contents the university 375 Task Forces to Examine Issues 376 New Name for Information Systems faculty notes 377 Appointments 377 Honors 378 Activities documentation 382 Faculty Senate Journal April 1, 1987 384 University Libraries Minutes May 13, 1987 387 Library Hours/Intersession July 30-August 24, 1987 387 Erratum advanced studies 388 current Publications and Other Scholarly Works July 10, 1987 it task forces to examine Issues• Two 15-member task forces have been appointed by Rev. Edward Malloy, c.s.c., president of the Uni­ versity. Both will file a final report by March 15 of next year. I The Task Force on Whole Health and the Use and --to evaluate the nature of male-femal'e~inter­ Abuse of Alcohol has the following mandate: action among students and also within other work groups on campus. --to examine the use and abuse of alcohol in the --to review the present support structures avail­ context of contemporary American society, with able to students, faculty, staff, and administra­ special attention to the college and university tion with regard to marital and parental respons­ environment. ibilities as related to the demands of work and --to provide an appropriate frame of reference for profession. the analysis of the ethical, social, personal, and --to propose policy changes that might contribute legal significance of alcohol use and abuse. to a better realization of a sense of community --to determine the University's educational re­ and mutual respect among all segments of the Uni­ sponsibility with regard to alcohol. versity population. --to review present University policies concerning the availability and consumption of alcohol as Kitty Arnold, director of career and Placement they apply to all segments of the University com­ Services, will chair the task force. Other mem­ munity. bers are Eugene Ulrich, professor of theology; Mary Ann Roemer, coordinator for special events The task force will be chaired by Patrick Utz, and concerns at the Center for Social Concerns; director of the University Counseling Center. Teresa Ghilarducci, professor of economics; Ann el Other members are Rev. Thomas King, C.S.C., rector Johnston, assistant director of the Annual Fund of Zahm Hall; Sister Joris Binder, O.P., rector of for University Relations; Rev. David B. Burrell, Pasquerilla Hall East; Wendy Clauson Schlereth, c.s.c., pro+essor of theology and philosophy; University archivist; Dolores Frese, professor of Edward Trubac, professor of finance; Kevin Rooney, English; Stuart McComas, professor of aerospace director of admissions; Maureen Hallinan, profes­ and mechanical engineering; Joanne Bessler, Uni­ sor of sociology; Maureen Gleason of the Univer­ versity librarian; Patrick Murphy, professor of sity Libraries; Roland Smith, director of the Cen­ marketing; John Poirer, professor of physics; ter for Educational Opportunity; Sister Jeannine Roger Jacobs, professor of law and director of the Jochman, c.s.c., rector of Lyons Hall; James Law School library; Patrick Cooke, student ~ody Wimbiscus, a senior studenti Tracy Carrier, a mar­ president; Sean Cullinan, a senior student and ried graduate student; and Joanna Branick, a sen­ resident assistant; Vince Willis, senior student ior student. and member of BACCHUS; Diana Fitzgibbons, senior class president; and Reginald Ward, senior stu­ Rev. David T. Tyson, c.s.c., vice president for dent. student affairs at the University, has appointed a 15-member Task Force on Residentiality. The task A 15-member Task Force, on Marriage, Family, and force will examine: Other Life Commitments, has the following mandate: --the quality, sufficiency, and variety of living --to examine the educational mission of the Uni­ facilities for undergraduate and graduate stu­ versity with regard to the preparation of students dents. for various life commitments, including marriage, --the criteria for selection and evaluation of family, singleness, and the vowed life. residence hall staff. Vol. 16, No. 19 July 10, 1987 Notre Dame Report (USPS 7070-8000) is an official publication published fortnightly during the school year, monthly in the summer, by the University of Notre Dame, Department of Public Relations and Information. Second-class postage paid at Notre Dame, Ind. Postmaster: Please send address corrections to: Editor, Notre Dame Report, c/o Rm. 212, Administration Building, Notre Dame, IN 46556 . © 1987 by the University of Notre Dame, Ind. 46556. All rights reserved. ,a ~---------------------------------------· 375 --the structural and programmatic support avail­ The task force, which will issue a final report able to hall staffs. and recommendations by March 15 of next year, will --the standard of conduct for student residents. be chaired by Richard Foley, professor of philoso­ -- the provision of services to meet the social, phy. Other members are John Attanasio, associate religious, cultural, volunteer, and personal needs professor of law; Maureen Boulton, assistant pro­ of resident students. fessor of modern and classical languages; Daniel --the relationship between residential life and Costello, professor of electrical engineering; the academic mission of the University. Jeffrey Kantor, associate professor of chemical engineering; Rev. Robert Krieg, c.s.c., associate Also facing a March 15 deadline for a final professor of theology; Naomi Meara, professor of report, the task force will be chaired by Ann psychology; Daniel Pasto, professor of chemistry; Firth, director of residence life. Other members David Ricchiute, associate professor of accountan­ are Rev. Joseph Carey, c.s.c., assistant director cy; Randal Ruchti, professor of physics; Lee of financial aid and rector of Dillon Hall; Sr. Tavis, c.R. Smith Professor of Business Admin­ Annette (Jo) Giarrante, O.S.F., rector of istration; John Van Engen, associate professor of Pasquerilla West; Catherine Ann O'Hare, a theology history and director of the Medieval Institute; graduate student and assistant rector of Lyons the Academic Commissioner for 1987-88; Stephanie Hall; Rev. John Lahey, c.s.c., instructor in Alden, a senior arts and letters student; susan theology; Jerry Marley, associate professor of Faccenda, a third year law student; and Rick J. civil engineering; Kenneth Durgans, director of Duell, a doctoral student in civil engineering. minority student affairs; Leslie Griffin, assis­ tant professor of theology; Evelyn Reinebold, director of student residences; Laurine Bink, stu­ dent body vice president; Timothy Salmon, co-chairman of the Hall President's Council; new name for Michele Parent, a resident assistant; and Robert Challenger, a junior student. information systems A 16-member Task Force on the Quality of Teaching in a Research University has been established by Prof. Timothy O'Meara, University provost and The Department of Information systems has been re­ given the following mandate: named the Division of Administrative Computing, effective July 1, 1987. --to examine all aspects of teaching in the con­ text of a research university in the undergraduate This change represents part of the recommendation colleges, in the graduate school, and in the pro­ on organization from the Task Force for Computing fessional schools. in its December 1986 report to the provost. --to explore ways through which reading and re- search may be mutually beneficial to each other. Information Systems was respon~ible for providing --to evaluate the quality of teaching, advising, data processing services for the administrative and counseling at the university. offices of the University in the areas of applica- --to make recommendations on ways to enhance the tion development and support, computer operations, quality of teaching and the intellectual life information management, and office automation. within the context of Notre Dame as a research Administrative Computing will continue this ,___ u_n_l._· v_e_r_s_i_t_y_. _____....;_ ____, ______________ m_i_s_s_i_o_n_. ______________________ 376 1 appointments Dahli Gray, Peat Marwick Research Fellow of accounting and assistant professor of accountan­ Peter J. Lombardo.Jr., assistant director for pro­ cy, has been nominated to the Board of Trustees of gramming and associate professional specialist in the Academy of Accounting Historians. the Center for Continuing Education, has been nam­ ed associate director of the Center by Dean of Patrick Horsbruqh, professor emeritus of architec­ Continuing Education Thomas P. Bergin. ture, has been appointed by the Indiana State Board of Education to serve two years as ,a member Lombardo will assume additional administrative re­ of the Indiana Curriculum Council. sponsibilities along with those of programming and scheduling. David M. Klein, chairman and associate professor of sociology, has been elected chair of the Re­ Lombardo holds a B.A. in history from the College search and Theory Section of the National Council of the Holy Cross and an M.A. in history from on Family Relations (NCFR) for 1988-89. Fordham University. He came to Notre Dame in 1971 as a graduate student in history and held a Ralph Mcinerny, professor of philosophy, Grace William Randolph Hearst Fellowship for two years professor of Medieval Studies and director of the while completing his dissertation for the Ph.D. Jacques Maritain Center, has been appointed a mem­ degree awarded in 1979. He was assistant Univer­ ber of the advisory council of the Revista de sity archivist from 1976 to 1980, when he joined Filosofia published by the Universidad de Buenos the staff of the Center for