Three
faculty members earn
endowed chairs
Three
faculty members have been awarded endowed chairs. They are:
* Gregory S. Allison, Albert and Gladys Hall Coates term lecturer
in public finance and government for teaching excellence;
* Maureen M. Berner, Albert and Gladys Hall Coates term assistance
professor for public administration and government for outstanding
junior faculty achievement; and
* Kenneth A. Bollen, Henry Rudolph Immerwahr distinguished professor
of sociology.
Allison
Allison
is an expert in governmental accounting and financial reporting.
A lecturer in the School of Government since 1997, he directs
the school's flagship municipal and county administration course
for finance officers, budget officers, city and county managers
and elected officials.
Prior to coming to Carolina, Allison was assistant director
with the Government Finance Officers Association of the United
States and Canada and finance director for the City of Morganton.
In addition to his current term on the Faculty Council, Allison
has served as a vice-chair of the N.C. Association of Certified
Public Accountants Governmental Committee, as well as numerous
national governmental finance committees and task forces.
Allison admits he is a "huge `I Love Lucy' fan and a proud owner
of the entire series collection."
He will hold the professorship through August 2004.
Berner
Berner's
research interest is budgeting and program evaluation and currently
focuses on questions about social services that have budgetary
impacts, such as how local governments decide on contributions
to welfare spending.
She teaches courses in program evaluation and applied statistics
for public administration in the master of public administration
program, as well as short courses in the Institute of Government.
Berner broadly defines her service activities to encompass not
only being a member of the national board of the Association
for Budgeting and Financial Management but also organizing teams
of MPA students to help communities after Hurricane Floyd.
Having received her doctorate from the LBJ School of Public
Affairs at University of Texas at Austin, Berner won the best
dissertation award in 1999 from the National Association of
Schools of Public Administration and Affairs.
When not teaching, Berner claims her "other main occupation
has been producing [three] children."
Her professorship runs through August 2004.
Bollen
The
director of the Howard W. Odum Institute for Research in Social
Science, Bollen was recognized this year as one of the most
cited authors in the social sciences from 1981 to 1999.
He studies error in social science data and statistical techniques
that take account of errors, as well as the best ways of measuring
democracy of political systems and understanding the characteristics
of nations that are favorable for democratization. His teaching
in these areas has earned him departmental recognition, as well
as the Zachary Taylor Smith term professorship for excellence
in undergraduate education (1996-2001). He received the American
Sociological Association's Lazarsfeld 2000 Award for Contributions
to Social Science Methodology.
In addition to his involvement in professional organizations
and editorial boards, Bollen is a member of the Faculty Council
and the faculty board of the University Center for International
Studies.
Bollen, who holds advanced degrees from Brown University, began
his career as research scientist in a General Motors think tank.
The Albert and Gladys Hall Coates term professorships were established
in the Institute of Government by Chapel Hill entrepreneur and
philanthropist Paul A. Johnston and his wife, Margaret McGirt
Johnston. Professor Albert Coates was the founder and first
director of the Institute of Government. His wife actively supported
the institute and the University.
The Johnstons also endowed the Henry Rudolph Immerwahr professorship
as part of a series in the College of Arts and Sciences that
honors retired faculty members who are living when the professorships
are created. Immerwahr is a University distinguished professor
emeritus of Greek.
Wilson,
sociology professor emeritus, dies Dec. 20
Robert
Neal Wilson, a professor emeritus in sociology, died Dec. 20
at his home in Carrboro. He was 78.
A specialist in the sociology of literature and of health, Wilson
taught at Carolina for 27 years. He also was a professor of
epidemiology and a departmental chair in the School of Public
Health.
His many scholarly writings included the books "The Give and
Take in Hospitals," "Man Made Plain: The Poet in Contemporary
Society" and "The Sociology of Health: An Introduction." A veteran
of World War II, Wilson earned battle stars for his service
as a field artillery sergeant in Europe.
Since retiring from the University in 1990, Wilson wrote and
published poetry, tutored for the Orange County Literacy Council
and was a gallery teacher at the Ackland Art Museum.
A memorial service was held Dec. 26 at Chapel of the Cross,
where Wilson was an occasional lay leader and service coordinator.
The family asks that those wishing to honor Wilson donate to
their own favorite charities.
Surviving are Wilson's wife, Joan, and daughters, Lynda Wilson
of Chapel Hill and Deborah Coffey of Fayetteville.
Wilson was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and raised in Schenectedy,
N.Y. After his Army service, from 1943-46, he resumed studies
at Union College in Schenectedy, where he graduated Phi Beta
Kappa in 1948 with a bachelor's degree. He earned his doctorate
in sociology in 1952 from Harvard University.
Wilson was a research associate and assistant professor at Cornell
University, then on the staff of the Social Science Research
Council in Washington, D.C. He completed a one-year fellowship
at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
in Stanford, Calif.
At the University, Wilson taught courses including "Literature
and Society," "Work and Leisure" and "The Sociology of Health."
For several summers he directed enrichment seminars for teachers
from two-year and small four-year colleges.
He was a fellow of the American Sociological Association and
the American Public Health Association. In 1975, he was a Fulbright
Senior Research Scholar at Lund University in Sweden.
Wilson's books and articles include: "Explorations in Social
Psychiatry," "Coming Home: The Problem of After-Care," "Community
Structure and Health Action," and "The Writer as Social Seer."
Huntley, retired academic physician, dies Dec.
8
Robert
Huntley, 76, retired academic physician, died December 8 at
Duke Hospital following several years of failing health and
three weeks of critical illness.
A native of Wadesboro, he had practiced family medicine and
was a long-time professor and administrator in that field at
Georgetown University and at Carolina.
Following his retirement in 1989 from Georgetown, he returned
to Chapel Hill where he was affiliated part-time with the schools
of medicine and public health.
The funeral was held Dec. 10 at University United Methodist
Church. Burial followed in the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. The
family has requested that tributes be in the form of contributions
to Davidson College or the Huntley Scholarship at the School
of Public Health.
Huntley is survived by his spouse, Joan Cornoni Huntley; five
children, Mary Katherine Ponton of Corolla, Julia Anne Mehalik
of Herndon Va., Robert Dickey Huntley of Springfield Va., Elizabeth
Hughes of Sacramento Calif., and Jeffress Huntley of Woodbridge
Va.; and also seven grandchildren.
After World War II service in the Navy, Huntley received a bachelor's
degree in chemistry from Davidson College in 1947 and a medical
degree from Bowman Gray School of Medicine.
His post-doctoral training included service at the University
of Michigan and at Carolina. For five years he was a general
practitioner in Warrenton.
At Carolina he was co-director of the State Health Advisory
Committee of the Appalachian Regional Commission and a professor
of preventive medicine and internal medicine. Following that
he was for two years associate director of program development
at the National Center of Health Service and Development of
the U.S. Public Health Service in Washington D.C.
From 1970-89 he was professor and chairman of the Department
of Community and Family Medicine at Georgetown, where he initiated
and was president of the Georgetown Community Health Plan.
Among his many career professional activities he was a trustee
and examiner for the American Board of Preventive Medicine,
president of The American Institute of Community Health, chairman
of the Health Care Technology Study Section of the U.S. Public
Health Service, and a member of the Washington Academy of Medicine.
Huntley held numerous professional society memberships and consultancies
in addition to publishing many professional papers.
Star Heels
The
following employees have received recognition as Star Heels
through the month of December:
ACADEMIC
AFFAIRS LIBRARY
Stacy
Graham
John
Mills
Jennifer
Pendergast
Nancy
Royster
AHEC-COMMUNITY
MEDICAL CARE
Paul
Cotrufo
Nadine
O'Malley
DEPARTMENT
OF CHEMISTRY
Louise
Bolton
DEPARTMENT
OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Chester
Stephens
Herman
Towles
DEPARTMENT
of English
Lisa
Foley-Pellicani
DEPARTMENT
OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Thomas
Clegg
Carolyn
Cox
Mary
Hudson
Nicole
Wachsman
DEPARTMENT
OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Janet
Ward
DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Milton
Blackwood
Angela
Carmon
Deborah
Freed
William
Hilliard
Deborah
Hawkins
Vicki
Klomparens
Jeff
Lewis
Lee
McRae
Robbin
Taylor
Oscar
Wilburn
DISBURSEMENT
SERVICES
Beverly
Torres
KENAN-FLAGLER
BUSINESS SCHOOL
Sharon
Fisher
Melissa
Robyn
OFFICE
OF EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR AND PROVOST
Pat
Clark
Paula
Joyner
Stephanie
Thurman
SCHOOL
OF DENTISTRY/ORTHODONTICS
Terri
Horton
Lori
Self
SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE/FAMILY MEDICINE
Debra
Workman
SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE/NEPHROLOGY
Charlotte
Jean Brown
Ellen
Farrar
SONJA
HAYNES STONE BLACK CULTURAL CENTER
Anthony
Walters
STUDENT
HEALTH SERVICES
Maryann
Strayhorn
Catherine
Swinney
UNIVERSITY
CAREER SERVICES
Karen
Thompson
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Decorations
& Distinctions
DAVID
CARR
Associate
professor in the School of Information and Library Science,
Carr spoke recently at the 2002 National Awards for Museum and
Library Services ceremony at the White House.
Carr's speech, "Each Life: Cultural Institutions and Civic Engagement,"
examined museums and libraries in the context of democracy.
ABIGAIL
PANTER
Associate
professor of psychology, Panter has been elected as a fellow
of the American Psychological Association. Fellows are chosen
for their exceptional and outstanding contributions to the research,
teaching or practice of psychology and must demonstrate the
national impact of their work through avenues including research-based
publications, leadership roles in psychology and community service
in clinical practice.
JAMES
L. PEACOCK
Kenan
professor of anthropology and director of the University Center
for International Studies, Peacock has received the highest
award given by the American Anthropological Association, the
Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology. The
award was presented Nov. 23 at the association's meeting in
New Orleans. Peacock was cited for his "contributions to the
discipline, higher education, his institution and the public-at-large
grounded in a lifelong commitment to bringing anthropological
thinking and perspectives to the various communities in which
he has been involved."
Campus
Awards
Rose
Dunaway
Soraya
Flores-Tan
Oncology
nurses Flores-Tan and Dunaway recently were recognized for the
care and dedication they provide to cancer patients every day
when they received the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center's
2002 Oncology Nursing Excellence Awards. The awards come with
$1,500 stipends for professional education activities.
