Tracing the trail of freedomCenter announces final book in landmark seriesBy Gerry EverdingCulminating an initiative launched here nearly 15 years ago, the Center for the History of Freedom in Arts & Sciences has announced plans for the 15th and final volume in its landmark series chronicling the birth and development of basic human freedoms. "This will complete the first effort to treat the evolution of modern freedom," said Richard W. Davis, Ph.D., professor of history and director of the center since 1989. "It will not be the last such history to be attempted, but our volumes and the favorable critical reception they have received show that we have raised a number of interesting and important issues. We certainly trust and hope that the investigation will go on elsewhere." |
 Davis: Chronicling develop- ment of freedom |
 Primate research Terry Gleason, a doctoral student in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, and Ingrid Porton, the St. Louis Zoo's curator of primates, discuss black-bearded sakis, a rare type of New World monkey. The zoo's Field Research for Conservation (FRC) Program recently awarded Gleason an $8,875 grant for a 15-month study of the feeding behavior, ecology and social structure of sakis at a protected lowland reserve in Guyana. The FRC grant is the first awarded for a Washington University graduate student thesis project. |
Board meets, elects new trusteesThe University's Board of Trustees met Friday, May 5, and elected three new members, David V. Habif Jr., M.D., director of Teaneck Radiology in Teaneck, N.J.; Walter L. Metcalfe Jr., chairman of Bryan Cave LLP; and Howard L. Wood, co-founder and director, Charter Communications Inc. The board also named two former trustees to emeritus status -- Jerome F. Brasch, president of Brasch Manufacturing Co. Inc., and Alvin J. Siteman, chairman and president of Site Oil Co. of Missouri. Three former trustees were re-elected to the board: Clarence C. Barksdale, board vice chairman; Stephen F. Brauer, president of Hunter Engineering; and Mary Ann Krey Van Lokeren, chief executive officer of Krey Distributing Co. Current trustees re-elected to regular terms are John W. Bachmann, managing partner of Edward Jones; Benjamin F. Edwards III, chairman, president and chief executive officer of A.G. Edwards Inc.; David W. Kemper, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Commerce Bancshares Inc.; Andrew E. Newman, chairman and chief executive officer of Race Rock International; Craig D. Schnuck, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Schnuck Markets Inc.; Andrew C. Taylor, president of Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co.; and Ronald L. Thompson, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Midwest Stamping Co. |
Students win Olin CupEach spring, the Hatchery Advisory Board of the John M. Olin School of Business chooses the top MBA and undergraduate teams in the Hatchery entrepreneurship course, naming them winners of the Olin Cup. The board, comprised of faculty, leading entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, assesses each team based on its presentation of the business plan it developed either for its own business idea or for an outside entrepreneur's venture. |
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