Milestones

Milestones covers awards, honors and major publications by faculty and staff. Send your items to Wisconsin Week, 19 Bascom Hall, or e-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu

Appointed
Trina Bourget has been named permanent head coach of the women’s hockey team. Jeff Vizenor has been named first assistant coach.

Mark Ediger and Samuel Gellman, chemistry professors, have been named Evan Helfaer Professors in Chemistry.

Thomas Kaplan, a senior scientist at the Institute for Research on Poverty, will succeed retiring associate director Tom Corbett at the end of June.

Honored
Caitilyn Allen, associate professor of plant pathology, and Wendy C. Crone, assistant professor of engineering physics, accepted a national Women in Engineering Program Award presented to the Women in Science and Engineering Residential Program.

Gerda Lerner and the late Merle Curti, emeritus history professors, were named among the nation’s 12 leading historians in the recently published book, “Clio’s Favorites: Leading Historians of the United States, 1945-2000.”

Don Ermer, Proctor and Gamble Professor in Total Quality, received the national Eugene L. Grant Medal for his leadership in the field from the American Society for Quality.

Chris Hemauer received the first $2,000 Iwanter Prize for excellence in scholarship by a senior in the humanities. Hemauer’s thesis, “Theatricality in the Hellenistic “Baroque’: The Theatrical Style of the Pergamon Gigantomachy” was written under Nicholas Cahill, associate professor of art history.

Stephen Kantrowitz, assistant professor of history, received the Ellis W. Hawley Prize for his book “Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White America” (University of North Carolina Press, 2000).

Dane Coombs, large animal medicine, received the Large Animal Resident of the Year Award, based on his contribution of time and expertise as a teacher.

Benjamin Darien, a large animal veterinarian in veterinary medicine, was placed on the Morris Animal Foundation Veterinary Honor Roll, which recognizes outstanding care and service in the veterinary profession.

Laura Lien, a certified veterinary technician in large animal medicine in veterinary medicine, received the Distinguished Veterinary Technician Award based on a student vote.

Kathleen Linn, a veterinary orthopedic surgeon in veterinary medicine, received the Norden Distinguished Teacher Award for strength of character, leadership and teaching ability.

Kim Lord-Plummer, a part-time lecturer in veterinary medicine’s Department of Comparative Biosciences, was chosen as Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association Instructor of the Year by students.

Mark Markel, chair of veterinary medicine’s Department of Medical Sciences, received the Walter F. Renk Distinguished Professor Award for his outstanding contributions to the school’s mission and academic programs.

Gregg Rapoport, cardiology, was selected as the Bayer Animal Health Small Animal Resident of the Year in veterinary medicine.

Mark Sweet, an information processing consultant for the Graduate School, was honored for outstanding professionalism by the National Council of University Research Administrators.

After a recent on-site review by a team of experienced museum professionals, the American Association of Museums (AAM) has again awarded accreditation to the Elvehjem Museum of Art.

Tom Loeser, associate professor of art, recently exhibited a one-person show of “kinetic furniture” titled “Rollers, Spinners and Sliders” at the Leo Kaplan Modern art museum of New York.

Mark Saffman, physics professor, has been selected to receive a Sloan Research Fellowship, which carries an unrestricted award of $40,000 to support individual recipient’s research.

Mark Sweet, an information processing consultant for the Graduate School, was honored for outstanding professionalism by the National Council of University Research Administrators.

The Marketing Department of the Wisconsin Union won five awards at the annual Association of College Unions-International meeting in Toronto. First place, two-color brochure: Janet Trembley, Melissa Kopecko, Alissa Gauger and Mary Rohrdanz. Second place, Campaign for Human Resources: Kathy Helland, Trembley, Gauger and Rohrdanz. Third place, two-color brochure: Heather Lins, Bob Wright, Gauger and Rohrdanz. Third place, campaign for the Wisconsin Union Theater: Amy Allan, Trembley and Rohrdanz. Honorable mention, Employee Recognition/Greeting Cards: Trembley.

Published
Ralph Andreano, professor emeritus of economics, will publish “The International Health Policy Program: An Internal Assessment” this summer (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2001).

William M. Denevan, professor emeritus of geography, has published “Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes” (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001).

Dave Egan, Arboretum senior editor, and Evelyn Howell, landscape architecture professor, are editors of “The Historical Ecology Handbook: A Restorationist’s Guide to Reference Ecosystems” (Island Press, 2001).

Gary Hoffman, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Newborn Screening Laboratory supervisor, was part of the work group that wrote the recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report “Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry Screening for Metabolic Disease Screening Among Newborns.”

John P. Kaminski and Gaspare J. Saladino, senior scientists, history, will publish “The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume VII: Ratification of the Constitution by the States, Massachusetts, Volume 4” (University of Wisconsin Press, 2001).

James P. Leary, director of the Folklore Program and Scandinavian studies professor, has compiled and edited the second edition of “So Ole Says to Lena: Folk Humor of the Upper Midwest” to be published in September (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2001).

Patty Loew, assistant professor of life sciences communication, will publish “Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal” in October (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 2001).

Jamie Schauer, who oversees the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Air Quality Unit and is an assistant professor in the College of Engineering, was a contributing author of the Environmental Protection Agency report “Air Quality Criteria Document for Particulate Matter.”

Robert Schuster, director of the Simonds Center for Instruction and Research in Nursing, will publish the second edition of “Natural Landscaping: Designing with Native Plant Communities” with John Diekelmann in February (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2002).

Robin Shepard, assistant professor of life sciences communication, will publish “Wisconsin’s Best Breweries and Brewpubs” this fall (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2001).

Ryan Van Cleave, faculty assistant in English, has edited “American Diaspora: Poetry of Displacement” with Virgil Suárez (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2001)