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Mass. 02191 (617)337-2040 Vol. 66, No. 1 alum nus December, 1984 F e a t u r e s 8 UMO Featured on MacNeil/Lehrer Report By Sherman H asbrouck The university is lauded for leading the way in radon work. 10 Maine’s Main Museum Is Mainly UMainers By Betty A dams An exciting new exhibit opens at the Maine State Museum, and four alumni play key roles. Page 4 14 The Eagle Man By Susan Hand Shetterly UMO’s Charles Todd ’79 spearheaded the drive to bring back Maine’s bald eagle. 16 East Meets West: Henry P. Sheng ’54 By Norah D eakin D avis He holds six engineering patents and, as a concert pianist, is bringing contem­ porary Chinese music to the U.S. 18 The Advancing Giant By Bernard R. Yvon. E d.D. Chinese educators are turning their backs on Russia: one of the startling changes a UMO professor found on a recent visit to the People’s Republic. Departments 2 Letters 4 University of Maine News 9 General Alumni Association News Alumni ambassadors . new council members . new campaign launched Page 14 . and more 13 Homecoming Photographs 19 Gallery 20 Deaths 21 Class Notes Ann Green Robison ’24 . “ Stump” Merrill . and more Cover Photo by A1 Pelletier Season’s Greetings Page 16 Aubert Hall Maine Alumnus is published four times yearly by the General Alumni Association for alumni and friends of the University of Maine at Orono. The magazine’s editorial office is located at the Crossland Alumni Center, UMO, Orono, ME 04469. A voluntary gift of $10 to the Annual Alumni Fund is a subscription. Third class postage is paid at Orono, Maine 04473. Circula­ tion is 150,000 issues yearly. Telephone (207) 581-1132. Maine Alumnus Magazine SHEPARD MOTORS Letters Robert J. Holmes, Jr. ’70G Editor U.S Route 1 Norah Deakin Davis ROCKLAND. MAINE Vietnam information needed Assistant Editor Faith Hutchins Webster ’60 Editor: Photography Jack Walas, A1 Pelletier and Keith Dresser I am a freelance writer conducting ex­ Design Consultants tensive research on the anti-Vietnam F. Stephen Ward ’76 and Arline Thomson War protest movement of the late 1960’s Alumni Association Officers and early 1970’s. Anyone who partici­ William D. Johnson ’56, President Henry L.P. Schmelzer ’65, First Vice President pated in anti-Vietnam War activities dur­ Chairman, Annual Alumni Fund ing this period is asked to contact me. Fred P. Tarr ’53, Second Vice President Richard W. Sprague ’51, Treasurer AUTHORIZED DEALER Eugene E. Pfaff, Jr. Patricia N. Shaw ’70, Clerk Robert J. Holmes, Jr. ’70G, Executive Director 3109 Shady Lawn Drive C H E V R O L E T - T O Y O T A Josephine M. Profita ’38, Former GAA President Greensboro, North Carolina 27508 C H R Y S L E R - D O D G E Alumni Council D A T S U N - A M C Kenneth W. Allen '56G Edward C. 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DECEMBER, 1984 3 University of Maine News The topic of the convocation was mathematics, and logic, skills needed Preparing Ourselves for a Changing “ no matter what kind of institution you World. According to Dr. Arthur will work for.” She also urged that they Johnson, UMO president, the convoca­ consider the fields of education and tion is the first in a series of events human services for careers. focusing on the subject of change. Johnson also noted that the re- institution of convocations was recom­ mended by the university’s Task Force ssue Passes on Academic Excellence. Johnson introduced an innovation On November 6 Maine voters approved during the program when he presented a $9 million bond issue for improving four students with recognition pins university facilities at Orono. Passage of honoring their achievement of academic the referendum will mean the first major capital expansion for the university in excellence. Johnson said the pins will be over 10 years. given to all UMO students who achieve a B plus average for a given semester. The $9 million package is part of a $16.5 million system-wide facility request The four students, all with straight A averages for the 1984 spring term, who proposed by the Board of Trustees in received pins at the convocation are Pat August and okayed by the Legislature in September. ti Barnes of Caribou; Katrina Pratt of Said President Arthur M. Johnson, Essex Junction, Vermont; Dawn Beaton “ The UMO community is delighted with of Easton; and Diane Ronan of Orono. the approval of the capital facilities Conway, the first woman president of referendum for this campus.