University Times

Edward E. Bozik Edward E. Bozik, a Pitt administrator for 16 years prior to his retirement in 1991, died July 21 at Allegheny General Hospital. He was 64. Bozik, of Fox Chapel, was recruited to Pitt in 1975 by then-President Wesley Posvar. The two had served together as Air Force pilots and as faculty members […]

Thomas Fitzpatrick Former professor of medical and hospital administration Thomas B. Fitzpatrick died of cancer Aug. 18. He was 79. He retired from the University in 1985. Fitzpatrick began teaching at Pitt as an associate professor in the Graduate School of Public Health in 1968. Prior to joining the Pitt faculty, he worked as vice […]

Board OKs 2.4% raise for chancellor, 2.7% for other officers Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor was given a 2.4 percent ($5,225) salary increase by the Board of Trustees compensation committee Aug. 8, raising his annual pay to $221,500. The committee also approved 2.7 percent raises for six senior officers, the same percentage increase as the average […]

Jaynes says band director cleared of funds' misuse charges An in-house investigation has cleared University Bands Director O'Neill Sanford of charges that he misused University funds, according to Sanford and Pitt Athletic Director Oval Jaynes. "Some minor glitches were found [in the way the band office does business], and we've put in place procedures to […]

Albert Etheridge Albert L. Etheridge, former provost and vice president for academic affairs at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La., became the fourth president of Pitt's Johnstown campus on July 1. Etheridge replaced David Dunlop, who had been serving as UPJ's interim president since Frank Blackington III stepped down from that post last December. A […]

University Times VOLUME 27 NUMBER 1 SEPTEMBER 1, 1994 Copyright (c) 1994, University of Pittsburgh ———————————————————————— Undergrad business school fundraising hampered by several factors, Weber says With the first students in Pitt's College of Business Administration (CBA) scheduled to begin classes one year from now, the University has raised just $500,000 toward its goal of […]

UPJ adds graduate courses in two areas Graduate courses in two new areas, engineering and social work, are being offered for the first time this fall at Pitt's Johnstown campus. The courses in engineering will be for credit, while those in social work will be non-credit, according to Linda Matthews, UPJ's director of Continuing Education. […]

Bowling Green's Miller named director of ULS Rush Miller, who officially became the new director of the University Libraries System (ULS) today, Sept. 1, says he got mixed advice from his colleagues about whether he should accept the Pitt job. Some of Miller's fellow librarians said it would be a bad career move for him […]