The Pelican & A Newsletter for the F.I.T. Family VOLUME XII JUNE, issn NUMBER SIX DR. PIETER DUBBELDAY, profeunor of DEE DEE PANNELL of Student DR. EDWARD J. EARRELL, djmct phydce md oceanography, wu named Activities wan named Administrabr of professor of history, WM the redpient of F.I.T. Teacher of the Year at annual the Year md picked up the Service Awud Theta Xi fraternity's Tderof the Year ads ceremo~lieswed by the Student for having "done the most for the student award. Government Asmeidion. body." Grad Centers Keep Growing -- ~* is- The gathering of graduate center &>* , - * directors in F.I.T.'s off-campus program at the university's main campus recently marked another year of growth for the multi-state educational service. "We'll reach over 1,000 graduate students this year." said Edward F. Gudgel. director of off-campus programs for F.I.T. Center directors joining the annual meeting were Paul Bruehl of Fort Lee. Va.: Dorris Kent of St. Petersburg, Fla.; Flora Galloway of the Naval Training Center at Orlando, Fla.: Wayne Sills of Fort Eustis, Va.; Dr. Leonard Winter of Redstone Arsenal, Ala.; James Grahski of WFIT Radio Expands Its Voice .Selfridre. .. - n- ----Air National- --~- Guard Base, Detroit. Mich.;Conrad Davis of Aherdeen Proving Grounds, Md.; Robert Fleming of Radio Station WFIT. an FM station hours of classical programming each Rock Island Arsenal, Ill; Vincent Siragusa built and operated by students, has been week. 10 hours of jazz, three hours of of Picatinney Arsenal, N.J., and Harry transformed into a community broadcast- "golden oldie" tunes (196.5 to 1974), and a Woods of the Naval Air ~estCenter, ing facility by a signal strength increase wealth of rock tunes. Patuxent, Md. from 41 watts to nearly 3,000 watts. Additional programs include regular () "1t's.a sigqifieant part of F.I.T.'s Station Manager Dave Thomas announ- features on consumer issues, astronomy. academlc activ~t~es."Gudgel said of the ced expanded programming to accompany film reviews, satire, old-time radio shows graduate centers. He explained that the broadening of WFIT's audience. as ranging from the Lone Ranger to during the current academic quarter 934 well as a switch in the station's position on Gangbusters. the Mother Earth News and students were Pursuing graduate degrees the FM dial from 91.5 megahertz to 89.5. the off-heat Zodiac News. through off-campus courses. Broadcasting is around-the-clock except 1 The university radio station was started "We're addingabout two new a.m. - 6 a.m. Mondays. in 1975. Along with university support. a year," Gudgel said. noting that a program Director Cliff Lethbridge, like the station relies on community volunteer F.I.T. student, announced that workers and community askhnce af to quality in the educat~ona seeking music will find eight other types. CAMPUS OTES Dr. Robert H. Frank. head of Science Rita Cumona and Joan LeMosy of the is also visiting the Center for Disease Education, was recently appointed by the Library's reference department recently Control in Atlanta and the Institute for Commissioner of Education to serve on an attended a workshop at the University of Medical Research in London before accreditation committee for Florida Central Florida on biological abstracts and returning to India to establish a colony of * International University in Miami. The computer reference searching. 50 armadillos at Jalma for use in medical team consisted of 16 members. including Judy Henson, circulation supervisor, research. people from the state Department of and cataloger Lois Siier participated in a Dr. Storrs was also visited by Dr. N. A. Education and other universities. The workshop on computer search techniques. Anti., Trustee of the Foundation for evaluation took place during a threeday The workshop in Boca Raton was Medical Research at Bombay, India, for visit. sponsored by the Florida Chapter of discussion of the importation of 30 John L. Cukeet. associate dean for Special Libraries Association, the Online armadillos for use in his laboratories. academics at the School of Aeronautics. Caucus of Florida Library Association, Until his program gets underway, a small recently attended the annual convention and Florida Searchers. colonv of armadillos will be maintained for of the National Air Transport Association his use at MRI under thesponsorhip of the in Las Ve~as.- Brilish Leprosy Relief Assoeiation. JukHinman, associate professor of air Dr. Andrew W. Revay, Jr. dean of commerce, attended the International Science and Engineering, attended the Civil Aviation Conference No. 2 recently annual Engineering Dean's Institute at in New York. The convention was Williamsburg. Va.. sponsored by the sponsored by Lloyds of London. American Society for Engineering Dr. Kenneth L. hweck, assistant Education. Dr. Revay also recently served professor of Biological Sciences, recently as a reviewer for the National Science presented a paper at the national meeting Foundation Instructional Scientific Equip- of the American Society for Microbiology ment Program at Chicago. in Miami Beach. It was entitled, "Mating Dr. Revay also attended the board of Compatability in Noeardia asteroides." directors executive committee meeting Dr. Kasweck will be working on the and board meeting of the Southeastern molecular aspects of this mating Center for Electrical Engineering Educa- compatability in the laboratory of Dr. S.C. tion in Atlanta. He and Dr. John Bradley at the Medical College of Virginia Hadjilagiau attended the Southeastern while on sabbatical leave for the 1980-81 Association of Electrical Engineering academic year. Department Heads in Atlanta. Dr. John C. Hozier, assistant professor Dr. Junho Choi, assistant professor of of Biological Sciences, took part in the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Third Annual Lymphoma Workshop DOUBLE LIFE - Jukie -orth, advisor to the student chapter of IEEE. conducted at the Stanford Research executive secretary for Development, is attended the IEEE Southeastern meeting Institute in Menlo Park. Calif. He also as much at use on a theater stage as she of student advisors at Nashville. presented a seminar on the "Molecular is in an F.I.T. office. The actress and Richard Cosel. research associate in Organization of Chromosomes" at the singer, who studied voice at the New York Electrical Engineering, presented a paper University of Utah Medical Center at Salt College of Music, recently handled a lead on "The FAA Lightning Protection Lake City. role in "Fiddler On the Roof" [above]. A Modules Designed for Leadless Devices" Biological Sciences was visited by two member of Melbourne's Indim River at the Lightning Technology Symposium distinguished scientists recently under Players and Cocoa's Performiry Arts held recently at NASA's Langley the NSF-RIAS speaker program. Dr. J. C. Center, she has starred in several Research Center in Virginia. He also Ogden. director of the St. Croix Research productions, including one role opposite served as chairman of a session entitled, Laboratories in the Virgin Islands. was husbd Herb. The mother of three and "Open Forum on Protection of Ground the guest of Dr. William S. Alevimn. Dr. grandmother of two also recently Systems." F.I.T. and the FAA sponsored Ogden presented a seminar on his work in backpacked through Europe with her the symposium with NASA. Dr. Revay community structures of coral reef fishes. daughter. also attended. Also visiting was Professor B. L. Brad Weichert received the "best Strchler of the University of Southern student presentation" award for the California. A guest of Dr. George C. organic-biochemical studies session of the Wehster, Dr. Strehler is a noted Drs. Eleanor E. Storrs and Hury P. Marine Chemistry Symposium at a Tampa reseacher on the molecular aspects of Burchfield of the Medical Research meeting of the Florida Section of the aging. Along with discussing aspects of Institute are attending the 60th Annual American Chemical Society. His paper research with the faculty and graduate Meeting of the American Society of was entitled "Extraction of Organic students, Dr. Strehler presented a Mammalogists this month at the Drilling Fluid Components from Sea seminar dealing with his recently University of Rhode Island, Kingston. Water Using the Organicon XAD-2 Resin published work on the loss of ribosomal They are presenting a paper entitled, Extraction System." RNA genes. "Polymorphism in the Common Long- Dr. John Trehy and Dr. Richard Piercern Pam Bohmn recently attended the Nosed Armadillo (Xenarthra: Dasypus chemical oceanographers, held a Marine annual membership meeting of the novemcinctus)." Chemistry Symposium in Tampa recently Southeastern Library Network in At- Dr. Sreevatsa, assistant research in conjunction with the meeting of the lanta. The meeting centered on the officer at the Central Jalma Institute for Florida Section of the American Chemical development of a regional support system Leprosy at Agra. India, spent the month Society. The program included 18 for computer service to Libraries in the of May at MRI. Working under a World presentations by marine chemists from six southeast. The &st phase of the regional Health Organization fellowship, he universities, as well as from private and - support system will be availabte in-15- received training from Dr. Stern in the federal research msitutions. Dr. Trefry months. use of armadillos in leprosy research. He chaired a session on inorganic-trace Researcher at MRI Dr. Arvind M. Dhople has joined the staff of Medical Research Institute. Formerly on the staff of the Department of Pathobiology and the American Leprosy Foundation of the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and Hygiene, he will continue his research on a rapid method for the diagnrmis of leprosy based on measurement of mycobaderial ATP by hiolumineseence. Dr. Dhople has already been awarded a grant of $14.998 from the Heiser Program for Research on Leprosy to initiate his work at MRI.