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June 22, 1995

Faculty vote McDuffie in as Senate president; Hershey wins election as vice president

Keith A. McDuffie of the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures has been elected president of the University Senate for the 1995-96 academic year.

McDuffie, a full professor who chaired the department from 1975 to 1992, served once before as a Senate officer — in 1985-86, when he was vice president.

As president, McDuffie will take office next month. He succeeds James G. Holland, who has served three one-year terms, the maximum that an individual faculty member may serve according to Senate bylaws.

See interviews with McDuffie and Holland on page 8.

McDuffie ran for Senate president against two of the organization's outgoing officers: Vice President Rose Constantino of the nursing school and Secretary Thomas G. Zullo of the dental medicine school.

Elected as Senate vice president for 1995-96 was Nathan Hershey of the Graduate School of Public Health. He ran against Neil H. Timm and John Weidman, both of the education school.

The Senate's new secretary will be Margaret R. Rechter of the Greensburg campus, who ran unopposed. Rechter was president of the UPG Senate during 1991-92 and will be the first faculty member from a regional campus to be an officer of the Pittsburgh campus Senate.

Faculty at the four regionals have served on the Pittsburgh campus Senate but not as officers.

In addition to announcing the officer election results this week, the Senate office announced the winners of this year's election for Faculty Assembly.

Under Senate bylaws, faculty are elected to three-year terms on the Assembly. After the first year, elected faculty automatically become members of both Faculty Assembly, made up exclusively of faculty, and Senate Council, which includes representatives of faculty, staff, students and the administration.

Those elected to Faculty Assembly for the 1995-98 term are: Faculty of Arts and Sciences — Franklin K. Toker (history of art and architecture), Walter I. Goldburg (physics and astronomy), Harold B. Rollins (geology and planetary science) and Herbert Chesler (economics).

Professional schools Arlene G. Taylor (School of Library and Information Science), Ingrid Glasco (Hillman Library), Susan G. Neuman (Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business Library), and two professors elected as at-large representatives for the professional schools: Jean Blachere (engineering school) and Phyllis Coontz (Graduate School of Public and International Affairs).

Health Sciences schools John J. Baker and Harvey B. Henteleff (both of the dental medicine school), Robert B. Gibbs and Gordon J. Vanscoy (both of the pharmacy school) and two professors elected as at-large Health Sciences representatives: Joseph P. Costantino (Graduate School of Public Health) and Donna G. Nativio (nursing school).

At-large members Joel Falk (engineering school) was elected as a University-wide member-at-large of Faculty Assembly. Lee Weinberg (Graduate School of Public and International Affairs) was elected as a University-wide member-at-large of Senate Council.

— Bruce Steele


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