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Facing Challenges with Persistence the One And Volume 3 Issue 1 Life & Letters A publication of the College of Liberal Arts of The University of Texas at Austin FACING CHALLENGES THE ONE AND ONLY TEACHING WRITING WITH PERSISTENCE BERNTH LINDFORS WITH STYLE Life & Letters From the Dean Volume 3 Issue 1 he summer is upon us, and at the College Tthat means new students are having their The College of Liberal Arts at first real taste of university life, the staff is busy The University of Texas at Austin preparing for the coming school year, and many of publishes Life & Letters for our faculty have the opportunity to pursue their alumni and friends of the College. research interests. Editor: In this issue of Life & Letters, we again offer you Robin Stanton Gerrow a glimpse of some of the exciting research taking place in the college. In light of this year’s Summer Contributing writers: Olympics, you may find John Hoberman’s research Michelle Bryant on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Vivé Griffith sports of particular interest. Dr. Hoberman is a pro- Kay Randall fessor of Germanic languages and has been investi- gating the crossroads of politics, society, science and Photographer: sports for more than 20 years. Marsha Miller Those of you with young and teenage children will Designer: probably be able to relate to the research on Japa- Matt Fangman nese anime by Susan Napier. If you can’t turn on a television at home without seeing Pokemon or Alumni Editorial Advisors: Dragonball Z, I’m sure you’ll want to read about Michael Appleman the social implications of this type of animation. Coby Chase Joan Fitzgerald Curry One of my favorite pieces of the magazine is always the featured student. Gautam Ganeshan has proven to be an outstanding student in Plan II and Philosophy. In addition to being awarded both a Web address: www.utexas.edu/cola Jacob K. Javits Fellowship and an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies for his aca- demic abilities, Gautam is an accomplished musician and plans to incorporate his love of music with To submit an item for “Class Notes,” his liberal arts education to study ethnomusicology as a graduate student. send it, along with your major and year of graduation, to robingerrow@ The 2004 Pro Bene Meritis winners are also featured in this issue. Two of our professors, Bernth mail.utexas.edu or mail to Lindfors and John Trimble, join alumna Carrin Patman in receiving this honor that is awarded to individuals dedicated to the liberal arts. Life & Letters College of Liberal Arts These are but a few of the people you’ll meet in these pages. I hope you enjoy reading about them as 1 University Station, G6000 much as I enjoy working with them. Austin, TX 78712 Richard Lariviere Cover: John Trimble Dean, College of Liberal Arts photo by Marsha Miller Contents Features Departments Students . 13 Faculty . 15 Carrin Sports Research. 17 Patman .............. 3 Doping.............. 9 Alumni . 19 Othell Ballage . 21 The Back Page . 22 Bernth Lindfors ............. 5 Chersonesos .... 11 John Trimble.............. 7 Life & Letters : A Publication of the College of Liberal Arts of The University of Texas at Austin Page 2 Facing Challenges with Persistence hether it’s raising a million dollars for The She also led a two-year campaign that resulted in a ber of the Liberal Arts Foundation Advisory Council WSwedish Studies Excellence Endowment, national award-winning elementary school library and served on its executive committee for nine years. hitting the campaign trail or driving a 60-ton truck, for Ganado’s children. At her insistence it was Patman has worked to establish the Swedish Stud- Carrin Patman has never shied away from a chal- air-conditioned, making it the only air-conditioned ies Excellence Endowment in the College of Liberal lenge—no matter how big. room in the school. As a result, she was made an Arts at the university. The endowment has sup- honorary member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Soci- ported scholarships and fellowships, symposia, study “The best advice my life’s experience can offer is ety for outstanding women educators. abroad opportunities, lecturers, as well as cultural persistence,” Patman said. “Whether it’s been politi- exhibits and performances. cal battles or challenges like fundraising, it is im- portant to either overcome or outlast the resistance. “The best advice my life’s experience can offer is persistence. That has always made the difference in my success.” Whether it’s been political battles or challenges like fundraising, Patman was born in Houston, the granddaughter of Swedish immigrants. Her mother, who died when it is important to either overcome or outlast the resistance. Patman was born, was one of Texas’ earliest women That has always made the difference in my success.” school superintendents in Sugar Land and her father, Fred Mauritz, served in the Texas House and Senate. For two decades Patman served on the Democratic From childhood, her interests, indeed her passions, party’s State Executive Committee, eventually being “To most Swedish Americans, Sweden is not just a have centered on education, politics and her Swed- elected the Democratic National Committeewoman place—it’s an idea,” she said. “It’s an idea infused ish heritage. for Texas in 1969. She was a leader in instituting the with our history, values, and family, so I think it’s reforms that led to broader participation of women not surprising that we want to keep that idea alive One summer day at Barton Springs she met law stu- and minorities and successfully lobbied a bill requir- and vibrant.” dent Bill Patman. The two immediately found much ing both the Democratic and Republican Parties of in common; they were both students at The Uni- Texas—for the first time in history—to write down When she and her husband visited the Volvo factory versity of Texas at Austin and belonged to political and publicize their party rules. in Sweden a few years ago, she was told she could families. The couple married in 1953. She continued test-drive any vehicle on the lot—she chose a 60-ton her college education, switching from Plan II and In 1976 she led the fight at the Democratic National truck. She has approached fundraising much in the earned her degree in English and Philosophy with Convention to ban winner-take-all presidential pri- same way—with a big goal, determination and grace. honors in 1954. Their daughter, Carrin Foreman Pat- maries. She made the case before the 5,000 National man, was born in 1956 and she—like her father—is Convention delegates and won. After 10 years of hard work, the endowment totals a graduate of The University of Texas Law School. more than $1 million. Patman has shown a commitment to the university The family moved to Patman’s hometown Ganado, and her Swedish heritage. She was a long-time mem- Michelle Bryant • Photo by Marsha Miller Texas, engaged in farming and ranching, and began their long political journey. She had campaigned from door-to-door in that same town for her father as a child and seemed the experienced choice to Pro Bene Meritis Award manage her husband’s political campaign. Bill served The Pro Bene Meritis Award is to honor individuals who are committed to the liberal arts, who have 20 years in the Senate, before he was elected to the made outstanding contributions in professional or philanthropic pursuits, or who have participated in U.S. Congress where he served two terms—with his service related to the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. This year’s honorees, wife managing all of his campaigns. Carrin Patman, Bernth Lindfors and John Trimble are profiled in the following pages. Life & Letters : A Publication of the College of Liberal Arts of The University of Texas at Austin Page 4 The One and Only Bernth Lindfors scholar once commented that there must be more end of the 1950s, there was a rather rapid withdrawal become one of the premier journals in its field and is A than one Bernth O. Lindfors, given the range of of British and French administrations, and African in its 35th year—Lindfors has served as editor for 20 roles he has played in African literature. He is literary countries were becoming independent very quickly,” of those years. scholar and critic, editor, bibliographer, literary trav- Lindfors said. “One consequence of that in East Africa eler, and locator of obscure manuscripts and texts. But was that as British expatriates were leaving, they were He has made regular trips to Africa to conduct his indeed, there is only one Bernth Lindfors. being replaced by educated Kenyans who were mainly own research and to meet African writers and scholars. school teachers. As a result, the schools were in some His work is held in high-esteem and has been support- Lindfors was born in a small village near the Arctic difficulty because they didn’t have enough staff mem- ed by grants from the University Research Institute, Circle in northern Sweden. Two and a half years later, bers.” National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the his family settled in Mamaroneck, New York, where Social Science Research Council, the Fulbright Pro- his father owned and managed Lindy’s Diner. When The Lindfors started a family, and during school gram, the American Philosophical Society, the Ameri- he was in the sixth grade, his family moved to Fair- holidays they traveled throughout East Africa, visit- can Library Association and the Guggenheim Founda- field, Connecticut and Lindfors and his brother were tion. He also received several NEH grants to conduct sent to Mount Hermon, a boys’ boarding school in summer seminars on African literature for American Massachusetts.
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