (TES)—the imaging instrumentation he on Earth of features analogous to those observed on the planets. was in charge of developing that was aboard the Mars Global His breadth of expertise and cumulative understanding of the Surveyor. forces of nature on Earth, Mars, Jupiter and their moons make “From TES we learned what minerals were present on him a “connector of dots” to the nth degree, able to see patterns Mars, where former hydrothermal systems might have been and bring findings from one environment to bear on research in located, the mineral compositions of the dust, ice and rocks on another. Mars, and ideas about where the most interesting and unique Greeley has been at the very cusp of Mars research since his places on the Martian surface might be,” he explains. involvement with the Viking expedition in the 1970s. His Now Christensen and his team are zeroing in on these NASA-funded research initiatives exceed $1 million per year, unique locations with THEMIS, which produces sharper and in February he was awarded a six-figure grant to continue images—30 times clearer than the TES images—and can shoot his study of geological features related to Martian winds, includ- using both the visible and infrared parts of the spectrum. ing sand dunes, wind streaks and dust deposits.

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“We’ve been doing wind-tunnel cosmochemist Laurie Leshin’s proposal was experiments to understand the physics and ranked the top one of the 43 submitted. She geology of windblown sand and dust on the and her team received $150,000 to flesh out planet,” Greeley says. “We see features that the concept, and this July they will submit a are changing in response to the winds on $325 million proposal, hoping to make the Mars and how these changes fit to the gen- final cut and bring the project to fruition. eral circulation of the atmosphere.” Leshin’s team proposes sending a bul- The findings are significant in shaping let-shaped spacecraft to within 25 miles of plans for landing sites for future missions. the planet’s surface, where it would swoop They are also of value in understanding the in for 60 seconds at a speed of 12,300 miles impact of dust storms on Earth, for the per hour, grab and preserve 1,000 dust par- processes are fundamentally the same on ticles in a porous high-tech substance known both planets. as “aerogel,” and then immediately begin its A member of the imaging teams for return to Earth, landing in 2009.The proj- both the Mars Pathfinder and Mars Polar ect, dubbed SCIM, would result in the first Lander missions, Greeley is a co-investigator return of a Martian sample, at lower cost, on the German camera experiment that will lower risk and far more quickly than the accompany the European Space Agency’s more complicated missions that eventually Mars Express mission, set to launch in 2003. will collect surface samples. It may sound The experiment will coordinate imaging like a tiny payoff for such a huge investment, related to volcanism, wind features and sites Ronald Greeley but those 1,000 particles could be equiva- for extra-terrestrial biology. lent to a mother lode. RED ROVER, RED ROVER “On Mars, dust is the ubiquitous layer—it’s everywhere, In mid-2003 NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission yet we really know very little about it,” says Leshin. “Because it’s will launch two identical rover vehicles that will arrive at sepa- so fine-grained, it is an extremely sensitive indicator of Martian rate destinations on the planet in early 2004. Four ASU environmental conditions. Each grain is like a little rock from researchers will be involved in the science of that mission, and Mars. If there’s been water on the Martian surface, it’s this fine- some are already at work on deciding where the rovers should grained stuff that’s going to have been altered by that. Studying land.About the size of a desk, each rover will be limited to trav- this dust is key to following the water on Mars,” Leshin explains. eling 110 yards in any direction from its original landing site. “If it’s brought back to Earth, it can be characterized grain They’ll want to set down where the most interesting mineral by grain and even sliced into different sized bits and sent off to a deposits are located but also where the rovers will best be able variety of labs for analysis,” she observes. “You can bring a whole to maneuver. cadre of analytical tools to bear on a single 10-micron particle. Phil Christensen is the principal investi- “SCIM would give us a chance to test gator in charge of the Mini-TES instruments the procedures and to validate the concept that will be on each rover. NASA has also of going to Mars and coming back to Earth,” funded proposals for specific research stud- Leshin adds. “It would give us a chance to ies by Ron Greeley, geological sciences characterize some of the fundamental professor Jack D. Farmer, and senior Martian surface materials, and a chance to research specialist James W.Rice. Each practice handling those materials on a selected investigator will work with the benign sample. Further, the human explo- MER Program Office at NASA’s Jet ration people are really, really interested in Propulsion Laboratory and become full sci- this dust, because you need to know about ence-team members. it to design many aspects of an eventual human mission to Mars.” THE MOTHER LODE: 1,000 DUST SPECKS Don’t mark your calendars just yet, To jump-start its Scout missions to Mars, but with the leaps in knowledge that each planned for 2007, NASA gave preliminary unmanned mission brings, a human mis- funding last summer to 10 highly creative sion—even within the next 30 years— mission concepts—those that attempt to might be feasible. Given the upward trajec- answer some of the most important science tory of CLAS scientists’ involvement in questions about Mars and were deemed Mars exploration, it seems highly likely that “most promising” for development into if such a mission occurs, a CLAS scientist fully-funded missions.ASU geologist and Laurie Leshin will be aboard.

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Discovery Shows Human Intelligence Developed in Africa

Anthropology professor Curtis Marean at Mossel Bay in South Africa Ochre piece with scrape marks. Scraping was done possibly to obtain powder.

or decades, most archeologists believed that the modern “Bone tools, as opposed to stone tools, involve a very com- human intellect developed about 40,000 years ago in a plicated production process,” explains Marean. “These tools Fsudden “creative explosion” in Europe.Those beliefs have were first flaked, then they were ground, then polished.The been shattered, however, by the recent discovery of 28 bone tools have a very high performance, but they require a high ini- tools in a South African cave.The tools demonstrate that modern tial investment as well.” thought dates back more than 70,000 years in Africa. In addition to the bone tools, the team found 8,000 pieces ASU anthropology professor Curtis Marean helped analyze of ochre, a mineral compound frequently used by aboriginal the findings and co-authored a paper on the discovery that was peoples for body decoration. Such decoration provides evidence published in the December 2001 issue of the Journal of Human of symbolic thought, a hallmark of modern intellect. Some of Evolution.The discovery also made the front page of the Dec. 2 the artifacts have also been engraved in abstract motifs.These New York Times and was covered by the BBC, National engravings resemble designs found in art produced by the Khoi- Geographic, Scientific American, U.S. News and World Report San people who live in southern Africa today. and by media in Chile, Germany and Great Britain. “In terms of human evolution, we are seeing Africa as being The bone tools were found in Blombos Cave, in a cliff over- precocious—Bipedal hominids evolved in Africa, and the first looking the Indian Ocean, by a team of archeologists led by real increase in brain size occurred in Africa,” says Marean. Christopher Henshilwood, who is affiliated with the South “With this latest discovery, we are beginning to see that the last African Museum in Cape Town and the State University of New great advance, the development of modern Bone awls from York at Stony Brook. Marean was asked to study the artifacts behavior, was made in Africa as well. Now Blombos Cave because of his expertise in analyzing ancient bones. the question becomes,‘Where in Africa did The artifacts lay beneath a layer of dune sand known to date this first begin to happen, and why did it back to the last glacial period 70,000 years ago, when the Indian happen?’” Ocean retreated.The tools, preserved beneath the sand, must Marean is working to dis- date back before that period—although their exact age remains cover answers to those unknown. questions. He is now “I’d give a ballpark figure of 80 to 90,000 years,” says leading a research Marean, who joined the ASU Institute of Human Origins and project at anthropology department faculty last year. Current carbon dat- Mossel Bay, ing techniques cannot date soil or bone older than 40,000 years, which but Marean says the team is now working to get radiometric overlooks data on the age of the sediments surrounding the artifacts. the Indian Over the past decade, archeologists have found other clues Ocean about 100 kilo- that indicate modern intelligence early on in Africa. However, meters east of Blombos Cave.After such evidence was weak.These new findings conclusively show surveying only a small portion of the that Africa—not Europe—is the cradle of human intelligence. research area, Marean’s team found 21 The tools are much more sophisticated than the simple sites dating to the Middle Stone Ages, includ- stone tools of other early hominids.The collection includes ing 15 caves or rock shelters. He plans to lead three finely polished projectile points, probably used for hunting. a full-blown excavation of the sites next spring.

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CLAS Scientists Solve paper published last fall in the journal Science, the team reported a method for Molecular Problem creating through-bond electrical contacts Scientists predict that it will be possible with single molecules and the achieve- one day to detect cancerous tumors that ment of reproducible measurements of are only a few cells in size, to shrink all the molecules’ conductivity. the information in the Library of “For the first time, it will be possible Congress into a device the size of a sugar to systematically study the molecule- cube, and to create a computer the size of contact interface in a reliable and repro- a teardrop with the power of today’s ducible way,” said an editorial in Science fastest supercomputers.When that day about the ASU study.“The work of [the comes, society may have some CLAS fac- ASU team] finally gives us a tool to begin ulty to thank. in earnest the study of single-molecule A team of ASU physicists and devices.” chemists recently solved a critical prob-

lem in the field of molecular-scale Study Makes Urban Plant biologist Milton Sommerfeld with algae electronics, which has been widely touted Water Cheaper,Tastier as “the next step” in electronic miniatur- water treatment plant. However, continu- ization that could lead to miraculous The Phoenix metropolitan area, like many ous use of this treatment can be very improvements in the quality of our lives. urban areas, has a taste and odor problem costly. Progress in the field has been hampered in its water supply. Consumers frequently Through regular monitoring of area by the inability to manipulate single mole- complain that the water tastes and smells canals and lakes, the researchers are help- cules so their electronic capabilities can “musty,” “moldy,” “earthy,” or “stagnant.” ing reduce costs by allowing treatment be tested and then applied. The water is not actually unhealthy, plants to use activated carbon only during Past attempts to measure the electri- but it can be unpleasant, says ASU plant problem periods, and only at the plants cal properties of small numbers of biologist and CLAS associate dean Milton where the water supply is affected. molecules have given a wide range of val- Sommerfeld.An authority on urban water Selectively timing the use of water ues for their conductivities. Most systems, Sommerfeld is leading a collabo- sources also offers promise. Reducing previous studies have relied on a rative research project on water supply usage of salty Salt River system water “mechanical” contact between molecules taste and odor, sponsored by the City of during high temperature months could and a metallic wire, where the two are Phoenix. reduce the amount of MIB that needs to simply pushed together. Most of the taste and odor problems be removed by the treatment plants. in the Phoenix area are caused by the More specific water supply selection presence of a chemical called MIB that based on monitoring reports would yield certain blue-green algae–or cyanobacte- even better results. ria—make during photosynthesis.The “If we can gain a scientific under- algae sometimes leak MIB into the sur- standing of what’s happening in the rounding water, or release it when they different parts of the system, it will great- die. ly improve how effectively we can Not all cyanobacteria release MIB. manage taste and odor problems for the Through regular water sampling, Valley,” says Sommerfeld. Sommerfeld’s team has been able to iso- late the problem to seven or eight species New Protein Alluring “Any hobbyist knows that the best among several hundred that inhabit the to Frog Sperm electrical contacts are made by soldering Phoenix area water system. the components together,” says chemistry Blooms of MIB-producing species It almost sounds like the latest scent from professor Devens Gust, a member of the typically peak in Phoenix in the late sum- Calvin Klein, and like a perfume the research team. “What we’ve needed is a mer or early fall, when the water is warm newly discovered protein allurin has way to ‘solder’ individual molecules on a and salty. Saguaro Lake and sections of the something to do with male-female attrac- molecular ‘circuit board.’” Arizona Canal are particular problem tion, at the molecular level.Allurin is the That feat has now been accomplished areas, though the organisms can occur first sperm chemoattractant—a protein by the team of ASU physics and chemistry almost anywhere. that has the power to attract sperm to an faculty and a Motorola scientist. In a One solution to the problem is to egg—to be isolated from a vertebrate use powdered activated carbon at the animal.

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ASU biologist Douglas Chandler and who specializes in sport psychology, the Researcher Helps a team of other CLAS faculty and stu- kind of coaching children experience can dents discovered allurin in the jelly-like make a big difference in their moral Children Gain Critical material that surrounds the eggs of a development. Language Skills certain species of frog. Chandler and his Good coaching—which emphasizes team think that allurin could be similar to personal improvement and task mastery By the age of five, most children are ready sperm chemoattractants in other verte- (mastery-oriented)—can make sports and to head off to kindergarten. But are they brates, and they hope that understanding athletics one of the most effective moral ready to learn? Not if they don’t have allurin will be the gateway to understand- tutors available to parents. Bad coach- adequate language skills, says Jeanne ing sperm chemoattraction in higher ing—which emphasizes winning as the Wilcox, professor of speech and hearing organisms like humans and other sole source of success (performance- science and director of the infant child mammals. oriented)—can be dangerous, promoting research program in the College of Once a human sperm chemoattrac- dishonesty and selfishness. Liberal Arts and Sciences. tant is characterized, scientists can “If winning is everything, an athlete Wilcox says much learning is based explore some possible clinical applica- will do anything to win,” says Treasure. on language. Beyond vocabulary, people tions. Problems with chemoattraction He has conducted a series of studies need language to describe and understand could be the cause on youth athletics, one of which will be the world around them.Abstract thinking of infertility in published in an upcoming issue of and concepts such as understanding couples, and if Psychology of Sport and Exercise. In the sequences and the ability to describe and scientists know what study,Treasure surveyed 279 male soccer explain events all depend on language. they are looking players ages 12 to 14 about the motiva- Without adequate skills in this area, a for, they could be able to tional climate of their teams, ideas of child may have a difficult time making it diagnose and treat the sportsmanship, and social-moral reason- through school. problem. ing and behavior. The children most at risk are those Conversely, by The data show a definite link living in poverty and those who are learn- chemically between mastery-oriented coaching, good ing English as their second language. For blocking sportsmanship, and a well-developed set the past five years,Wilcox has been work- the chemo- of morals. Mastery-oriented players want- ing with Phoenix-area Head Start attractant, scientists could potentially ed to act fairly on the field and were teachers to provide these children with create a new contraceptive. conscious of the needs of others. the language tools they will need to suc- “Sperm chemoattraction plays an Performance-oriented players, on the ceed in school. important role in fertilization, but a other hand, were most likely to report After looking at ways to improve the human sperm chemoattractant has never hostility and engage in illegitimate and language-learning environment,Wilcox been isolated,” says Chandler. “For what- unjust behavior toward other players. has developed a series of language-based ever reason, it’s proven very difficult to These conclusions inspired Treasure activities that are integrated within typical characterize.” to take his research outside the university. preschool activities. She also has created a The CLAS scientists’ discovery was He is working with the Arizona Inter- teacher self-assessment to help identify published last fall in the Proceedings of scholastic Association to implement a and monitor implementation of classroom the National Academy of Science.As part program that provides high school coach- language goals. of their future research, Chandler and his es and administrators with the skills and “The kids are as good as the environ- colleagues will look for sperm-binding strategies to develop student-athletes of ment they’re in, often better,”Wilcox proteins in the female reproductive tracts character. says. “The teachers are the same way.We of other species. just need to give them the best opportu- nity to succeed.” Coaches Affect Kids’ Wilcox recently received a $100,000 grant from the Virginia G. Piper Charita- Moral Development ble Trust to put the teaching program she When your children swing a bat, shoot a has developed into action in additional basket, or slap a hockey puck down the schools.The grant was one of 68 awarded ice, they may also be developing good from among 325 proposals the trust morals—or they may be learning to be received. selfish and dishonest.According to exer- cise science professor Darren Treasure,

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“Around the College” ACADEMICS The program was developed in collaboration features reports on with the private bioindustry sector and is guided Math department gets by an external advisory board composed of repre- academic and per- new name, new degrees sentatives from that industry, including Barrow sonnel changes, new Neurological Institute and Motorola.The first class The mathematics department has a new name and of students will begin the program this fall. facilities and other two new degree programs. Earlier this year, the information about department of mathematics became the depart- Exercise science/physical ment of mathematics and statistics.The what’s happening name change reflects the department’s ongoing education also renamed in CLAS. commitment to education and research in statis- In early June, the former department of exercise tics, a discipline that is closely related to but science and physical education took on the much distinct from mathematics. Demand shorter name department of kinesiology.The for statistics education has increased department’s faculty requested the change to bet- during the past decade, at both the ter represent the breadth and diversity of their baccalaureate and graduate-degree teaching and scholarly activity and because many ∂y1/∂x1 ∂y2/∂x1 ••• ∂yr/∂x1 level, and most other major univer- peer departments at other schools have adopted 2 sities have a separate statistics that name. ∂y1/∂x2 ∂y2/∂x2 ••• ∂yr/∂x2 • • ••• • department or a combined depart- “As the academic discipline related to the • • ••• • ment of mathematics and statistics. study of movement and physical activity has S=• ∑• ••• e• i “This name change will make matured over the past several decades, the term ∂y1/∂xk ∂y2/∂xk ••• ∂yr/∂xk us more competitive as we continue kinesiology has emerged as the most common way to improve our programs, and it to describe it,” explains department chair Philip will allow us to serve the needs of Martin. “The name kinesiology will serve us well the university and its students in a as we continue to strive for uniqueness and excel- more effective manner,” says Andrew Bremner, lence.” chair of the department. The bachelor of science and master of science NEW DEGREES degrees awarded by the department also will In response to the rapidly growing demand for change to kinesiology, from exercise science/phys- professionals in emerging fields such as genetics ical education, beginning this fall.The master of who possess both an understanding of the life sci- physical education degree and Ph.D. in exercise ences and strong computation skills, the science will remain the same. department also has implemented two new degree programs: bachelor of science in Career management classes computational mathematical sciences and added to course offerings master of science in computational bio- sciences.The bachelor’s program, which Liberal arts and sciences majors at ASU now have replaces the major in computer science, empha- more help when it comes to deciding what to do sizes broad training in the sciences, mathematics with their degrees once they graduate.The CLAS and computation. Academic Programs Office has created two new The M.S. in computational biosciences is an courses, career interdisciplinary program involving the depart- management for ments of biology, chemistry and biochemistry, liberal arts majors mathematics and statistics, microbiology, physics and career man- and astronomy, and plant biology as well as the agement for science computer science and engineering department in majors, that will be the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. offered beginning this It is aimed primarily at students with an under- fall.The classes will be graduate degree in biochemistry, computational taught by Jan Pagoria, mathematical sciences, or molecular biosciences who was hired last fall as and biotechnology. director of CLASWorks, the college’s career-devel- opment program.

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The new 300- National Science Foundation (NSF) in the past level one-credit-hour two years. NSF initiated the IGERT program in courses will guide 1997 to help bring about cultural change in grad- students through an uate education. IGERT grants are awarded to individualized career faculty who develop innovative models for edu- management plan. cating Ph.D. students in a collaborative research Pagoria, who has environment that transcends traditional discipli- more than 14 years nary boundaries. of experience in Chemistry professor Neal Woodbury won a career services and $2.7 million IGERT grant this year for a new academic advising in graduate program that will combine state-of-the- higher education, says art research in biochemistry with engineering Jan Pagoria the courses will help applications. Last year, biology professor Stuart CLAS students identify the steps they need to Fisher won an IGERT grant for a graduate pro- take to get prepared for a professional career gram in urban ecology. before graduation. “Today’s CLAS student is eclectic, multi- PERSONNEL dimensional and very talented,” says Pagoria. “It just takes a sensitive approach to the self-assess- New associate dean named ment, market research and preparation needed to In January, associate professor of English Daniel make the career management process for these Bivona was appointed associate dean for aca- students less painful and more productive.” demic programs for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He replaces Leonard Gordon, who Doctoral education retired at the end of 2001 after serving in the undergoing reforms position for 11 years. Bivona, who was previously chair of the English department, has been on the A number of national education leaders in recent ASU faculty since 1996. He earned his Ph.D. in years have called for changes in the way Ph.D. English from Brown University. candidates are trained, with the goal of improving their preparation for teaching, fostering interdisci- plinary collaborations, and connecting their work more closely to society.The ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is involved in a couple of national initiatives related to those aims. RESPONSIVE PH.D. INITIATIVE Last summer, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation selected 14 schools, including ASU, Princeton and Yale, to participate as demonstration sites in its “Responsive Ph.D.” initiative.The schools are engaging their campus and external communities in discussions to gen- erate recommendations for improving doctoral education.The Graduate College is spearheading the project at ASU, with assistance from CLAS. Daniel Bivona CLAS associate dean Nancy Gutierrez coordinat- As associate dean for academic programs, ed a series of focus groups this spring with Bivona is part of the senior management team for students, faculty and staff in selected depart- the college and is responsible for all aspects of ments. A final report on the ASU findings is due student learning and success. He supervises the next year. Office of Academic Programs, which includes an assistant dean, college advisors and academic sup- IGERT GRANTS port personnel. Among his major responsibilities Two CLAS faculty members have won prestigious is developing new initiatives to increase student Integrative Graduate Education and Research retention and graduation rates. Traineeship Program (IGERT) grants from the

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“My overall goal is to improve the academic A Web cam has been installed so interested life of all our undergraduate and graduate stu- parties can watch the construction project’s dents,” says Bivona, “so once they enroll as liberal progress. Go to http://129.219.95.120/view/ arts majors at ASU, they don’t leave without a indexFrame.shtml to view live images as the diploma.” building is erected.

FACILITIES EVENTS New Coor Building to ASU WebEvent calendar replace social sciences good source for event info On what used to be visitor parking lot 8 on the Ever wonder how you can easily find out about the ASU Main Campus, at Myrtle Ave. and 10th St., myriad events occurring on campus? Since the uni- earthmovers are now clearing ground for the versity’s WebEvent calendar system debuted last construction of a new mediated classroom build- December, you can simply go to events.asu.edu on ing.Targeted for completion late next year, the the Internet. seven-story building will provide 274,000 square feet of space for classrooms, offices and an open computer site.The structure’s official name will be the Lattie F. Coor Mediated Classroom Building, in honor of the university’s 15th presi- dent upon his June 30 retirement.

The calendar lists all kinds of public events at ASU, from astronomy lectures to wrestling matches.The Web site has more than 30 different calendars, and you can view all of them or select just the types of events you are interested in, such as those sponsored by the College of Liberal Artist’s rendering of Lattie F. Coor Arts and Sciences. Major college events sched- Mediated Classroom Building now under construction The building was originally planned for uled during the next six months also are listed on completion in fall 2001, but construction was page 29 of this publication. delayed due to budget problems.The new facility will replace the existing social sciences building, which engineers discovered last spring has struc- tural problems that will require its eventual demolition.The Coor Building will house the departments of Chicana and Chicano studies, his- tory, philosophy, political science, sociology, and speech and hearing science as well as the Center for Asian Studies, the Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

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OUR NEW REGENTS’ PROFESSORS

The title Regents’ Professor is conferred by the Arizona Board of Regents on only three percent of the tenured faculty at

each of the state’s universities. The designation is reserved for faculty members who have demonstrated exceptional schol-

arship and outstanding achievements. Regents’ Professor nominees must be recognized internationally as distinguished

scholars, be successful teachers of exceptional ability, and demonstrate interests and accomplishments that extend beyond

their field of study. Seventy percent—31 out of 44—of the Regents’ Professors at ASU are affiliated with the College of

Liberal Arts and Sciences. The three newest CLAS Regents’ Professors are profiled here.

Anthropologist

Geoffrey Clark “I THINK ONE OBLIGA- ne would expect a paleoanthropologist to be Omost interested in the dead, as the field gen- TION THAT SCIENTISTS erally involves the study of fossilized human ancestors and their archaeological remains. But WHO UNDERSTAND THE Geoffrey Clark is far more interested in the living. Although he has done research on ancient hominids BASIS FOR HUMAN and paleolithic archaeology in France, Spain and Jordan, Clark has set his sights on a more exotic VARIATION HAVE IS TO species—the contemporary scientist. Clark, who was recently named a Regents’ TRY TO CONVEY IT TO Professor, has been involved with the highly visible and contentious field of human origins research for THE PUBLIC. ONE CAN many years. His most high-profile research involved the study of early Homo sapiens and the debate over the very similar hominids called LEGITIMATELY SAY THAT Neandertals. Over the years, however, Clark devel- oped a growing awareness of larger issues behind WE THINK THE WAY WE the science and the public argument. Regents’ Professor of Anthropology Geoffrey Clark “The field is very focused on data and discov- DO ABOUT RACE AND “The Myth of Eve,” which outlines the conceptual eries; it is highly empirical, sometimes to the frameworks that paleoanthropologists use and extent that there’s little or no concern with the ETHNICITY BECAUSE includes discussions of the archaeology, human conceptual frameworks that archaeologists use to paleontology and genetics of modern human ori- make sense of the past,” Clark says. NOBODY HAS EVER gins. Clark’s interest in epistemology also has led Clark came to ASU in 1971 fresh out of grad- him outside of academia into the realm of public uate school at the University of Chicago. Over TAUGHT US DIFFERENT- education as a frequent writer of newspaper edito- time, he discovered that the stability of a life-long rials, particularly on science and public policy academic position still allowed for a major career issues that bear on social pathologies like racism change. LY. THE ONLY ANSWERS and ethnic conflict. “Originally, I was interested in hunter-gatherer “The public’s notion of ‘race’ is based on a fun- adaptations in the Pleistocene, particularly in IN THE LONG RUN ARE damental misconception about human biological northern coastal Spain,” Clark says. “Over the years variation—that it’s discrete and bounded, that it my interests shifted more toward epistemological GOING TO BE PROVIDED persists through time,” Clark says. “This is not concerns—how we know what we think we know something new that has popped up in the last cou- about the remote human past—and how these BY EDUCATION.” ple of years—science has known these things for concerns affect interpretations of pattern in pale- several generations.And yet, the basic science is

olithic archaeology and human paleontology.” REGENTS’ PROFESSOR GEOFFREY CLARK not being conveyed to the American public.” Since 1987, Clark has written and spoken Most scientists feel some reticence about com- extensively on theory in modern human origins municating their knowledge in a public forum like research. Currently he is writing a book called a daily newspaper, perhaps fearing political back-

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lash. But Clark feels a fundamental duty to speak would inevitably ask, “When are we going to get out. there?” Maienschein’s father would tell them how “I think one obligation that scientists who fast they were going, give them a map and help understand the basis for human variation have is to them figure it out. try to convey it to the public,” he says. “One can “It was great fun,” she says. “We really got into legitimately say that we think the way we do about the process and didn’t even realize we were doing race and ethnicity because nobody has ever taught “I GET TEACHING science and math.” us differently.The only answers in the long run are When she got to college, Maienschein was going to be provided by education.” AWARDS BECAUSE MY planning to follow in her father’s footsteps and become a physicist, until she discovered she loved STUDENTS ARE GREAT. Biologist and philosopher the entire field of science. She went to MIT and then transferred to Yale when it first opened its Jane Maienshein THEY ARE EXCITED doors to women, majoring in an honors program f Jane Maienschein is certain of one thing, it’s called history, the arts and letters. ABOUT LEARNING, Ithat she will never run out of questions to ask. Maienschein’s love of learning led her to the Curiosity and a continual quest for knowledge, field of history and philosophy of science, which AND WE ALL SHARE A particularly in science, are among her defining gives her the freedom to explore science and its characteristics. meaning and seek a greater understanding of scien- CURIOSITY ABOUT “Science is not about answers, it’s about ques- tists and the processes they use. Her work tions,” says Maienschein, a professor of biology and specifically centers on developmental biology, NATURE AND SCIENCE philosophy.“We get partial answers or get closer to including topics such as biomedicine and bioethics. answers, then there are always more questions.The During spring 2002, Maienschein was on AND A WILLINGNESS fun is in the exploration.” leave from ASU as a senior fellow for the Dibner Maienschein, a recognized expert in the histo- Institute for the History of Science at MIT.She also TO WORK HARD ry and philosophy of science who recently was spent time writing a book called “Defining Life,” named a Regents’ Professor, says she grew up ask- which draws from history and explores science TOGETHER. THE ing questions. Her father, a nuclear physicist at Oak and society’s reactions to such innovations as Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge,Tenn., recombinant DNA, cloning and stem-cell research. REGENTS’ PROFESSOR- and her mother, a music teacher and lifetime Girl She has previously written two books and edited Scout volunteer, continually engaged their two eight others. SHIP IS A HUGE HONOR children in the world around them.The family Maienschein says one of the biggest parts of would take long trips to national parks and other her work is communicating her knowledge and THAT ALSO REFLECTS hiking destinations.Along the way the children curiosity to others.Whether dealing with students in the classroom, community groups or federal MY GOOD FORTUNE judges wanting to learn about science, she continu- ally tries to help others gain an appreciation for IN HAVING THE science. “I haven’t talked to many people who are BEST STUDENTS incapable of learning about even the most complex science; you just have to work with them,” she says. AND WONDERFUL Maienschein’s persistence in working with others has resulted in numerous awards, including COLLEAGUES.” the Alumni Association Faculty Achievement Award in 2001, the Parents Association Professor of the REGENTS’ PROFESSOR JANE MAIENSHEIN Year designation in 2000, and the Distinguished Faculty Award in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1998. “There are a zillion people at ASU who deserve these awards,” she says. “I get teaching Regents’ Professor of Philosophy and Biology Jane Maienshein with student Esther Ellsworth awards because my students are great.They are

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excited about learning, and we all share a curiosity “When I started doing undergraduate research about nature and science and a willingness to work and looking at things out there (in space) that no hard together.The Regents’ Professorship is a huge one had looked at before—the mysterious and the honor that also reflects my good fortune in having unknown—I was hooked,” Starrfield says. “Under the best students and wonderful colleagues.” the tutelage of my professors, I came to realize this was one area where I could make great contribu- Astronomer tions.” During his career, Starrfield has laid claim to Sumner Starrfield many firsts. He was the first to theoretically study umner Starrfield is a guy who has his head the magnetosphere gate model for X-ray outbursts, Sabove the clouds—not a bad place to be if and he was the first to identify and explain the hottest kind of pulsating stars. you’re an astronomer. But Starrfield is no ordinary “I LOVE DOING RESEARCH astronomer. His work, spanning more than 30 Starrfield’s most outstanding scientific achieve- ment is the confirmation that an explosion of gas years, is world renowned, and his research has IN AN ACADEMIC earned him fellowships in the prestigious American falling onto the surface of a white dwarf in a close binary star system was the cause of the nova out- Physical Society and the Royal Astronomical SETTING BECAUSE YOU Society. burst.A white dwarf is a type of star that contains about as much matter as the sun, but it is packed Starrfield, who was recently named a Regents’ CAN EXPLORE ANY- Professor, came to ASU in 1972 as the university’s into a size comparable to the earth. Starrfield and his students recently developed first astronomer. He still remembers his introduc- THING YOU CAN GET tion at the college’s faculty assembly. new techniques to measure the chemical composi- tion of gas emitted from a nova explosion, which FUNDING FOR, AND shows that this gas contains materials from a white dwarf. Since the sun will eventually become a I LOVE TO TEACH. white dwarf star, these studies are providing impor- tant details on the final phase of the sun’s life. IT IS FUN TO TEACH, “I love doing research in an academic setting because you can explore anything you can get ESPECIALLY UNDER- funding for,” he says, “and I love to teach. It is fun to teach, especially undergraduates. I also have had GRADUATES. I ALSO outstanding graduate students.” Starrfield has been continuously funded by the HAVE HAD OUT- National Science Foundation since 1974 and by NASA since 1980.This external funding—more STANDING GRADUATE than $2 million—has helped to support students, post-doctoral researchers and visiting faculty, and it STUDENTS.” has paid for students’ attendance at science meet- ings and trips to collaborate with other REGENTS’ PROFESSOR SUMNER STARRFIELD astronomers.

Regents’ Professor of Astronomy Sumner Starrfield Sitting in his office, Starrfield reflects on his “I was introduced as the university’s first career and says he is grateful for the Regents’ astronomer, Sumner Starrfield, and of course, all Professorship. the faculty broke into laughter.That is how my “What a wonderful honor,” Starrfield said. “All ASU career began,” he says. I could say after hearing the news was ‘Yes!’ It was Starrfield insists his last name is only a coinci- such a surprise.” dence. Originally a mathematics major at Berkeley, Starrfield enrolled in his first astronomy class dur- ing his junior year and discovered it was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.

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resident George W.Bush is among the many individuals and organizations that have recognized the talents and contributions of CLAS faculty mem- Pbers during the past year. Last December, Bush appointed Charles J. Arntzen, Florence Ely Nelson Presidential Chair in Plant Biology and director of the Arizona Biomedical Institute at ASU, to his science advisory council. Composed of 24 prominent individuals from industry, education and research institutions, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology makes recommendations to the president on new opportunities for scientific and technological advancement.Arnzten is the only academic laboratory scientist on the panel. “I’m really honored to have been chosen,” says Arntzen. “This is a time of far-reaching discoveries in science that have broad economic and societal impact. The other members of the council are top leaders in research in the public and private sector, and it will be educational and exciting to discuss U.S. policy issues with them.” A member of the National Academy of Sciences,Arntzen is a pioneer in the Charles Arntzen with his genetically engineered tomato plants genetic engineering of plants to produce edible vaccines. Other members of the president’s council include Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Computer Corporation; Gordon Moore, a founder and chairman emeritus of Intel; and Charles M.Vest, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following are some of the other accolades CLAS faculty and staff have earned recently. GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIPS will use her fellowship to complete an For the second year in a row,ASU is anthology of oral literature from western one of a few universities nationally with India focusing on the relationships more than one Guggenheim Fellow on between brothers and sisters. Satterlie, its faculty. Religious studies professor who joined the biology faculty in 1980, Anne Feldhaus and biology professor conducts research aimed at understanding Richard Satterlie are among the 184 the neurological basis for behaviors that 2002 Guggenheim Fellows in the United are often described as urges, impulses or States and Canada.Awarded annually by moods and will continue that work as a the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Guggenheim Fellow.Although he prima- Foundation, the fellowships reward men rily focuses his studies on a species of Anne Feldhaus and women who have demonstrated mollusk, Satterlie believes his research exceptional capacity for productive schol- could lead to knowledge about the causes arship or creative artistic ability.The of eating disorders, obesity, alcoholism fellowship grants, which average approxi- and addictions in humans. mately $36,000, are intended to provide recipients with six months to a year of time to work with as much creative free- dom as possible. Feldhaus, a scholar of south Asian religions who has been a member of the religious studies department since 1981, Richard Satterlie

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ASSOCIATION HONORS CAREER AWARDS A number of national professional Two ASU mathematicians and a geological associations have honored CLAS faculty scientist have been recognized by the members this year with their most presti- National Science Foundation (NSF) as fac- gious awards.The American Association ulty who are likely to become academic of Physics Teachers presented its Oerstad leaders of the 21st century. Edward Award, one of the most prominent Garnero, assistant professor of geologi- prizes in science education, to David cal sciences, and Michelle Zandieh and Hestenes,professor emeritus of physics Yijun Zuo, assistant professors of math- and astronomy.The Oerstad Award rec- ematics, are among the recipients of NSF Edward Garnero David Hestenes ognizes notable contributions to the Faculty Early Career Development grants teaching of physics. Previous recipients in 2001 and 2002.The awards, which include Carl Sagan and several Nobel range from $200,000 to $500,000, sup- Prize winners. Hestenes has been a port exceptionally promising junior national leader in reforming physics edu- faculty members who are committed to cation, having developed several programs integrating research and education. that are used as national models and sum- Garnero was awarded a grant for a mer workshops that have trained more project involving science education in than half of the high school physics teach- seismology and geophysics, including ers in Arizona. developing new undergraduate and The Association of American graduate courses that incorporate three- Michelle Zandieh Malcolm Comeaux Geographers recognized another emeritus dimensional visualization, analogies and faculty member, Malcolm Comeaux, active learning. Zandieh received a grant with its Distinguished Teaching Honors last fall to further her work in developing this year. During his 32-year career at an understanding of student mathematical ASU, Comeaux has made many contribu- reasoning in undergraduate transition tions to Arizona middle- and high-school courses. Zuo’s award will allow him to geography programs. Most notably, he co- continue his research into estimation and founded the Arizona Geographic Alliance, detection of unusual data points in multi- which provides funds for the state’s geog- variate data. raphy teachers to go on field trips and attend conferences and workshops. PUSHCART ANTHOLOGY Yijun Zuo Robert Pangrazi In addition, kinesiology professor Regents’ Professor of Spanish Gary Robert Pangrazi received the Keller, the author of several works of Distinguished Scholar Award from the fiction, has been recognized in “The National Association for Physical Educa- Pushcart Book of Essays:The Best Essays tion in Higher Education, and psychology from a Quarter Century of the Pushcart professor Leona Aiken was the Prize.”The anthology includes Keller’s inaugural recipient of the Jacob Cohen award-winning essay,“The Man Who Award for Distinguished Teaching and Invented the Automatic Jumping Bean,” Mentoring, presented by the American among its 35 selections from such Psychological Association’s Division of authors as Joyce Carol Oates,Andre Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics. Debus and Louise Erdrich.The Pushcart Gary Keller Leona Aiken Prize recognizes the most distinguished short stories, essays and poetry first pub- lished by small presses and magazines across the nation. Keller’s essay was first published in the Bilingual Review, which is produced by the Hispanic Research Center at ASU, and included in the 1977 Pushcart Prize collection.

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InMARTHA Memoriam BERNAL WENDELL LEE MINCKLEY The College of Psychology professor Martha Bernal passed away Wendell Lee Minckley, professor emeritus of Liberal Arts and Sept. 28, 2001, from cancer. She was 70. Bernal biology, died June 22, 2001, from complications was born April 13, 1931, in San Antonio,Texas, associated with treatment for cancer. He was 65 Sciences mourns and was raised in El Paso,Texas. and lived in Tempe. Minckley taught and conduct- the loss of the Defying expectations that she should get ed research at ASU for 38 years, beginning in married and stay at home, she became the first 1963 and extending beyond his retirement in following faculty Latina in the United States to earn a doctorate in 2000. psychology. Before joining the ASU faculty in He was born Nov. 13, 1935, in Ottawa, members during 1986, she worked at the University of California, Kansas. He earned a bachelor’s degree in wildlife the past year: Los Angeles; the University of Arizona and the and fisheries biology from Kansas State University, University of Denver. In addition to serving on a master’s degree in zoology from the University the psychology faculty, she was a charter member of Kansas and a Ph.D. in biology from the of the Hispanic Research Center at ASU. University of Louisville.A one-year appointment After immersing herself in the field of minor- in the biology department at Western Michigan ity mental health during a sabbatical year in 1979, University preceded his move to ASU in 1963. Bernal became the leading researcher on the train- Minckley was among the first faculty mem- ing of minority psychologists. She also led change bers recruited to move the university from its in the structure of the American traditional roots as Arizona Territorial Normal Psychological Association (APA), School toward the major research university that it including helping to form the APA is today. He played a seminal role in that transfor- Board of Ethnic Minority Affairs. mation as he garnered major research awards, Bernal also contributed to the estab- trained students, and established an internationally lishment of the National Hispanic recognized research program in aquatic ecology, Psychological Association and served systematic ichthyology and conservation biology. as the group’s treasurer and presi- Minckley was the author and editor of three dent. books and some 175 journal articles and book At ASU, Bernal was a highly chapters. In 1973 he published Fishes of Arizona, productive scholar, educator and the first compendium of the fishes of the region. mentor of numerous graduate and Minckley was among undergraduate students, a strong the founders of the role model for many faculty members and a voice Desert Fishes Council, of counsel to the Latina and Latino community a group dedicated to both within and outside the university. She con- conserving aquatic ducted innovative work on ethnic identity habitats and fishes in development, including co-publishing an edited arid lands. He was tire- volume on the subject and helping to organize an less in his conservation annual symposium on ethnic identity. In August efforts and a gifted nat- 2001, Bernal received the APA Award for uralist. Five species (a Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to the snail, scorpion, beetle, Public Interest. fly, and a cichlid fish) Bernal suffered from three bouts of cancer are assigned the name before succumbing to the disease last fall.The psy- “minckleyi” in recognition of his discoveries. chology department has established a scholarship Minckley was an internationally respected fund in her memory. Gifts may be sent to the authority on the fishes of the Southwestern United Department of Psychology, c/o Martha E. Bernal States and Mexico, and he dedicated his profes- Endowment Fund,Arizona State University, PO sional life to preventing their extinction. Memorial Box 871104,Tempe,AZ 85287-1104, with gifts may be made to the Desert Fishes Council, checks payable to the ASU Foundation for the c/o Department of Biology,Arizona State Martha E. Bernal Endowment. University, P.O. Box 871501,Tempe,AZ 85287- 1501.

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HANS SEBALD GEORGIA SMITH Hans Sebald, professor emeritus of sociology, died Georgia Ann Floyd Smith, an ASU associate pro- Feb. 2, 2002, at his home in Gold Canyon,Ariz., fessor of biology, died Sept. 2, 2001, of a stroke after a courageous battle with angiosarcoma. He complicated by acute leukemia. She was 52. was 72. Smith was born in Decatur, Ga., and was Sebald was named for the state. She earned bachelor’s born Feb. 22, 1929, degrees in environmental biology and chemistry in Serb, Germany, from the University of California at Santa and came to the Barbara, a master’s of public health in toxicology United States in from the University of Michigan and a doctorate 1954 with a schol- in biochemistry from the University of California arship to attend at Riverside. Manchester College Smith joined ASU’s zoology department (now in Indiana. He the biology department) in 1985 and was also a received his bache- founding faculty member of the molecular and lor’s degree from cellular biology program. In 1991 she was pro- Manchester College moted to associate professor, and she spent part of and then attended Ohio State University, where 1998 as a visiting scientist at the prestigious he earned his master’s and doctorate degrees. He Cleveland Clinic. taught at ASU from 1963 to 1992. He became a Smith focused her research on genetics. She naturalized U. S. citizen in 1968. received funding from the National Science Sebald taught courses in the sociology of youth Foundation, the Arizona and social psychology and conducted research in a Disease Control Research variety of subjects. He had an extensive publication Commission,American record in the study of adolescence.Among his Cancer Society and the books are “Adolescence:A Sociological Analysis” National Institutes of and “Momism:The Silent Disease of America.” He Health (NIH). From 1989 also wrote scholarly books on witchcraft, including to 1994 she received an “Witchcraft:The Heritage of a Heresy.” NIH Research Career He loved the outdoors, especially hiking in Development Award, a the mountains and deserts of Arizona. He was a distinctive grant that pro- conservationist, animal lover and world traveler. vided five years of support for unencumbered During many summers Sebald did research on attention to research. witchcraft in Bavaria, where a grandmother had Smith taught courses in human genetics and been a practicing witch. cellular biology. She published 40 papers and book Although Sebald retired in 1992, he remained chapters and had recently completed a textbook active as a scholar, publishing his last scholarly on human genetics. book on witchcraft in 1995. He then dedicated For several years before being diagnosed with himself to writing an historical novel based on acute leukemia last August, Smith fought breast witch persecutions in 17th century Germany. cancer.While struggling with the disease, she Sebald is survived by his wife, Karen, and her would at times have her chemotherapy treatment three sons as well as his siblings and cousins in in the morning and be in the laboratory in the Germany. afternoon. Smith is survived by her husband, Randall, and two children, Kendall and Jessica, both ASU undergraduates.

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1968 University’s College of Rebecca White Berch Human Ecology. BENNETT KAUFMAN (B.S., microbiology) is a clinical n March, CLAS alumna Rebecca White Berch became only the third woman 1973 research specialist at PSI ClassNotesIto be appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court.And at age 46, she is also MARLENE (SKIBA) International in Bethesda, Md. Last year he was given the court’s youngest justice. VANSICKLE (B.S., political the company’s Vision of Berch earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology at ASU in 1976 before get- science; M.P.A.,French Excellence Award for man- 1979) completed the educa- ting her law degree, also from ASU. She later came back to the College of tion necessary to receive her aging special regulatory Liberal Arts and Sciences to pursue a master’s degree in English, which she projects related to the broker’s designation and National Cancer Institute’s completed in 1990. now holds a brokers license conduct of clinical trials of After graduating from law school in 1979, Berch worked for the firm of in the state of Arizona. She experimental cancer drugs. McGroder,Tryon, Heller, Rayes & Berch. She left in 1986 to join the ASU works for Russ Lyon Realty in Phoenix. Kaufman previously worked College of Law faculty.While serving as director of the law school’s legal in regulatory affairs for the writing program, she decided to return to school for a master’s degree in 1976 U.S. Food and Drug Admin- istration and for a small English. STERLING J. SMITH biopharmaceutical company. “Many of the law students’ writing skills were not where they should (B.S., biology) is currently After graduating from ASU, have been,” Berch says. “I decided that further education on my part might employed as a litigation he earned a master’s degree assist me in communicating concepts to my students.” paralegal. He previously worked for state govern- from Yale and a Ph.D. from After her tenure in the College of Law, Berch served as Arizona’s solicitor the University of Maryland, ments and on environ- College Park. general, then as special counsel to then-Arizona Attorney General Grant mental projects. In 2001, Woods. From there she became first assistant attorney general. In 1998, Berch Smith married Susan D. 1971 was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals, where she wrote more than Hemmie (ASU class of 1979).The couple lives TERRY BRANSON (B.S., 300 opinions on a wide range of issues and topics. Berch’s distinguished legal in Mesa. mathematics) is a captain for career reached its pinnacle when Gov. Jane Hull appointed her to Arizona’s Southwest Airlines. Prior to highest court this spring following a rigorous merit-selection process. 1978 joining Southwest, he was a U.S.Air Force pilot for 21 As a state Supreme Court justice, Berch is actively involved in the court’s GEORGE LANGSTON COOK years and former squadron outreach and education programs. She is currently dean of the Arizona Judicial (B.S., history) is an addic- commander of the F-15E College and teaches many continuing legal education seminars. tions counselor at East “Triple Nickle.” Even more important to Berch, though, are the opportunities to teach Orange General Hospital in East Orange, N.J. 1972 and interact with students and the general public. She often judges high school, college and law school mock trial and moot court competitions. It is 1979 DIANNE MARSHALL (B.A., history) is employed as a in these settings that she can best educate others about the courts and justice JAYANN (HENDERSON) therapeutic courts adminis- in America. FORDON (B.S., home eco- trator for the Mendocino “Our system may have warts,” Berch says. “But it’s still a great system.” nomics) is co-president of County Superior Court in During her journey to the Arizona Supreme Court, Berch has maintained the Scottsdale,Ariz., branch California. of the American Association strong ties to the university from which she is a three-time graduate. Her hus- of University Women. JIM ZELENSKI (B.S.,eco- band, Michael, is a professor in AAUW promotes equity for nomics) lives in Lakewood, the College of Law and the all women and girls, lifelong Colo. and is on the faculties couple funds a law school education, and positive soci- of Regis University, the etal change. Fordon is also a University of Colorado, and scholarship. Realtor with John Hall and Red Rocks Community According to Berch, much Associates. College. In October 2000, of her legal success can be he received the ASU Eco- attributed to her broad-based 1980 nomics Alumni Association DWAYNE D. GREMLER Alumni of the Year award in liberal arts background, which (B.A., mathematics) is an recognition of his role as she says is the best foundation associate professor of mar- project manager for the for the study of law. Berch’s keting at Bowling Green City of Lakewood’s new belief in the importance of a State University in Bowling Cultural Center and Civic well-rounded liberal arts edu- Green, Ohio. In addition to Center. Last year, he retired his math degree from ASU, from his position as deputy cation has apparently been he also earned an M.B.A. city manager of the City of passed on to her daughter, who and Ph.D. in marketing. Lakewood after 25 years in is currently a junior humanities city management. In addi- major at ASU. tion to his degree from ASU, Zelenski holds a mas- ter’s degree from Cornell

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1982 1992 WILLIAM CROFT (B.A., 1996 LAURA (LEDGER) English) is an attorney IMPARATO (B.A., psycholo- JOHN F. CROSSEN (B.A., ANDREW F. ORTIZ (B.A., CARA (SHEEHAN) SMITH gy) gave birth to a baby Spanish) has been a visiting political science) has been practicing civil litigation in (B.S., exercise science) is daughter, Sophia Isabella assistant professor of named to the boards of Eastern Washington and an exercise physiologist at Imparato, on June 7, 2001. Spanish at Regis University directors of NewTown Northern Idaho. He earned Backus Hospital in his law degree from in Denver, Colo. He plans Community Development Connecticut. She is attend- CHRISTIE POULTON (B.S., to return to Arizona for Corporation in Tempe and Gonzaga University in 1998. ing the University of speech and hearing science) post-doctoral research and the Tempe Community MARK S. EVANS (B.A., Connecticut School of is a speech-language pathol- to defend his dissertation in Action Agency. He also has history) is a senior account Nursing and is a member of ogist at Cedars Sinai Spanish at Indiana Univer- been honored by the manager for Insight in the UConn cycling team. Medical Center in Los sity this fall. International Dictionary of Tempe. Angeles. She received a JILL M. TALL (B.S., zoology) Leadership,Who’s Who master’s degree in speech- CLAUDIA GOEDDE earned her Ph.D. in phar- 1985 Historical Society in (B.A., language pathology from macology and is now a Massachusetts, and psychology) earned a doctor California State University, KENNETH C. WORTLEY postdoctoral fellow in the Maricopa County Human of psychology degree in Los Angeles. (B.S., political science) is a department of anesthesiolo- Services. Ortiz, who holds a 2000 at the California supervisory special agent gy at Johns Hopkins School ROBERT SOZA (B.A., master’s degree in public School of Professional with the U.S. Customs of Medicine in Baltimore. English) is a doctoral administration and a law Psychology in San Diego. Service in Tucson,Ariz. student in ethnic studies at degree from ASU in addi- She is currently completing her post-doctoral internship 1997 the University of California, 1987 tion to his bachelor’s Berkeley. He received a degree, is president and at EYE Counseling and KEVIN FORSBERG (B.A., JOHN HUTSON (B.A., master’s degree from UC CEO of Ortiz Leadership Crisis Services in English, political science) is French) is human resources Berkeley in 1999 and was Systems and program direc- Escondido, Calif., and has an attorney in Houston. He manager for advertising a 1999-2002 Ford Pre- tor for Kid’s Voting Arizona. been married since 1999. received his law degree in agency Lowe Alice in Paris. 1999 from the University Doctoral Fellow. LAURA PECK (B.A., human- 1994 of Houston. LORI WEAVER (M.S., family 1988 ities) is completing a Ph.D. SHARON VINCENT (B.A., and human development) GREGORY PAUL DAVIES in public administration and DONALD A. FRIEND (Ph.D., political science) is co- is employed by the College (B.S., geography) is senior teaching in the ASU School geography) is an associate president of the Scottsdale, of Nursing at ASU as a transportation planner/ of Public Affairs. professor of geography and Ariz., branch of the research specialist senior. metropolitan planning director of Earth Science JIM WARING American Association of She married fellow ASU organization director for the (M.A., politi- Programs at Minnesota University Women.AAUW student Nicholas Campbell city of Longview,Texas. cal science) is legislative State University in Mankato, liaison for Senator John promotes equity for all Minn. He is a biographee in on June 10, 2000.The women and girls, lifelong 1990 McCain of Arizona. He also Who’s Who in America, was couple lived in Grenoble, earned a Ph.D. in public education, and positive soci- appointed U.S. representa- France, for six months while ELISABETH BAINS (B.S., administration from ASU in etal change.Vincent also tive to the International Nick participated in an psychology) works for the 1998. works in the marketing Geographical Union Study exchange program. United Way of Greater New department at KAET-TV Group on Diversity in Orleans as executive direc- TED WUESTE (B.A., psy- (Channel 8) at ASU. Mountain Systems, and is 1998 tor for the Northshore. chology) is pastor of Christ Chapel Bible Church in Fort JERILYNN HOFF (B.S., exer- the founder and an advisory BEN GOLDMAN (B.A., 1991 Wor th,Texas. He holds a cise science) is a registered board member of the English) is Web content nurse at Western Missouri Association of American administrator for Apollo MARC A. BEASLEY (B.S., master of divinity degree from Western Seminary and Medical Center in Warrens- Geographers. Friend and his Group Inc. in Phoenix. sociology) is a recreation wife, Lisa (B.A., family a master of sacred theology burg, Mo. MICHAEL P. MILLETTE coordinator for the city of resources and human devel- from Dallas Seminary and is JENNIFER S. MURRAY (B.S., biochemistry) is Mesa,Ariz. His first child, (B.S., opment 1993), welcomed presently working on his attending physician assistant Madison Shea Beasley, was political science) earned a their second child, Reilly doctorate. school at Kirksville College born Feb. 3, 2001. law degree from ASU in Rose Friend, on April 20, of Osteopathic Medicine 1998 and completed a mas- 2001. Son Scanlon Parker 1993 in Mesa,Ariz. He and his ter’s degree in library Friend was born Oct. 9, VICTORIA (SCIABARAS) wife, Gayle, married on science at the University of 1998. CASSINGHAM (B.A., Arizona. She is currently March 31, 2001. English) is a stenographer employed as a law librarian WENDY S. GRIEGO- MIKE R. PAREDES (B.A., student living in Clearfield, HOSMAN (B.A., English) at the University of South- Spanish) is a charter school Utah. has owned Valores Financial, ern California. manager for Yuma Private an investment company, Industry Council, Inc., in since 1999. She and her Yuma,Ariz.The charter husband are independent high school he manages retirement planners in serves 16- to 21-year-old Albuquerque, N.M. students with special needs, low income, and unique educational/family history.

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SPRING STEED (B.A., TONIA GEECK (B.A., WENONA RAE BENALLY SUSAN BANTA (B.A., LACEY CARTER (B.A., chemistry) is a chemical political science) is a (B.A., English) has been English) is a graduate stu- English) is currently purchasing buyer for configuration management admitted to Harvard Law dent at the University of working on a degree in Aerojet Fine Chemicals in specialist for Foster Wheeler School.After attending a Chicago. communications at ASU. Rancho Cordova, Calif. Environmental Corp. in pre-law program in LORRAINE BAUMACK (B.S., VENNETTE CHANG (B.A., Richland,Wash. Albuquerque this summer, JONATHAN O. M. psychology) is a research Chinese) is a supervisor for she will begin work toward TAYLORMOORE (B.S., biolo- MELISSA LEITER (B.S., assistant at the University of Starbucks Coffee. She is her J.D. degree this fall. She gy) is a fourth year medical microbiology) is a medical California, San Diego. currently applying for jobs also has plans to earn an student at Vanderbilt student at the University in China. M.B.A. PIERRE-ANTOINE BELLONE Medical School.After of Arizona. She plans to (B.A., French) is currently JENNIFER CIRAULO (B.S., graduation he plans to move specialize in emergency NOAH S. BLECHMAN (B.A., studying at the Yamasa clinical laboratory science) back to the West and pursue medicine. history) works as a broker Institute in Okazaki, Japan. is a medical technologist- a career in ophthalmology. for Mortgage Quest in STACI MAIERS (B.A., microbiology for Scottsdale Scottsdale,Ariz. ELENA M. BELTRAN (B.A., JOHN WHITEFLEET (B.A., Russian, political science) Healthcare in Scottsdale, anthropology) is an applica- Russian) earned his law is director of communica- CHRISTINA (ROBLES) Ariz. tion coordinator for the degree from California tions for Service Employees DEMICHELE (B.S., biology) University of Advancing AMANDA CLEGG (B.A., Western School of Law. International Union 1199 is a purification technician Computer Technology in humanities) is pursuing a He is an associate with Florida.After graduating for Avecia in Milford, Mass. Tempe. master’s degree in environ- Kennerson, Schwartz, from ASU in 1999, she She recently married Ed mental planning at ASU. Semerdjian & Haile in worked as a national press DeMichele and now lives in IRENE GLORIA BERNAL San Diego. advance for the Bill Bradley Rhode Island. (B.S., exercise science and SARAH CMEYLA (B.A., for President campaign. physical education) is a psychology) is assistant ALLISON (BRISTOW) MATTHEW DERR (B.A., eco- Maiers has also worked as a production specialist for manager and trainer for WILLIFORD (B.A., psycholo- nomics) lives in Scottsdale, public relations account Microchip Technology Inc. Comfort One Shoes in gy) is employed as a special Ariz., and is employed by executive, a broadcast media in Tempe. Washington, D.C. education teacher and is New West Energy as a regu- coordinator for the Service working toward her mas- latory affairs analyst. BROOKE BERNARDI (B.S., SCOTT SAMPSON CONKLIN Employees International ter’s degree in counseling at psychology) is program (B.A., political science) is Union, and a media strate- RACHEL FLEMING (B.S., the University of Phoenix. director for Consumer a supervisor at Costco in gist for The Rendon Group, psychology) is pursuing Advocacy Projects Inc. in Phoenix. He lives in a global communications a master’s degree in art 1999 Phoenix. Chandler with his wife, strategy firm. history. LAURA BETH BARNES Dawn. JENNA BLOCKHUS (B.S., SANDY LE (B.S., econom- (B.A., economics) is a for- 2000 speech and hearing science) TIFFANY DAVENPORT DIAZ ics) is an account executive eign/cultural expert lives in Chandler,Ariz., and (B.S., psychology) is AMY ANDERSON ALLEN for Amerifund Inc., an consultant for the Shenzhen is a special education employed as a case manager (B.S., family resources and equipment financing and Education Bureau in teacher for the Cartwright at Intermountain Center human development) lives leasing company based in Shenzhen, China. School District. for Cognitive Therapy in in Kenilworth, Ill. Her son, Scottsdale,Ariz. RUCHI BHARGAVA Salt Lake City, Utah. She is (B.S., Jackson Anderson Allen, SARA BLUMBERG (B.A., ANTHONY PAUL MANNION working toward a master’s psychology) is pursuing a was born Nov. 28, 2000. psychology) is a case manag- Ph.D. in clinical psychology (M.A., geography) is a grad- degree in social work at the KEVIN C. ALLEN (B.S., er for the Olivieri Center at Gallaudet University in uate student and teaching University of Utah and was biology) is a student naval for Women in New York Washington, D.C., after assistant at Kansas State married to Erick Diaz in aviator with the U.S. Navy City, where she also attends earning a master’s degree in University. June 2001. in Meridian, Miss. graduate school. marriage and family therapy REBECCA (ONG) TORODE VANESSA DEANS (B.A., SHANE BORG (B.A., sociol- from Nova Southeastern ANGELA AMUNDSON (B.S., (B.S., family resources and English) is enrolled at the ogy) is the reconditioning University last year. family resources and human human development) University of Arizona Law manager for Scottsdale development) is a program married Matthew Torode School. TODD BUTLER (M.S., com- Lexus in Scottsdale,Ariz. assistant in consumer pro- last fall and lives in Tempe, munication disorders) is a RON J. DENNE, JR. (B.A., grams and services for San where she works as a habili- DIANA BRANSON (B.S., speech-language pathologist psychology) is attendance Diego Gas and Electric in tation technician for The geography) is pursuing a and preschool coordinator coordinator for the Tempe California. Center for Habilitation. master’s degree at ASU and in Gorham, N.H. Union High School District. TED ARNESON (B.A., is a graduate research assis- STACEY DALGLEISH (B.S., He lives in Chandler,Ariz. Spanish) is corporate sales 2001 tant in geological sciences. exercise science and physical account manager for MEGHAN ALLEN (B.A., ROCHELLE DESTRAMPE education) is employed by JOSEPH BROWN (B.S., Documentum Inc. in political science) lives in (B.S., geology) is employed Desert Samaritan Hospital biology) is a student at the Pleasanton, Calif. northern California and is as an assistant hydrogeolo- in Mesa,Ariz., and is Southwest Naturopathic employed by ESG gist with Clear Creek attending physical therapy JESSICA BAKER (B.A., Medical School in Tempe. Consulting, Inc. Associates in Phoenix. school. psychology) is a child pro- ANNIE CALLAGHAN (B.S., tective services specialist for BRIAN ALAN ASHCROFT political science) is a law the Arizona Department of (B.S., physics) is pursuing a student at the University of Economic Security. Ph.D. in physics at ASU. Oregon.

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DUANE DEVORAK (B.A., CHRISTOPHER S. GERZETIC Eilene Theilig Spanish) is working as a (B.S., political science) is a substitute teacher for the personal banker at Wells Glendale (Ariz.) Union s the Galileo spacecraft—one of this decade’s greatest Fargo Bank in Sun Lakes, High School District. A scientific marvels—enters its final phase of planetary Ariz. He lives in Tucson. DERAI DICKERSON (B.S., research, CLAS alum Eilene Theilig is at the helm, guiding MATTHEW GLOYD (B.S., exercise science and physical the spacecraft in its unprecedented explorations. microbiology) is a pharma- education) is working as a Theilig, the Galileo project’s director, supervises a large ceutical sales representative graduate assistant while team of scientists and engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion for Glaxo Smith Kline in pursuing a master’s degree North Carolina. in recreation and leisure Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.The Galileo flight team has MELISSA GREENWALD services administration at won numerous awards, and Theilig has received two NASA (B.S., political science) Florida State University. Exceptional Achievement Medals. works as a project assistant RHONDA DUERING (B.A., “This voyage of discovery has expanded our search for life in the solar sys- for the Columbus, Ohio, anthropology) is an admis- tem by revealing the presence of water beneath the surface of Europa (one of law firm of Vorys, Sater, sions coordinator at ASU’s Jupiter’s moons),”Theilig says. “I’m very proud to have been associated with one Seymour & Pease. She plans Barrett Honors College. She of the premier planetary missions of the last decade.Working with the talented, to attend law school. is also pursuing a master’s KATHLEEN (KELLER) degree at ASU. dedicated and creative members of the Galileo team will remain one of the highlights of my career.” GUENTHER (B.S., microbiol- JANELLE ROBINSON (B.A., Theilig received both her master’s and doctoral degrees in geology from ogy) is a research health psychology) is a senior desk- science specialist for the top support specialist for ASU, in 1979 and1986, respectively. She came to ASU specifically to work with Veteran’s Administration in DHL Holdings in Tempe. Regents’ Professor Ronald Greeley in his then-newly established planetary stud- Seattle,Wash. ies program. Since graduating,Theilig has been driven by a self-professed “sense KELLY ELSENBAUMER (B.S., AYAKO HABU (B.S., exer- exercise science and physical of adventure and the excitement of discovering and exploring new worlds.” cise science and physical education) is a fitness And there is perhaps no greater adventure in planetary studies than the education) works as an ath- program assistant at ASU’s Galileo project,Theilig believes.After completing a survey of the major moons letic trainer and graduate Student Recreation of Jupiter earlier this year, the spacecraft is being prepared for its final encounter assistant at the University of Complex. She is also Pittsburgh. pursuing a master’s degree in November, when it will make a close pass by Jupiter and Amalthea, a minor LISA MARIE HENTHORN in exercise and wellness at moon. Galileo will eventually impact with Jupiter in September 2003, accord- (B.A., English) is pursuing ASU East. ing to Theilig. an MFA in screen writing at DANA ENGSTROM (B.S., In addition to its discovery of water beneath Europa’s surface, Galileo has the University of Nevada, psychology) is an academic collected other remarkable information and images of Jupiter and its moons. Las Vegas and is working as counselor for the University Theilig and her team have analyzed volcanic action on Io, including a “curtain of a graduate assistant. of Phoenix and plans to pur- fire” and volcanic plumes 400 kilometers high.The Galileo team has also collect- KARYNSA HINTON (B.S., sue her master’s degree. ed the closest-range photographs ever taken of a jovian moon.These images, biology) is a life sciences CORY FLAKE (B.S., eco- taken during a flyby just 83 miles above the surface of Callisto, reveal objects as instructional specialist at nomics) is a math teacher small as a desk. ASU West. She plans to for the Thatcher (Ariz.) begin her graduate studies Unified School District. Theilig believes her graduate studies at ASU prepared her well for under- this fall. standing the Galileo mission’s many discoveries. KATHLEEN FLYNN (B.A., “The ability to research an issue, synthesize information, apply priorities LUZ IBARRA (B.A., Spanish) psychology) works as is enrolled at ASU West assistant to the personnel and communicate technical ideas were all honed through the education I while working as lead manager at Bashas’ Inc. in received at ASU,”Theilig says. “The background in planetary geology that I service agent for Emery Chandler,Ariz. gained is particularly useful in my current job.” Worldwide in Phoenix. ANNIE A. FOUNTAIN (B.S., CHRIS INGLE (B.S., psychol- psychology) is an academic ogy) is a child protective associate in the department services case manager for of family and human devel- the Arizona Department of opment at ASU. Economic Security. Last year he received a commen- DEBRA FOX (B.S., biology) dation for his dedication and works as an administrative performance from the assistant in the medical Arizona Supreme Court offices of the Northup Group of Bellevue,Wash. SHANNON COLLEEN KELLEY She plans to attend physician (B.A., Spanish) is a Peace assistant school. Corps volunteer in Vanuatu.

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MANDY KOCHERSPERGER KATHRYN MCCOMBS (B.S., Alon Unger (B.A., English, sociology) microbiology) is a medical attends law school at Santa student at the University of Clara University in Arizona. California. JOHANNA MEJIA (B.A., NANCI-JEAN KRUM (B.A., Spanish) is a veterinary psychology) is employed as student at Mississippi State a fraud investigator for Sears University. National Bank in Tempe. ROBIN M. MELLICK (B.A., BRIAN LEARY (B.A., English) works for Orion English; B.S., psychology) Research Corporation of lives in Phoenix and is an Scottsdale,Ariz., as an intern at Element Design + information coordinator. Communications. KENNETH MONTINI (B.S., LYNN LEIBE (B.A., psychol- mathematics) is a graduate ogy) is pursuing a doctorate student at New York in clinical psychology at Medical College in Valhalla, Argosy University and N.Y. lon Unger is a man on the move. Since graduating from ASU in 1999 works as a retail systems KATHERINE MORSE (B.A., analyst for Safeway Inc. in Awith degrees in religious studies and biology, Unger has traveled the psychology) is director of Tempe. world serving others and pursuing the knowledge needed for a career in pub- the adult and family devel- lic health for underserved populations. KARL JOSEF LEONARD opment project in the ASU (B.S., exercise science and psychology department. “I believe that my citizenship in the community is justified by the capacity physical education) is an to serve others,” Unger says. “Helping at my parent’s restaurant and attending CLINTON “CASEY” MYERS exercise physiologist for the classes at ASU, I was exposed to a diverse group of people from various ethnic (B.S., mathematics, eco- Fitness Institute in Phoenix. nomics) is a minor-league and economic backgrounds.Those experiences stimulated a genuine curiosity He is ACLS,ACSM and baseball player for the and sense of social responsibility.” CSLS certified. Vancouver Canadians, the As an undergraduate student, Unger was involved in public health work JO ANN LOPEZ (B.A., soci- Oakland A’s short-season that took him to Central America, China and Thailand.After graduation, he ology) is a graduate research northwest league. Last year spent several years studying abroad as a Rhodes Scholar, earning master’s assistant in Student Life at he was named an all-star degrees at Oxford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical ASU and is working toward catcher and team MVP. a degree in higher- and Medicine. Most recently, he worked at the Africa Centre for Health and KENNETH M. OVERTURE post-secondary education. Population Studies in rural South Africa. (B.A., political science) Now Unger is back in the United States preparing to enter medical TSAYTAH LYNCH (B.A., works for Chase Bancard humanities) is a receptionist Services in Tempe as a clerk. school at the University of California, San Francisco. He is also one of 30 for Rockford Fosgate in recipients nationwide of a 2002 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New JULIE PATRICK (B.A., Tempe and plans to contin- Americans. More than 1,000 people applied for the Soros award, which political science) works in ue her education this fall at U.S. Sen.Carl Levin’s includes an annual stipend of $20,000 plus half the tuition cost for up to two an art institute in New York Grand Rapids, Mich., office years of graduate study at any U.S. college or university. or California. as a staff assistant doing The Soros Fellowship program was established five years ago to provide JESSICA C. MALDONADO constituent relations. opportunities for able and accomplished new Americans—resident aliens, nat- (B.S., family resources and LISA PEPKA (B.S., microbi- uralized citizens and children of naturalized citizens—to achieve leadership in human development) is ology) is a medical student their chosen fields.A naturalized citizen, Unger was born in Canada to Israeli employed by JP Morgan at the University of Arizona. Chase in Tempe as an immigrants who settled in Arizona when he was a toddler. opener/sideline sorter. MEGAN MARIE PEPPLE As he moves forward with his plans to become a pediatrician and special- (B.A., women’s studies) is ist in infectious diseases, Unger is focused more than ever on his vision for KIMBERLY M. MARTINSON a program advocate for Peer (B.A., English) is a graduate serving others.That vision, he says, was developed in large part by his under- Solutions Inc., a nonprofit teaching assistant at the graduate years in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU. organization involved in University of Oklahoma and “The people you meet in life shape your direction,” Unger says. “ASU violence prevention in is working toward a master’s Phoenix. allowed me to learn from more than just faculty and fellow students— degree in composition, lit- it encouraged me to be shaped by the community too.” eracy and rhetoric. SHAWN PIVONKA (B.A., Although he has earned advanced degrees from some of the most presti- sociology) lives in KRISTINA MATTHEWS Scottsdale,Ariz., and works gious schools in the world, Unger still considers ASU his intellectual home. (B.A., psychology, political as a flight attendant for “A broad liberal arts education provides the intellectual foundation for science) is attending law Southwest Airlines. everything else that you do,” Unger says. “The critical reading, writing and school at ASU. thinking skills you gain are so important.”

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JENNIFER POWERS-RUOFF ERIN TWOMEY (B.A., JENNIFER ZACHARY (B.S., (B.A., anthropology) is sociology) is an academic biology; B.A., chemistry) 2002-2003 CLAS Alumni Chapter pursuing a nursing degree advisor at the University of is attending Harvard Law Board of Directors at ASU while working part- Phoenix, where she is also School. time in the front office of a pursuing a master’s degree RACHEL A. ZOLLINGER PRESIDENT family practice doctor’s in education. (B.A., history, political sci- Stephen Patterson office. RENE M. VEREECKEN (B.S., ence) is a manager at Pier 1 B.S. in sociology, 1991 Solution center analyst, Snell & Wilmer JONATHAN REDWING exercise science and physical Imports in Fremont, Calif. (B.S., exercise science and education) is assistant PAST PRESIDENT physical education) is an restaurant manager at the Sal Rivera emergency medical techni- Avalon Hotel in Beverly B.A. in history, 1992 cian at Firebird Raceway in Hills, Calif. Attorney, Fennemore Craig Chandler,Ariz. PRESIDENT-ELECT CARLOS M. VIZCARRA ANDREA PLETICHA RIX (B.A., history) is a research Amy McGaw B.A. in political science, 1989 (B.S., psychology) lives in analyst for the Democratic Attorney, Lewis and Roca Mesa,Ariz., and is a teacher Congressional Campaign in the Kyrene School Committee in Washington, TREASURER District. D.C. In 2000-2001, he was Bart S. Wilhoit a Congressional Hispanic B.A. in English, 1996 SUMMER RODRIGUEZ- Attorney, Fennemore Craig Caucus Institute Fellow in CONTES (B.S., geography) the office of House Demo- DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE is a mapping specialist for cratic Leader Richard Jennifer “Addy” Adkins CB Richard Ellis in Tempe. Gephardt. B.A. in English, 1999 STACEY RYAN (B.S., Events coordinator, ASU Barrett Honors College FRANNIE WELLINGS (B.S., microbiology) is enrolled Patrick Anderson psychology) is a graduate in the School of Veterinary B.S. in economics, 1998 student at the University of Project manager, Benton-Robb Development Associates Medicine at Colorado State Pennsylvania. University. Christie Greener B.A. in Spanish, 2001 NATALIE (BANG) WHITLOCK KELLI SASADA (B.S., biolo- Marketing manager, Cultural Experiences Abroad (B.S., biology) lives in gy) works as a research and Sal Ongaro Scottsdale,Ariz., and is development technician at B.S. in economics, 1991 preparing to begin her MBA Attorney, Lieberman, Dodge, Gerding, Kothe & Anderson Abbott Labs in Abbott Park, studies. Ill., and hopes to attend Elizabeth “Buffy” Patterson B.S. in psychology, 1993 JESSICA G. WILHELMSEN medical school. Physician’s assistant, Southwestern Pediatrics (B.A., political science) MICHAEL SIMMRIN (B.A., Jennifer Smith is employed by Remuda philosophy) is an agents B.S. in psychology, 1992 Ranch in Phoenix as a assistant at Creative Artists Michael G. Steinkemper marketing office assistant. Agency in Beverly Hill, B.A. in psychology, 1997 Calif., and plans to start law CHRISTINA WORDEN (B.S., Case manager, ValueOptions school this fall. political science) is policy Karilyn VanOosten director for Fred DuVal for M.A. in Spanish, 2001 JAMES TAYLOR (B.S., biolo- Enrollment counselor, University of Phoenix Congress in Flagstaff,Ariz. gy) lives in Shanghai, China, Amy Whatley where he studies Chinese TIFFANY WOZNICKI (B.S. B.S. in psychology, 1998 and teaches English at the conservation biology) is a Marketing associate, Colliers International Orchard Language School. graduate assistant at San STAFF CONTACT Diego State University, RYAN TAYLOR (B.S., Amy Baldwin where she is pursuing a Associate director of alumni relations geography) is completing master’s degree in biology. 480-965-0377 pre-dental course work at [email protected] Northern Arizona PHOEBE Y. YUEN (B.A. University and plans to English) is a labor service attend dental school. representative for the New York State Department CHANTAL M. TOCCI (B.A., of Labor. She lives in Spanish) is a law student Brooklyn, N.Y. at the Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol, R.I.

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CLAS students continue to garner national

awards Brian Lutz Every year since 1995, USA Today has named an TRUMAN AND UDALL SCHOLARSHIPS ASU liberal arts and sciences major to its All-USA Biology junior Esther Ellsworth is one of 77 College Academic First or Second Team,which honors students nationwide to win a 2002 Harry S. 40 undergraduates from across the country who “have Truman Scholarship, established by Congress as a already used their skills to improve society in original federal memorial to the country’s 33rd president. and wide-ranging ways.” That is just one of the many The scholarship provides $30,000 for her senior national honors and awards CLAS students have year and for graduate study in preparation for a garnered this year. Following are highlights of the career in government or recognition earned recently by some of the college’s another area of public serv- brightest and most promising students. ice. Ellsworth also won a Udall Scholarship, which USA TODAY ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM provides $5,000 for her Brian Lutz, who plans to graduate this summer senior year. Established by with degrees in biology, Spanish and finance and a Congress to honor the late 4.0 grade point average, earned a place on USA Congressman Morris K. Today’s 2002 All-USA College Academic First Udall, the scholarships are Esther Ellsworth Team.The newspaper identified him as one of the the nation’s highest undergraduate awards for top 20 students in the nation who have taken their students planning careers in environmental public college education “above and beyond.”With the policy. Ellsworth is planning a career in environ- assistance of a CLAS scholar-citizen grant, Lutz mental health. co-created an inquiry-based science program for kids in Panama, which is being considered for SOROS FELLOWSHIP implementation nationwide, and he developed an John Olivares Espinoza, who is pursuing a online science newsletter for children.After he master of fine arts degree in creative writing, is completes a fellowship with the Environmental one of 30 recipients nationwide of a Paul and Protection Agency and a master’s degree in biolo- Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. gy at ASU, Lutz plans a career in environmental (CLAS alumnus Alon Unger also has been named a policy and sustainable development. Soros Fellow. See story on page 25.)The fellow-

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ship comes with a $20,000 stipend plus half the AAAS POSTER COMPETITION HONORS tuition cost for up to two years of graduate study The American Association for the Advancement of at any U.S. college or university. Funded by a New Science (AAAS) honored three CLAS undergradu- York couple who were Hungarian immigrants, the ates at its 2002 student poster competition, an Soros Fellowship is designed to help able and international exposition of scientific research by accomplished new Americans—resident aliens, undergraduate, graduate and medical school stu- naturalized citizens and the children of naturalized dents.The annual AAAS conference is the largest citizens—to achieve leadership in their chosen science convention in the world and is typically a fields. Espinoza, who wants to teach creative writ- John Olivares Espinoza showcase for the most noteworthy current ing at a major university, was born in California to research in science.The student poster competi- a mother who came to the United States from tion gives emerging scientists an opportunity to Mexico when she was seven and to a father who present their first professional work. entered the country illegally by swimming the Rio Megan Dueck,who graduated in May with Grande when he was 18. a biology degree, won first place in the organismal biology category. She is planning to do a post-bac- GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIPS calaureate fellowship at the National Institutes of Established by Congress in 1986 to honor the late Health in Washington, D.C. Brian Lutz, the USA Kevin Ellsworth Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, the Goldwater Today Academic First Team member, also won first Scholarship is the nation’s highest undergraduate place in the poster competition, in the social sci- scholarship in science, mathematics and engineer- ence category. Matthew Forrester, who also ing.Three CLAS students were named Goldwater graduated in May with a biology degree, earned an Scholars this year: Kevin Ellsworth,a sopho- honorable mention in that category.The poster more majoring in biochemistry and Spanish; competition winners were featured in the April 12 Collin Raymond,a junior economics and math issue of the journal Science. major; and Megan Thielges,a biochemistry jun- DOCTORAL STUDENT AWARDS ior. Each will receive $7,500 a year for one or two Collin Raymond years.All three students plan to go on to earn doc- Three of the college’s Ph.D. students were also torate degrees. among those earning national recognition this year. Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond, who is pursu- NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION ing her doctorate in plant biology, was selected as PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS an American Dissertation Fellow for 2002-2003 The National Security Education Program also by the American Association of University Women awarded scholarships to three CLAS students this Educational Foundation.The fellowship, worth year, to support their study of languages, cultures $20,000, was awarded to only 51 out of 515 and world regions that are critical to U.S. national Megan Thielges applicants. security. Each student will receive up to $20,000 The Ford Foundation awarded fellowships to for study in Russia.The three winners are Kerry two CLAS doctoral students, Benah Parker in Pace,a geology major who will study language in psychology and Ver ma Lynne Miera in biology. Moscow and participate in an internship conduct- This fellowship, directed to minority students, ing research on the surface of Venus; Danielle comes with an annual stipend of $15,500 and Ross,a Russian and history major who plans to also covers tuition, fees and some travel costs for study Russian and Tatar at Kazan State University; conferences. and Anne Fredrickson, who will do work toward her Ph.D. in history at the Moscow Danielle Ross Academy for Social Sciences and Humanities.

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JONATHAN AND MAXINE MARSHALL DISTINGUISHED LECTURE THURS., SEPT. 19, 2002 s an alumnus of the College 7 P.M., Gammage Auditorium A of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Speaker: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., senior attorney you’re an important part of the for the Natural Resources Defense Council Topic: Our Environmental Destiny extended CLAS community.We More information: clasdean.la.asu.edu/afc/Marshall/ want to hear from you. Please use the form on the opposite page to: FELDT/BARBANELL ANNUAL WOMEN OF THE WORLD LECTURE

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