Milestones

Appointed

Susan Barribeau has been named electronic resources coordinator for the UW–Madison Libraries, a position she has held on an interim basis for the past year. She will continue serving as Web site manager for the libraries.

Iris Bolton has been named associate director for animal services at the Wisconsin Primate Research Center. She has served as the WPRC’s interim attending veterinarian since July 2002.

Wayne Hayes has been named project manager for Portal to Asian Internet Resources. Since August 2000, Hayes has acted as LearningLanguages.Net French editor for the Computer Sciences Department’s Internet Scout Project. He also has worked as an instructor for the Department of French and Italian.

Rebecca Payne has assumed the position of Japanese studies and general reference librarian. Previously, she served as project manager of the Digital Asia Library.

Rhonda Sager joined Health Sciences Libraries as the new circulation supervisor. Sager will oversee the circulation unit at Middleton Health Sciences Library and coordinate activities with other HSL units and campus libraries.

Catherine Vitale has moved to the Chemistry Library from her previous position in User Services in Memorial Library. Her duties in the Chemistry Library include course reserves, circulation, collection maintenance and administrative functions.

Luanne von Schneidemesser has been elected to the executive committee of the Council of Administrative Officers of the American Council of Learned Societies and is now its chair. She also serves on the Board of Directors for ACLS. Senior editor for the Dictionary of American Regional English, she also volunteers as executive secretary of the Dictionary Society of North America, headquartered at UW–Madison. She also is the Dictionary Society’s representative to ACLS’s Council of Administrative Officers.

Honored

Leonard Black, Wisconsin TechSearch director, has received the 2002 Bollinger Academic Staff Distinguished Achievement Award from the College of Engineering. TechSearch is Wendt Library’s information outreach program.

David Loewenstein, professor of English, has received the James Holly Hanford Award for Distinguished Book from the Milton Society for “Representing Revolution in Milton and His Contemporaries: Religion, Politics, and Polemics in Radical Puritanism” (Cambridge University Press, 2001).

Lawrence Shriberg, professor emeritus, communicative disorders, co-director of the Waisman Center’s Phonology Clinic, was recently recognized with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s “Honors of the Association.” This is the association’s highest award, recognizing distinguished contribution to the field of speech, language and hearing. Shriberg is also an investigator in the Waisman Center’s Communication Processes Unit.

Stephen M. Quintana, chair and professor of counseling psychology, has been elected by his peers as a fellow of the American Psychological Association for 2003. APA fellows are selected for their exceptional and outstanding contributions to the research, teaching or practice of psychology.

Fourteen UW Medical School faculty and staff completed 30 years of Medical School service in the last fiscal year. Dean Philip M. Farrell will honor them at a Jan. 23 University Club luncheon. Achieving this milestone are: Richard R. Burgess, oncology; Paul M. DeLuca, medical physics and dean’s office; Robert W. Drachenberg, family medicine; John D. Folts, medicine; Thomas D. France, ophthalmology and visual sciences; Robert W. Huntington, pathology and laboratory medicine; Marjorie H. Klein, psychiatry; Lewis A. Leavitt, pediatrics; Eberhard A. Mack, surgery; Charles A. Mistretta, medical physics; William S. Rhode, physiology; Condon R. VanderArk, medicine; Karen E. Wipperfurth, pharmacology; and Kathleen A. Zweifel, medical genetics.

The Wisconsin men’s crew and head coach Chris Clark, were named the College Crew of the Year and College Coach of the Year by Independent Rowing News in December.

Keith Kelling, professor, soil science, has been named a fellow of the Soil Science Society of America. Kelling’s applied research and extension programs have focused on soil testing and plant analysis interpretative systems, nutrient crediting from legumes and manure, and improving nutrient management and nutrient use efficiency for forages and potato.

Susan Ellis Weismer, professor, communicative disorders, recently received fellow status from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Weismer is also the coordinator of the Waisman Center’s Communication Processes Unit. The status of fellow is retained for life and is one of the association’s most prestigious awards. It recognizes professional or scientific achievement and outstanding contributions to the professions.

David Houghton, professor emeritus of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, has received the 2003 Charles E. Anderson Award given by the American Meteorological Society. Houghton, who served as AMS president and its commissioner on education, is recognized for his extraordinary contributions to promoting educational outreach, service and diversity among the AMS, as well as broader communities. Well known for his expertise in the atmospheric-ocean climate system, Houghton began his career at UW–Madison in 1968.

Grant, fellowships

Students involved in University Housing’s Learning Communities won scholarships from the National Residence Hall Honorary. The students are: Katie Bull, Bradley Learning Community; Julia Bickler and Emily Jensen, Women in Science and Engineering; Erin Popelka and Soohyun Eom, International Learning Community; and Egle Cepaitis and Ryan Fischer, Chadbourne Residential College.

Sabbaticals

Allen, Timothy, professor, botany

Assadi, Amir, professor, mathematics

Bach, Eric, professor, computer sciences

Bank, Lawrence, professor, civil and environmental engineering

Barnett, Michael, professor, political science

Begam, Richard, associate professor, English

Bement, William, associate professor, zoology

Bender, Todd, professor, English

Blair, Seth, professor, zoology

Burt, James, professor, geography

Buttel, Frederick, professor, rural sociology

Carayon, Pascale, professor, industrial engineering

Carpenter, Mason, associate professor, management and human resources

Chamberlain, Michael, associate professor, history

Chenoweth, Richard, professor, urban and regional planning

Christensen, Bruce, professor, animal health and biomedical sciences

Churchwell, Edward, professor, astronomy

Cortez, Edwin, professor, School of Library and Information Studies

Cox, Donald, professor, physics

Cravens, Thomas, professor, French and Italian

Cutter, Robert, professor, East Asian languages and literature

Desan, Suzanne, professor, history

DuBrow, Heather, professor, English

Gallagher III, John, professor, astronomy

Geary, Dana, professor, geology and geophysics

Grabner, Michelle, associate professor, art

Harackiewicz, Judith, professor, psychology

Harmon-Jones, Eddie, associate professor, psychology

Hausman, Dan, professor, philosophy

Hutchinson, Sharon, professor, anthropology

Jacobs, Lea, professor, communication arts

Kercheval, Jesse, professor, English

Kitchell, James, professor, zoology

Klug, Heinz, associate professor, Law School

Kokotailo, Patricia, associate professor, pediatrics

Kurtz, Thomas, professor, mathematics and statistics

Matsumura, Ella Mae, associate professor, School of Business

Mayer, Kenneth, professor, political science

McCaughan, Leon, professor, electrical and computer engineering

McCoy, Alfred, professor, history

Medina, Ruben, associate professor, Spanish and Portuguese; and Chicano studies

Mello, Antonio, associate professor, finance, School of Business

Melrose, Claudia, professor, kinesiology

Menechella, Grazia, assistant professor, French and Italian

Mickelson, David, professor, geology and geophysics

Miller, Cynthia, associate professor, Hebrew and Semitic studies

Miner, Anne, professor, management and human resources, School of Business

Moorthy, Aroor, associate professor, medicine

Morris, James, professor, School of Business

Mortenson, C. David, professor, communication arts

Murphy, J.J., professor, communication arts

Nair, R.D., professor, School of Business

Nelson, Leslee, professor, liberal studies and the arts; art

Nourse, Victoria, professor, Law School

Nyhart, Lynn, associate professor, history of science

Oliva, Michael, associate professor, civil and environmental engineering

Olneck, Michael, professor, educational policy studies

Paddock, Susan, professor, professional development and applied studies

Plesha, Michael, professor, engineering physics

Price, T. Douglas, professor, anthropology

Radano, Ronald, professor, School of Music

Ran, Bin, associate professor, civil and environmental engineering

Rand, Nicholas, professor, French and Italian

Rawlings, James, professor, chemical engineering

Reynolds, Ronald, professor, astronomy

Richter, Gerhard, associate professor, German

Rifkin, Benjamin, professor, Slavic languages

Riley, David, professor, human development and family studies

Sandefur, Gary, professor, sociology

Schaub, Thomas, professor, English

Shcheglov, Yuri, professor, Slavic languages

Silberman, Marc, professor, German

Solien, Timothy, associate professor, art

Stier, Jeffrey, professor, forest ecology and management

Sytsma, Kenneth, professor, botany

Thurber, Clifford, professor, geology and geophysics

Timbie, Peter, professor, physics

Tyson, Timothy, associate professor, Afro-American studies

Valentine, J Randolph, associate professor, linguistics and American Indian studies

Wendt, Amy, professor, electrical and computer engineering

Witt, Robert, associate professor, engineering physics

Yandell, Keith, professor, philosophy

Zepeda, Lydia, professor, consumer sciences

Zhu, A-Xing, associate professor, geography