Purdue Notebook
Purdue Notebook
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May 15, 1998
Appointments and promotions-- Linda A. Simunek, an educator and nursing leader who has helped establish four nursing programs in the United States, will become head of Purdue's School of Nursing, effective May 1. Jo A. Brooks, head of the school since 1992, has returned to full-time teaching and research. Simunek, who most recently was dean of the nursing school at Florida International University, has also served as dean of the College of Nursing at Chicago State University and at Lewis University in Romeoville, Ill. Simunek has been nationally recognized for her achievements in education, nursing and law, and she has written numerous articles and book chapters on the legal and ethical dimensions of licensure, accreditation and culture-specific care. She served as legal counselor for the Philippine Nurses Association of America and the Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association of America. In 1996, she was named International Women of the Year by the International Biographical Center in Cambridge, England.
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Faculty and staff honors:-- David G. Meyer, professor of electrical and computer engineering, will receive the 1998 American Society for Engineering Education's Fred Merryfield Design Award in June in Seattle in honor of his research accomplishments. -- Miroslaw J. Skibniewski, assistant executive vice president for academic affairs and professor of civil engineering, will receive the American Society of Civil Engineers' 1998 Walter L. Huber Research Prize. It will be presented in October in Boston. -- Jerry M. Woodall, the Charles W. Harrison Distinguished Professor of Microelectronics, will receive the 1998 American Society for Engineering Education's General Electric Senior Research Award in recognition of his accomplishments in electronics research. He will receive the award in June in Seattle.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
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