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The University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390 Office of Public Information (419) 537-2675 September 1, 1994 FAX: (419) 537-4618 FROM: Cindy A. Large UT Announces New Director of Center for Drug Design An East Coast researcher has been named director of the College of Pharmacy's Center for Drug Design and Development at The University of Toledo. Dr. Paul W. Erhardt (Fairway Lane, Sylvania) also has been appointed professor of medicinal and biological chemistry in the College of Pharmacy. The Center for Drug Design and Development utilizes the services of scientists and medical professionals from the University, the Medical College of Ohio and St. Vincent Medical Center to perform collaborative research with drug industry and biotechnology firms throughout the country. The center is one of the University's nearly 20 research centers and institutes. Erhardt replaces Dr. Graham Durant, who served as director from 1990 to 1992. Durant is known for the invention of Tagamet. Erhardt said, "I hope to demonstrate the significant role that medicinal chemistry can play in merging biotechnology with the production of practical therapeutic agents." Prior to coming to the University, Erhardt worked at Berlex Laboratories Inc. in Cedar Knolls, N.J., as section head from 1983 to 1988, as assistant director of medicinal chemistry from 1988 to 1991, and as assistant director of drug discovery and technology from 1991 to this year. He also worked at American Critical Care (now Dupont Critical Care) in Illinois as research investigator from 1976 to 1979, as senior research investigator from 1979 to 1982, and as group leader of medicinal organic chemistry from 1982 to 1983. Erhardt designed cardiovascular and dopaminergic drugs there. One of the compounds he designed and developed is now marketed as Brevibloc (USAN: Esmolol Hydrochloride). In 1980, he received the American Critical Care Award for Scientific and Technical Excellence. From 1975 to 1976, he was an assistant professor in the department of medicinal chemistry and pharmacology at Northeastern University in Boston. Erhardt received his bachelor of arts degree in chemistry in 1969 and his doctor of philosophy degree in medicinal chemistry in 1974, both from the University of Minnesota. He was a postdoctoral research associate at the Drug Dynamics Institute at the University of Texas at Austin from 1974 to 1975. ### The University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390 Office of Public Information (419) 537-2675 FAX: (419) 537-4618 September 1, 1994 From: Sonya Thomas Sandcasting Workshop to be Held at the Center for Sculptural Studies A1 Melis (Lewis Avenue, Temperance, Mich.), associate professor of art at The University of Toledo, wiii hold a creative sandcasting workshop at UTs Center for Sculptural Studies on Sunday, Sept. 4, from 1 to 4 p.m. The workshop, sponsored by UT's department of art and the Michigan Silversmiths Guild, will expose nearly 100 participants to the methods of sandcasting and its creative potential. Melis, an established artist and metalsmith, said sandcasting is a method artists use to cast objects. "It involves pouring molten metal into sand. The results vary," he said. "You can create just about anything in sandcasting, from jewelry and belt buckles to decorative sculpture." Melis has headed UT's jewelry and metalsmith program since 1961. He also has taught courses in sculpture, painting, drawing and design at UT. For more information, contact Melis at 537-8300. ## The University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390 September 1, 1994 Office of Public Information From: LoriDietsch 537-2857 (419) 537-2675 FAX: (419) 537-4618 UT Federalist Society Announces 1994-95 Stranahan Lectures The University of Toledo College of Law's Federalist Society has announced two scheduled Stranahan National Issues Forum lectures for September 1994 and February 1995. They are: • "Images of Law and Power," a lecture by Geoffrey P. Miller, Kirk.land and Ellis Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School and editor of The Journal of Legal Studies, at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28, in the Law Center Auditorium. Miller will explore ways in which governments have used images of law and power to enhance their authority and establish the legitimacy of their rules. He will discuss examples from the biblical era and from modern times. Miller received his law degree from Columbia University School of Law where he was editor- in-chief of the Columbia Law Review. In 1970 and 1980, he served as law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White and was attorney adviser in the Office of Legal Council at the U.S. Department of Justice from 1980 to 1982. The following year, he was an associate with the Washington, D.C., law firm of Ennis, Friedman, Bersoff & Ewing, before joining the faculty of the University of Chicago Law School in 1983. • A lecture by social scientist and criminologist James Q. Wilson, James Collins Professor of Management and Public Policy at the University of Califomia at Los Angeles, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28. His topic will be announced later. Wilson previously held the Henry Lee Shattuck Professorship of Government at Harvard University. He has been chairman of the White House Task Force on Crime (1967) and of the National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse Prevention (1972-73). He was a member of the U.S. Attorney General's Task Force on Violent Crime (1981). He is the editor or author of a number of studies and books on crime, including Thinking About Crime, Crime and Public Policy, Crime and Human Nature: The Definitive Study of The Causes of Crime (with Richard J. Hermstein), and most recently, The Moral Sense. The Federalist Society is the local affiliate of a national society devoted to conservative political philosophy. Its annual series of lectures by conservative speakers is supported in part by the Stranahan Fund at The University of Toledo. For further information on the free, public lectures or on the Federalist Society, contact Jeff Schaarschmidt, President, The Federalist Society, University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, Ohio, 43606. ### The University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390 Office of Public Information (419) 537-2675 FAX: (419) 537-4618 September 6, 1994 FROM: Dave Volker High School Bands to Battle in Glass Bowl The University of Toledo Glass Bowl will be the site of the 1994 Bands of America Mideast Regional Competition to be held Saturday, Oct. 1. The event, hosted by the Giassmen Dram and Bugle Corps, will feature 30 bands representing high schools from Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, New York and Kentucky. Bands from Ohio will represent Maumee High School, Bellbrook High School (Bellbrook), Chaminade Julienne High School (Dayton), Fairbom High School (Fairborn), Hilliard Senior High School (Hilliard), Lexington High School (Lexington), Miamisburg High School (Miamisburg), Versailles High School (Versailles) and Westland High School (Galloway). Michigan bands in the competition will be from Durand Area High School (Durand), Farmington Harrison High School (Farmington), Flushing High School (Flushing), Grandville High School (Grandville), Jenison High School (Jenison), Lexington High School (White Lake), Milford High School (Highland), Mona Shores High School (Muskegon), Muskegon High School (Muskegon), Plymouth-Canton High School (Canton) and Trenton High School (Trenton). Preliminary competition will begin at 8 a.m., with an awards ceremony scheduled for 4:45 p.m. The top 10 scoring bands in the preliminary will take part in the competition finals later that evening. As part of the day's events, The University of Toledo Marching Band, directed by Jamie Hatner, UT associate professor of music, will pertbrm a special exhibition following the preliminary competition. Also, Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner will extend a greeting to all spectators and competitors to open the finals competition at 7 p.m. Tickets for the Mideast Regional Championship are $7 for the preliminaries and $7 for the finals. All seats are general admission. Tickets are available at area Selectix locations and at the gate the day of the event. Groups of 30 or more can receive discount tickets by calling the Bands of America office. Sponsors of the 1994 Bands of America Mideast Regional Championship include Jostens Inc., the Yamaha Corp. of America and Pearl Corp. For more information, call the Selectix office at (419) 243-7000 or Bands of America at 1-800-848-2263. ### The University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390 Office of Public Information .... ÿ: ÿ. -:,a ..'_"ÿ (419) 537-2675 FAX: (419) 537-4618 .ÿ..ÿ ...-ÿ { ,.- ÿ.:. ÿ.ÿ-: Sep ..... oct o, 1994 FROM: Cindy A. Large Planetarium Presents Sky Watchers Program The University of Toledo's Ritter Planetarium and Brooks Observatory will offer "Sky Watchers of Ancient Mexico" every Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9 through Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m. The program looks at the cultures, history and astronomical achievements of the Meso- American people, including the Toltecs, Mayans and Aztecs. Admission is $2 for adults, $1.50 for senior citizens and students, $1 for children ages 5 through 12, and free for children under age 5. The program will be followed by observing at Brooks Observatory, weather permitting. For more information, call the planetarium at 537-2650, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For recorded information and astronomical news, call the 24-hour hotline at 537-4037. ### The University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390 Office of Public Information (419) 537-2675 FAX: (419) 537-4618 September 6, 1994 FROM: Dave Volker High School Bands to Battle in Glass Bowl The University of Toledo Glass Bowl will be the site of the 1994 Bands of America Mideast Regional Competition to be held Saturday, Oct. 1. The event, hosted by the Giassmen Drum and Bugle Corps, will feattue 30 bands representing high schools from Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, New York and Kentucky.