Archivist Carole A. Prietto,
strives to preserve the University's past
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Endowed professorships in campaign top 100
Two new endowed professorships created during the $1.3 billion Campaign for Washington University put the campaign over the 100 mark, according to an announcement made at the Dec. 7 Board of Trustees meeting by campaign Chair Sam Fox, chief executive officer of Harbour Group Ltd. Further details on the campaign's topping the 100 endowed professorships mark will be published in a future issue of the Record. Also at the Dec. 7 meeting, the trustees appointed Corinna Loraine Cotsen, owner of Edifice Complex -- a building-contracting firm located in Manhattan Beach, Calif. -- as an Ethan A.H. Shepley Trustee for a four-year term. Cotsen holds graduate degrees from the University's School of Architecture and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
In addition, Wrighton recognized the naming gift from Whitney R. Harris for the School of Law's Institute for Global Legal Studies and the Donald O. Schnuck Family Chair in Neurology provided by Doris and Craig Schnuck and their family. Wrighton also noted the appointments of Rebecca Dresser, J.D., as the Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law and of Richard Jay Smith, Ph.D., as the Ralph E. Morrow Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences. Recognition of the passing of two distinguished emeriti faculty was made -- Ralph Morrow, Ph.D., who served as provost, dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, dean of Arts & Sciences, professor and chair of the history department in Arts & Sciences, and University historian; and Viktor Hamburger, Ph.D., the distinguished biologist and teacher who died at the age of 100 this summer. Hamburger was the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor before his retirement in the 1980s. Wrighton noted that the women's basketball team is now ranked first in the nation and seeking its fifth straight national championship. Wrighton made a special presentation on "Assessing Quality of Education and Research" to show where the University has made significant advances and where challenges still exist. Associate Vice Chancellor John Berg gave an update on undergraduate admissions, noting that the University now has one of the largest numbers of applications among leading research universities in the nation. He pointed out that applications for early decision are up again this year. Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Ph.D., associate professor of history and religious studies and director of the religious studies program in Arts & Sciences, gave a presentation to the trustees on "What is Islam?" Karamustafa has made numerous presentations throughout the University and the community in recent months regarding Islamic religion and culture. The trustees received reports from the standing committees: buildings and grounds, development, educational policy, Hilltop finance, medical finance, nominating, research-graduate affairs, student affairs; and the Alumni Board of Governors. |
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