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Frontiers Spring 1999
General Biology software goes publicCBS NewsKudos Regents Professor Margaret Davis of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior (EEB) is one of the first recipients of the University's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Post-Baccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education. As part of the award, Davis will be inducted into the new Academy of Distinguished Teachers. Richard Phillips, EEB professor, was chosen one of five University recipients of the first annual Mortar Board Outstanding Professor Award by the University chapter of the Mortar Board Senior Honor Society. Anne Pusey, EEB professor, is a recipient of the 1999 Distinguished McKnight University Professorship, which recognizes and rewards the University's most outstanding mid-career faculty. Transitions Regents Professor Eville Gorham of EEB retired December 31, 1998. At a symposium in his honor November 7, Gorham received a declaration signed by Governor Arne Carlson in appreciation for his service to the University and the state. Award-winning milk researcher Robert Jenness died October 29, 1998, in Alamogordo, New Mexico, at age 81. He was a faculty member in biochemistry from 1940 to 1984, when he retired and moved to New Mexico. Jenness received the Borden Award for Chemistry of Milk in 1953 and a Distinguished Service Award from the American Dairy Science Association in 1986. He coauthored the textbook Principles of Dairy Chemistry and helped develop powdered milk for the military during World War II. He is survived by his wife, Katherine, and three sons: Douglas, Ian, and David. Field ornithologist David Freeland Parmelee died in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 16, 1998, of cancer at age 76. He was a faculty member in EEB and director of the Lake Itasca Forestry and Biological Station from 1970 until 1986, then was a professor and curator of ornithology in the Bell Museum of Natural History until his retirement from the University in 1992. He went on to become the research curator of ornithology at the Barrick Museum of Natural History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He was active in the field and in his writing and art until a month before his death. He is survived by his wife, Jean, and daughter, Helen. Doris Rubenstein is now working full time on projects related to the Lake Itasca Forestry and Biological Station. She can be reached at 612-624-3279. Until a new development officer is appointed, please contact Julie Ulrich, CBS Dean's Office, at 612-624-4770 for information on gifts and pledges. In the interim, for matters pertaining to alumni, please contact Jean Marie Lindquist, CBS Dean's Office, at 612-624-1763. Judd Sheridan returned to CBS in January. He worked at the University from 1961 to 1987 in numerous roles, including associate professor of zoology, professor of genetics and cell biology, professor of cell biology and neuroanatomy, and associate dean for research in the Graduate School. Most recently, he was executive director of the Graduate Record Examinations Program of the Educational Testing Service. He splits his time between research with Ross Johnson of GCD and working on special projects as an assistant to the dean. Outreach |