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University of Maryland at College Park
Langenberg Appointed as Ne w UM
System Chancellor ET
M ^k onald N. Langenberg, current
m m chancellor of the University
m m of Illinois at Chicago, has
m t~ been named as the new
chancellor of the University of Maryland
System.
George V. McGowan, chair of the
University of Maryland System Board of
Regents, announced Langenhcrg's ap-
pointment March 29 at a Regents'
meeting at Towson State University, The
appointment is effective July I, 1 990.
"Dr. Langenberg is just the right per-
son to lead the University of Maryland
System as the institution enters a new
phase in its evolution." said McGowan.
"He is a scholar of the highest order,
distinguishing himself in the fields of
physics and electrical engineering.
"He is also a leader of national stature,
well -respected and well-connected in
academic circles. And he recognizes and
respects the bond between the academy
m~h.\ the larger community."
As chancellor of the University of Il-
linois at Chicago since UW. Langenberg
leads a campus of some 24,000 students
and more than 2,000 full-time faculty
members. The institution awards degrees
through the doctoral and first
professional levels and comprises schools
of dentistry, medicine, and pharmacy
Among its nationally recognized pro-
grams are those in engineering and
philosophy.
Langenberg successfully led the ad-
ministrative consolidation of the Chicago
campus with the medical center, two
locations separated by a mile of residen-
tial and business development. He also
has encouraged the institution to
develop partnerships with the city of
Chicago, most notably with inner city
schools.
Before joining the Chicago campus.
Langenberg served as deputy director
and acting director of the National
Science Foundation from 1 980 to 1 982.
Prior to his tenure at the National
Science Foundation, he served in various
positions at the University of Penn-
sylvania. He joined Pennsylvania in I960
as a faculty member in the Department
of Physics and served as both a pro-
fessor of physics and a professor of elec-
trical engineering. He also was director
of the Laboratory for Research on the
Structure of Matter and vice provost for
graduate studies and research.
continued on page J
Donald N, Langenberg
Opinion:
Honoring a Pioneer
Tbe following letter' to the editor was
irrit ten by Claude Km set: Associate Pro-
/t 'sst <r Department of Pby vies and
Astronomy (and one-time working
member of tbe Ad Hoc Statistical Sub-
committee). Tbe original outlook story
teas meant only in report on the honor
accorded Marilyn Brown. However ire
are indeed grateful for this commentary
by Dr. Kacser It brings well -deserted
recognition for years of bard wt»k by
Barbara Bergnutnn and others.
Dear Editor:
i am pleased the Women's Commission
recently honored Marilyn K. Brown for
her many most significant contributions
to women's issues at this University.
Outlook in particular noted her leader-
ship in instituting the Faculty Study
Review in I98I and continuing it since.
Yet I was distressed that, in the repor-
ting and'or the Women's Commission's
Citation. Important earlier history and
recognition of the role of others in the
Faculty Study Reviews was missing,
Without wanting to lake away from
\larilvn Brown's many manv contribu-
tions. I would have liked that Citation to
have also acknowledged earlier con-
tributors. The Commission, and we. must
honor all our pioneers. And I would
have liked Outlook to have done some
research in its reporting.
One essential trailblazer for the Faculty
Study Review was Professor Barbara
Bergmann (then of Economics, now
Distinguished Professor of Economics at
American University).
She strove mightily, as did others, for
many years prior to 1 98 1, as a mere self-
driven faculty member on the Women's
Commission, the Senate Human Relations
Committee and other Committees. Her
insistent work was at last given recogni-
tion in the creation of, and her appoint-
ment to. the Chancellor's Ad Hoe Com-
mittee on Faculty Salary and Rank Equi-
ty; and its Ad Hoc Sub-committee on
Statistical Analysis. [Both were set up by
Chancellor Bishop, in a somewhat ex-
ploratory manner as responses to the
mounting pressures, working in 19 T V T 4,
continued on page 8
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Library Officials Plan for Winter
Move into McKeldin Addition
^L s workers put the finishing
f\ touches on the
/ I lUlOOn-suuare-foor addition
-A. JL. to McKeldin Library, officials
are preparing for the next phase of a
plan to expand library space at College
Park— a phase in which library users will
find, despite completion of the new
building, less work space available for at
least 1 8 months.
When the addition opens in January
1 99 ), the library system will suffer a
temporary net loss of more than 40,000
square feet of space, according to of-
ficials. The loss will be most apparent in
a reduction of seating space in the
system. The amount of seating available
in Homhakc and McKeldin libraries will
drop from a total of 4090 seats to about
2. HID seats, says Donald Williams,
manager of special projects for the
system
The loss will result from the closing of
the current McKeldin Library building
for a complete renovation. The renova-
tion will take an estimated 1H-2-* months
and begin after materials currently stored
in McKeldin are moved into the addition
and the 24-hour study room at Horn-
bake Library. The move is scheduled to
take place during the break between fall
and winter semesters of 1 990-91, says
Joanne Harrar. director of libraries.
The unfortunate irony— a temporary
loss space following completion of a
new building— is the best solution to a
Hobson's choice that officials face, Har-
rar says. The alternative to shutting
down McKeldin during the renovation is
to refurbish the building one or two
floors at a time— an alternative that,
while making more space available.
would create safety problems and other
headaches.
"This is the best way to proceed.
Harrar says, "With any construction pro-
ject there is noise, dirt and accidents. By
closing the building we will keep people
out of harm's way."
In addition, moving the entire collec-
tion at one time rather than in pieces is
a more efficient use of staff lime and.
therefore, less costly, Harrar says. A total
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Research Helps Competitive
Cyclists
Effects of drafting' studied.
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Funds Given for
Professorship in
Visiting
Theatre
Alumnus makes gift in say 'Thank You ..
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Women's Gymnastics Team
Wins Award
Maintains highest GPA in the NCAA....
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Outlook
April 9. 1990
UMCP, Soong Ching Ling Foundation to Spon-
sor Conference on China
The University ot Maryland at College Park and the Soong Ching
Ling (Madam Sun Vat-Sen) Foundation arc sponsoring a "A Sym-
posium on China: Policy Options" at the Madison Hotel at 15th
and M Streets in Washington. D.C. April 21. Topics addressed dur-
ing the ;ill-day conference include, "Where Do We Go from Here?
A Chinese Analysis of the Present Situation and its Options,"
"China and the East and the West." and "Economic Options and
the Outlook lor l.S. China Trade." For more information call.
454-3008.
Diana Lam to Speak at Anderson Lecture
Diana Lam. superintendent of the Chelsea Massachusetts Puhlie
School System, will be the guest speaker at the 1 8th annual Vernon
E. Anderson Lecture on April 12 in the Adele Stamp Union Colony
Ballroom. Lam's topic will be "The Chelsea Experiment: Fad or
Future." Awards will be presented at 1 p.m. with the lecture
following at 1:30 p.m. The Anderson Lecture, which is jointly
sponsored by the Education Alumni Chapter and the faculty of the
College of Education, annually honors former Dean Vernon E.
Anderson. For more Information call, 454-1442.
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
"Hey, Move Over— In Front of Me, Please"
Competitive cyclists often use drafting
(riding behind other cyclists) as a strategy
to reduce wind resistance. But until
recently, little information existed about
how reduced wind resistance affected the
energy expended by a drafting cyclist,
Steve McCole. a doctoral student in ex-
ercise physiology, and Jim Hagberg, a
professor in the Center on Aging, -were
two of the principal writers that exam-
ined the effect drafting had on the
volume of oxygen consumed in "Energy
Expenditure During Bicycling" in The
Journal of Applied Physiology (Feb.. '40).
McCole. who is Hagberg s research
assistant in the Center on Aging, first got
involved with the project when he was a
graduate student under Hagberg at the
University of Florida. He then came to
College Park when Hagberg came here in
1988.
"I'm not a cyclist." says McCole. who
says this is his first published article. "Dr.
Hagberg rides regularly, but I got in-
volved and eventually began supervising
the data collection process."
To perform their study, McCote and
Hagberg had to collect and analyze the
ex p i re d gasses of cyclists riding in d i f-
ferent formations and compare the re-
sults with a single cyclist riding at 25
m.p.h.
starting early in the mornings, to
minimize wind conditions, they drove
alongside cyclists in a truck equipped
with hags, monitors and tubing attached
to a fiberglass pole extended in front of
a cyclist to collect his expired air.
The results of McCole's and Hagherg's
collaboration revealed that energy expen-
diture decreased by about 1" percent
when drafting up to four riders in a line
and decreased further when riding in a
pack of seven riders.
The lowest expenditure of energy oc-
curred behind a truck," says McCole.
"Though still cycling at 25 m.p.h.. the
cyclists only had to pedal occasionally to
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Jim Hagberg and Steve McCole
keep up with the truck. This is a training
method for competitive cyclists and is
not something the authors recommended
lor the recreational cyclist."
The energy expenditure study was
funded by the United Suites Olympic
Committee and is one of several projects
McCole and Hagberg have been working
on that deal with competitive cycling.
"Were talking with some professional
racing teams with the hope that they will
participate in more studies." says
Hagberg,
One cyclist drafts behind another while researchers collect his expired air for analysis. The
photo is from a slide exhibit McCole created for future presentations.
Next month, McCole and Hagberg arc-
off 10 a race in New Jersey, perhaps to
talk with racers about the results of their
study, but more likely as spectators
than researchers
"This is more of a field trip," says
McCole. "Besides, it's a lot easier to get
to than the Tour de France.' ■
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Distinguished Faculty Research
Fellows Selected
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At the winter meeting of the General
Research Board, six faculty members
were selected for 1990-91 Distinguished
Faculty Research Fellowships.
They are: Anthony Ephrcmides, pro-
fessor of electrical engineering: John A.
Gerlt, professor of chemistry and bio-
chemistry: Mark P. Leone, associate pro-
fessor of anthropology: Arthur G. Miller,
professor of art history; Andrew S.
Wilson, professor of astronomy; and,
Inder K. Vijay. professor of animal
sciences.
The fellowships provide each recipient
with a 15,000 grant for incidental re-
search expenses and frees them from
teaching and service duties during the
1990-91 academic year. This is the se-
cond year the fellowships have been
offered.
Anthony Ephrcmides will use the
fellowship to investigate communication
switching architectures and network
management methods. He is looking
toward a seamless communication Fabric
that will satisfy a demand for superior
quality sen 1 ice in the field. of
communications.
John Gerlt and his graduate students
and postdoctoral associates will use the
tools of molecular biology to assist their
studies of reactions catalyzed by en-
zymes found in Pseudotnonos pathht. a
common soil bacterium. Their work is
important to advancing protein engineer-
ing and biotechnology.
Mark Leone is working on a volume
to be titled, An Archaeology of
Capitalism in Annapolis. He will report
on his nine years of excavation and
documentary work in the city's historic
district. His answers are being derived
from a huge archaeological collection of
printer's type, careful mapping and ex-
cavation of gardens as well as analysis of
excavations in Church and Stale Circles,
Leone has also studied a vast collection
of household refuse from more than ten
excavation sites
Arthur Miller will use his fellowship to
examine the European conquest of the
New World and how preconquest ideas
and forms are transformed into post-
conquest ones, lie is looking particularly
at the impact of European literacy on the
Zapotec of si >uth central Mexico.
"Contrary to commonly held notions.
European literacy did not undermine
native culture," Miller says. "Rather, ii
provided a new means of communica-
tion that could be adapted to both tradi-
tional and uniquely colonial needs."
Andrew Wilson will continue his
research on active galactic nuclei such as
quasars, radio galaxies and Scyfert galax-
ies. These objects are characterized by
the radiation of very large amounts of
pow : er from very small volumes of
space. Astronomers have difficulty
understanding these objects because
some of their characteristics appear to
defy theories of general relativity and
nuclear matter. Wilson will use large
ground-based optical telescopes and the
Hubble Space Telescope for his
observations.
Inder Vijay is focusing on glycopro-
teins, proteins that contain sugars at-
tached to them. Glycoproteins par-
ticipate in a myriad of cellular functions
that are fundamental to biological
recognition.
According to Vijay, numerous patholo
gics such as malignancy, atherosclerosis
and many genetic disorders including
cystic fibrosis show deranged glycopro-
tein metabolism. He is using a rodent
mammary gland model to study [he-
function and regulation ol ' glycoprotein
machinery. ■
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Advising and Security Issues Top Campus
Senate Agenda
The Campus Senate will continue debuting a report on admis-
sions and advising and a policy statemem on the costs of security
at its next meeting, 3:30 p.m.. Thursday, April 12, in the Rcckord
Armory. The report on admissions and advising received extensive
discussion at the group's March 12 meeting. In its main recommen-
dations, the report calls fur the creation of a Division of Science
and Letters that would serve as an adminstrative home lor all
undergraduates not yet enrolled in a degree-gram tag major and
Outdoor
April 9, 1990
seeks development of a new procedure for handling entrance into
Limited Lnrollmcnt Programs I Ik Sui.ni. will also ivview com
ments from its Committee on Campus Affairs concerning a state-
ment on campus security developed by the President's Select Com-
mittee on Freedom of Expression. The university currently is
developing a policy on payment of security costs for campus
events. ■
Exceptional Computer Science Major Wins
Cosmos Club Award for Intellectual Promise
Jonathan Herstein. a 22-year-old Com-
putet Science major, was named the win-
ner of a competition sponsored hy The
Cosmos Club foundation to select the
graduating senior at a Washington area
university who shows "the greatest
potential for continuing superior intellec-
tual contributions to the students chosen
field."
Herstein. a senior who will graduate
this semester, will receive a S3.000 award
from the foundation during a ceremony
April l l J at the Cosmos Club in
Washington, D.C. He is one of five-
seniors nominated by their schools for
the competition, each of whom was re-
quired to submit an essay dealing with a
current issue or problem in his or her
chosen field.
llersteins Ivpage essay dealt with
issues involving the origin, limitations and
possibilities for artificial intelligence.
Herstein addressed current claims of
what artificial intelligence may do in the
future versus the actual limitations of the
technology. He staled his belief that ar-
Dorfinan Reiterates Policy on
Scheduling Final Examinations
J. Robert Dorfman. Vice President for
Academic Affairs and Provost, in a memo
to all faculty, has reiterated the campus
policy regarding the scheduling of final
examinations
['diversity policy States that a final ex-
am will be given in every undergraduate
course, All finals must he held on the ex-
amination days of the Official Pinal Ex-
amination Schedule.
Despite this clearly slated policy. Dorf-
man said that each semester his office
gets complaints from students about
violations of the policy.
lie noted that the schedule is designed
to avoid conflicts among examinations
that a student takes and that rescheduling
often creates conflicts and problems not
only for students hut for other faculty.
Dorfman urged that every effort Be
made to adhere to the final exam policy.
"If it is absolutely necessary that you
deviate from the published examination
schedule, please assure yourself that you
create no difficulties for any of your
students and then obtain the necessary
approval early in the semester so your
students can be informed and can plan
accordingly." he said ■
Hi
A Capsule of Time at Business/
Public Affairs Ceremony
A time capsule/cornerstone ceremony was held March 27 to celebrate the groundbreaking for
the new Business/Public Affairs Building. Some of the items included in the time capsule are: a
baseball autographed by Baltimore Onoles manager Frank Robinson; a new book, "Economic
Consequences of Immigration" by business management professor Julian L. Simon; the Spring
1990 Sears catalog; the annual reports of several businesses; a basketball signed by the
Washington Bullets; a piece of the Berlin Wall; and a large number of other items. The time cap-
sule will be opened in the year 2040. More than 200 people attended the ceremony, including
President William E, Kirwan, Business and Management Dean Rudolph P. Lamone, Public Affairs
Dean Michael Nacht, State Comptroller Louis Goldstein and Prince George's County Executive
and Associate Professor of Government and Politics Parris N. Glendening,
tifieial intelligence cannot be achieved to
the degree sometimes claimed, though
several practical applications for the
technology will result from research ef-
forts in this area,
Herstein, a Bowie native who attended
Kleanor Roosevelt High School in
Greenbelt. will begin employment in
September, with the Washington. D.C. of-
fice of Andersen Consulting, a manage-
ment information consulting firm. ■
Jonathan Herstein
Greeks to Raise Money for SADD
Hy purchasing tickets to guess how
many compact discs (CDs) can fit into a
I'ontiac Grand Am, students, faculty and
staff will not only be eligible to win a
CD player, the CDs or the car, but also
will help fraternities and sororities here
raise money for Students Against Driving
Drunk (SADD).
The fundraiser. Sponsored by the Inter-
fraternity Council. PanhcNenic Associa-
tion, and Greeks Advocating the Mature
Management of Alcohol (GAMMA), is one
of several competitions that will take-
place during Greek Week, April 16-20.
SADD has donated two cars, the CDs
and CD players for the competition. In
return, each participating school will
keep half of the money raised for SADD,
with a 510,000 grand prize for the school
that raises the most money.
If the university Greeks win, the grand
prize will go to the student activities
fund and their half of the money raised
will he given to charity.
"We see this an opportunity to help a
good cause and improve our own reputa
tion," says Kim Bcvilacquc, a senior
speech communications major and assis-
tant overall chairman for Greek Week.
"Maryland has one of the strongest
Greek communities in the nation, so we
expect to do very well,"
SADD is a non-profit organization that
was created in 1981 by Bob Anastas. a
high school foothall coach, who lost
three players to drunk driving accidents
within one week.
According to Melanic Kvans. a senior
speech communications major and past
president of GAMMA, a SADD starter kit
will be sent to the College Park campus
with the hope of starting a Maryland
chapter of the national organization,
which would make it one of the largest
chapters in the country.
For more information about the fund-
raiser, Greek Week or .SADD, call
981-0001. ■
Langenherg Named System Chancellor
continued from page l
Lungcnbcrg has served on numerous
boards and commissions. Currently, he is
president of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science and
chairman-elect of the executive commit-
tee of the National Association of State
f'niversities and Land-Grant colleges.
Langenbcrg holds three degrees in
physics; a bachelor's from Iowa State
University (19^3); a master's from the
University of California, Los Angeles
(19SS); and a doctorate from the I'niver-
sity of California. Berkeley (1959), He
spent a postdoctoral year at Oxford
University.
Langenherg, 5H. is a native of Devils
Lake, North Dakota.
The appointment of Langenherg
follows a national search which began
last July. Kita Colwell. director of the
I'niversity Systems Maryland
biotechnology Institute, headed the nine-
member search committee which included
all constituencies of the academic com-
munity. A 21 -member advisory commit-
tee, chaired by President William E. Kir-
wan. assisted the search committee ■
Frank Named to Head Business Incubator
Richard B. Frank has been named
manager of the campus-based
Technology Advancement Program
(WW). The small business incubator of-
fers space, support services and access to
the extensive resources of the university
for entrepreneurs and start-up companies
engaged in the development of technical-
ly oriented products with commercial
potential.
Frank brings more than 30 years of
experience in general management,
marketing, manufacturing, and engineer-
ing in several segments of the medical
imaging and health care equipment in-
dustry.
The TAP program has "graduated"
nine companies and 19 others are cur-
rently participants.
Frank says he hopes to double the
number of companies in the program
over the next year. I
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Qdendar
^^ April 9 to 18
Campus Senate to Meet Three Times in April
The Campus Senate will meet three times in April to address
several important issues. On Thursday, April 12, the agenda in-
cludes reports on the costs of security and admissions and advising,
To complete the agenda, an adjourned meeting is scheduled for
Monday. April 12. A special meeting is scheduled for Monday, April
23. John Burt, chair of the Ad Hoe Committee on Faculty
Grievance, will report on faculty grievance procedures, and Paul
Smith, chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Appointment. Rank, and
Tenure, will report on appointment, promotion, and tenure issues
All meetings are in 0126 Reekord Armory. 3*30^6:30 p.m. Call
-4t4hSh ( J for more information.
Distinguished Scholar- Teacher
Joseph Sucher will speak on "The
Joys of Physics: Romancing the
Photon," Wednesday, April 11,4
p.m., Art/Soc. Bldg.
MON
Architecture Exhibit, featuring
Mark Simon. Centerbrook Ar-
chitects, today through May 4, Ar-
chitecture Gallery. Call x3427 for
into.
Art Exhibition: "Contemporary
Latin American Photographers."
organized by Aperture
Photography, through April 27, The
Art Gallery. Art/Sociology Bldg, Call
x2763 for info
Photography Exhibit: "At Work in
the Fields of the Bomb," created
by research photographer Robert
Del Tredici. today through April 26,
Parents Association Gallery. Stamp
Union. Call x4754 tor info.
Art Department Minorities &
Women Lecture: painter Mary
Lovelace O'Neal will discuss her
work. 12:30 p.m., Art/Sociology
Bldg. Call X0344/5 for info.
Computer Science Colloquium:
"Logic Programming Using Bi lat-
tices," Mel Fitting, CUNY. 4 p.m..
011 Classroom Bldg. Call x4244
for info.
Space Science Seminar: "A New
Way to Make the Solar Corona
Hot," Jack D Scudder. GSFC,
4:30 p.m.. 1113 Computer &
Space Sciences Bldg, Call x3136
for info.
Guameri String Quartet Open
Rehearsal, 7 p.m.. featuring Frank
Bridges String Quartet in E minor,
Tawes Recital Hall Call x6669 for
info.
Registration Ends, for team
horseshoes. Call x3124 for info.
Employee Benefits Orientation,
10 a.m., Multi 2202 Hornbake
Library. Call x6312 for info.
Zoology Lecture; "Energetics of
Lactation in the Evening Bai {Nyc-
ticeius humeratis)," Suzy Steele,
noon, 1208 Zoo/Psych Bldg. Call
x3201 for info.
Hon* Theater Movie: "Apartment
Zero" and "Drugstore Cowboy."
Call x4987 for info.'
WED
Human Relations Skills Develop-
ment Workshop, "Negotiating and
Building Good Working Relation-
ships with Supervisors and Peers,"
9 a.m. -noon, Prince George's
Room. Stamp Union. $25. Call
x4707 for info."
Employee Development Seminar,
"Office Management for
Secretaries," 9 a.m. -4 p.m., today
and tomorrow. 1152 A.V. Williams
Bldg Call x481 1 for info.
Counseling Center Research &
Development Seminar: "Financial
Aid Issues for Students in the
1990s," Ulysses S. Glee, noon,
0106 Shoemaker Bldg. Call x2937
for info.
International Coffee Hour, 3-4:30
p.m.. 0205 Jimenez Hall. Call
X4925 for info.
Distinguished Scholar-Teacher
Lecture; "The Joys of Physics:
Romancing the Photon." Joseph
Sucher, 4 p.m., Art/Soc. Bldg.,
reception to follow in Art/Soc,
Atrium. Call x2530 for info.
Afro- American Studies and
Public Affairs Lecture: "Race.
Consciousness and Public Policy,"
Jerome Taylor. U. of Pittsburgh.
6:30-7:30 p.m., 1213 Art/Sociology
Bldg . reception to follow. Call
x5665 for info.
Faculty Jazz Concert, featuring
Robert Gibson, bass, Dan
Reynolds, piano. Bill Foster, guitar,
and Michael Smith, drums, perfor-
ming original compositions and jazz
standards, 8 p.m.. Tawes Recital
Hall Call x6669 for info.
College of Education Vernon E.
Anderson Lecture: "The Chelsea
Experiment: Fad or Future," Diana
Lam, superintendent of the
Chelsea, Massachusetts Public
School System, 1:30 p.m., Colony
Ballroom. Stamp Union. Call x1442
for info.
Campus Senate Meeting,
3:30-6:30 p.m.. 0126 Reekord Ar-
mory. Call x4549 for info.
Women's Lacrosse vs, Penn
State, 3:30 p.m., Denton Field.
Call x5854 for info."
Meteorology Seminar: "An Ex-
perimental Regional Forecast
Model with Consistent and Enhanc-
ed Effective Space Resolution," M.
F. Rabinowitz. Goddard Space
Fight Center, 3:30 p.m.. 2114
Computer & Space Sciences Bldg
Call X2708 for info.
CHPS Lecture: "Two Recent
'Solutions' to the Measurement
Problem." Barry Loewer, Rutgers
U., 4 p.m., 1117 F. S. Key Hall.
Call x2850 for info.
Reliability Engineering Seminar:
"The Human Factor in Complex
High Reliability Systems," Thomas
Ryan, Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion, 5:15-6:15 p.m.. 2115
Chemical & Nuclear Engineering
Bldg. Call x1941 for info.
University Theatre: "The School
for Wives," by Moliere, translated
into English by Richard Wilber. 8
p.m., Tawes Theatre, S7 standard
admission. $5.50 seniors and
students, production runs today-
April 14. Call x2201 for into.'
Greater Washington Solid State
Physics Colloquium: "Quantum
Coherence Effects in Small
Disordered Conductors." B. L.
Altshuler, MIT. 8:30 p.m.. 1410
Physics Bldg. Call X3416 for info.
Systems Research Center
Seminar: "Asymptotic Analysis of
Structured Vector Quantization,"
David Neuhoff. U. of Michigan,
Ann Arbor. 11 a.m , 1112 A. V.
Williams Bldg Call x5880 for info.
Linguistics Colloquium: "Con-
straints and Repair Strategies in
Yidiny Foot Structure," Robert
Kirchner, noon. 0109 Hornbake
Library Call x7002 for info.
Mental Health Lunch N Leam
Conference: "Presentation and
Treatment of Patients with Social
Phobias." Manuel Tancer, NIMH,
1-2 p.m.. 3100E Health Center.
Call x4925 for info.
University Theatre: "The School
for Wives," 8 p.m., see April 12 for
details
Men's Lacrosse vs. Navy, 1 p.m.,
Byrd Stadium. Call x2121 for info.'
University Theatre: "The School
for Wives," 8 p.m., see April 12 for
details.
15a™
Easter Sunday Services, Roman
Catholic, 10 a.m., Hope Lutheran
Church at Catholic Student Center:
Episcopal & Anglican, 10 a.m.,
Chapel Lounge. Call x2348 for in-
formation on other Holy Week
services.
Trombone Ensemble, 8 p.m.,
Tawes Recital Hall. Call x6669 for
info.
16
Women's Lacrosse vs. Rutgers,
noon. Denton Field. Call x5854 for
info.
Career Development Center Job
Fair, noon-4 p.m.. Grand Ballroom.
Stamp Union. Call x4582 for info.
Computer Science Center Lec-
ture: title TBA, Glenn Ricart, 2:30
p.m., 1400 Marie Mount Hall. Call
x2946 for info.
Science, Technology and Society
Lecture; "Imagining the Future: An
Historian's Perspective." Joseph
Corn. Stanford U., 3:30 p.m., 2309
Art/Soc. Bldg. Call x8862 for info.
Campus Senate Meeting,
3:306:30 p.m.. 0126 Reekord Ar-
mory. Call x4549 for info.
Computer Science Colloquium:
"Aspects of Heuristic Search
Algorithms for Networks and/or
Graphs." A. Mahanti, 4 p.m., 011
Classroom Bldg Call x4244 for
info.
Space Science Seminar: "Elec-
tromagnetic Tornadoes in Space,"
Tom Chang, 4:30 p.m., 1113 Com-
puter/Space Sciences Bldg. Call
x0359 for info.
-17
Graduate Research Interaction
Day, featuring lectures and presen-
tations by UMCP graduate
students. 8:30 a.m, -5 p.m.. Colony
Ballroom, Stamp Union Call x5491
or x5060 for info.
Employee Development Seminar,
"Overview of Communication Ser-
vices," 9 a.m.-noon, Maryland
Room. Marie Mount Hall. Call
x481 1 for info,
Zoology Lecture; "The Influence
of Ectoparasites on Starling Sur-
vival, and the Effectiveness of
Green Plants as Natural Insec-
ticides," Peter Fauth, noon. 1208
Zoo/Psych. Bldg. Call x3201 for
info.
Systems Research Center
Seminar: "Modelling of
Robustness Problems: The Tree
Structured Decomposition of
Polynomials." Juergen Ackermann,
UC-lrvine, 3 p.m.. 1112 A. V.
Williams Sldg. Call x5880 for info.
Distinguished Scholar-Teacher
Susan Hand el man will speak on
"Love Play, Laughter, and
Language: How the Rabbis Reread
the Bible," Wednesday, April 18, 4
p.m., Art/Soc. Bldg.
Hoff Theater Movie: "Casualties
Of War." Call X4987 for info.*
Employee Development Seminar,
"Effective Writing." 9 a.m. -4 p.m.,
1143 Stamp Union, fee TBA Call
x481 1 for info."
Counseling Center Research &
Development Meeting: "The
Black Middle Class Family," Bar-
tholomew L Landry, noon, 0106
Shoemaker Bldg. Call x2937 for
info.
International Coffee Hour, 3-4:30
p.m., 0205 Jimenez Hall. Call
x4925 for info.
Writers Here and Now Reading,
featuring novelist, short story writer
and essayist Peter Matfhiessen
reading from his works, 3:30 p.m..
place TBA. Call x251 1 for info.
CRABS Colloquium: "Mrs. Parlia-
ment and her Monstrous Child.' Is
il Literature or History?" Lois Pot-
ter, U. of Leicester, England, 3:30
p.m., 1102C F.S. Key Hall. Call
x2740 for info.
Afro-American Studies and
Public Affairs Lecture: "Marriage
and Family in the African-American
Community: Policy Issues." Belinda
Tucker. UCLA, 3:45 p.m.. 0102 F
S. Key Hall, reception to follow.
Call x5665 for info.
Distinguished Scholar-Teacher
Lecture: "Love Play, Laughter,
and Language: How the Rabbis
Reread the Bible," Susan
Handelman, 4 p.m., Art/Soc. Bldg..
reception to follow in Art/Soc.
Atrium. Call x2530 for info.
Space Science Seminar: title
TBA, Roald Z. Sagdeev, Institute of
Space Physics, Moscow, 4 p.m.,
1410 Physics Bldg. Call x3136 for
info.
Hoff Theater Movie: "Casu allies
of War." Call x4987 lor info. '
' Admission charge for this hiti
Alt (Mien utv five
I
Calendar information may be
sent to John Fritz, 2101 Turner
Laboratory or (via electronic
mail) to jlfritz@pres.umd.edu.
Outlook
April 9, 1990
What's the Maryland Chorus Up To
This Spring?
Plenty, judging from their recently announced concert schedule
that lists three performances in Maryland before their summer tour
of East Germany and Belgium, On April 20 at 8 p.m. they will sing
a free concert (admission by ticket) of German and American
choral music in Baltimore's Westminster Hall. The next concert on
May 13 at 7 p.m. in Rockville's Strathmore Hall will be by the
chorus' Ghamber Singers, who will perform music of Mozart,
Brahms. Bernstein and Randall Thompson (tickets Si 2; S10
students and seniors). Finally, the entire chorus will present a piano
reading of Mendelssohn's oratorio, Elijah, on May 20 at 4 p.m. in
Stamp Union's Grand Ballroom. Featuring faculty and graduate stu-
dent soloists, the concert will he a benefit for the summer tour;
there will be no admission charge, but a donation of J 10 is re-
quested. For information about any of these concerts call 454-4183
ARTS AT MARYLAND
Tough Classes and Good Teaching Made a Happy
English Major of Ragini Gupta
Focus on
Undergraduate
Education
Ragini Gupta, a senior
College Park, has been fol-
lowing every cliche in a
good guidance counselor's
handbook.
Cliche No. I: A student intent on
receiving an excellent liberal arts educa-
tion seeks out good teachers, regardless
ill subjeei
As a sophomore. Gupta took a class in
Shakespeare literature with Donna
Hamilton, associate professor of English.
As an aspiring international lawyer, who
has done volunteer work with Maryland
Eighth District poltical campaigns since
high school, Gupta's interests tended
more toward the study < >f government
than literature— until she met Hamilton.
"I found myself learning and growing
a great deal in her class. She was t he-
best teacher I'd had," Guptasays.
The experience impressed Gupta
enough that she continued sampling the
English department curriculum. Her next
venture was in associate professor Susan
Leonardi's Women in Literature" course.
Finding Leonardi's class as valuahle as
Hamilton's. Gupta concluded that there-
was a good thing going in the English
department. She soon declared herself an
Theatre Alumnus Establishes Fund for
Creation of Visiting Professorship
toured Centra! America and the Carib-
bean with the Flying Follies and par-
ticipated in University Theatre, the Men's
Glee Club, the Modern Dance Club and
campus radio station. A member of
O micron Delta Kappa and Phi Delta
Thcta, Ford also made the Dean's List at
College Park.
Ford has had a varied and successful
business career. He has held positions
with Ruder S Finn Inc.. the American
Stock Exchange. Merrill Lynch & Com-
pany, CBS, Inc.. and Travel Network Cor-
poration. After serving as director of
human resources for Home Box Office.
Inc., PJ8I-S4, he established John C. Ford
Associates.
Ford has served on the hoard of
trustees and governors of the National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
and as past president. Financial Industry
Training Association. He is currently on
the board of advisers of the Cable and
Corporate Communications Program
Manhattan Community College, City
University of New York, the board of
overseers of Emerson College, the
development council of Neumann Col-
lege and the advisory committee of the
American Society of Training and
Development. At the University of
Maryland, he is a member of the
Chancellor^ Advisory Council and the
Executive Committee and Presidents Cir-
cle of the President's Club.
"John Ford's generous nature and will-
ingness to think of others was evident
from the first day of his undergraduate
career at Maryland. And, of course,
nothing has changed," says Roger
Meersman, chair of the Department of
Theatre. 'Several years ago be delighted
us with a major gift in support of equip-
ment and furnishings lor the Pugliese
Theatre. Now his thoughtfulness will
provide wonderful benefits for genera-
tions of future undergraduates who will
follow in his footsteps. His very tangible
endorsement of our program is a great
honor for us all."
Because Ford's gift is in the form of a
bequest, the professorship and scholar-
ship will not he fully endowed in the
near future. ■
John Charles Ford
John Charles Ford, a 1964 graduate of
speech and Dramatic Art. has established
the John Charles Ford Fund in order to
creak' a visiting professorship in die
Department of Theatre and an
undergraduate scholarship for a universi-
ty theatre student.
"The University of Maryland and
especially my involvement with the
University Theatre prepared me more for
my current career than any other single
life event. 1 will always be grateful to the
department, its faculty and my fellow
students for providing me such a well-
rounded and practical education. This
gift is a way to say thank you," says
Ford, owner of John C. Ford Associates,
a New York-based international con
suiting firm specializing in management
development and organizational com-
munications.
As an undergraduate at College Park,
Ford enjoyed a busy career in extra-
curricular activities. He served as a
member of the Student Government
Associations Cultural Committee, con-
tributed frequently to the Diatnotldback,
English major.
Cliche No, 2: The best teachers are the
ones who challenge students the most.
Student definitions of what constitutes
a "good" teacher vary enough to leave
guidance counselors alternately smiling
and groaning.
In Gupta's case, a guidance counselor
couldn't have scripted a more heartening
description of Hamilton's (and later
Leonardi's) teaching attributes.
"(Hamilton) was the most demanding
teacher I'd had to that point. In class,
and in papers and exams, she questioned
everything you said and made you ex-
plain your answers more deeply. It was
very challenging intellectually. At first I
was kind of intimidated, but as the
semester went on, I found that my
writing was getting better and that I was
offering better insights in my work. It
was the kind of experience 1 was looking
for at the university."
Satisfied with Iter experience at Col-
lege Park, and appreciative of professors
such as Hamilton and Leonardi, Gupta
plans to continue her academic career
when she graduates in December. She
wants to go law school and pursue a
career in international law. ■
Faculty Jazz Concert Will Feature
Composer and Bassist Robert Gibson
On Wednesday April II at 8 p.m. in
Tawes Recital Hall, jazz bassist Robert
Gibson will make one of his rare College
Park concert appearances,
Joining him will be pianist Dan
Reynolds, guitarist Bill Foster and drum-
mer Michael Smith in a program of
original compositions and jazz, standards.
Reynolds and Foster are part of Tim
Eyerman's group, "East Coast Offering."
and Smith is well-known in the
Washington area, with many recordings
to his credit.
Gibson's concert appearances at Col-
lege Park are rare because he teaches
theory and composition in the music
department rather than being part of the
performing faculty. However, he feels
strongly that performing is essential to
the teaching of jazz and requires some
regular involvement with an audience.
The April 11 concert will feature Gib-
son as both performer and composer, in-
troducing art as-yet-untitled piece, which
he says was inspired by African story-
telling traditions, in his new composi-
tion, a programmed electronic sequencer
provides a background, and the im-
provised bass solo 'tells the story".
Other music on the program will be a
jazz-blues work by Reynolds, a College
Park graduate in piano, and compositions
by Miles Davis. Keith Jarrett, and
keyboardist Don Grolnick.
Gibson says his own composing has
been influenced by the late pianist Bill
Evans and the New York- based Hill
Frisell. He prefers small group playing in
a comfortable setting. "Jazz really works
best in a club," he says. "1 intend to keep
the April II concert as informal as is
possible in a concert hall."
While teaching and composing take- up
most of his professional time, Gibson still
free-lances occasionally, He has played
jazz with an impressive list of musicians:
Mose Allison. Tom Harrell, Bob Berg,
jazz singer joe Williams. Eddie Harris.
and guitarist Barney Kessell.
Winner of many awards in composi-
tion. Gibson has written— in addition to
jazz— orchestral and chamber music.
children's songs a and score for the Na-
lional Geographic Explorer cable tv
series. His music for a 198=! prize-
winning television public service an-
nouncement promoting the university
was heard in an estimated 1" million
homes.
For information about the free April 11
concert, call 454-666S. ■
— Linda fiwiiiim
Robert Gibson
Qutlook
April 9, 1990
The New Scholarship on Women: Making a
Difference
The Office of the President and the Women's Study Program are
sponsoring a forum, "Incorporating the New Scholarship on
Women: The Difference It Makes," on Thursday. April 19 from
3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room $215 Art/Sociology. Ronald O'L.eary
(Theatre) Shcri Parte, (Radio. Television and Film) and Robert Sear-
to (Horticulture), all of whom participated in the 1MH9 summer cur-
riculum transformation institute, will make presentations about
changes they have made in the courses they teach as a result of
their summer work. Special .Assistant to the President Betty Schmitz
will introduce the forum. Call 454-4702 for information.
Physicist Scratches the Surface
Atoms on a silicon surface.
Four car begins to rust and
you combat it by patching it,
repainting it, watching the
rust return, then finally buy-
ing a new ear. The new car will even-
tually rust out too.
The problem, you know, is
oxidation — oxygen molecules from the
air reacting with atoms on the surface of
metal. But is anyone doing anything
about it? Someone is.
Kllen IV w illiams, associate professor
of physics with the Surface Physics
Group, is studying surface atoms and
their reaction to oxygen and heat. Her
research, "aimed at determining how
and why surface atoms are different
from their neighbors inside a solid." has
application to corrosion, lubricants,
adhesion, catalysis and to
semiconductor-based electronics. The
work could lead to better and smaller
transistors and improvements in solid
state electronics such as computers.
"From a physicist's point of view, sur-
face properties represent an intellectual
and experimental challenge that is dif-
ficult to resist," Williams says.
Ik-cause surfaces are two dimensional,
rather than three dimensional like solids,
there are few atoms at the surface of a
mass and they are, therefore, difficult to
measure and analyze. Research In the
area of surface physics has lagged behind
the understanding of hulk properties
According to Williams, special condi-
tions are required to conduct surface ex-
periments. "Surfaces, especially metal
surfaces, react instantly with molecules
in the air, so that experiments on clean
surfaces must be carried out in a
vacuum," she says.
According to Williams, improved high
vacuum technology has greatly advanced
progress m expert
mental surface physics
The Surface Physics
Group uses a special
"ultra -high vacuum"
which allows hours
of measurements
without interaction Ellen 0, Williams
of surface atoms
with other atoms
"An ultimate goal of our research is to
control the properties of surfaces by in-
tentionally changing their structure and
composition. Williams says. Ex-
periments involve modification of sur-
faces by depositing different types of
atoms onto the surface and by cutting
surfaces at different angles to expose
their arrangements.
"Sometimes the surface atoms don't
cooperate with such attempts to control
their structure," Williams says These
atoms often rearrange themselves to an
undesirable configuration, similar to the
rearrangements that occur during oxida-
tion and heating of clean surfaces, The
forces driving the change remain poorly
understood. Williams says
To make measurements of surface
atoms, surface sensitive electron probes
Women in Science: Pushing the Gender Battier
■ %f Xhen physicist Ellen D
[ / Williams became interested
W/W/ in science as a little girl.
W W there were few women
scientists in the field, few role-mode Is in
the schools, and little encouragement for
those women who were working as
scientists Today, there still are few
women scientists and science teachers,
particularly in the physical sciences.
But women such as Williams arc now
providing the example girls and young
women need to see a future for
themselves in science "I see myself
primarily as a role-model when it comes
to encouraging female students to enter
science and technology." Williams says.
Still, women are largelv under-
represented in the sciences, and though
improvements are continuing, many
scientists say change will not occur
unless a continued drive is made in the
direction of attracting more women to
science and technology.
"There is sometimes a tendency for
scientists and administrators to say
enough work has been done toward
recruiting women into science and that
time will take care of the numbers
problem. But we need to keep pushing
these improvements through or they
won't happen." says Hetty Schmitz. assis-
tant to the president.
Schmit/. believes, however, that most
science departments at College Park are-
making hard-working, honest attempts to
A scientist as seen by a sixth grader.
increase female enrollment and participa-
tion in their programs.
"It's going to take a decade to see
. really big increases in the number of
female science majors, hut it will happen
because people are concerned and in-
terested in improving the problem,' '
Schmitz says, "Engineering is an example
where female majors have increased
from four to P percent in recent years.'
But because the number of women
entering and remaining in science pro-
grams is far less than in other majors,
much work still needs to be done to en-
courage women to study science.
SchmitZ s;iys.
"The problem begins at a very early
age. savs Margaret A. Palmer, assistant
professor of /oology, "There is often an
image of science as not only a male-
dominated field, hut also as a male enter-
prise because it is seen as very com-
petitive. Studies have shown that young
girls and women still have an image ol
scientists as frizzy -haired males alone in a
lab."
But Palmer says that as the number of
women in science increases, the image
of scientists is slowly changing for girts
and young women. '"Females are beginn-
ing to see science as an interesting field 1
full of interesting people and they are
beginning in see themselves as future
scientists," she says.
One program Palmer is involved with
brings female students to campus the
summer before their freshman year to
see what scientists actually do. 'We
want them to know what science is real-
ly about before they begin classes here."
Palmer says, "Sometimes all they need is
encouragement and a chance to touch
scientific equipment for them to see
themselves in the role of scientist "
arc used. The surface physics group is
current]; in the process of designing and
constructing an instrument that will have
the capability of observing individual
surface atoms. It will be one of only
about Jl) in the world.
"The instrument will be used to study
the first steps in reaction ol chemicals
such as oxygen with the surface,"
Williams says.
Because ol the quality of her research.
Williams was recently awarded the I WO
Maria Goeppcrt-Mayer Award by the
American Physical Society, She presented
her research last month at a meeting of
the APS in Anaheim. Calif., and in a
phvsics department colloquium March 1~.
■ '
— Fttrtes Saniianii
Still. Palmer says there is still much
room for improvement on campus
toward recruiting and retaining women
science majors. "We still need more
mentors." she says. "The lab climate is
still quite chilly for women in some
areas. Studies have shown that women
grad students tend to suffer from lower
self-esteem than male students We also
need to start focusing on where we are
losing women science students. Is il in
Chemistry? Physics? Biology? We need
more accountability We don't acttialh
know how main women actually come
mi' i science and how many we lose I
think we should begin rewarding depart
ments that are doing well. We need con-
tinued top-down pressure, from deans to
department heads to faculty "
Like Schmitz, however, Palmer is also
encouraged In the progress being made
on this campus toward promoting l lie
idea of women in science.
"I think the curriculum transformation
project is helping to encourage women
to enter science and 1 think the climate
lor women in science is becoming more
hospitable. There are also better support
systems for women faculty and students
in science." she says,
"In the long run, these things will
make a difference. The key is that we
have to keep pushing lor improvements
because thev won't happen automat-
ically." ■
—h'ariss Stiiiiciirtii
Outlook
April 9, 1990
Career Assistant Program Seeks Staff Aides
The Career Development Center requests faculty jn<J staff
assistance in nominating undergraduate students for career assistant
positions I'or the 1 990" I academic year. Career assistants work ap-
proximately ten hours a week in the Career Resource Center help-
ing students, alumni and other individuals in all phases of the
career planning process. Qualifications include: strong communica-
tions and organizations skills, dependability and responsibility, a 2.5
G.P.A. for the most recently completed semester, and a desire to
help others. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of nominees
should be sent to: Linda J. LcNoir. Rm 3121, Hornbake Library-
South Wing. Deadline for applications is Monday, April 16. The
center will hold an open house Wednesday, April -i from noon to
-t:3() p.m. for students interested in learning more about the staff
aides positions. Tor more information, call iS-i-2813-
COLLEGE PARK
Women's Gym Team
Scores Academically
/( the women's gymnastics team
were scored for performance on
an academic balance beam, their
judges would give them a
perfect ten.
The team recently was awarded the
(989 President's Award for Academic
Excellence by the National Association of
Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC).
This is the first time the association has
issued an academic award.
five of the women on die Maryland
team were chosen as "academic all-
Amcricans" for having the highest com-
bined grade- point-average in the sport in
the NCAA
The women are: Bonnie Bernstein, a
,s,% kinesiology major; Yvonne Raner, a
.v" senior special education major: Vic-
toria Yolcntinc. a recently graduated vd
business major: Dana Walton, a 3.5
criminology major: and, Stephanie
Voting, a recently graduated 3a$5
psychology major. All averages arc for
the 1989 season.
According to Robert S. Nelligan.
women's gymnastics coach, NACGC in-
vited teams to compete for the Presi-
dent's Award last year by submitting the
average g.p.a.s of their starting lineups,
Maryland's average was ,V6I2.
"Our kids have a great work ethic'
says Nelligan. "When we go on the
road, they carry along as much weight
in hooks as clothes."
Nelligan says gymnastics athletes tend
to he better students than the athletes of
many other sports because they have
long experience with discipline and
motivation.
"Because of the time demands of this
sport, these kids have been balancing
school and training for about 12 years
by the time they arrive here as
freshmen." he says "They already know
how to budget their time."
Nelligan says the women on his team
all have career goals and they push each
other to excel academically as well as
athletically.
"All of our women realize that they
will eventually be in the job market and
they are preparing for that. They cheer
each other on and compete with each
other for the best possible grades. None
Of i he in wants to be the one who gets a
C in a course."
Nelligan also requires his freshmen to
attend study hall until they attain a 5,0
g.p.a. "Most of the women study so
hard, they don't need to spend more
than their first semester in study hall
They prove that they can make it in
dependently." he says. "My feeling is
that if you want youngsters to be
responsible, then give them the chance
to do so. Encourage them to work
toward goals and they'll take the
challenge and succeed beautifully,"
The coaches also give the women time
off from practice when they fee) they
need extra study time.
According to Nelligan. the team is able
to recruit academically talented athletes
partly because of the university's em-
phasis on Improved undergraduate edu-
cation. Many athletes come to the school
with higher g.p.a.s than in the past.
A lot of youngsters arc looking not
only at how good the coaches and ath-
letic facilities are, but also what they can
gain academically from a school. They
want a degree that matters and many arc-
finding that Maryland provides one of
the strongest academic gymnastics pro-
grams on the East Coast," he says. ■
—Farfss Samarrai
Well Deserved Recognition
Campus finance and business service units recognized nine outstanding employees at the annual
awards ceremony March 14. From left to right: Joanne Smith, Procurement & Supply, Millie
Heinbaugh, Comptroller's Office, Jonathan Golaner. Comptroller's Office, John English, Comp-
troller's Office, Tressia McGuire, Bursar's Office, Angela Ryan, Bursar's Office, Muriel
Redington, Procurement & Supply, Larry Walton, Procurement & Supply. Not pictured: Gwen
Streicher, Bursar's Office.
Dana Walton, one of five academic all-Arrtericans on the women's gymnastics team.
Tax Collectors Dike Time Out As
Artificial Intelligence Students
Three employees of the Internal
Revenue Service arc at College Park this
year as special students in the Depart-
ment of Computer Science. They are
learning more about how Artificial In-
telligence (AD, expert systems and deduc-
tive databases can be applied to the mis-
sion of the tax agency.
For some tax payers, that news might
be welcomed as high time. For others,
lost in the labyrinth of their own HMO
forms, "artificial" has been the only kind
of intelligence the IRS has ever seemed
to demonstrate.
Whatever your attitudes are at tax time,
the good news for both those who pay
taxes and those who collect them is that
the IRS is developing more efficient com-
puterized operations and a staff of highly
trained specialists to make them run.
The IRS's mission is to collect taxes,
examine returns and enforce tax laws.
The need to process returns efficiently
and in the most cost effective manner
possible has grown, and the agency has
become dependent on large scale com-
puterized systems. As the science and
technology relating to those systems has
become more sophisticated, the IRS has
found it necessary to adopt the
technology developed through research
in the area of Ai.
The three employees of the IRS Ar-
tificial Intelligence Laboratory have been
taking courses at College Park since last
fall. The university was selected because
of the excellent reputation of the Depart-
ment of Computer Science and its AI
research group. The university joins
several other schools, including such
prestigious private institutions asCarncgie
Mellon University, in offering training
programs for IRS workers.
The three students are Brian Kramer.
Kaye Wolman and Stephen Lucas. Kramer
holds a degree in business and finance
from I'MCP and lor h years was with
the IRS criminal investigation division.
Violman earned her B.S. in technical
management from OMCP in 1988. She
has worked for both the Department of
Energy and the IRS as a computer pro-
grammer. Lucas has degrees in marine
biology and political analysis and is a
senior operations research analyst with
the agency.
In addition to taking classes, the
students have a campus office and access
to departmental computing facilities and
the campus environment, notes depart-
ment chair Sathish Tripathi.
"They arc very motivated students," he
says. The training program, which does
not lead to a degree, is full- time and lasts
two years. ■
—"/bin otinil
Outlook
April 9, 1990
Honors Convocation Scheduled for April 17
On Tuesday, April P at "so p.m. in the auditorium of the
Center of Adult Education, 702 undergraduate students will he
recognized at the annual Honors Convocation for having achieved
a GPA of 3.75 or better after having completed 3<) or more credits
at the university. Mady Segal, associate professor of sociology, will
be the keynote speaker. President William Kirwan and Vice Presi-
dent and Provost Robert Dorlinan will make brief remarks, and the
University Chorale, conducted by Roger Foist rom. will perform.
Light refreshments will be served following the program. Everyone
is invited; call 4^4-2SM) for information
Graduate Research Interaction Day Set for
April 17
The Graduate Student Association will be sponsoring its second an-
nual Graduate Research Interaction Day (GRID) on Tuesday, April
P. in the Stamp Union. GRID gives graduate students the oppor-
lunity to present their research 10 a general audience of other
graduate students and faculty members across campus. Seven con-
current lecture sessions and ongoing poster exhibits will take place
9 a.m. -12:50 p.m. and h.-HM p.m. A list of speakers, titles, times,
and room numbers will be available in the Colony Ballroom begin-
ning at 8:30 a.m. Call 4i4-5491 or 454- e >(l6l lor more information.
Kacser Recalls Bergmann's Pioneering Contributions
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but possibly also prior/post] Barbara
Bergmann had persistently performed her
own statistical studies of possible salary
inequity and brought them to the
(originally) reluctant attention of the then
Administration, well before the Ad Hoc
Committee was set up, as well as during
and perhaps after it. There were many
years of her "gadfly" persistence (I
choose that word deliberately): and also
the work and pressures of others who
also merit recognition,
Changes in societal views, and in 19"*S
a new more responsive and sympathetic
Chancellor (Gluckstem). led to real pro-
gress. Dr. Gluckstem ordered his own in-
itial methodological studies, and crucially
made a commitment to follow through
with actual salary adjustment corrections
when indicated and investigated. The
administratively-ordered actual statistical
studies started as early as 1977/78, and
were themselves performed by Marilyn
Brown. Thev culminated in 1980/81 with
Winter Move Planned for
McKeldin Addition
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move would cost about SI 01). 000 less
than a phased move, she says.
An estimated 1.2 million volumes of
material will be relocated during the
move, scheduled to take place between
the end of the fall 1990 semester and
the beginning of the spring 1991
semester Most volumes would go into
the McKeldin addition, although govern-
ment documents and Special Collections
would he housed in the 24-hour room at
llnnibake Library,
In the move, Hornbakc Library would
lose 1,500 of its 3.20(1 seats. Williams
says About -41 Ml seats will be available in
the McKeldin addition, down from H92
currcntlv available in McKeldin.
Officials are exploring the possibility
of creating 2-t-hotir seating in another
building "ii campus to help 1 ompensatc
for the loss
Library users will also find a space-
saving innovation in the McKeldin
addition— compact shelving.
With compact shelving, several shelves
are pressed together with just one aisle
among them. A mechanical system
allows users to move the shelves hack
and forth in order to gain access to
desired volumes.
As the libraries collections increase.
more compact shelving will he used In
the system. Harrar says. ■
— If lit 111 If itself
Robert William Janes (1916-1990)
The Sociology Department at the
University of Maryland lost a
rallied friend and elder statesman
opn February 19 when Professor
Emeritus Robert William Janes
died in Washington. DC. at the age
of ~.v lie had bravely waged a five-
year battle with cancer...
Boh came to College Park as a pro-
fessor of sociology in 196-t. and im-
mediately assumed a central role in the
intellectual life of the Department of
Sociology. He became chairman of the
Graduate Studies Committee in 1965, a
position he held for four years. Between
196-1 and I960, a plurality of Maryland s
doctoral students elected to write their
dissertations under his direction...
Mis family and the sociology depart-
ment at College Park have established
the Robert W. Janes Commemorative
Award— a book to be presented annually
to an outstanding graduate student— in
bis honor, to celebrate his commitment
to graduate education in sociology and
his love of ideas. Friends may contribute
so the award fund by sending checks to
the University of Maryland Foundation,
c/o Debbie Griffith, Department of
Sociology, University of Maryland. Col-
lege Park, MD Wil ■
Excerped from a memorial mitten for
the American Sociological Association by
David H Segfd, I W H'cssi >r of Sociology
Haber Memorialized at Cosmos Club
A memorial service was held March 31
for Francis C. Ha her, professor emeritus
of history, at the Cosmos Club in
Washington. D.C. Haber. who served as
chair of the department 1968-71, died
March II
During his tenure as chair. I laber was
noted for his commitment to programs
in Afro- American and women's studies.
In addition, he was a founding member
and long-time supporter of the Commit-
tee' on the History and Philosophy of
Science
the institutionalized Faculty Study
Reviews and salary adjustments.
As the Citation says, these reviews
were created by Marilyn Brown, with
detailed care and concern. They follow
in the admittedly cruder footsteps of Bar-
bara Bergmann's pioneering statistics, as
well as Marilyn Brown's initial explora-
tions for Dr. Gluckstem.
We must remember all the pioneers.
who often had to be a noisv nuisance.
They deserve honor, and a place in the
history, as much as do the later im-
plemented. Also, institutional history
should he preserved, as history and to
guide us in the future. Gadflies of the
world unite. You have nothing to lose
but your chains.
—Claude Kacser
Japanese Tea Ceremony
Masako Koyama (left), an intercultural volunteer, and Midori Matsuyama Brameld (right),
associate director of the university's National Intercultural Leadership Training Institute,
demonstrate elements of a Japanese tea ceremony for an alumnus at a recent reception for
College of Education Alumni at the Japanese Embassy.
Isidore Adler, Professor of
Chemistry, Dies
Isidore Adler, professor emeritus in the
Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, died of cancer March 26 at
Holy Cross Flospital in Silver Spring after
.1 long illness Funeral services were held
March 28.
Adler, "^ was head of the
geochemistry division. He was co-
director of the project, "The World of
Chemistry" a 26-part national public and
cable television series designed to create
an appreciation of chemistry, The pro-
grams, to he aired this fall, will also be
used by colleges and universities to teach
chemistry.
Some of Adler 's research projects in-
cluded the design of lunar data analysis
experiments tor the Apollo IS and
Apollo 16 missions. He also trained
astronauts in the use of the experiments
and was among the first scientists to map
the chemical composition of the back of
the moon.
Memorial contributions may be made
to the I nivcrsity of Maryland Hillcl
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