Portland State University Magazine Fall 1991

Heart disease discussed Dr. William Castelli, director of the Framingham Heart Study, the longest continuing study in the world of the etiology of hea rt disease, will discuss the risk factors of coronary heart disease at the 13th Annual Conference on Fitness in Business. More than 250 people are expect– ed to attend the conference which will be held Friday, October 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Multno– mah Athletic Club in Portland. Other speakers include State Sen. Bob Shoemaker (0-District 3), who worked with Sen. Kitzhabe r on the Oregon health-care plan, and Dr. Mark T ager, president of Great Performance, Inc. Castel li has been involved in the Framingham Heart Study fo r 26 years. The study was undertaken to deter– mine how many people in thi country suffer heart attacks and why. "By the age of 60 every fifth man and every seventeenth woman in this country has already developed some form of coronary heart disease," Castelli says. There is good news in the battle aga inst heart disease, however. "The death rate from coronary disease in this country has been fa lling fo r the last ten years," Castelli notes, predict– ing that if Americans exercise, stop smoking and change their diets, they "might not get coronary heart disease at all." Pre-registration for the conference is$ 70 ($60 for three or more from one organization; $20 for full-time students). On-site registration is $80. For informat ion call 725-440 1. The 13th Annual Conference on Fitness in Business is sponsored by PSU's School of Health and Human Perfor– mance and School of Business Administration, in cooperation with The President's Counc il on Physical Fitness and Sports, St. Vincent Hospi– tal and Med ical Center, and the Multnomah Athletic Club. 6 PSU Honored faculty During spring Commencement ceremonies held June 7 at Memorial Coliseum, President Judith Ramaley presented the 1991 George Hoffmann Award for Faculty Excellence to geo l– ogy Professor Marvin Beeson and the 1991 Branford Price Millar Award for Faculty Excellence to chemistry Professor Gary Gard. Marvin Beeson Gary Gard They were nominated by their fellows for excellence in teaching and scholarship and for service to the University and to the community. Each annual award is accompanied by a cash grant. Beeson, winner of the Hoffmann award, has been on the Department of Geology facu lty since 1969. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from University of O regon, and his Ph.D. from University of Ca lifomia– San Diego. More than 40 faculty members wrote in support of Beeson's nomina– tion, citing his fairness, profession– alism, dedication to university service, interest in students, and com– mitment to the highest standards in teaching, scholarship , and research. In addition to his university service, Beeson is a consulting geologist to the state of Oregon, working with numerous planning and site surveys. Gard, winner of the Millar awa rd , is a professor in PSU's Department of Chemistry. He has been on the facul– ty since 1966. His undergraduate de– gree and his doctorate were received from University of Washington. Gard was nominated by his colleagues and by former students, many of whom are involved in work and research arou nd the world. Gard's expert ise in the field of fluorine and oxidation chemistry is well known, particu larly his research on increas ing gas fuel ce ll efficiency. Gard, who has published widely, received a Senior Fulbright Research Fellowship to work at the Institute for Inorganic and Physical Chemistry of the Univer– sity of Bremen in Germany. Retiring faculty With an average service to the University of 29 years, the fo llowing PSU facu lty members have retired this past academic year. PSU Magazine wishes to recognize these men and women for their committed serv ice and to encourage alumni who were pos itively influenced by these facu lty members to write their depart– ments. The professors listed below either began full retirement or are ending phased retirement. The year appear– ing after each name is the year in which that faculty member joined Portland State. Whitney Bares, 1961, professor of history; G ilbert T. Benson, 1968, associate professor of geology; John 0. Dart, 1955, professor of geography; Margaret J. Dobson, 1955, professor of health and physical education ; Don C. Gibbons, 1969, professor of sociology and urban studies and plan– ning; Mary X. Grimes, 1964, counsel– ing; David A. Jannsen, 1956, professor of mechanical engineering. Harold C. Jorgensen, 1967, profes– sor of education; Nina Lowry, 1966, ass istant to the dean of Fine and Per– forming Arts; Thomas A. Mclean, 1962, associate professor of economics; Hj almar J. Rathe, 1964, associate professor of business administration; Leonard Robertson, 1964, professor of business education. Eileen Rose, 1972, director of Ad– missions; Daniel]. Scheans, 1965, professor of anthropo logy; Wilma Sheridan, 1959, dean of School of Fine and Performing Arts and profes– sor of music; Makoto Takeo, 1956, professor of physics; Robert C. Tuttle, 1955, professor of English; Horace F. White, 1965, professor of chemistry.