Clownin' around Barbara Pearce (center), wife of David Pearce, AR51, watches as grandchildren John Geisz (left) and twin sister Allison receive balloon hats at the Eliot Society Family Night on Jan. 26 during the men's and women's basketball games against Rochester.

Campus Authors: Gerald N. Izenberg professor in the Department of History in Arts & Sciences

"Modernism and Masculinity" argues that a crisis of masculinity among European writers and artists played a key role in the modernist revolution. Gerald Izenberg revises the notion that the feminine provided a pre-modern refuge for artists critical of individualism and materialism.

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Obituaries: Philanthropist Selma G. Seldin

Selma G. Seldin, a noted University philanthropist, died Dec. 17, 2000, at her Frontenac home. She was 96.

Seldin's philanthropic activities around the University community included starting a hospice program at Jewish Hospital in 1985 and setting up a pediatric fund at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Seldin's charitable influence was also felt in the St. Louis community, including The Seldin Family Lounge built at the Jewish Federation and a kitchen built at the Jewish Center for the Aged.

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Wolf Prize in Agriculture goes to biology's Beachy

The Israel-based Wolf Foundation has announced Roger N. Beachy, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, will be awarded the 2001 Wolf Prize in Agriculture.

Beachy will share the honor with James E. Womack, Ph.D., professor at Texas A&M University, "for the use of recombinant DNA technology to revolutionize the plant (Beachy) and animal (Womack) sciences," said the Wolf Prize Jury in this field.

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Introducing new faculty members

Ted Ruger, J.D., joins the School of Law as an associate professor. He earned a bachelor's degree from Williams College in 1990 and a law degree from Harvard University Law School in 1995. He clerked for Judge Michael Boudin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Nancy C. Staudt, J.D., joins the School of Law as a professor. She earned a bachelor's degree in 1985 from Ohio State University and a law degree in 1989 from the University of Minnesota. Staudt, who served as a visiting professor during the 1999-2000 academic year, specializes in federal income tax, corporate tax and tax policy.

Cindy Brantmeier, Ph.D., joins the Department of Romance Languages and Literature in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor of Spanish, second language acquisition and applied linguistics. She graduated with high honors from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point in 1990 with four majors: Spanish, English, English as a second language and education.

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