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Picturing Our Past Calvert named Eagleton University professor Randall L. Calvert, Ph.D., professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, will be named the Thomas F. Eagleton University Professor of Public Affairs & Political Science, announced Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor and dean of Arts & Sciences. Full story More Stories
				High-performance computing During a Sept. 25 inauguration ceremony and tour of the new Washington University Center for Scientific Parallel Computing in Arts & Sciences, Wai-Mo Suen, Ph.D. (right), professor of physics, discusses one of the center's two supercomputers with fellow Arts & Sciences member Victor Wickerhauser, Ph.D., professor of mathematics. View in full Obituary Margaret "Maggie" Dagen died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2002, at her home in University City, Mo., of complications from cancer. She was 83. Dagen taught in University College in the 1940s and served as an admissions counselor from 1963 to her retirement in 1981. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Oct. 6 in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 310. Editor's note At presstime, it was learned that Debra S. Newman, a first-year student in the School of Law, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002, from injuries sustained when she was struck by a car on Forsyth Boulevard Sept. 24. She was 22. A full obituary will be printed in a future issue of the Record. Notables policy Submit all Notables to Andy Clendennen via e-mail, andrew_clendennen @aismail.wustl.edu, or by fax, 935-4259.				Introducing new faculty members Wolfram Schmidgen, Ph.D., joins the Department of English in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor. He earned a master's degree in comparative literature from the State University of New York, Binghamton, a master's degree in American studies from the Free University of Berlin, and a doctorate in English language and literature from the University of Chicago. Joseph Thompson, Ph.D., joins the Department of English in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor. He earned a bachelor's degree summa cum laude in English from the University of Delaware, a master of arts and master of philosophy from Yale University in African-American Studies and English and a doctorate from Yale. Kellie Wells, Ph.D., joins the Department of English in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor. She earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Kansas, a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from the University of Montana, a master of fine arts in creative writing-fiction from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate from Western Michigan University. William Layher, Ph.D., joins the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor. Full story Of note Brian D. Carpenter, Ph.D. Martha Storandt, Ph.D. Kevin Z. Truman, Ph.D. Ervin Rodin,Ph.D. Shirley J. Dyke, Ph.D. Eric J. Richards, Ph.D., Thomas J. Kappock, Ph.D., Bruce Fegley, Ph.D. Michael R. Brent, Ph.D. Christopher D. Kroenke, Douglas M. Tollefsen, M.D. Kathleen K. Bucholz, Ph.D. Judith M. Gurley, M.D. Washington University School of Medicine, Talal A. Chatila, M.D. Michael M. Mueckler, Ph.D. Jae Y. Jung, Morgan McLemore, M.D. Iqbal Hamza, Ph.D. Ling-Gang Wu, M.D. Jose A. Conchello, Ph.D. Marc R. Moon, M.D. Nancy L. Saccone, Ph.D., and Rodney D. Newberry, M.D. Full story

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