Purdue Notebook
Purdue Notebook
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May 29, 1998
Appointments and promotions-- Anne Smith, professor of audiology and speech sciences, will become head of the Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences on July 1. She will succeed Jackson Gandour, who will return to teaching and research. Smith joined the Purdue faculty in 1981 and was acting head of the department from 1991 to 1992. Her research has been in speech physiology and is directed at understanding muscle control of speech motor skills. She received her bachelor's degree from Kalamazoo College and her master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Iowa.
Faculty and staff honors-- Jeanenne Rothenberger, senior associate registrar, has earned the 1997-98 Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers. The organization presented the award in recognition of Rothenberger's eight years of service in developing a national standard for the exchange of electronic information among the country's student record officers.-- Shreeram Abhyankar, the Marshall Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Angers in France. Abhyankar, who also is professor of industrial engineering and professor of computer sciences, will receive the award during a ceremony tin October at the University of Angers.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
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