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PUBLICATIONS
Inside
Illinois
Vol.
23, No. 15, March 4, 2004
achievements
A report
on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of
faculty and staff members.
Alumni
Assn. | Engineering | IGPA |
LAS | Library |
alumni
association
Anthony Tangora, assistant director
of club programs for the UI Alumni Association, has been awarded the
2004 Jerry F. Tardy New Professional Award by the Council of Alumni
Association Executives. The award is given in memory of Jerry F. Tardy,
who was president and CEO of the Indiana University Alumni Association
as well as an advocate of the alumni relations profession and a mentor
for many of his colleagues. With a bequest from the council, recipients
of the Tardy award visit alumni associations of their choosing to learn
how their colleagues organize and encourage alumni participation.
engineering
John Chato, professor emeritus of
mechanical and industrial engineering, was elevated to the grade of
fellow by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers at its 2004 winter meeting held at the UI Jan. 24-28. Fellow
membership is earned through achievement as a researcher, designer and
educator or engineering executive. Approximately 500 of the Society’s
55,000 members are fellows.
government
and public affairs
Jim Edgar, former Illinois governor
and distinguished fellow in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs,
has been appointed president of the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
Foundation by Gov. Rod Blagojevich. When Edgar was governor, he began
the campaign to build the library and museum and committed the first
public funds to its development. Edgar also is a collector of Lincoln
documents and has an extensive collection of presidential biographies.
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liberal
arts and sciences
Scott Althaus, professor of political
science and of speech communication, has been awarded a 2004 Goldsmith
Book Prize for his recent book “Collective Preferences in Democratic
Politics: Opinion Surveys and the Will of the People” (Cambridge
University Press). The award is presented by the Joan Shorenstein Center
on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University to the
academic book(s) that best contribute to the improvement of the quality
of government or politics through an examination of the press or the
intersection of the press and politics in the formation of public policy.
university
library
Jane Block, head architecture and
art librarian, has been appointed to an international jury that will
determine the winner of the prize for Young Humanistic Scientists in
Belgium. The goal of this prize, the only distinction awarded by the
King of Belgium, is to further “the development of higher education
and scientific research in Belgium.”
Barbara J. Ford, professor and director
of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs at the UI,
has been elected to the Standing Committee of the University Libraries
and Other General Research Libraries Section of the International Federation
of Library Associations and Institutions for 2004-2007. IFLA headquarters
are located in The Hague.
Jo Kibbee, professor of library
administration and head reference librarian, has been named to the Editorial
Board of Reference Services Review, a quarterly journal dedicated to
the enrichment of reference knowledge and the advancement of reference
services.
Jennifer Hain Teper, conservator
and professor of library administration, has been named one of the Library
Journal’s Movers and Shakers for 2004. This award identifies emerging
leaders in the library world and each year the journal profiles 50 up-and-coming
professionals in the United States and Canada who are innovative, creative
and making a difference in librarianship.
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