PSU Magazine Spring 1989

beyond ," said interim PSU President Roger Edgington , "and I am delighted to say that Dr. Holland is our clear choice for that leadership miss ion." Holland , who holds a doctorate in psychology, served in several teaching capacities with UCLA's Department of Psychology before becoming vice chancellor in 1984. He is the author of three widely used college textbooks: Psychology: An Introduction to Human Behavior, Using P1-;1chology, and Int roduc– tory Psychology. In his new pos ition at PSU, Holl and will report directly to the President's office. The post was vacated last spring when Orcilia Forbes res igned. The Student Affairs Office oversees Counseling and Testing Services, Helen Gordon Child Development Center, International Student Services, Office of Minority Student Affairs, Placement Services, Student Financial Aid , and other student adv ising, special service and opportunity programs. " I really have to be very close to the students," sa id Holland in an interview. " I want to spend a lot of time talking to the students, listening and learning. This is a different setting than UCLA . A new series of challenges." PSU Foundation Review Closed The Oregon Department of Justice has closed its files on the review of the Portland State University Foundation begun several months ago, saying there is no reason for further monitoring of the organization . The department indicated that appropriate steps had been taken by the Foundation to improve accounting pro– cedures and to correct a reported deficit. Harry Demorest, Foundation Treasurer, said the detailed review by the Justice Department had shown the financial status and accounting controls of the Foundation to be sound . Summer classes commemorate 1789 "Constitution and Revolution" will be the dual theme of a series of Portland State Summer Session classes remember– ing the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitu– tion and the French Revolution. The events and people that put the U.S. Constitution into effect in 1789 will be ex– plored along with the changes and inter– pretations it has experienced through the 20th century. The constitutions of other countries will be studied as well. South African Lawyer Dumisani Zondi wi ll give a class on his country's constitution, and Art Goddard , the political, economic and academic relations officer for the Canadian Consulate in Seattle will give a week of lectures on the Constitution of Canada. Among the instructors for classes foc using on the French Revolution will be Alain Riottot, cultural attache for the French Consulate in San Francisco. Offer– ings in the series include French Revolu– tion and drama, film , women and literature, Russian and Chinese revolution and classes on revolutionary politics and music. These classes are offered on the PSU campus, but study of the French revolution can be continued through an overseas pro– gram in Paris, France. Summer Session offers international programs in 10 coun– tries as well as over 500 courses to choose from on campus. For a Summer Session catalog, call 1-800- 452-4909 within Oregon and 1-800- 547- 8887 outside Oregon. Classes begin June 20 and include eight week courses and shorter classes, workshops. and special lectures th roughout the summer. Annual Fund under way The PSU Annual Fund program has resumed this spring and the program's organizer Karen Martini , '73, is op– timistic. During December a campaign endorsed by Arlene Schnitzer, vice pres i– dent for Harsch Investment Co., and Don Frisbee, chairman of Pacificorp, raised $25,000 from over 250 alumni and friends of Portland State. "We expect great things this spring," said Martini . "Our alumni have built a generous record of giving in the past." In the last two years more than 3,000 alumni and friends have contributed annual gifts totaling $600,000. Annual Fund donations go to the Port.land State University Foun– dation for student scholarship and faculty development programs. The spring Fund program started off with letters sent out in March and will continue with a phonathon in April. Engineering program contributor dies Harry J. White, emeritus professor of Electrical Engineering, died Nov. 14 in Carmel , Calif. He was 83. Dr. White was instrumental in the development of engineering programs at Portland State serving as head of the Department of Ap– plied Science from 1960 to 1971. He was a member of the founding board of directors and the executive com– mittee of the Oregon Graduate Center. Dr. White was a pioneer in the field of radar, electrostatic precipitation, air pollution control and high voltage equipment. PSU 19