Purdue News

October 11, 1996

Purdue Notebook

-- The Barbara Cook Chapter of Mortar Board at Purdue University was selected as a Chapter of Distinction for the 1995-96 academic year, the national organization's highest honor. The award is presented for a chapter's commitment to the Mortar Board ideals of scholarship, leadership and service. Mortar Board was founded in 1918 and today has more than 175,000 members on more than 200 college campuses.

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Activities:

-- Windsor Halls will celebrate its 45th anniversary with activities during Homecoming Weekend on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19. Hall tours will be conducted from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 18 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 19. A carnival is planned for 7 p.m. Oct. 18 in the Wood Hall recreation room. A tailgate party and sing is planned for 11 a.m. Oct. 19 in the Windsor Circle. More information is available by calling Windsor Halls at (317) 494-2612.

-- On Saturday, Oct. 19, the Purdue chapter of Omega Tau Sigma, national veterinary fraternity, will hold its annual dog wash from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Lynn Hall. No appointments are necessary, and persons should enter through the new Small Animal Hospital at the east end of Lynn. Donations of $5 are appreciated, and proceeds go to support the annual Student American Veterinary Medical Association Symposium at Purdue on March 13-15. Owners should bring their own towels and keep their dogs on a leash while on hospital grounds. Also, dogs' vaccinations must be current.

-- Purdue athletics and the university's United Way campaign will team up on two dates. On Friday, Nov. 1, Purdue Foundation Student Board members will collect donations for United Way during the 7:30 p.m. volleyball game against Ohio State in the Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets for the match are $4 for adults and $2 for students. On Saturday, Nov. 9, the men's and women's basketball teams each will hold 30-minute scrimmages in Mackey Arena one-half hour after the Purdue-Michigan football game. Reamer Club members will collect money for United Way. Admission is free to the scrimmages.

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Faculty and Staff Honors:

-- Frank P. Incropera, professor and head of the School of Mechanical Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions accorded an engineer. Incropera's election is in recognition of his research on the science and practice of heat transfer and for contributions to engineering education. Incropera has been head of the school since 1989, and a faculty member since 1966. He has directed numerous research programs and has published six textbooks and more than 180 archival journal articles. He has earned several awards for teaching from Purdue and national organizations such as the American Society of Engineering Education. A fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, he received the organization's 1988 Heat Transfer Memorial Award for 20 years of research accomplishments, and in 1995 its highest honor for excellence in scholarship, the Worcester Reed Warner Medal. Incropera has worked in the aerospace industry and has been a consultant to industry and government agencies.

-- Dr. Ralph C. Richardson, head of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, has been named PAWS Veterinarian of the Year in Indiana. The award honors a veterinarian who has demonstrated outstanding contributions to the veterinary profession and the American Cancer Society in an effort to improve awareness of cancer in animals and people through research, education or service. The recipient is chosen by a committee of representatives from the American Cancer Society, Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine and the Butler Co., which sponsors the award. Richardson is a co-founder of Purdue's Comparative Oncology Program, which is dedicated to understanding and more effectively treating cancer in all species. He is active in the Purdue Cancer Center, most recently serving as leader of the Animal Resources Core, and he supports K-9 crusade activities of the Lafayette area Cancer Society.

-- Dr. S. Kathleen Salisbury, associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences, received the Raymond E. Plue Outstanding Teacher Award from Purdue's School of Veterinary Medicine. Graduates of the last three classes vote on the faculty member who has inspired and influenced them the most. The faculty member must meet such criteria as integrity; gentleness; empathy for the student, client and animal; competency as a researcher; and effectiveness as a role model. Plue, a graduate of the Purdue veterinary Class of 1968, is director of animal science field operations at Merck Research Laboratories in Fulton, Mo.

-- M. Beverley Stone, dean of students emerita, was honored with an Alumnae Achievement Award from Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, Tenn. Stone was Purdue's first dean of students. She established a scholarship at Randolph-Macon for students majoring in religion or philosophy. The Alumnae Achievement Award is presented annually to women who have distinguished themselves and brought honor to the college.

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Alumni Honors:

-- The School of Health Sciences has named Philip C. Merker its 1996 distinguished alumnus. Merker is director of pharmacology and toxicology for Richardson-Vicks Inc., Rye, N.Y., and also is adjunct professor at New York Medical College. He received his master's degree in pharmacology/physiology and his doctorate in pharmacology/physiology, both from Purdue. His bachelor's degree is in pharmacy from Long Island University. The Distinguished Alumnus Award, first given in 1989, goes to an individual who has distinguished himself or herself in pharmacy, bionucleonics or health sciences. The award is made possible by an endowment fund established in 1988 in honor of John E. Christian, Hovde Distinguished Service Professor of Bionucleonics and Health Sciences at Purdue.

-- Dr. Thomas Walton and the late Dr. Mark Bloomberg were named recipients of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Purdue's School of Veterinary Medicine. The award was established in 1978 by members of the Purdue veterinary Class of 1967 in memory of Dr. David R. Mullis, a classmate. Walton, director of the National Animal Disease Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, was honored for his research and public service, especially for his role as an international leader in the biocontainment of viral pathogens and their carriers. Bloomberg, who died in 1995, was Collins Professor and chairman of the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences; chief of staff for the Small Animal Teaching Hospital; and director of the Center for Veterinary Sports Medicine at the University of Florida in Gainesville. A 1969 graduate of the veterinary school, he was honored for excellence in clinical research, teaching and contributions to organized veterinary medicine.

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School Awards:

-- The School of Education recently presented its Crystal Apple Awards to individuals who have provided "that extra something." Each honoree received a lead crystal apple and was inducted into the Crystal Apple Corps. Their names will be inscribed on a plaque that hangs in the Liberal Arts and Education Building. The honorees include: Kathy J. Chambery from Muncie , principal of the Burris Laboratory School at Ball State University in Muncie; L. Kay Deluise, Kokomo , an English teacher and high-school counselor at Kokomo High School; Donna Irwin, Hobart, a member of the Northwest Indiana Reading Recovery Consortium and a teacher in the Hobart School Corp.; Nadine M. Roush, Frankfort, a teacher at Amelia Earhart Elementary School in Lafayette; and Laura L. Stahly, Indianapolis, a first-grade teacher at Oaklandon Elementary School in Indianapolis and vice president of the Purdue Education Alumni Association.

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Compiled by Ellen Rantz, (317) 494-2073; Internet, ellen_rantz@purdue.edu

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