Faculty Notes John Eliot A I ~ , Geo'ogv, has been writing the weekly "TIme Traver' column for !he Thursday ~ P t : : ~ $ 1 t : : ~ s = : ~ J. artICles plus etght by 8 ~ 'o\TIIerS are .1Vailable from Allen for S10 eack. postpaid. William G. Becker, Chemistry, is co-director of .. new program to encOUfilge area high school chemistry leachers to Slay current with advances In chemistry education With the Il£>Ip of new federal funding, Becker ,mel Christin.. Borgford of the Oregon Episcopal School are designing a Ihrre-stlse program including symposia by PSU chemistry iaculty. an intensive workshop, and follow-up lee ~ r s o n , Electrical EnRlneering.. I'kts recet\ed a grant of $247,866 from the National Science Foondation for a , h r ~ ~ a r im'e§!ig.lllon of the §pOO1.Ull"(lU5 Instlbliity in laser- s ~ Uspeoon, an mtemahonaU\, regarded lilSef researcher. will do his expeomentallon In PSU'.. ne\V laser laboratory. fohn Oamis. Pl:Mitic.11 Science, has accepted an apPOintment as a VIS lung P r o f ~ s o r of G o v e r n ~ t at Harvard Unl\lersity for the _ ~ __L I<' ~ ~ ~ ! S : : : d e ; ~ : ; : e t ~ ~ . ~ I o ; ; a ~ , , : : r 6 ~ m i s Sheila Dale as "Lady in Blue" takes a walk througlt Harlem and comments on the sights, will leach an undergraduate survey COUI"!we and wlticlt include strfflwalker " Lady in Purple" (Carmelita Emerson), in "for colored girls who ~ ~ ~ a ~ ~ ( ~ ~ C ~ m ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ I : : . : 1 I ~ e ~ ~ a ~ : = ~ ~ h Y , have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf," the Theater Arts department's fall relations. production. The Ntozake Snange "choreopoem," directed by Victoria Parker and choreog- 8 ~ s i l Dmytryshyn and Arthur Johnstone, raphed by Benny Bell, continues in Lincoln Hall Audilorium Thuri.-Sat. evenings through International Trade and Commerce Inslitute, Nov. 23. See ulendar for detiJIils. ....ere 10 Chma Sept. 18--30 a ~ part of an offICial delegation from tilt' City of Portland to the HPE holds open house, tennis demo A celebrity tennis exhibition will officially put the ball into play on the newly covered rooftop courts of PSU's Health and Physical Education building, Wednesday, Nov. 20. The event is part of an open house and dedication that begins with a ribbon-cutting at 5 p.m. Facing off at approximately 5:15 p.m. will be local television personality Paul linnman, (ormer Portland Trailblazer Dave Twardzik, Trailblazer broadcast personality Steve Jones, tennis promoter Brian Parrott and tennis instructor Jim Flynn. The open house will include displays on HPE programs and laboratory demonstrations of exercise physiology, kinesiotherapy and running/walking analysis. The HPE building's first remodeling since its completion nearly 20 years ago includes a Iranslucent roof covering four tennis courts and a specially banked, one-eighth mile running track. Alumni may use the all-weather facility, which is lighted for night use, as part of their ABC card privileges. PSU President invited to Japan to discuss economic development At the special invitation of the Portland Consulate General of Japan, PSU President Joseph Blumel spent two weeks in Japan strengthening academic and cultural ties between that country and Oregon. During the early November visit, supported by an individual short-term visitor's grant from the Japan Foundation, Blumel traveled to several university campuses and attended a special conference hosted by aomasa Kozuma, Executive Director of the Urban Economic Institute of Tokyo and a friend of Portland State since 1980. At the conference, Japanese university researchers looked at various ways in which they could _ 10 PSU PerspectIVe, Fall/9BS work with their counterparts at PSU and other state system institutions on projects which can promote increased economic development and cultural exchange between Japan and Oregon. The emphasis was on academics as a key to improving economic ties. Blumel also visited the Kumamoto Prefecture, an area of Southern Japan which. like Oregon, is a«empting to shift its economy from one based on agriculture. lumber and f j ~ h i n g to one that is more diverse, Including the development of high tech industry. Blume!. an economics professor. hopes to adapt some o( Japan's regional economic development ideas to Oregon. Second Inlemauonal NorthPm InterCity COOrt'f('nce in Shenyang.. Briefly.. University accredited Portland State's accreditation status was reaffirmed for a ten-year period by the Commission on Colleges of the Northwest Association o( Schools and Colleges after its review this summer. The commission also waived the customary five-year progress report required of institutions. New education degree PSU's School of Education now offers a doctoral degree in Educational leadership. This first (ree-standlng education doctorate at PSU replaces the bi- and tri-university doctoral programs previously offered joinlly with the University of Oregon and Oregon State. Journalism founder dies Wilma Morrison, associate professor emerita of journalism, died in a Portland hospital Sept. 24. She had been ill for some time. A nationally recognized education writer, Mrs. Morrison left a long career al The Oregoman to start a journalism program at Portland State in 1961. At PSU, she taught journalism and advised the Vanguard newspaper and the Viking Yearbook until her retirement in 1973. Many of Mrs. Morrison's former students hold reporting and editorial positions in ne¥lSpapers and broadcasting in the northwest and around the country. Chilt Enurumlu. Dean, School of Engineenng and Applied Scif'nce. .... ~ s named "Engineer of the Year" by the Oregon Section, AmerIcan Society 01 Civit EnguleefS. for hIS Cilreet"-tong achievt'rJ'leflts in the d<!-veIopment Of engioeenng programs at PSU atld rot his contflbJhons 10 the SoctetY nl Ci"d EngmeefS. F ~ r y ~ r E t ~ m i , Mechanical E n g H ~ f i n g dnd Systems Sctence, has received a twu-year gtant of "eddy $64,000 from Ihe Nauonal Science FOlInd.ltlon 10 investigate the Integration of computerized inspection into the design and ma.nufacture of machine p a r t ~ . Alexilnder Gassaway, Geography. has been dwarded a Fulbnght Award to study the geographiC aspects of the agricuhur.al food marketing ~ y s t e m of Fmnmark North i'ooorway. c . n ~ " a y has atso been a.... arded a NOf'o'oIeRlan MiUshall Fund Award to be u..oo In COrlJul1Clion with the Fulbright A..... ard Bryan Johanson, MlM. Md !'lIS Symphony 1'.0 I (Opus 47). p r e m ~ by t ~ W ~ Coast Chambef Orchestra under conduclor 'eil DePonte, In a June 26 peri'onnance at PSU. M i c ~ Philip§, Philosophy, IS back at PSU after IV, years as vlSltmg professor a.t tht' UnlV of Miami and one year as VISiting scholdr at the Unl.,.. of C a l i r o r n i a - e e r l c . e l ~ , Norman Rose, Chemistry, has receIVed a $50,000 grant from the U,S, Department of Health and Human Services, renewable OVef a three-year period, to establish d program to enhance the abstract reasonmg abilities of educatlonally disadvantaged students who art' purwinll CilreefS in the health p ' o l e s s i o l l ~ . About 25 PSU students .Ire 1n\'oIved in the oKadefTlfC enrichment program this fall. H.rdd Volttel', Economics, h.lS published The U.S Economy In WOtId W,1r II. Columbia Umverslty Press, 1985. Here is a uable supplement your current life insurance plan - easy, economical. Now, during a limited enrollment period, all PSU Alumni under 60 are el igible to apply and purchase $10,000 to $200,000 of term life insurance that may be continued to 75 ... plus an equal benefit amount from $10,000 for your spouse and $5,000 for each of your dependent children. We endorse this program as one of the best group life insurance plans on the market today. Apply now! Call or write for your application. PSU ALUMNI
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