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May 21, 1999 Purdue trustees ratify four appointments WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Purdue University Board of Trustees today (Friday, 5/21) ratified the appointments of three vice presidents and a dean. Gary E. Isom is the new vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School, and Alysa C. Rollock is vice president for human relations. Both had been serving in those offices in an interim capacity. Terry D. Strueh (pronounced STREE), who had been assistant vice president for state relations, will become vice president of that office. All appointments are effective immediately. Download Photo Here Gary E. Isom The trustees also named Roberta B. Wiener to become dean of the School of Education at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. She is the chairwoman of education studies at Adelphi University in Garden City, N.Y. Her appointment is effective Aug. 1. Isom, a professor of toxicology, has served since January as interim vice president for research and interim dean of the Graduate School. Before that he was associate vice president for research and development. He succeeded Luis M. Proenza, who became president of the University of Akron. Purdue spends about $185 million a year on research. The money comes from the federal and state governments, industry, foundations and individuals. More than 400 research laboratories are on the West Lafayette campus. The Graduate School enrolls more than 6,000 students in West Lafayette. Isom, a native of Twin Falls, Idaho, came to Purdue in 1980 as an associate professor of toxicology. Before that he taught at Idaho State and Washington State universities. From 1987 to 1995, he was director of the Division of Sponsored Programs. Isom has grants from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Army to conduct research on chemical-induced neurodegeneration, and he has published research papers on the relationship between chemical exposure and Parkinson's disease. He is a member of Rho Chi, Blue Key and Sigma Xi honorary societies and a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology. He also is a member of the Society of Neuroscience, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the Society of Toxicology, and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. Rollock became interim vice president for human relations July 1. She had been an associate professor of law at Indiana University. She succeeded Judith M. Gappa, who is on faculty in Purdue's School of Education. Download Photo Here Alysa C. Rollock The Office of the Vice President for Human Relations oversees the Women's Resource Office, the Affirmative Action Office, the Spousal Relocation Assistance Program and the Diversity Resource Office. Rollock joined the IU faculty in 1992. Her teaching and research focus on professional responsibility as well as corporate and securities law. A native of Montclair, N.J., Rollock received her law degree from Yale University in 1984 and a bachelor's degree from Princeton in 1981. At Yale, she chaired the Thomas Swan Barristers' Union and Yale's chapter of the Black American Law Students Association. She has been associated with two law firms in New York City and Ice Miller Donadio & Ryan in Indianapolis. She lives in Zionsville. Strueh, who joined the Office of State Relations in 1992 as director of state legislative services, was named assistant vice president in 1996. Download Photo Here Terry D. Strueh John M. Huie, the outgoing vice president, will remain at Purdue as a professor of agricultural economics and will serve as a special assistant to the president to provide liaison with the governor for policy analysis and economic development. He also will serve as Purdue's representative to the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System and to Intelenet, the state commission that brokers telecommunications services for public entities. The vice president for state relations serves as Purdue's liaison with the Indiana General Assembly, the Commission on Higher Education and various related groups. Before joining the state relations staff, Strueh was assistant to the dean of the School of Agriculture, director of agricultural services and regulations, and assistant director of the Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station. A native of Evansville, he joined the Purdue staff in 1969. Download Photo Here Roberta B. Wiener As chairwoman of educational studies at Adelphi, Wiener has responsibilities similar to those of a dean at IPFW and oversees five departments. She joined the faculty there in 1972 and was promoted to professor of education, reading and literacy in 1983. She had been associate dean for education studies there for two years and the director of several programs: adult learning and development; multicultural education; and computers in education. She has been chairwoman of the Adelphi faculty senate and its executive committee. Weiner replaces Betty E. Steffy , who accepted a position in the College of Education at Iowa State University last fall. David A. McCants, associate vice chancellor of academic affairs and professor of communications, has been interim dean. Sources: Gary Isom, (765) 494-6200; geisom@purdue.edu Alysa Rollock (765) 494-5830; acrollock@humanrel.purdue.edu Terry Strueh, (765) 494-6838; tdstrueh@vpsr.purdue.edu Writer: Jeanne Norberg (765) 494-2084; jeanne_norberg@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page