Purdue Notebook
October 10, 1997
Campus Activities
-- Three Purdue University students will be recognized during the monthly Golden Taps
ceremony at 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Spitzer Court, Cary Quadrangle. The students
are Nathan A. Frank, a junior in the School Liberal Arts, from Syracuse, Ind.; Anthony Kinkade, a junior in the School of Technology, from Crown Point, Ind.; and Julie
Ann Swengel, a junior in the School of Technology, from Greenwood, Ind.
-- The Purdue chapter of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity will celebrate its 75th anniversary
at the West Lafayette campus with a gathering of alumni and friends during Homecoming
Weekend. More than 350 people will take part in the events Saturday, Oct. 18, at
the chapter house, 330 N. Grant St., and in the Faculty Lounges of the Purdue Memorial
Union. The Pi Kappa Phi national council, the ruling body for the fraternity's 135
chapters, will meet on campus that weekend to recognize the success and longevity
of the Purdue chapter. The local chapter has initiated nearly 1,500 men during its 75-year
history.
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Faculty and Staff Honors:
-- John F. Feldhusen, recently retired as Purdue's Robert B. Kane Distinguished Professor
of Education, was honored by the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children.
Feldhusen, who founded the Gifted Education Resource Institute at Purdue in 1978, received the organization's International Award for Research for outstanding contributions
in the field and for his support of the development of future researchers.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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