Purdue Notebook
Purdue Notebook
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August 6, 2004 Appointments and promotions– Joseph B. Hornett, senior vice president and treasurer of the Purdue Research Foundation, has been named to the Association for Financial Professionals’ AFP 300 — a list of some of the highest-ranking professionals in the fields of treasury and corporate finance. The association selected 300 financial professionals from a proprietary database of more than 100,000 corporate practitioners in first quarter 2004. Selection was based on strict criteria for professional qualifications, title and success throughout their careers. The AFP 300 will be released in the July issue of AFP Exchange magazine, which celebrates the association’s 25th anniversary. – The Purdue Research Foundation has named Michelle L. White vice president-finance and assistant treasurer. White will concentrate her efforts on the financial aspects of the foundation, a nonprofit corporation that may accept gifts, administer trusts, acquire property, negotiate research contracts and perform other services helpful to Purdue University. – Gregory W. Deason has been promoted to vice president-development for the Purdue Research Foundation. Deason will be responsible for developing the Purdue Research Park expansion as well as the foundation's technology incubators in West Lafayette and Merrillville. Faculty and staff honors– Kazumi Hatasa, professor of Japanese in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, has been named director for the 2005 Japanese Language School at Middlebury College's Language Schools in Vermont. Hatasa, who studies Japanese language instruction, has been appointed for three summers. – Maribeth Cousin and Jim BeMiller, both professors of food science, were named Fellows of the Institute of Food Technologists at the IFT annual meeting in July. Nomination as an IFT Fellow is a "unique professional distinction that is conferred for outstanding and extraordinary contributions in the field of food science and technology," according to a statement from the institute. Cousin is internationally recognized for her research in the detection of molds in foods; BeMiller, a former director of the Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, is a leader in the study of starches. – Bruce Watkins, professor of food science, received the Babcock-Hart Award from the Institute of Food Technologists for contributions to food technology that have improved public health through nutrition. He will receive $3,000 from the International Life Sciences Institute North America and a plaque from the IFT. Watkins is globally recognized as a leader in the study of how food and nutrition affects musculoskeletal health. –Rich Linton, professor of food science and director of the Center for Food Safety and Engineering, was selected to receive the Harold Macy Food Science and Technology Award from the Minnesota section of the Institute of Food Technologists. The Macy award recognizes excellence in food technology transfer or cooperation between scientists in academics, government and industry. Linton was honored for the many food safety workshops he presents every year, including three that are nationally recognized as Retail Food Manager's Certification courses. Alumni honors– Purdue University engineering alumnus Jacob L. Jones is one of 34 new recipients of the National Science Foundation's International Research Fellowships for 2004. The fellowships are awarded to promising American postdoctoral scientists and engineers. The fellowships enable budding researchers to conduct leading-edge research for up to two years in biology, physics, engineering, geosciences, computer science and social and behavioral sciences. Jones received a doctoral degree in materials science and engineering from Purdue in May, a master of science degree in mechanical engineering in 2001 from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering in 1999 from Purdue. He currently is a postdoctoral research associate in materials science and engineering at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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