Margaret Mary "Peg" Corbett, secretary in the Department of Library and Information Science, died suddenly Sept. 14, 1997, while on vacation in Nags Head, N.C. Corbett, 54, had served as secretary to the department chairperson and to the doctoral program since 1990. Except for a stint at Honeywell, Inc. from 1981 to 1986, Corbett spent […]
Bio sciences professor wins Packard fellowship >
September 25th, 1997Jeff Lawrence, assistant professor in biological sciences, has been awarded a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering. Given by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (David is co-founder of computer giant Hewlett-Packard) the fellowship provides $100,000 per year for five years. The fellowship is given to young researchers who have shown unusual creativity. Lawrence is […]
Francis Sargent Cheever >
September 25th, 1997Former Pitt Health Sciences senior administrator Francis Sargent Cheever, 88, died of pneumonia on Sept. 19, 1997, in his home in Westwood, Mass. Cheever served as medical school dean from 1958 to 1969, as vice chancellor, Schools of the Health Professions, 1967 – 1974; president of the University Health Center, 1970 – 1974, and professor […]
Greensburg campus schedules fall festival >
September 25th, 1997Pitt's Greensburg campus (UPG) and the Pitt-Greensburg Alumni Association will sponsor a fall festival Oct. 4 and 5. The festival will start on Oct. 4 with a sit-down dinner and performance of the melodrama "The Drunkard" at 7 p.m. in the Chambers Hall Dining Room. The cost is $12. Oct. 5 events include a classic […]
Barbara Deskins >
September 25th, 1997Barbara Deskins, a retired associate professor in Pitt's Department of Clinical Dietetics and Nutrition, died Sept. 9, 1997, of liver cancer. She was 67 years old. During her tenure at Pitt, Deskins developed undergraduate courses in food science, social and cultural determinants of food behavior and nutrition in the life cycle. On the graduate and […]
Pitt's Day of Caring 1997 >
September 25th, 1997More than 300 Pitt faculty and staff took part in this year's United Way Day of Caring on Sept. 10, according to Day of Caring coordinator Steve Zupcic. In the belief that Pitt benefits when its neighbors prosper, the focus of this year's event was on areas adjacent to the University. Volunteers worked on projects […]
Questions about Pitt, UPMC Health System remain an issue in senior vice chancellor search >
September 25th, 1997About 160 applications and nominations — representing "a goodly number of excellent candidates" — have poured in to the committee seeking candidates for the newly combined job of senior vice chancellor for Health Sciences and dean of the School of Medicine, according to search committee chairperson H.J. Zoffer. So far, a quarter of the 160 […]
Changes made in shuttle routes, stops >
September 25th, 1997The Department of Parking, Transportation and Services has changed several shuttle bus routes and stops, and added a new van pool group for employees who live west of the city. Schedules with the bus changes are available at the information desk in the William Pitt Union, the Parking Office in Brackenridge Hall and the Department […]
Massey receives Germany's highest civilian honor >
September 25th, 1997Gerald J. Massey, Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy, professor of history and philosophy of science, and former director of the Center for Philosophy of Science, has been awarded the highest civilian honor conferred by Germany. Massey received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdientskreuz erster Klasse) for […]