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Almanac, 05/25/95, Vol. 41, No. 34 UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA Thursday, May 25, 1995 Volume 41 Number 34 In this Issue 2 The New Era Foundation; Nursing: Teaching Awards to Dr. Fawcett and to TA Riley-Lawless; Ivan National Academy Election of Dr. Franzini-Armstrong and 3 Dr. Kissick at Commencement; Alumni Reunion Gifts; Friend Speaking Out: Dr. Lloyd’s Queries on Consensual Sex 4 SENATE: The SCAFR Report on the non-appointment of Dr. David Cass as graduate group chair; Dr. Cass’s letter to Trustees asking reprimands of senior officers and removal one—followed by views of the chair of Economics, the Provost, and the Dean of SAS, with a final word from SCAFR’s chair. 9 A Moment of Truth in America: 16 corporate chiefs urge Congress to support academia 10 OPPORTUNITIES 14 For Comment: Changes in Performance Appraisal 15 A-3 Employee of the Month; Moves; HIV Testing; Bad Checks, 16 Federal Watch: The federal budget’s first round, and what it may mean to Penn In the Center The 21st Century Project: Phase One, Report of the Provost’s Council on Undergraduate Education Summer at Penn View The Compass section of this issue at www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/1995/ A special 12-page section on Commencement and the surrounding celebrations Commencing Together: Since Krista Flores and Ivan, right, shared the work as she earned her MSW at the School of Social Work, they wore matching mortarboards to Commence- ment on Monday. Ivan is a trained helper who accompanied Ms. Flores to class and to her job Photo by Tommy Leonardi as an intern in the Office of Affirmative Action. ALMANAC May 25, 1995 Teaching Awards in Nursing The following letter was distributed at Alumni Weekend events in response to Dr. Jacqeline Fawcett, a professor of nursing and research last week’s news accounts concerning fellow in the Center for Advancing Care in Serious Illness, the bankruptcy of the Foundation for has been chosen for the 995 Teaching Award of the School New Era Philanthropy.— Ed. of Nursing, given since 983 to a faculty member for excel- lence in the classroom and/or clinical teaching. The winner of a companion Teaching Assistant Award, which recognizes excellence in teaching by a doctoral candidate, is Kathy New Era Foundation Riley-Lawless. Dr. Fawcett teaches graduate level courses that provide Welcome to Alumni Weekend! As you move students with the theoretical foundations essential to profes- about campus over the next couple of days, sional development and the conduct of nursing research. In you may see one or more newspaper articles nominating her for the teaching award, students praised her on the Foundation for New Era Philanthropy ability to present complex topics in “an interesting and under- and Penn’s relationship to it. This topic has standable manner...to take clinical situations and help students been much in the news this week, and I would conceptualize them within a nursing framework and then to like to take a moment to put in perspective the teach, guide and enlighten them in the research process. The University’s limited involvement with New Era end product is an edified student who embodies the art and and explain how it came about. Dr. Fawcett science of nursing practice through theory and research.” Over the past few years under its New Dr. Fawcett’s own research, with colleagues, includes a Concepts Philanthropy Fund, New Era of- study funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, on fered an unusual matching gift opportunity for the influence of childbearing on women’s ability to continue charitable institutions. Funds were transferred usual activity, and another funded by the American Cancer to New Era, held for a period of time and then Society and the National Cancer Institute, on the role of sup- matched. The total amount was then given back port groups in helping women cope with breast cancer. to the institutions. An alumna of Boston University with her master’s degree In 993 Penn was invited to participate. and Ph.D. from NYU, Dr. Fawcett joined the faculty in 978 and From that point two years ago until the begin- was elected to the American Academy of Nursing in 979. In 1992, she was the recipient of the American Journal of Nursing’s ning of this week—when New Era’s problems “Book of the Year” Award for The Relationship of Theory and were first disclosed—a number of individuals Research, co-authored with Dr. Florence Downs. of great integrity who are close to Penn attested A student called Ms. Riley-Lawless, the TA Award winner to the credibility of the New Era program. who took her master’s here in 1986, “an excellent role model Transactions with New Era were based on for all students and teachers of nursing.” A nurse specializing funds given to Penn by a select group of in- in pediatrics—now enrolled in a doctoral program of the dividual donors who knew of the University’s School’s Children Division—Ms. Riley-Lawless has devoted unusual opportunity to obtain matching funds. Ms. Riley-Lawless much of her career to caring for children with cancer. No transactions with New Era were based on contributions from other Penn donors. National Academy: From the beginning, it was clearly recog- nized that the New Era program was out of the Dr. Franzini-Armstrong, Cell Biology ordinary. On a continuing basis, the University Dr. Clara Franzini-Armstrong, professor of cell and devel- reviewed the foundation’s track record with opmental biology, has been elected to the National Academy other institutions, its tax returns and avail- of Sciences. able financial statements. The experience of A member of the Pennsylvania Muscle Institute who is other institutions was quite positive. Even so, known particularly for her work on the architecture of calcium Penn’s involvement was strictly limited—as release channels in skeletal muscle, Dr. Franzini-Armstrong was intended. is the author of some 100 papers in her field, a frequent Currently, the University has a total of presenter in this country and abroad, and holder of honorary $,550,000 with New Era awaiting matching fellowships in England and Italy in recent years. She came to the University as an associate professor in 975 from the funds. New Era financial records made public University of Rochester, after holding teaching and research Thursday afternoon identified the Foundation’s positions at Duke University and the Universityof Padua. twenty largest unsecured creditors, and the The winner (with Dr. Knox Chandler) of the Biophysical University is not among them. Society’s 1989 K.C. Cole Award, Dr. Franzini-Armstrong New Era has filed for bankruptcy, and it has also been course director in histology here since 988, Art Siegel photo by will be some time before we know the results and was recently named to the Ethics Committee. Dr. Franzini-Armstrong of the bankruptcy proceeding. Federal and state authorities are also investigating New Era at Death of Dr. Bryfogle, PennMed: Memorial May 26 this point, and these investigations will possibly Dr. John W. Bryfogle, clinical assistant professor of medicine, died at HUP, May 9 at the be prolonged. The University will vigorously age of 70. Dr. Bryfogle specialized in internal medicine and cardiology. He took his bachelor’s protect its interests in the bankruptcy proceed- degree in 944 and M.D. in 948, both from Penn. After medical service in the U.S. Navy, ing and in any other litigation that may ensue 95-53, Dr. Bryfogle was a Joslin Fellow at the New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston. from New Era. He returned to Philadelphia for a residency followed by an NIH Post-Doctoral Research Fel- The University takes its stewardship respon- lowship in cardiovascular disease at PGH, where he he won the 1956 Charles Burr Prize for best sibilities very seriously and is committed to the research by house staff. He was chief of the Hypertension Clinic there from 1965 to 1968. prudent management of its resources. In the Dr. Bryfogle started his 35 years with PennMed as an instructor in cardiology in the Graduate weeks ahead, we will review the University’s School of Medicine in 1956, and was noted as a practitioner and clinical teacher to generations. internal controls and decision-making proce- The John Winthrop Bryfogle Professorship of Cardiovascular Diseases, now held by Dr. Mar- dures in the light of this experience to see if tin G. St. John Sutton, director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Program, was established in 99 any changes are warranted. In the meantime, through the generosity of Dr. Bryfogle’s friends, patients and colleagues. It grew out of a fund if you have any questions, I do hope that you created earlier by Dr. Bryfogle to sponsor teaching and research in cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Bryfogle is survived by his wife, Jeannette; three sons, John W. Jr., Dean G., and Mark will let me know. D.; two grandchildren, Carla and Ryan Bryfogle; and a sister, Dorothy Caven. A memorial — Virginia B. Clark, service will be held at p.m., Friday, May 26, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 404 Levering Vice President for Development Mill Rd, Bala Cynwyd. Memorial contributions may be made to the John Winthrop Bryfogle Professorship of Cardiovascular Disease, Penn Tower, 4th floor, HUP, 3400 Spruce Street. ALMANAC May 25, 1995 At the University’s 239th Commencement, the incoming chair of the Faculty Senate had this farewell message for the graduating seniors and newly minted masters and doctors assembled on Franklin Field Monday, May 22. Dr. Kissick is the George Pepper Seckel Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
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