Introducing new faculty members

Raj Mashruwala, assistant professor of accounting in the Olin School of Business, comes from the University of Texas at Dallas, where he taught accounting information systems, cost management, and accounting for managers. Among his research interests are the role of nonfinancial measures in performance management measurement, business value models, executive labor and capital markets and the impact of information technology on performance. Mashruwala earned a bachelor's degree in engineering in 1991 from the L.D. College of Engineering at Gujarat University in India, a master of business administration in 1995 from the S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research in India and is a doctoral candidate in management science at the School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Christopher Alan Bracey, J.D., joins the School of Law as an associate professor. Most recently, he was a visiting assistant professor at Northwestern University School of Law. His areas of expertise are civil procedure, advanced criminal procedure and race-relations law. Bracey earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992. In 1995, he earned a juris doctorate from Harvard University School of Law, where he served as supervising editor of the Harvard Law Review and as general editor for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review and the Harvard Blackletter Journal.

F. Scott Kieff, J.D., joins the School of Law as an associate professor. Most recently, he was a visiting assistant professor at Northwestern University. The co-author of two books on patent law, Kieff's research interests also include technology law and business, intellectual property, contracts, antitrust and complex litigation. In 1991, he earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a two-year National Science Foundation fellowship for research in molecular genetics at the Whitehead Institute. In 1994, Kieff earned a juris doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Troy A. Paredes, J.D., joins the School of Law as an associate professor. Most recently, he was an associate at the firm Irell and Manella LLP in Los Angeles. His research interests include corporations, corporate finance, securities, property and antitrust. Paredes earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1992. He earned a juris doctorate in 1996 from Yale University School of Law, where he was an Olin Fellow in Law and Economics and a Coker Fellow. He also served as submissions editor for the Yale Journal on Regulation.

GWB to present annual awards at banquet

By Ann Nicholson

, The George Warren Brown School of Social Work (GWB) will present its annual distinguished alumni awards, Distinguished Faculty Award, Dean's Medal and President's Award at a Sept. 29 banquet at the St. Louis Art Museum Cafe.

The 2001 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients are David L. Cronin (M.S.W. '60) and Paula M. Gianino (M.S.W. '83). The awards honor alumni who have attained distinction in their careers and share the characteristics of leadership, progressive thinking, high standards, uncompromising integrity, commitment, courage and confidence.

The 2001 Distinguished Faculty Award recipient is Arlene R. Stiffman (M.S.W. '75, Ph.D. '80), the Barbara A. Bailey Professor of Social Work. The award recognizes a faculty member who displays dedication and distinguished service to the school, including exemplary responsiveness to students, scholarly activity, research capabilities, academic honors and service to the community.

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Margo E. Trump, 59, registrar at School of Art; memorial service Oct. 1

As the School of Art registrar, Margo E. Trump was on top of most everything that went on at the school; or as Dean Jeff Pike often said, "She is registrar and master of the known universe."

Trump died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2001, in Irvine, Calif., after a long illness. She was 59.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Oct. 1 in Graham Chapel, followed by a reception for family and friends in the Women's Building formal lounge.

Trump joined the School of Art staff in 1985 as the student records auditor and was named student records coordinator in 1986. She became the school's registrar in 1988 and held the position until the time of her death.

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Service for Richard Brunell; son David to perform memorial concert

The School of Art will host a memorial service for longtime faculty member Richard Brunell (May 26, 1916-Dec. 7, 2000) from 1-2:30 p.m. Oct. 6 in Graham Chapel.

Speakers include William H. Danforth, chancellor emeritus and vice chairman of the Board of Trustees; Jeff Pike, dean of the School of Art; and several alumni who studied with Brunell.

In addition, Brunell's son, pianist David Brunell, professor of music at the University of Tennessee, will perform a concert in memory of his father at 8 p.m., also in Graham Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public.

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