School of Business recognizes four alumni, Olin Foundation

By Robert Batterson

The Olin School honored four alumni and the John M. Olin Foundation at its 15th annual Distinguished Alumni dinner Tuesday at the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton.

William W. Canfield, John F. Danahy, Alvin Goldfarb, and Cuba Wadlington Jr. received Distinguished Alumni awards for having attained distinction in their careers. The Olin Foundation received the Dean's Medal for exceptional dedication and service to the school. Stuart I. Greenbaum, Ph.D., dean of the Olin School, presented the awards.

Through its $15 million challenge grant in 1987, the Olin Foundation not only gave the University's business school its name but also played a major role in its move into the top ranks of business schools worldwide. The gift assured the school's financial stability, allowed it to excel in recruiting high-quality faculty and students, enriched doctoral and executive programs, and helped establish the Business, Law and Economics Center as well as what is now the Center for Experiential Learning. In 1996, the foundation also endowed a John M. Olin Distinguished Professorship of Business, Law, and Economics.

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Arts & Sciences Council honors 10

University students honored 10 favorite professors and teaching assistants at the annual Arts & Sciences Council's Faculty Awards Recognition Ceremony April 10.

Recipients were chosen from about 75 nominations and then ranked by a four-member panel specially appointed to bestow the honors.

Award winners are:

„ Susheela Athreya --teaching assistant, human evolution;

„ Barbara Baumgartner --lecturer, women's studies;

„ Carla Bossola --lecturer, Italian;

„ Kathleen Cook --academic coordinator, anthropology;

„ Jill Hampton --lecturer, English;

„ Brody Johnson --eaching assistant, mathematics;

„ Annamaria Pileggi --senior artist in residence, performing arts;

„ Susan Rollins --assistant dean and academic coordinator, Arts & Sciences;

„ Jeff Smith --assistant professor, performing arts.

Outstanding mentors Five faculty members were honored with the annual Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards, presented by the Graduate Student Senate Tuesday in a ceremony in Holmes Lounge. Recipients were (left-right) David A. Balota, professor and associate chair of psychology; Stanton H. Braude, lecturer in biology; Michael L. Gross, professor of chemistry; Robert Hegel, professor and chair of comparative literature; and Fiona Marshall, associate professor of anthropology, all in Arts & Sciences. The awards honor those whose dedication and commitment to excellence in graduate training has made a significant contribution to the quality of life of students.

Olin School appoints director of European Programs in London

Hugh will develop and supervise internships and small-group consulting projects for undergraduate and graduate business students. He will also coordinate Olin's academic programs in the United Kingdom, which include international study tours for undergraduate, graduate and executive program business students. In addition, Hugh will provide liaison support to the business school's international programs in other European locations.

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Lewis named director of law school's Legal Research and Writing program

Lewis has taught in the program for six years. In addition to teaching two LRW sections of first-year students, Lewis will hire and mentor new LRW faculty and work directly with the four other full-time faculty who teach LRW.

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Of note

Washington University has received a National Institutes of Health grant to support summer undergraduate research fellowships for 10 students majoring in engineering, math, physics or other physical sciences.

Jay W. Heinecke, M.D., professor of medicine and molecular biology and pharmacology in the School of Medicine, recently received the 2001 Jeffery M. Hoeg Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Award for Basic Science and Clinical Research.

To press

Elizabeth C. Childs, Ph.D., associate professor of art history in Arts & Sciences, recently published several essays concerning Gauguin and exoticism. Her essay "The Colonial Lens: Gauguin, Primitivism and Photography in the fin-de-sicle" appeared in the anthology "Policing the Boundaries of Modernity: Antimodernism and Artistic Experience" (University of Toronto Press, 2001), edited by Lynda Jessup.

Speaking of

Eric Mumford, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Architecture, spoke on "CIAM and the Institutionalization of Modern Architecture" at the Department of Art History at the University of Missouri-Columbia April 9. He also spoke on CIAM last November at the University of Illinois.

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