Volume 25, No. 10, November 10, 2000

Honoring faculty As part of the Founders Day celebration Nov. 3, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton (right) and the Washington University community honored the four recipients of the Distinguished Faculty awards: John N. Drobak, J.D., professor of law and of economics in Arts & Sciences; Jane Phillips-Conroy, Ph.D. (pictured), professor of anatomy at the School of Medicine and of anthropology in Arts & Sciences; Sarah B. Spurr, associate professor of art in the School of Art; and Michael E. Wysession, Ph.D., associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences. U.S. Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf (far left) delivered the keynote address at the Chase Park Plaza.

International studies center opens with major conference

By Ann Nicholson

The School of Law is launching a new Institute for Global Legal Studies that will foster groundbreaking educational and research initiatives on a broad range of international issues. The institute officially will kick off Nov. 17-18 with an inaugural colloquium titled "The United Nations and the Protection of Human Rights"

The institute's director is Stephen H. Legomsky, J.D., D. Phil., the Charles F. Nagel Professor of International and Comparative Law and a renowned scholar in immigration, refugee and citizenship law and policy.

"Today, people, goods, services, information and capital all flow freely across international boundaries," Legomsky said. "From the Internet, e-mail and fax machines, to travel, migration, commerce and foreign relations, the story of the new millennium will be our ever-shrinking planet. The world's problems --and the problems entrusted to lawyers --will increasingly require international cooperation and international solutions."

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Eddy named Goldfarb Professor of Computational Biology

By David Linzee

St. Louis retailer Alvin Goldfarb has established a professorship in computational biology in the genetics department at the School of Medicine. The recipient of the professorship is Sean R. Eddy, Ph.D.

"This chair will support Sean's work in an exciting new area that holds great potential for understanding the human genetic blueprint," Goldfarb said. He and his late wife, Jeanette Rudman Goldfarb, have had a long-standing relationship with the University.

"The Goldfarbs have done much to enhance the relationship between the St. Louis community and the University," said Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. "Their vision and generosity have benefited many parts of campus. We are honored that Alvin's name will be attached to an endowed professorship for one of our outstanding young faculty members."

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Chinese scholars visit as part of a project to codify Chinese law

By Ann Nicholson

Soon after Wei Luo, J.D., left his homeland of China to pursue legal studies in the United States, he became fascinated by how American laws are classified by subject. Luo was convinced that such a codification of statutes and rulings would vastly simplify the Chinese legal system.

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Wei Luo, J.D., director of technical services for the School of Law (left), translates for Feng Qing, vice director of the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, during a reception at the law school. Qing and other members of a Chinese delegation are partnering with the law library to improve the Chinese system of legal codification.

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