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Niversity of Western Ontario London, Canada : f c T T I I 1 ‘— "T ------------- niversity of Western Ontario London, Canada Vol. 6 No. 36 March 25, 1971 New Chancellor New Principal Faculty and Staff To Be Elected At King’s College Make The NEWS An electoral board for the appoint­ A man currently on leave from Dr. W. H. Feasby, Chairman of the ment of a new Chancellor has been Laurentian University to be a direc­ Department of Paediatric Dentistry, set up. The term of office of the tor with the Prices and Incomes will be guest speaker next week at current Chancellor, Dr. Albert W. Commission in Ottawa, has been the Sudbury and District Dental Trueman, of Ottawa, expires Jun. named to succeed Dr. Owen Carri- Society next week. He will speak 30 of this year. gan as Principal of King's College. on "Saving Primary Teeth'-'. The lecture w ill be presented as by the Senate representatives on the elec­ Dr. Arnold F. McKee will take up Royal College of Dental Surgeons, toral board are: President, Dr. D. his new duties Jul. 1, 1971. Dr. continuing education extramural C. Williams, Mr. C. D. Cudmore, Carrigan is leaving to become Pres­ lectures, in co-operation with the student; Professor G. L. Reuber, ident of St. Mary's University, Hal­ Faculty of Dentistry at Western. Dean of the Faculty of Social Sci­ ifax. ence; Dr. R. J. Rossiter, Vice-Presi­ Professor J. A. F. Stevenson, Dean dent (Academic) and Provost; Mr. Dr. McKee is from New Zealand of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, D. M. Scott, President of the Alumni and has worked in England, Au­ has been appointed a foreign mem­ Association; and Professor J. C. stralia and the United States as ber of the Program Committee for Taylor, School of Business Admin­ well as Canada. He joined Lauren­ the XXVI International Congress istration. tian University in 1961 and has of Physiological Sciences to be been Chairman of the Department held in New Delhi, India, in 1974. Board of Governors members of of Economics, Acting Dean of the the electoral board are: Mr. W. C. Faculty of Arts and in charge of Dr. George W. Manning, of the Fac­ P. Baldwin, Mr. W. J. Evans, Brig. the Extension program during his ulty of Medicine, has been elected W. H. Hemphill, Mr. R. M. Ivey, career with Laurentian. one of three vice-presidents of the Capt. J. Jeffery, Miss J. M. Mac- American College of Cardiology. Farlane and Mr. J. A. Taylor. He holds a B.A. and M.A. (Econo­ The election took place at the 20th mics) from the University of New annual scientific session of the Col­ Zealand; a doctorat en droit (eco- lege held in Washington, D.C. nomie politique) from the Univer­ sity of Paris and an M.Sc. (Econo­ Mr. Bernhard Beutler, of the De­ IMPORTANT MEETINGS mics) from the London School of partment of German, has been ap­ Economics. pointed co-ordinator of the Langu­ University Senate will meet Fri., age Program by the Goethe Haus Apr. 2, at 2:30 p.m. in room 112, Montreal, a branch of the Goethe School of Business Administration. Institute Munich, a cultural insti­ 1970 Medical Claims tution sponsored by the govern­ Faculty of Social Science Execu­ ment of the German Federal Re­ tive Committee will meet Tues., All staff enrolled in the U.W.O. public. Apr. 6, at 4:00 p.m. in room 111A, Group Supplementary Health In­ University College. surance Plan are reminded that all Professor E. S. Nowak, of the Fac­ 1970 drug and medical charges, ulty of Engineering Science, recent­ Council of the Faculty of Arts will other than those covered by OHSIP, ly gave a talk to a member of stu­ meet Wed., Apr. 7, at 3:30 p.m. must be submitted to Mrs. S. Munro dents in the Science and Techno­ in room 101, Talbot College. in Room 110, Stevenson Hall before logy and Trades stream at G. A. Mar. 31, 1971 in order to qualify Wheable Secondary School about Alumni Association Council will for payment. These invoices will engineering at Western. He also meet Tues., Apr. 13, at 7:30 p.m. be processed and returned prior to described Canada's nuclear power in the Alumni Lounge. the Apr. 30 Income Tax deadline. program. Cancer Researchers McGill Professor Guest West Indian Receive Grants At 4th Annual Teaching and Research Biology Colloquium Opportunities Outlined The Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation has awarded The 4th annual Biology colloqui­ Professor George Cumper, Profes­ grants totalling $117,000 to re­ um will be presented next week at sor of Economics on the Jamaica searchers in the London area. Western. Guest speaker will be Dr. Campus at The University of The C. P. Leblond, Chairman of the West Indies, is doing special stu­ The largest portion of the grants Department of Anatomy at McGill dies at The School of Business will go toward projects being car­ University. Administration until August 1971. ried out by doctors at the Ontario Cancer Foundation London Clinic He will speak on "Renewal as a Part of his task is to play whatever at Victoria Hospital where $97,145 Condition of Life" Mon., Mar. 29, role is appropriate in the develop­ has been allocated. and on "Formation of the carbo­ ment of cooperative programs in hydrate side of chains of thyroglo- Management Studies between The Sharing in the grant are Dr. J. A. bulin" Wed., Mar. 31. Both lec­ School of Business Administration Collins, Dr. F. C. Heagy, Dr. W. R. tures will be at 8:00 p.m. in room and The University of The West Inch, Dr. J. C. F. MacDonald and 1, Natural Sciences Centre. Indies and he will be working on Dr. R. M. Sutherland, all on the a text in the intermediate econom­ Faculty of Medicine at Western, Professor Leblond's main research ic theory and a survey of the Ja­ and physicist Mr. J. F. Drew. interests have been concerned with maica business environment. the dynamics of body components. Dr. Kathleen Stravraky, of the De­ Using radioautography his work As an adjunct to his task he will partment of Community Medicine has included the biogenesis of th y­ be glad to assist students and mem­ at Western and a research fellow of roid hormone, bone and tooth for­ bers of faculty who require back­ the Ontario Cancer Treatment and mation, cell renewal mechanisms ground information on research Research Foundation, received including synthesis and migration subjects in connection with man­ $15,296 for work on a study on of proteins and carbohydrate mole- agement and the social sciences in breast cancer and a geographical clues. Recently his interests have the West Indies or who propose to and environmental study of cancer been directed towards the role of take up research or teaching posts m ortality in Canada, specifically the Golgi apparatus in the synthesis at The University of The West In­ cancer of the colon. of secretory materials. dies. Dr. F. R. Sergovich, also on Faculty Professor Leblond has received The West Indies offers a rich and at Western, and cytogeneticist with many honors for his work includ­ accessible field of experience and the Children's Psychiatric Research ing: Prix Saintour, French Aca­ investigation for cross-cultural and Institute, received $4,269 for a demy, 1935; Fellow of the Royal comparative work, in such fields study of chromosome studies of Society of Canada, 1951; The Fla- as social and economics develop­ cancer tumors he is carrying on at velle Medal, Royal Society of Can­ ment, race relations, linguistic evo­ Victoria Hospital. ada, 1961; Fellow of the Royal lution and biligualism. The Uni­ Society, 1965; Province of Que­ versity of the West Indies (5000 bec Biology Prize, 1968; and Hon­ students) serves Jamaica, Trinidad, orary Member of the American Barbados and the Leeward and Third Elizabeth Laird Academy of Arts and Science, Windward Islands; it has good re­ Physics Lecture Scheduled 1970. lations with the Universities of Guyana and Puerto Rico and with The Department of Physics will He was born in Lille, France and re­ the Centre d'Etudes Régionales hold its third Elizabeth Laird Mem­ ceived his Licence-es-Science from Antilles-Guyane. orial Lecture Fri., Apr. 2, at 2:30 Nancy; his M.D. from the Univer­ p.m. in room 137, Physics bldg. sity of Paris; his D.Sc. at Sorbonne In addition to the cooperative pro­ and his Ph.D. from McGill. Most gram of development of manage­ Guest speaker will be Dr. Lothar of his professional career has been ment studies (teaching and research) W. Nordheim, of Gulf General spent at McGill. with the School of Business Admin­ Atomic, talking about "Energy istration, The University of The for Man, Past and Future". West Indies has links with a num­ ber of Canadian universities in Dr. Nordheim was born in Munich other academic areas. Interested and educated at the University of Arthritis Club staff or students can contact Pro­ Gottingen. He was Professor of To Hold May Meeting fessor Cumper at room 113 in The Physics at Duke University and has School of Business Administration. served on the staff of the Oak Ridge The I nter-Urban Arthritis Club will National Laboratory as a consultant hold its annual meeting in London to the Los Alamos Scientific Labor­ May 15. Staff Positions atories. Joining Gulf General A tom ­ Open at Western ic in 1957 he served as Chairman The Inter-Urban Arthritis Club is of the Theoretical Physics Depart­ an organization which meets year­ Secretary IV - Computer Science ment and as Senior Research Ad­ ly and draws its membership from Secretary II - French visor.
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