MSU Faculty News 

Vol.  1. No.  16 

Michigan State University, 

Feb. 10,1970 

Ball, Karabatsos will receive 
Sigma Xi research awards 

The  University's  top  two  science 
awards  will go  to a leading water quality 
researcher  and  to  a  young  professor  of 
chemistry. 

Robert  C.  Ball,  director  of  the 
Institute  of Water  Research, will receive 
the  Sigma  Xi senior research award, and 
chemist  Gerasirnos  J.  Karabatsos  will 
receive the Sigma Xi junior award. 

The  junior  award,  presented 
:- annually  to  an  outstanding  under  - 40 
researcher,  will  go  to Karabatsos at next 
Wednesday's  Sigma  Xi  meeting  that 
begins  at  8  p.m. in 138  Chemistry.  Ball 
will receive his award in April. 

BaIl, 

lirnnoloBist  who  joined  the 
faculty  in 1947,  has  directed  the  water 
research  institute  since  1966.  He  is  a 
leader in MSU's  research  efforts dealing 
with  the  nation's  water  pollution 
problem,  and is  now responsible for the 
University'S  studies on plant and animal 
systems in lakes and streams. 

Ball  pioneered  research  in  lake 
fertilization,  and 
the  use,  of 
radioactive  phosphorus  and  other' 
isotopes  in  aquatic  systems.  The  new 
lake system plan here - in which sewage 
is  processed  as  it  passes  from  lake  to 
lake  -
is  one  of  his  most  recent 
contributions. 

He  is  also  a  professor  of  fisheries 
and  wildlife.  Ball  has  a master's  degree 
from  Ohio  State  University  and  Ph.D. 
from the University of Michigan. 

* * * 
KARABATSOS 

is  nationally 
recognized  for  his  work  in  nuclear 
magnetic  resonance  spectroscopy  of 
molecules.  He  will  lecture  on  his 
research  at  Wednesday's  Sigma  Xi 
meeting. 
He 

is  one  of  the  youngest  full 
professors  in  the chemistry department 
and  one  of the  youngest men elected to 
the  G:reek  Academy  of  Science.  The 

NUC meets tonight 
The  local  chapter  of  the  New 
University  Conference  will meet at 7 :30 
tonight in the  Union  to  discuss politics, 
teaching  and  the  ideology  of 
pre~e,ssionalism.  The  meeting  is  open to 
the- public. 

T h e  New  University  Conference 
irtvolves  graduate  students,  faculty  and 
staff  "who  are  concerned  with 
constructing  alternatives  to OOr  present 
social  system,"  according  to  Eileen  Van 
Tassell,  assistant  professor  uf natural 
science and member of NUC . 

latter  honor  was  announced  in 
November. 

A  native  of  Greece,  Karabatsos 
joined  the  Michigan  State  facuIty  in 
1959.  He  currently  has  a  fellowship 
from  the  National  Science  foundati0u. 
Karabatsos  holds  both master's  3.1,  ~ 
Ph.D.  degrees  from  Harvard  University. 

Group to  seek 
candidates 
in  osteopathy 

A  search  committee  has  been 
appointed to identify  and rank  three or 
four  of the  nation's  best  candidates for 
the  deanship  of  a  state  - supported 
osteopathic college at Michigan State: 

follows 

Provost  John  L.  Cantlon  said  the 
procedure 
traditional  MSU 
academic  guidelines  for  the  selection  of 
a new dean. 
Acting 

committee's 
the 
on 
recommendations, 
the  provost  will 
suggest  a  candidate  to the president and 
the  Board of Trustees,  which makes the 
appointment. 

the 

The  search  committee is  chaired by 
Richard  U.  Byerrum,  professor,  of 
biochemistry and  dean of the College of 
Natural Science. Members are: William B. 
Carnegie,  Lansing  internist;  Lawrence 
M.  Jarrett,  staff  phYSician,  Olin Health 
Center;  Hilliard  Jason,  professor  and 
director  of  medical  education  research 
and  development,  and  professor  of 
psychiatry; William H.  Knisely,  director 
of 
Institute  of  Biology  and 
Medicine;  Ralph  Lindberg,  executive 
director  of  the  Detroit  Osteopathic 
Hospital,  Inc.; C.  David Mead, professor 
of English  and editor of the  Centennial 
Review;  Isabelle  K.  Payne,  professor of 
nursing;  and  Clarence  L.  Winder, 
professor  of psychology and dean, of the 
College of Social Science. 
state 

the 
osteopathic  college  requires  that  the 
dean  have  a  doctor  of  osteopathy 
degree.  The  law,  passed  last  summer, 
calls for  the  college to be  located "at an 
existing  campus  of  a  state  university 
with  an  existing  school  or  college  of 
medicine." 

law  establishiilg 

The 

Cantlon  stressed  that the University 
will  continue  to  provide  progr3JDffied 
expansiop  of  medical ' training  in  the 
College  of  Human  Medicine  as 
it 
initiates  the  osteopathic  program. 

) 

The  c9mputer's  smallest  component:  Programming  Consultant  Lynn 

Snedecor examines a plug-in module, one of thousands needed by the 6500. 
(See story, page  3). 

- Photo  by Bill Mitcham 

Computer can help 
redesign  curricula 

complains  about  it,  but  nobody  does 
anything.' " 

"Conservative 

administrators, 
radical  students  and  neutral  faculty  all 
agree  on  the  need  for  revision,  be  it 
modest  or  drastic.  The  problem  is  in 
reaching  agreement 'on improvements in 
the curriculum." 

UDEANS  provides 

lines  of 
communication necessary to continually 
adapt 
to  changing 
student and faculty needs. 

the  curriculum 

the 

The  system underscores  the  need to 
make  information  and  communication 
channels  available 
to  all  concerned 
(students,  faculty  and  administrators), 
accomplished 
common 
information me  and "multiple /  direct" 
lines of communication. 

throught  a 

"We  use 

to  people, 

the  term  curriculum  to 
course 
courses, 
refer 
schedules  -
all  the  elements  of  the 
academic  side  of higher  education," the 
researchers reported. 

'management'  we  mean 
to  maximize. 

designed 

"By 
decisions 
educational goals." 
It  is  up 

to  each  user  of  the 

(Continued on page  3) 

By GAIL MORRIS 
A~tant Editor, News Bureau 

Administrators in  two  MSU colleges 
by 
curriculum  management 
view 
computer 
improve 
a  way 
communication  within  the  community, 
and 
to  meet  changing  needs  and 
interests among faculty and students. 

to 

as 

Using  computer programs developed 
by  John  F.  Vinsonhaler,  associate 
professor  of  education,  a  prototype 
based  management 
computer 
infonnation 
for  curriculum 
control  has  been  designed  for  use  here. 
-
University  Deans' Information System -
and  its  functions  on  the  University's 
CDC 3600 computer. 

as  UDEANS 

is  known 

system 

It 

Developed  and  now  in  use  in  the 
School  of Social Work, College  of Social 
Science,  UDEANS  will 
be 
implemented 
of 
Communication  Arts  by  Dean  Jack 
Bain,  Assistant Dean Erwin Bettinghaus, 
and Clyde  D.  Morris,  assistant professor 
of communication. 

soon 
the  College 

in 

(ISL), 

In  a  report  recently  issued  by  the 
University's 
Systems 
Infonnation 
the  men  who 
Laboratory 
developed  UDEANS  describe its use  and 
potentials  for  curriculum improvement. 
Developmental  work  was  done 
during  1968-69  under  the  direction  of 
Vinsonhaler,  who 
in 
cooperation  with  Clarence  L.  Winder, 
dean  of  the  College  of Social  Science; 
Morris;  and  Daniel  Millin,  an 
ISL 
computer specialist. 

heads 

ISL, 

*  *  * 

"THIS  PROJECT,"  says Morris,  "is 
a  good  example  of  what  can  be 
accomplished  when  researchers  from 
different  areas  of  the  University  work 
cooperatively  with  administrators  and 
students 
in  solving  an  educational 
problem." 

. 

The  ISL  report  says:  "The  modern 
college  and  university  curriculum is like 
Mark  Twain's  weather: 
'Everybody 

The' U'  wants to  shoot you--with a camera 

Beginning  this  week,  all  faculty, 
identification  cards 
staff  and  employe 
are  being  updated.  Identification  cards 
now  held  will  not  be  valid after April 1. 

Pictures  for  new  ID  cards are  being 
taken 
in  Room  142  Administration 
Building,  Monday  through  Friday,  8 
a.m.  to  12 noon and 1 to 5 p.m. 

- Colleges  whose  faculty  and staff are 
sCheduled  for  picture  - taking  this week 
(Feb.  9-13)  are:  Agriculture and natural 
resources,  arts  and letters,  business, and 
communication. 

Scheduled to be  photographed next 
week  (Feb.  16-20)  are  persons  from: 
home 
Education, 

engineerioJ, 

economics,  human  medicine  and  social 
science. 

Blank  ID  card forms  have  been sent 
to  all  deans  and  administrative  officers 
for  distribution  to  faculty  and  staff. 
the 
Each  new  card  will  expire  on 
"holder's birthday in  1975. 

lHE  REMAINING  schedule 

for 

ID<:ard picture - taking is: 

Feb.  23-27 

- Natural  science, 
University  College, veterinary  medicine, 
James  Madison  College,  Justin  Morrill 
College, 
Lyman 
College, 
aerospace 
science, 
studies,  military 
campus park and planning, public safety 
department, international programs. 

Briggs 

dormitory  and  food  services,  physical 
plant,  procurement  and  University 
services. 

Student  affairs, . 

March  9-13 

-
admissions  and  scholarships,  registrar's 
office,  intercollegiate  athletics,  alumni 
association,  personnel  office,  placement 
bureau, executive vice  president's office, 
School  of Advanced  Graduate  Studies, 
Office 
Institutional  Research, 
provost's  office  (including  Educational 
Development  Program  and  Center  for 
Urban  Affairs),  University  libraries, vice 
president  for  business  and  fmance, 
comptroller's  office,  research  contracts, 
processing, 
internal 

audit, 

data 

of 

March  2-6  - Continuingeducation~ 

, mformation services. 

MSU Faculty News. F~b. 10, 1970 

Bylaw change 
would  remove 
t constraint' 

last  month 

The  proposed  amendment  to  the 
faculty  bylaws  which  was  tabled  by the 
Board  of  Trustees 
is 
iIitended  to  remove  a  constraint  on  the 
University  Committee  on  Business 
Affairs,  not  to  add  a  charge,  according 
to  Robert  W.  Little,  chairman  of  the 
business affairs committee. 

Section 5.4.9.2 of the bylaws, which 
defines  the  committee's  function,  now 
reads: 

the 

service 

"The Committee on Business Affairs 
shall '  examine  and  evaluate  policies 
and 
within 
business  office,  exclusive  of allocation 
of fmancial  resources,  that bear directly 
on  the  academic  and research aspects of 
the University." 

functions 

little 

the  words: 

The  proposed  amendment  would 
"exclusive  of 

delete 
allocation of firiancial  resources." 
professor 
associate 

of 
metallur~ ,  mechanics  and  materials 
science , 
the 
"constraint"  would  better  enable  the 
committee to meet its charge. 

removal 

said 

of 

The  financial  resources  involved  do 
not  include  salary  monies, student  fees 
or state  appropriations, he  said. 

. 

Acting  Vice  President  for  Busmess 
and  Finance  Roger  Wilkmson  said, this 
involves  such  areas  as 
the  registrar's 
office,  . the  bookstore, 
the  business 
office,  maintenance  and physical  plant. 
This  involves  about  25  per  cent  of 
the  University's  general  fund budget for 
total  operations.  The  remaining  75. per 
cent  is  allocated  to  the  provost  for 
academic areas. 

Also  in  the  purview  of  the  vice 
president  for  business  and  finance  ~re 
overhead  funds,  which  are  the  momes 
receiveu  over  and above  a research grant 
for  ad.rniriistrative  costs.  Passage  of the 
amendment  would allow  the committee' 
to  advise  on  the  dispersal  of  these 
allocations. 

Life insurance 
benefits upped 

Faculty  enrolled  in  the  UnIversity's 
life  insurance  program have 'received  an 
increase  in -the value' of their coverage at 
no additional cost in premiums. 

Letters  announcing  the  increase  in 
benefits  have  been  sent  to  some  5,300 
MSU  policyholders,  according to Albert 
C.  Chapman,  staff  benefits  supervisor. 
The  increased coverage was effective 
Feb.  1.  It  applies  automatically, 
Chapman  said,  and no signatures or new 
application cards are  required. 

Here  is  how 

the  new  and  old 

coverage  schedules  compare : 
Schedule A 

Under  age  45  -

from  $10,000  to 

$12,000. 

45  to  65  - from  $7,500  to  $9,000. 
Over  65  - from  $1,000  to 'S'i ,500. 

Schedule B 

Under  45  ~  from  $20,000 

to 

$24,000. 

45  to  65 

from  $15,000  to 

$18,000. 

Over  65  -
from  $2,000  to  $2,500. 
Persons  who  have  $-3  a  month 
deducted  are  on Schedule  A, and  those 
who  have  $6.50  a month deducted  are 
on Schedule B. 

Chapman  said  that  an · open 
enrollment  -
for  persons  who  wish  to 
subscribe  to  the  life  insurance  plan  or 
wh,o  wish  to  change. their  coverage '- is 
likely to ~e held ,in April or.Iday: .. ,. 
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~) 

MSU's Dale Alam:  Too many kids are "confmed by the system." 

-Photo by Dick Wesley 

Professors anq youngsters 
help each other to 'Refuel' 

By SUE SMITH 
Assistant Editor, News  Bureau 

"Too many  kids  today  are  confmed 
by 
system,"  says  Dale  Alam, 
the 
associate  professor  of  education.  "We 
should fmd  a  way  to  give  them  a world 
of  options'  -
options  that  could  get 
them  out  of the  classroom  and still  be 
called eduCation.'; 

Alam  is  a  volunteer  in  a  program 
called  "Operation  Refuel"  (Relevant 
for  Urban  Educational 
Experiences 
Leaders),  a  team - teachin~ project now 
being  implemented  at  the  Allen  Street 
Elementary School in Lansing. 

. 

Every  Thrusday morning and Friday 
afternoon,  Alam  takes  to  the  slopes  at 
the  Lansing  Ski  Club  with  six  fourth  -
graders from the Allen Street School. 

a 

been 

"It's 

. fascinating 
experiment,"  he  says,  ','because on skis 
these  kids  are  fmding that they're all on 
their  own.  They've  got  to  put  some 
effort into helping themselves." 

"Operation  Refuel"  is  funded  by 
the  Center  for  Urban  Affairs  with  full 
cooperation  from  the  Lansing  Public 
School System. 

Four  teams,  averaging  nine  teachers 
each,  are  now teaching combined classes 
of  first  -,  third  -,  fourth  - and  sixth  -
grade  children  in  the  school. Each team 
includes  the  regular  certified teachers at 
school,  an  MSU  professor,  a 
the 
graduate  intern  and  two  to  six  student 
teachers. 
teaches 
approximately 60 children. 

team 

Each 

The  target  school  for  the  program 
was  chosen because its children are  from 
varied  ethnic  backgrounds,  and  present 
a  wide  range  of  learning  abilities  and 
capabilities. 

Enrollment  at  the  school  is  typical 
of  many  inner  - city  schools  -
22 
percent  blacks,  19  percent  Spanish  -
speaking  and 59 percent whites who are 
characterized  economically  as  "low  or 
middle - class." 

*  *  * 

lists three  objectives of the project: 

GERALD DUFFY,  project director, 
"First  of  au  we  are  getting  the 
professors off campus and into an  actual 

Aebleskiver time 
The  MSU  Faculty  Women's 
Association  annual  Aebleskiver 
Luncheon  will  be  held  Saturday  from 
11  a.m. to 2 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal 
Church.  Proceeds  from  the  luncheon 
support  scholarships  for  women 
st1;l,4.~m~· 'rfckets are  $~.35 each .. 
.  . '   .. 

' .. _ . ~.I.':~ :'J ~  . .

. 

' 

.

I 

classroom.  Secondly,  since 
research 
shows  that the academic achievement  of 
some  inner  - city  children  is  below 
national  norsm, we  hope to increase this 
achievement  by giving them exposure to 
different  levels  of expertise. Thirdly, we 
to  provide  meaningful 
are 
trying 
experience 
or 
undergraduate 
for 
graduate ' students  preparing to teach  in 
inner - city  .schools." 

" operation  Refuel"  was  started fall 
term  with  one  team.  In  January,  the 
program  was  expanded  to  include  four 
teams, approximately 40 teachers. 

Those  involved  in  the program from 
the  College  of  Education  are :  Duffy; 
Alam;  Perry  Lanier,  assistant  professor; 
George  Sherman, instructor; and Leland 
Dean, director of teacher education. 

Regarding 

the  program's  future, 
Duffy  says, "Of course we  would like to 
it  made  a permanent  program.  Ten 
see 
years  from  now,  I  would like  to  see  all 
of the  professors,  as  a  matter of course, 
go  back into  the classroom periodically. 
"This  type  of program  would  help 
each  of our methods  course  instructors 
keep  up  to  date  with  what  is  really 
happening in the inn~r - city schools and 
would  be  better  equipped  to  train 
teachers  planning  to  work  in 
future 
these schools." 

Robert  L.  Green ,  director  of  the 
Center  for  Urban  Affairs, says  that  the 
program  so  far  has  proven  to  be  very 
beneficial. 

"There  is  a need," Green  says,  "for 
universities  and  colleges  throughout  the 
country to systematically evaluate  their 
traditional 
training 
programs.  Many  of  the  concepts  and 
processes  used 
are 
in 
outmoded." 

educational 

the  past 

PAC production 
opens Feb. 24, 

Carson  McCullers'  "The Member of 
the Wedding," this term's production by 
the  Performing  Arts  Company,  will  be 
presented  Feb. 24 - March 1 in.Fairchild 
Theatre. Curtain time is 8 p.m. 

The  production  is  directed  by  Roy 
Bowen,  a  member  of  the  Ohio  State 
University  Theatre  Department  who  is 
spending  this  term  as  guest  lecturer  at 
Michigan State. 

Fairchild's box office  is  open 12:30 
to  5  p.m.  -Monday  through  Friday, 
beginning next Monday. 

. .  Tuesday, Feb. 10 

7  p.m.  SPIN  BACK  THE  YEARS.  The 
Atomic Age. 

Wednesday, Feb.ll 
7 p.m.  YOUNG  MUSICAL  ARTISTS.  Pianist 
Joela Jones. 

Thursday, Feb. 12 

7 p.m. LA REVIST A. 

Friday, Feb. 13 
7  p.m.  ASSIGNMENT  10. Mid-Michigan drug 
dependence  and abuse; feature  on valentines; 
and cartoonist Phil Frank. 

Saturday, Feb. 14 

11 a.m. INNOVATIONS. 
1  p.m.  THE  SHOW.  James  Kavanaugh,  the 
Amboy Dukes and folk artist John Borger. 

Sunday, Feb. 15 
11: 30  a.m.  NEWS  IN  PERSPECTIVE. British 
attitudes toward U.S. foreign policy. 
12:30 p.m. ASSIGNMENT 10. 
1: 30  p.m.  NET  FESTIVAL.  American 
violinist James Buswell. 
2:30 a.m. MUSIC OF JAPAN. 
3 p.m. THE FORSYTE SAGA. 
4:30  p.m.  NET  JOURNAL.  Life  in  a  New 
York City hospital. (90 minutes) 
10  p.m.  THE  ADVOCATES.  Should  we  lift 
our embargo on trade with Castro's Cuba? 
"Five 
11 
Tomorrows,"  five  short  foreign  f'llm  dramas 
dealing with  anxiety  about a  future  based  on 
today's  violence,  conformity  and  atomic 
weaponry. (90 minutes) 

PLAYHOUSE. 

p.m.  NET 

Monday, Feb. 16 
12:30 p.m.  MALAYSIA.  Dr. Clifton Wharton 
Jr.  discusses  politics  of  accommodation  in 
Malaysia. 
7  p.m.  SPARTAN  SPORTUTE.  Filmed 
highlights  of  the  Michi,,<>ao  State  Relays,  the 
MSU-Ohio  State  swimming  meet  and  the 
MSU-Iowa-Wisconsin  fencing  meet,  plus  a 
review  of  the  MSU-lndiana  basketball  game. 

Tuesday, Feb. 10 
6:30  a.m.  (FM)  MORNING  SHOW.  (Monday 
thtough Friday) 
8 a.m.  (AM-FM) MORNING NEWS  REPORT. 
(Monday  through Friday) 
9  a.m.  (AM-FM)  DICK  ESTELL  READS. 
"Fire  From  Heaven"  by  Renault  (Monday 
through Friday). 
10 a.m. (FM) ON CAMPUS.  (Monday through 
Friday) 
11  a.m..  (AM)  TRANSATLANTIC  PROFILE. 
11:30  a.m. 
(Monday 
through Friday) 
1 p.m. (FM) MUSIC THEATRE. "Kismet." 
5  p.m.  (AM-FM)  NEWS 60. (Monday through 
Friday) 
8:30 p.m. (FM)  BOSTON SYMPHONY. 

(AM-FM)  NEWS. 

. 

Wednesday, Feb. 11 

(FM)  MUSIC  THEATRE.  "The 

11  a.m. (AM)  BOOK  BEAT. 
1  p.m.  (FM)  MUSIC THEATRE. "The Pirates 
of Penzance." 
8  p.m.  (FM)  THE  ART OF GLENN GOULD. 
Thursday, Feb. 1'2 
10  3.m.  (AM)  THE  ART  OF  GLENN 
GOULD. 
11 a.m. (AM) EUROPEAN REVIEW. 
1  p.m. 
Believers." 
7  p.m.  (FM)  CINCINNATI  SYMPHONY 
ORCHESTRA. 
9 p.m. (FM) JAZZ HORIZONS. 
Friday, Feb. 13 
10:30 a.m.  (AM)  THE GOON SHOW. English 
radio comedy. 
11  a.m. (AM) A FEDERAL CASE 
1  p.m_  (FM)  MUSIC  THEATRE.  "Hello, 
Dolly." 
2 p.m. (FM) ALBUM JAZZ. 
4:45  p.m..  (AM-FM)  EDUCATION  IN  THE 
NEWS. 
8  p.m.  (FM)  WORLD  OF OPERA.  "Otello." 
Saturday, Feb. 14 
9  a.m.  (AM-FM)  DICK  ESTELL  READS. 
"The  Establishment  Is  Alive  and  Well  in 
Washington" by Art Buchwald. 
9:30 a.m. (AM)  THE WORD AND MUSIC. 
10:30 
ESPANOL. 
11:45  a.m.  (FM)  RECENT ACQUISITIONS. 
1:30  p.m.  (AM)  THE  DRUM.  Black  people 
produce their own program. 
2 p.m. (AM) ALBUM JAZZ. 
7  p_m.  (FM)  LISTENERS' CHOICE.  Oassics 
by calling 355-6540. 

(AM)  VARIEDADES  EN 

a.m. 

Sunday, Feb. 15 
(AM-FM) 

p.m. 
2 
ORCHESTRA. 
4p.m. (AM-FM) FROM THE MIDWAY. 
7 p.m. (FM) COLLOQUY. 

CLEVELAND 

Monday, Feb. 16 

10:30 a.m. (AM) ASIA SOCIETY. 
11  a.m. (AM) COLLOQUY. 
1 p.m. (FM) MUSIC TIIEATRE. "Cabaret" 
8  p.m. 
ITALIAN A.  "Dido." 

(FM)  OPERA  FROM  RADIO 

TI-IE  LCillPUTEPt  LaBC~aTCPtlf: 

High-speed help  available 

MSU FacUlty NewS, Feb. 10,1'970 

With help from the computer: 
the 
- A  physicist  can  measure 
millions  of events  that  take  place  when 
pieces  of sub-atomic  matter smash  into 
each other; 

- A music professor can statistically 
determine  reaction  times  of musicians; 
- An  economist  can  do  large-scale 

meal-planning for developing nations; 

- A  zoologist  can  analyze  cell 

proliferation rates; 

- A psychologist  can  study  student 

attitudes and beliefs. 
list 

The 

runs  much 

longer 

to 

Computer  ... 

,  (Continued from page  1) 

information  system 

management 
to 
specify  the goals he hopes it will achieve 
*  *  * 
for him. 

, 

IN  THE  SCHOOL  of  Social  Work 
(includIDg 
some  500  students,  20 
faculty  members  and  20 undergraduate 
courses),  the  first  step  in  establishing 
UDEANS  was  to  compile  an  exhaustive 
list  of educational  objectives  (as  stated 
by 
and 
administrators). 

students 

faculty, 

list  can 

then  be  used  to 
That 
characterize 
and 
faculty 
studen ts, 
courses  by  having  each  person  score 
himself  on a  5-point scale  ranging  from 
"interested"  to  "not  interested."  The 
profile  furnishes  fundamental  -data  for 
the  information  file  used  in  curriculum 
management. 

of 

for 

reports 

The  system  can  help  generate  two 
students: 
types 
Personl!lized  catalogs  of  courses  and 
directories  of  faculty  members  - both 
listed  in  order  of  similarity  to  each 
student's personal interest profile. 
individualized 

listings  help 
studen ts  locate  faculty  members  and 
courses suited to their own interests. 

Such 

Teachers  can  obtain  a  personalized 
course  catalog (ordered  by  similarity  to 
a 
interests)  and  a  special 
summaI}'  of education interests  for  any 
given  group of students. 

teacher's 

,  Administrators  receive  help  from 
UDEANS 
in  solving  a  variety  of 
personnel problems.  Course assignments 
can  be  improved by closer  matching of 
faculty  interests  and  course  objectives. 
This  assumes  that a faculty member will 
teach  better when  his interests  coincide 
with course objectives, Winder said. 

*  *  * 
can 

UDEANS 

also  provide 

a 
curriculum  review  analysis,  a  statistical 
summaI}'  of  the  educational  interest 
profiles of students, faculty and courses. 
Monitored  regularly, these reports could 
help  planners  spot  shifting  patterns  of 
interest  and  need  among  faculty  and 
students. 

' 

In  other  words,  data  on  what  the 
consumers  and  producers  of  higher 
they  want  from  the 
education  say 
University  may 
to 
restructuring the curriculum. 

applied 

be 

UDEANS 

help 
can 
administrators review allocation of funds 
by 
than  - by 
department, school or college. 

objectives 

rather 

also 

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include,  at  Michigan  State,  some  500 
faculty  in  more  than  100  departments 
in  14 colleges. 

Each  year, 

they  help  consume 
nearly  10 million print~ut pages and 23 
million  punched  cards  on  the  Control 
Data  Corporation  2600  and  6500 
computers in  the University's Computer 
Laboratory. 

*  *  * 
THE  BIGGEST  USERS  on 
the 
campus,  according  to  charges  recorded 
by the  Computer  Laboratory, are in the 
College  of  Natural  Science,  where 
faculty 
in  physics,  astronomy  and 
chemistry  rely  heavily  on  the  computer 
hours in doing their funded research. 

Social 

Science, 

Also  ranking  high  in  computer  use 
the  Colleges  of  Agriculture  and 
are 
Science, 
Natural 
Engineering,  and  Communication  Arts. 
Farther  down  the  list  but in no way 
excluded are faculty in such areas as arts 
and  letters  (English  and  history,  for 
examples);  University  College  (social 
science  and  humanities),  and  ,home 
economics. 

*  *  * 

MORE  AND  MORE  computer users 
are  being  directed  toward  the  new CDC 
6500,  which  is  up  to  four  times  faster 
than  the  CDC  3600.  But  the  65OO's 
forte  is  its  versatility:  Remote  batch 
terminals  (there  are  now three  on  the 
campus,  in  physiCs ',c!nd  astronomy,  in 
chemistry  and  in  engineering),  with 
time-sharing  access  available  on  an 
experimental  basis.  The  6500  can  also 
be  linked  \\ith other  computer  systems, 
and 
the 
Michigan  Inter-university Committee on 
Information- 'Systems  (MIcIS),  which 
involves'  MSU, 
the  University  of 
Mtcir(gan  and  Wayne  State  University. 
THE  MICIS  program  and  all  other 
Computer  Laboratory  developmental 
programs  are  coordinated  by' Julian 
Kateley  Jr.,  associate  director  of  the 
laboratory  and  associate  professor  of 
engineering. 

it  soon  ,will  be, 

through 

the  3600.  "The  3600 

Despite  its  superior  capabilities,  the 
6500  so  far  has  complemented and not 
is 
replaced 
actually  one  of  our  biggest  barg~s," 
says  Lawrence  W.  Von  Tersch,  dean  of 
engineering 
the 
Computer  Laboratory.  "It has operated 
on  an  around - the - clock basis, and it is 
completely stable." 

director  of 

and 

While  the  3600  and  6500  systems 
are  separate,  they  comprise  a  single 
service  in  the  Computer  Laboratory, 
and  a  user  can  normally  specify . a 
system for his computing task. 

*  *  * 

BECOMING  A  computer  user  is  a 

simple process. 

An 

"Application 

for  Computer 
Services"  is  filled  out  by  a  faculty 
member,  signed  by  the  department 
a 
by 
dean 
chairman 
representative of the Computer Lab. 

and 

or 

Once  his  request  is  approved,  the 
user  is  assigned  a  problem number  and 
issued  a  problem  number  card  (PNC), 
which,  like  the  number  on  a  checking 
account,  identifies  the  user  when  he 
seeks computer time. 

The  computer  won't  accept  an 
expired  problem  number  card,  but it is 
thoughtful  enough  to  notify  a  user  10 
days before his  card expires. 

Priority  on  the  computer  goes  to 
faculty  doing sponsored  research and to 
tho~e  who  have  short  w;rk  runs  that 
can  "play through" longer problems. 
' 

*  *  * 
A  VARIETY  of services is  available 
to computer  users,  and  they are  staffed 
by  about  75  full-time  and 55  part-time 
specialists. 

Programming  consultants help users 
with  programming  errors and diagnostic 
interpretation.  A library  of programs  is 
maintained,  and  chances  are  high  that a 
user  won't  have  to  write  a  program  to 
perform his tasks. 

The 

laboratory", also  offers  an 
answering  service  I  so  users  can  get 
progress  reports, da/their  jObS,  and  it 
publishes  a  variety  of  publications, 
including  regularnotices,  a user's  guide 
and technical bulletins. 

ALTHOUGH  experienced  computer 
users  are  plentiful  here,  the  Computer 
Laboratory  "has  to  be  able  to  satisfy 
the  needs  of those  who  know  nothing 
about  computers,"  says  Donald  F. 
Spyke,  business  manager 
the 
laboratory. 

in 

Many  users  need  no  help  at  all  in 
using  the  computer, he  says;but others 
have  neither  the  time  nor  the  expertise 
to  become  involved  in  working  with 
their programs. 

Prospective  users 

la tter 
category  can  get an estimate on the cost 
of  their  job  from  the  Computer  Lab's 
applications programming group. 

the 

in 

"The  trend  is  toward  more  people 
becoming  computer-oriented,"  Spyke 
says. 

the 

Help  for  users  is  provided  through 
regular  seminars  and  noncredit  courses 
offered  by 
laboratory.  Also 
conduCted  each  term  is  a  seminar  for 
users  who  are  bringing  computer 
programs  to MSU  from  other campuses. 
Other  laboratory  services  incm(J.e  a 
keypunch  service,  a  punched  card 
prepaiation  room  with  equj.p~ent for 
reprodUCing, 
listing 
decks,  and  a  continuous  forms  copier 
which  takes  the  14-inch  by  ll-inch 
computer  output  sheets  and  reduces 
them to 8* by 11. 

interpreting  and 

THE  COMPUTER Laboratory's  pay 

policy,  which  was  modified 
in 
December,  says  that  each  college  will 
assume  "a  specific  percentage  of  the 
total  costs  of  its  faculty,  ,graduate 
student  and  undergraduate 
research 
(whether supp~ by the Univet:sity or 
by  an  outside agency)."  That figure  for 
this year is 25  percent. 

The  provost's  office,  through  its 
funds  and investment in the laboratory, 
pays  the  other 75  per cent of the  costs 
incurred  by  each  college',  100  per  cent 
of all service  to undergraduate classes. It 
also  pays  100 J)t!r  cent  of the  costs for 
any  college  which  uses  less than $4,000 
worth of serVices- annually. 

and 

An  hour  on  the  3600  costs  $245. 
An  hour  on  the  6500,  which  involves 
several  factors  for  billing  purposes,  is 
higher,  but  the  machine's greater  speed 
usually  makes  its time more economical 
to the user. 
Pricing, 

other 
priorities 
Computer Laboratory policies are set by 
the  Computer  Advisory  Committee, 
chaired  by Von  Tersch.  Other  members 
include:  Virginia  Beauc!lamp,  textiles, 
clothing  and  related  arts;  Paul  L. 
Dressel, Institutional Research; Harry A. 
Eick, 
chemistry;  Carl  W.  Hall, 
John  W. 
engineering; 
agricultural 
Hoffman,  engineering  research;  Horace 
C.  King,  registrar;  Richard  J.  Lewis, 
marketing 
transportation 
administration;  Milton  E.  Muelder, 
School  for  Advanced  Graduate  Studies; 
Arthur  Sherbo,  English;  Roger  C. 
Stimson,  Justin  Morrill  College,  Scott 
Swisher, 
John 
human  medicine; 
Vinsonhaler,  H,uman .4ar;nin,g R~~arch 
Institute;  Willard 
' Warrington, 
Evaluation Services, Roger E. Wllkinson, 
University  Business  Office;  Charles  F. 
Wrigley,  Computer  Institute  for  Social 
Science Research. 

and 

- GENE'RIETFORS 

Committee named to  study 
future  campus computer needs 

In  little  more  than  a  decade, 
Michigan  State  has  outgrown 
two 
computer  systems,  and  it  may  soon 
outgrow a third. 

MISTIC  (Michigan  State  Integral 
Computer)  began  operations  in  1957 
and  was  dismantled  in  1963  when  the 
Control  Data  Corporation  3600  was 
installed  in  the  Computer  Laboratory. 
The  3600, while  it still  operates  5* 
days  a  week,  has  been  surpassed  in 
capability  and  function  by  the  newer 
CDC  6500, installed in the fall of 1968. 
The  6500 system,  which  cost  about 
$3.5  million,  was  financed  in  part by a 
$1.2  million  grant  from  the  National 
Science  Foundation.  It  was  selected 
following  a  process , that  involved 
contacting  six  computer  vendors  and 
that consumed nearly a year. 

Now  a new computer system will be 
needed  in  a  few  years,  predicts 
Lawrence  W.  Von  Tersch,  director'  of 
the Computer Laboratory. 

Future  computer  needs  on  the 
campus are now being studied by an "ad 
hoc  committee  to  prepare 
recommendations  on  all  - University 
organizational  structure  for  computer 
problems." 

The  committee,  named  last  month 
by  President  Wharton,  is  chaired  by 
Milton- E.  Muelder,  vice  president  for 
research  development.  Its  secretary  is 
Charles  Wrigley,  director  of  the 
Computer  Institute  for  Social  Science 
Research. 

*  *  * 

IN  APPOINTING  the  ~()mniittee, 

President  Wharton  said  that  an  all  -
University  organizational  structure  is 
needed  "in  the  interests  of  making 
intelligent  long  - range  plans  for  the 
next  generation  of  major ' campus. 
computer hardware,  of coordinating the 
University's computer relationships with 
other  institutions,  of  more  effective 
evaluation  of  continuing  requests  for 
additions  to  present  computer 
capabilities,  and  of  insuring  the  most 
effectiv.e  utilization  of  existing 
University computer facilities." 

. 

He  asked  the cortmi\ttee  to propose 

a structure that could: 

--"Evaluate  proposals 

to  acquire 
computer  hardware  and  off  - campus 
, 
computer services. 

--"Advise  on  interinstitutional ' 

computer arrangements. 

--"Evaluate  the  use  of  existing 

computer facilities. 

--' 'Maintain  a  representative 
membership  structure  in  a  continuing 
campus  advisory  group  on  total 
University facilities." 

*  *  * 
MEMBERS  OF  the  coonittee, YAUch 
meets  each  Wednesday,  are:  Muelder: 
Wrigley;  Harry  Eick,  chemistry;, Horace 
King,  registr:ar;  Frank  Martin,  data 
processing;' Stephen  Terry, Office of the 
Vice President for Business and Finance; 
and  L.W.  Von  Tersch,  director  of the 
Computer Laboratory. 

Martin is director of data processing, 
which  serves  the  University  Business 
Office,  studeI1t  records  and  other 
administrative' dabi "procesSmg needs. 

I 

MSU Faculty News, Feb ~  10, 1970 

I 

Faculty honors, projects 

of 

(Editor's 

items  submitted 

F AUZI  M.  NAJJAR,  professor  in 
space 
note:  Because 
social  science  and Justin Morrill College, 
limitations,  it  is  no  longer  possible  to assure 
publicatio~  of  all 
for 
presented  a  paper  on  "Tradition  of 
inclusion  in  this  section.  We  therefore  shall 
Political  Philosophy  in  Islam"  at  the 
attempt  to  publish 
those  items  that  are 
considered  to  be  of  distinctive, interest  or  Middle  East  Center,  University  of Utah. 
VICTOR  N.  PAANANEN,  assistant 
importance,  such  as  professional  or  special 
fi 
lectures, 
recognition,  major  addresses  or 
pro  essor  of  English,  is  author  of  an 
significant  publications,  or  election 
to 
article,  "Byron  and Caves  of Ellora "  in 
professional  office.  This  would exclude  most 
~~.tI; papers  presented  and  most  journal 
the November Notes and Que'ries. 
articles published.) 

FRANK  SENGER, chairman  of the 
ALVIN  E.  LEWIS,  professor  of  School  of  Journalism,  was  chairman  of 
an  American  Council  on  Education  for 
Journalism  accrediting team  that visited 

pathology,  is  the  author  of "Principles 
of  Hematology"  (Appleton  - Century 
Crofts).  It  is  a  textbook  for  medical  Brigham Young Univ~rsity . 
students  and  graduate  students  in 
medical technology. 

H.  S.  GREEN ,  professor  of 
mathematics,  chaired  a  session  and 
presented  a  paper  on  "Energy  Levels 
MAX  T.  ROGERS,  research 
and  Properties of Quasi  - Metals" at the 
professor  of chemistry, has been elected 
International  Symposium  on  Atomic, 
chairman  of  the  American  Chemical 
Society's  Division  of  Physical  Molecular  and  Solid  - State  Theory  in 
Chemistry . 

Sanibel Island, Fla. 

' 

GEORGE  A.  BRANAMAN , 

EDGAR  M.  PALMER,  assistant 
professdt emeritus of animal husbandry,  professor  of  mathematics,  presented  a 
paper  at  the  American  Mathematical 
has  been  named ,' a  fellow 
American'  Society  of  Animal  Science.  Society meeting  in  San  Antonio, Texas. 
Branaman;  who  retired  in  1961 ;  was 
RICHARD  E.  PHILLIPS,  associate 
recognized  for  more  than  25  years' 
professor  of mathematics, published "f -
Systems  in  Infinite  Groups"  in  the 
contributions to animal science. 

the 

in 

RALPH  F.  TURNER,  professor  of  Archiv Dev Mathematik. 

, 

HERBERT  J.  OYER,  professor  and 

J AC OB  PLOTKI N,  assistant 
professor  of  matheinatics,  published 
"Genedc Embeddings." in the Journal of 
Symbolic Logic. 

police  administration  and public  safety, 
has  won '  a  grant  from '  the  National 
Science  Council  of  the  Republic  of 
is  now  national  visiting 
China,  and 
professor-' at  the  Central  Police  College 
B .M.  Stewart ,  pr ofessor  of 
in  Taipei,  Taiwan.  Turner  also  had  a  mathematics,  spoke  for  Kappa  Mu 
Epsilon  recently  at  Albion  College. His 
recent  one  - man  exhibition  of 
photographS 'at- the  Leland Ait House ih 
topic: "Doughnuts with Regular Faces." 
CHANG-YI  WANG,  assist lu~t 
Taipei. 
professor  of  mathematics,  published 
"~ateral Vibration of,  la Rotating Shaft 
in  a  Viscous  Fluid"  in  the  Journal  of 

*  *  * 
EDWARl)  D.  GRAHAM,  assistant 
P!ofessor  of  humanities,  presented  a 
paper,  "The  Period  1784~1840 '  in  Applied Mechanics. 
P.  K.  WONG,  aSSOclate pr6fesso~ of 
Studies  of  American  - East  -Asian 
Relations"  at  the  American  Historical  mathematics,  published  "Bounds  for 
Association's Committee  on  American  _  Solutions  to  a  Class  of  Nonlinear 
Second  - Order Differential Equations" 
East  African  Studies  Conference  in 
in  the Journal of Differential Equations. 
Cuemavaca, Mexico. 
CORLIS S  ARNOLD ,  associate 
professor  of  music,  presented  a  recent 
organ  recital  at  the  First UnHed Church 
in Grand Rapids. 

CLAYTON  SHORKEY,  assistant 
professor  of social  work,  is  coauthor of 
"Power  Motivation  in  Male  Paranoid 
Children"  in  the  November  issue  of 
Psychiatry. 

CARL  BAAR, assistant  professor of 
political  science  and  James  Madison 
chairman  of  audiology  and  speech  College,  presented  a  paper  at  the 
sciliYlces,  has  received  a  citation  from 
the  Greater  Lansing  Coordinating  Research ,  University  of the  West  Indies 
Committee  for 
the  Handicapped, 
honoring  him for  "outstanding work  in 
developing  services  for  the  handicapped 
in mid - Michigan:'" 

*  *  * 
.  R. D. SPENCE, professor of physics, 
is  coauthor  of  "Nuclear  Resonance 
JOHN  'M URRA Y,  a ssociate  Determination , of  the  Magnetic  Space 
professor  of journalism, wrote an article  Group  of CsMnCl (sub-3) 2H (suh-2) 0 " 
in a recent Journal of Chemical Physics. 
on  techiliques  of  editorial  writing  for 
P.S.  SlG.NELL, professor of physics 
the  winter  issue  of  The  Masthead  a 
publication  of the National Confe~e~ce 
is coauthor of a paper, '1>roton - Proton 
Bremsstrahlung  Calculations"  in  a 
of Editorial Writers. 
recent issue  of The Physical Review. 

DANIEL  W.  STURT;  piofe~sor: of 
C.  R.  GRUHN,  associate  professor 
agricultural  economics,  participated  in 
of  physics,  is  coauthor  of  "Nucle'ar 
the  National  Farm  Labor  Conference 
sponsored  by  the  U.S.  Department  of  Surface and Inelastic Proton Scattering" 
Labor, in Las Vegas. 

in a recent Physical Review Letters. 
K~NYON T.  PAYNE,  professor  of 
. 
. JACK  BASS,  associate  professor  of 
crop  and  soil  science,  was  a  senior 
physics,  recently  delivered  two  lectures 
to  the  Ministry  of  on' Quenching  Tungsten  in  Superfluid 
c 0  ~ sui tan t 
Agrlculture  of  Brazil,  helping  design  a  Helium"  at  the  Brookhaven  National 
federal  agricultural  research  program  in 
.Laboratory  and  at Columbia University. 
two states. 

in Kingston, Jamaica. 

Institute  of  Social  and  Economic ' 

JEAN  D.  SCHLATER,  professor  of 
family  and  child  sciences,  is  executive 
director  of  a  national  project  to 
establish  long  - term  research  goals  in 
home . ec~nomics. It is  sponsored by the 
AssoclatIOn  of Administrators  of Home 
Economics, a division of the Association 
of State  Universities  and  Land  - Grant 
Colleges. 

A book  by G.R. Carter, pljofessor of 
microbiology  and  public  he'alth,  was 
re:en~ly  p~blished  in  Spanish  by 
EdItonal  Acnbia  of  Zaragoza,  Spain. 
The  book  is  "Diagnostic  Procedures  in 
Veter i nary  Bacteri'ology  and 
MycO)9GY/ ' 

LIND A  WAGNER ,  associ at e 
professor  of English, wrote  an  essay  on 
William  Carlos  Williams  in  the  current 
issue of The Novel. 

DAVID  D.  ANDERSON,  professor 
of American  Thought  and  Language,  is 
author  of "The Mushaira" and a review 
"Shah  Abdul  Laitif  of  Brut"  in  the 
current Literature East and West. 

ALBERT P. LINNEL, professor and 
presented a 
chairman of astronomy.. 
paper at the  winter  meeting of the 
American  Astronomical Society in  New 
York City. 

M.  Z .  v.  KRZYWOBLOCKI , 
professor  of  mechanical  engineering, 

presented  a  paper  on  "The  Relativistic 
Fluid  Dynamics  in Non  - Vacuo" at the 
American  Mathematical  Society  in  Ann 
Arbor. He  also published "Mathematical 
Aspects  of  Re-entry  Supersonics  of 
Blunt  Bodie s" 
the  Journal  of 
in 
Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 

G. C.  Shephard, visiting professor of 
mathematics,  is  coauthor  of  "Convex 
in  the  Bulletin  of  the 
'Polytopes" 
London Mathematical Society. 

F.  1.  BLATT ,  profe ssor  and 
cha irman  of  physics,  attended 
the 
International  Conference  on  Electronic 
Density  of  States  at  the  Bureau  of 
Standards,  Gaithersburg,  Md.,  and  the 
ann ual  mee t ing  of  the  Review 
Committee  for  the  Solid  State  Science 
Divisi on  of  the  Argonne  National 
Laboratory . 

*  *  * 

OSCAR TOSI, associate professor of 
a udiology'  and  speech  sciences , 
presented  a  paper  he  coauthored, 
"Pauses  and  Circadian  Rhythm," at the 
78th  meeting of the  Acoustical  Society 
of  America  in  San  Diego.  He  also 
reported  on  the  organization  for  the 
1971 
In t ern ational  Congre ss  of 
Phoniatrics  at  the  convention  of  the 
Amer i c an  Speech  and  Hearin g 
Association. 

ROB ERT  N.  SINGER,  associate 
professor  of  physical  education , 
published  "The  Way  It Is"  in  a  recent 
issue  of The Physical  Educator.  He  also 
published  " Personality  Differences 
Between and Within Baseball and Tennis 
Players"  in The Research Quarterly, andl 
presented  a  paper  at  the  Michigan 
Assoc ia,ti on  for  He alth ,  Physical 
Educa ti on  and  Re creati on  State 
Convention. 

LAWRENCE  T.  ALEXANDBR 
acting  director  of the Learning Service: 
assistant 
and  Stephen  L.  Yelon 
director, Learning Service, a~d assistant 
professor ill education, wrote an article 
"The  Use  of  a  Common  Experienrud 
Referent  in  Instructional  System 
Design,"  for  Educational  Technology. 
WILLIAM  CHAMBERLAIN 
assistant professor of American Thought 
and  Language  is  the  author  of  ''The 
Emersonianism  of Robert  Frost"  in  a 
recent  issue  of  the  Emerson  Society 
Quarterly. 

J AMES  V.  BECK ,  associate 
professor  of  mechanical  engineering, 
presen ted  a  paper  on  parameter 
estimation  at  the  American  Society  of 
Mechanical  Engineers winter meeting in 
Los Angeles. 

EUGENE  D.  HUDDLESTON 
assistant professor of American Though~ 
and  Language,  published  an  article 
:'Poetical  Descriptions  of  PennsyJVani~ 
m  the  Early  National  Period"  in  The 
Pennsylvania  Magazine  of  History  and 
Biography. 

HAROLD  S.  JOHNSON,  associate 
pro.~essor,  Justin  Morrill  CoUege,  and 
BalJlt  Singh,  assistant  dean  of  social 
sc~ence and  associate professor, political 
SCIence. are  coauthors  of "International 
Organization:  A  Classified 
Bibliography,"  published  by  the  MSU 
Asian Studies Center. 

MARVIS  RICHARDSON,  associate 
professor  of microbiology, is the author 
of  an  article 
in  a  recent  issue  of 
Immunology . 

EDWARD  BLACKMAN,  assiStant 
dean  of  the  University  College  and 
professor of humanities, is the author of 
an  article  on  general  education  in  the 
recently  published  4th  edition  of  the 
"EncyyJ...opedia  of  Educational 
Research"  (MaCmillan  1969). 

NORMAN  MILLER,  professor  ot 
the  author  of 
is 
·  RUtal  Afri~," published 

political  science, 
«R~  3lCi).

by  the  East  African  Publishing  House 
and the MSU M rican Studies Center. 

ALEXANDER  DYNNIK,  assistant 
professor  of German  and Russian, is  the 
author of "A. I. Kuprin:  An Essay of his 
Life  and  Work,"  published  by 
I. 
Baschkirzew  Buchdruckerei  in  Munich 
Germany.  A.  I. Kuprin was a prominen~ 
turn  of  last 
Russian  writer  at  the 
century. 

VICTOR  H._  NOLL, 

professor 
emeritus  of education,  is  the  author of 
"The  Preparation  of  Teachers  at 
Michigan  State  University" 
(MSU 
College  of  Education,  1969).  It traces 
the  college  from  its  roots  in  the  early 
1900's  to  its  9urrent  place as  a leading 
producer of teachers. 

DAVID  I?: ANDERSON, professor of 
American  Thought  and  Language,  has 
written  "Abraham  Lincoln"  (Twayne 
Publishers,  1969), a study of Lincoln as 
a writer. 

JOSEPHS, 

HERBERT 

associate 
professor  of  romance  languages,  is  the 
author  of  "Diderot's  Dialogue  of 
Gesture  and  Language,"  published  this 
year  by  the  Ohio State University Press. 
ROLLIN  SIMONDS,  professor  of 
management,  is  coauthor  of  "Human 
Resources  Administration:  Problems  of 
Growth  and  Change,"  published  in 
1969. 

ARTHUR  SHERBO,  professor  of 
English,  has  written  "Studies  in  the 
18th.(;entury  English  Novel,  published 
this  month  by  the  MSU  Press.  It is  a 
collection  of essays  on  such novelists as 
DeFoe, Felding and Richardson. 

FAUZI  M.  NAJJAR,  professor  of 
social  science and Justin Morrill College, 
chaired a panel  on  "Marxist Thought in 
the  Middle  East"  at  the  third  annual 
Conference  of the  Middle  East  Studies 
Association in Toronto, Canada. 

EMANUEL  HACKEL,  professor  and 
chairman  of  natural  science,  has  won 
the  Emily  Cooley  Award,  given  by  the 
American Association of Blood Banks in 
recognition  of  his  research  on  Rh  and 
other blood factors. 

in 

CAROLYN  J.  MATZKE,  assistant 
professor of classics,  is  the  author of an 
the  December 
article 
issue  of 
Mnemonsye,  a  journal  published  in 
Amsterdam,  Holland.  The  article  deals 
with 
textural  criticism  on  Lucan,  a 
Roman poet. 

LUYKX, 

NICOLAAS 

associate 
professor  of  agricultural  economics 
chaired  a  recent  N~w York  meeting of 
the  Rural  Development  Seminar of the 
Southeast  Asia  Development  Advisory 
Group.  The  session concerned the social , 
technologies  on 
of  new 
impact 
Southeast Asian agriculture. 
SHELDON  CHERNEY, 

associate 
professor  of  continuing  education,  has 
been  elected  chairman  of  the  Adult 
Education  Association 
section  on 
inte~national affairs. 

JAMES 

B.  BEARD, 
associate 
professor  of  crop  and  soil  sciences, 
served 
the  First 
International  Turfgrass  Conference  in 
Harrogate, England.  He  was also elected 
to the  conference  executive  committee. 

as  chairman  of 

FLOYD  G.  PARKER,  professor  of 
education  and  continuing  education, 
was  reelected  chairman  of  the  Adult 
USA 
Education  Association 
Commission  on  Planning · Education 
Systems, Facilities and Environment. 

and 

WILLIAM  LAZER,  professor  of 
marketing 
transportation 
administration,  served  as  visiting  Ford 
Foundation  Professor  at  the  University 
of  Western  Ontario.  He  conducted 
seminars  in  the  Graduate  School  of 
B.\lsiness ~uation.