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September 14, 1995

PEOPLE OF THE TIMES

Philippe Marchand from Parallel Solutions Inc. will consult at the University under the auspices of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Visiting Industrial Scholar program. Marchand will collaborate with Steven Levitan of electrical engineering and Don Chiarulli of computer science on "Computer-Aided Design of Opto-Electronic Systems." Chris Kemerer, associate dean of information technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been selected as the first holder of the David Roderick Chair of Information Systems in the Katz Graduate School of Business. Kemerer's selection culminates an international search to fill the chair, which was established by The USX Foundation to honor Roderick, a Pitt graduate and the former chief executive officer of USX Corp.

The Roderick chair was established to ensure the role of information as a strategic resource and to help increase the competitiveness of U.S. firms world-wide through the use of information systems in all aspects of industry, including finance, marketing and human resources management policy.

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The 1994 American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Public Service has been awarded to Robert McCall, professor of psychology and director of Pitt's Office of Child Development. The award recognizes psychologists whose professional involvement has resulted in a major benefit to the public, especially for people with disabilities, the disadvantaged or members of minority groups. Also recognized in the category are psychologists who are active in legislative, legal, political, organizational and other areas beneficial to the public. Under McCall, the Office of Child Development has managed and funded several human service programs in the Pittsburgh area. n Ron Brown, Pitt's director of Academic Support Services for Student Athletes, has been elected to a two-year term, beginning in October, as representative for Region I of the National Association of Advisers for Athletes (NAAA). Comprised of athletic administrators, academic counselors, advisers, sports and clinical psychologists and other professional educators, the NAAA provides academic and personal development services to student-athletes.

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Richard Carthew, assistant professor of biology, has been selected by the Pew Charitable Trusts as a Pew scholar in the biomedical sciences. Only 20 scholars are named Pew scholars every four years. Carthew, who will receive $50,000 support a year for four years, studies symmetry in animal development.

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Deborah Smiach, associate professor of accounting, has been appointed chair of the business department at Pitt's Johnstown campus (UPJ). A certified public accountant, Smiach has been with UPJ since 1986.

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Director of Facilities Planning Ana Guzman has become the first woman elected president of the Association of University Architects. The association has approximately 170 members representing more than 100 universities throughout the country. Its purpose is to achieve more effective planning of the total physical environment of universities, as well as to improve the design and construction standards of university buildings.

Matthew Patry has been named director of student activities at Pitt's Bradford campus. For the past five years, Patry has served as director of student activities at Lyndon State College in Vermont.

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The Department of University Relations has be awarded the 1995 National Admissions Advertising Award from the Admissions Marketing Report for its ad: "Where Do Bright University of Pittsburgh Graduates Go?" The ad was written by janet j. jai, project editor and marketing consultant, and designed by Gary Cravener, design director.

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F. Ann Walston has been named design and production manager for the University of Pittsburgh Press, effective Sept. 1. Walston comes to Pitt from Johns Hopkins University Press and bring with her more than two decades of design experience.

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Mervin Stewart, clinical associate professor of psychiatry, has been named president of the medical alumni association of Pitt's School of Medicine.

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Janet Bonk, health studies recruitment coordinator for the Department of Epidemiology of the Graduate School of Public Health, has been elected the national chair for Recruitment and Retention of Staff Group of the Women's Health Initiative Study of the National Institutes of Health. The study will look at the health of 163,000 women of various racial and ethnic backgrounds from 40 communities across the United States.

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K. James Evans, vice president and dean of student affairs at Pitt's Bradford campus, has been appointed administrative dean for the fall Semester at Sea voyage.

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The Graduate School of Public Health has presented its Distinguished Alumni Award to Lawrence Keller, assistant professor of environmental and occupational health. Keller was recognized for his contributions to the field of industrial hygiene over the past 25 years.

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In recognition of his efforts to build bridges across cultural and geographic borders, Thomas Starzl, director of the Transplantation Institute at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, has been selected to receive the International Bridge Award by the Pittsburgh Council for International Visitors. Mary Foust has been appointed academic coordinator of clinical education for the physical therapist assistant program at Pitt's Titusville campus (UPT). Prior to her appointment at UPT, Foust was interim director of rehabilitation services and coordinator of clinical education at the Northwest Medical Center, Franklin/Oil City.

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Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Jack Daniel was honored for his contributions to Pitt's African-American student body and the African-American community in Pittsburgh during the Aug. 4-6 reunion weekend of Pitt's African-American alumni sponsored by the Philadelphia Chapter of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association.


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