Volume 25, No. 12, December 1, 2000

Engineering fan Sarah Springer, a freshman engineering student, examines a Stirling engine fan with Kenneth L. Jerina,D.Sc., Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Professor of Engineering. The fan was built by students in Mechanical Engineering (ME) 204, Introduction to Manufacturing Processes. Springer is a student in ME 143, the Machine Shop Practicum, taught by Patrick Harkins, technical laboratory technician. The courses are meant to give students practical experience in building things using principles of engineering. Springer visited Jerina during Engineering Week, which ran from Nov. 13-18, and featured a host of events and activities, including a pageant, gaming competitions, tours, demonstrations and a ball on Nov. 18.

University renames center in honor of Weidenbaum

New director of Public Policy Center appointed

By Robert Batterson

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton has announced the appoint- ment of a new director of the Center for the Study of American Business at Washington University in St. Louis and a new name for the Center.

Steven S. Smith, currently the Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of Minnesota, will assume the top administrative position at the University public policy center on Jan.1, 2001.

On the same day, the Center will be renamed the Murray Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy, in honor of its founder and director, Murray Weidenbaum.

Smith also has been named the Kate M. Gregg Professor of Social Sciences at the University and will join the Department of Political Science in Arts & Sciences.

"Professor Smith joins us with rich experiences and many accomplishments that make him the ideal leader for the Weidenbaum Center," said Chancellor Wrighton. "He will be a great addition to our faculty in Arts & Sciences and continue to build the impact of our Weidenbaum Center."

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Smith appointed Kate M. Gregg Professor of Social Sciences

By Gerry Everding

Steven S. Smith, currently the Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, will join the Washington University faculty in January as the first Kate M. Gregg Professor of Social Sciences in Arts & Sciences.

A prolific writer known for important research on legislative politics, Smith also has a strong reputation for innovative teaching methods.

"Smith has an excellent reputation as a teacher of both undergraduates and graduate students, and several of his graduate students have gone on to make important contributions to political science," said Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor and dean of Arts & Sciences, "At the University of Minnesota, he took the lead in reforming the freshman-level course on American government and politics. He introduced new information technologies into his classes, including use of the Internet, and he has developed prototype software for social science research methods instruction in a virtual laboratory environment."

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Paulson installed as William Gardiner Hammond Professor of Law

By Ann Nicholson

Stanley L. Paulson, J.D., Ph.D., professor of law and of philosophy, was installed as the inaugural William Gardiner Hammond Professor of Law on Nov. 20.

"This new chair provides a wonderful opportunity to recognize not only the outstanding contributions of a member of the law faculty, Stanley Paulson, but also to pay tribute to such an important person in the history of the law school, William Gardiner Hammond," Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton said. "Dean Hammond's precedent-setting scholarly approach to legal education provides an appropriate basis for celebrating the achievements of Professor Paulson who has earned extraordinary distinction in the field of legal philosophy."

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Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, right, and Joel Seligman, J.D., law school dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor, left, congratulate Stanley L. Paulson, J.D., Ph.D., professor of law and of philosophy, on his installation as the inaugural William Gardiner Hammond Professor of Law.

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