McCartney named associate vice chancellor for research administration

Denise A. McCartney has been named associate vice chancellor for research administration. When she assumes the newly created position Oct. 1, McCartney will be responsible for administrative and support activities related to sponsored research at both the Medical and Hilltop campuses.

The position was created in response to rapid changes in research during the last several years. More discoveries are being made, more patents granted and more funds are available from more sources. In fiscal year 2000, researchers at Washington University received 1,651 grants totaling an estimated $364 million. By comparison, in fiscal year 1999, awards totaled $334.2 million. Increasing emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches has opened a wealth of opportunities to the University. At the same time, regulatory agencies are monitoring research institutions more strictly.

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McCartney: 'Bright, energetic,
thoughtful'

Obituaries: George C.W. Sr., retired machinist

George C.W. Meyer Sr., a retired machinist for the School of Medicine, died Friday, Sept. 8, 2000, in Columbia, Ill. He was 75.

Meyer joined the University in 1965 as a machinist in the medical school's facilities department. He was named shop superintendent in 1972. He retired in 1987 after 22 years of service.

Memorials may be made to St. Paul United Church of Christ in Columbia, Ill., or to the American Legion endowment fund.

Campus Authors: The CIAM Discourse on Urbanism, 1928-1960

Eric Mumford recently published the first book-length study of CIAM (Congr�s Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne), the avant-garde group of architects that, in the mid-20th century, included such figures as Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Richard Neutra. His book, titled "The CIAM Discourse on Urbanism, 1928-1960," examines the group's official doctrines and pronouncements advocating the creation of a more socially engaged architecture and focuses on the development and promotion of its influential concept of the "Functional City," which would come to impact the practice of architecture around the world. Mumford also traces the relationship between those official positions and the changing circumstances of, and sometimes contentious relationships between, the group's members.

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Of Note

Robert Brendza, Ph.D., of the Department of Neurology; Seema Dalal, Ph.D., and Richard Stewart, Ph.D., both of the Department of Cell Biology; and Jingsong Xu, Ph.D., of the Department of Pediatrics, are the recipients of this year's W.M. Keck Awards.

Ron K. Cytron, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science, has been elected for a two-year term as chair of the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN).

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