PSU Magazine Winter 1987

experience in dealing with ethical dilem– mas in the work environment. No gift to the University can be more valuable or more appreciated than one that represents the fruits of a dedicated and distinguished academic career. Two such invaluable contributions were received by Portland State in the past year. To Millar Library came the personal research library of George A. Carbone, Professor Emeritus of History. The collec– tion consists of 1,308 volumes on 19th– and 20th-century Italy and the diplo– matic history of Europe, painstakingly assembled over many years by Carbone. Professor Charles Le Guin , also of the History Department, has donated 1,000 recordings of classical and operatic works for use by the music faculty in teaching and research. From his own research ·library, Le Guin also gave Millar Library 500 volumes on French history, most of them published in France in the 19th century. The Lorene Sails Higgins Charitable Trust, which has generously supported the Music Department and the dance program in past years, this year pre– sented the School of Fine and Performing Arts with a grant for an artists-in-resi– dence program. The gift of S45,000 a year for as many as five years will make it possible to invite practicing artists to both teach and perform on campus, sharing their talents and experience directly with students and faculty. Portland State students now have an opportunity to study in Italy, thanks to a perpetual loan fund started with an initial gift from the Italian Businessmen's Club of Portland. Through the fund , students may borrow up to Sl ,000 to study Itatian at its source. PSU's Middle East Studies Center, a casualty of budget restrictions in 1981, was able to reopen in the Fall of 1987, after receiving approval from the Oregon Board of Higher Education . ASl00,000 gift from a generous PSUalumnus helped make the reopening possible. The Center offers Turkish , Persian, Arabic and Hebrew language classes, as well as courses on the history, economy, cus– toms, cu lture and politics of 22 nations in that complex and increasingly impor– tant part of the world. Former Governor Victor Atiyeh was appointed president of the Center's new Advisory Council. Around the University With the addition of the visual arts to its curriculum , Portland State's School of Performing Arts gained new scope and a new name. Now known as the School of Fine and Performing Arts, the school's repertoire includes music, theater arts, dance and art. The Theater Arts Depart– ment's production of Caryl Churchill 's "Cloud 9" was named "Director's Choice" at the 1987 American College Theater Festival regional competition . Directed by jack Featheringill, PSU 's production was chosen over entries from a region that covers Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Over 100 Portland Public Schools' students earned awards in the second year of the Mathematics, Engineering , Kimberle Schumock Lopez is congratulated by Ilona Herlinger, National President ofPhi Kappa Phi. Science Achievement Program (MESA) run jointly by Portland State and the school district. Designed to promote interest in mathematics and science careers by minority students, MESA this year involved 317 students in grades 6 through 12 at 11 public schools. The Tektronix Foundation has contributed $18,000 through the School of Engineer– ing and Applied Science toward operation of the program in 1987-88. And awards for achievement were also given to two special graduates of Portland State University, Lawrence Leighton Sm ith ('57) and Neil Lomax ('82). The two were the first recipients of the Port– land State University Distinguished Alumni Awards. Smith, curren tly Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra and the Music Academy of the West, directed the Oregon Symphony in the 70's, as it developed into the state's first truly pro– fessional orchestra. Lomax is the starting quarterback for the Saint Louis Cardinals football team , which drafted him after an extraordinary athletic and collegiate career at PSU. In his senior year, Lomax was first team all-American and Most Valuable Player in the Senior Bowl. More than 2,000 students earned degrees from Portland State University in 1986-87. They came from diverse back– grounds and they go on to diverse careers-from business to theater, politics to engineering, science to social work. Some will continue their education in graduate school, including Kimberle Schumock Lopez, one of PSU 's top gradu– ates in 1987. Lopez was one of 50 stu– dents nationally and the third student · from PSU to win a $6 ,000 National Scholarship from the scholastic honor society, Phi Kappa Phi. VI