PSU Magazine Summer 1989

Honorary degrees given Portland State University awarded the first honorary degrees in its history to two distinguished Oregonians, long-time U.S. Senator Mark 0. Hatfield and award– winning Portland author Ursula K. Le Guin , during Spring Commencement ceremonies June 9 in Portland's Memorial Coliseum. Interim University President Roger N. Edgington presided while an estimated 1,400 students received degrees, and Sen. Hatfield provided the commencement address. New head for Affirmative Action Armando Laguardia was appointed in– terim Affirmative Action Officer for the University and Special Assistant to the President for Minority Affairs this spring by PSU interim President Roger Edgington . Laguardia, who has been a faculty member at PSU for II years, most recent– ly served as director of the Upward Bound Program. He first came to the University as a coordinator for the School Desegrega– tion Center in the PSU School of Education. A graduate of Portland's Jefferson High School, Laguardia has earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Oregon. In addition to his PSU duties, he has served as executive director for COSSPO, a Hispanic community-based organization, and as curriculum consultant for the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. His new duties at PSU will include development of affirmative action plans and reports for the University and the im– plementation of activities to assist in at– tracting and serving minority groups at Portland State. PSU 22 Larry I . Crawshaw Thomas M. Poulsen Faculty scholarship awarded Two Portland State University faculty have been honored by their colleagues for their outstanding teaching, research , and service to the University and the com– munity. Biology professor Larry I. Crawshaw is the 1989 recipient of the Branford Price Millar Award for Faculty Excellence, and geography professor Thomas M. Poulsen is winner of the 1989 George Hoffmann Award for Faculty Ex– cellence. The awards were presented dur– ing Spring Commencement. Larry I. Crawshaw came to PSU in 1981 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. He is described by students in his anatomy, physiology and animal behavior classes as an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and well– organized professor who gives energetic lectures and tough exams. In 1987, Crawshaw won a Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award for Outstand– ing University Teaching. Crawshaw is perhaps best known for his work in the laboratory. A pioneer in research on the comparative physiology of temperature regulation in vertebrates, the biologist has attracted hundreds of thousands of dollars of funding to the University from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse. The George Hoffmann Award recipient Thomas M. Poulsen, has been a professor of geography at PSU for 25 years and is currently chair of the geography depart– ment. His devotion to Central and Eastern European studies has opened many inter– national doors for Portland State. Poulsen has brought dozens of inter– national visiting professors to the PSU campus on Fulbright grants. One such in– vitation resulted in a regular PSU course in the Serbo-Croatian language. Poulsen not only cuts through international red tape to bring foreign professors to Portland, but he also hosts and opens his home to visiting faculty and students. Still , Poulsen finds time for his own academic scholarship. He recently received a grant from the People's Republic of Poland to study farm management there. He has contributed the chapter on Euro– pean geography for the new edition of En– cyclopedia Britannica, and he publishes and presents professional papers regularly. Retiring faculty PSU Magazine would like to recognize faculty members who have retired this academic year and encourage alumni who wish them well to write to their departments. These professors, with an average ser– vice to the University of 26 years, are either beginning full retirement or ending phased retirement. The year listed after each name is the year that faculty member came to Portland State. Laray M. Barna, 1956, associate pro– fessor of speech communication; John B. Butler, 1961 , professor of mathematical sciences; Ralph S. Davis, 1955, professor of physical education; Basil Dmytryshyn, 1956, professor of history; M. Dawn Dressler, 1962, associate professor of physics; Arthur C. Emlen, 1965, professor of social work and director of the Regional Research Institute for Human Services ; Robert H. English, 1964, professor of speech communication . Michael A. Fiasca, 1961, professor of education; Jacob Fried, 1965, professor of anthropology; Naquib A. Greis, 1963, pro– fessor of English and director of the Center for English as a Second Language; George V. Guy, 1955, professor of educa– tion ; Marko L. Haggard, 1955, professor of political science; Chadwick Karr, 1960, professor of psychology; Ladis K.D. Kristof, 1971, professor of political science.