Compression
D'Alemberte surgery
After successful surgery for prostate cancer Aug. 7, FSU President Sandy
D'Alemberte has become a work-at-home telecommunications model. With the
help of a computer, e-mail, video-conferencing ("see-you-see-me")
equipment and a telephone, D'Alemberte has been able to keep up his usual
back-breaking flow of instructions, suggestions, ideas and new projects
to his staff.
"He is a person of boundless energy and interest in the university,"
said Communications Director Frank Murphy, showing a screenful of communications
from the recuperating but hardly idle university president.
D'Alemberte only partially accepts advice from his staff to take it easy
and restrict himself to telecommunications. Before the month was out, he
had been on campus twice to consult with his new vice president for research,
welcome new faculty and otherwise keep the university running his way. -
Margaret Leonard
Are there enough jewfish?
Jewfish are trying to make a comeback, but commercial and recreational fishermen
are making life difficult for them. Because of overfishing in the 1970s
and 1980s, the jewfish became all but extinct, and was placed on the protected
list. Today, after years of allowing the fish to reproduce, fisherman are
trying to find a way to begin harvesting the 1,000-pound fish again. Professors
at FSU and elsewhere are trying to find out if there are enough jewfish
left to allow the fishing to resume. The project is expected to last through
fall. - Jeff Simon
Figley helps South Africa
Dr. Charles Figley, an expert on post-traumatic stress disorder and compassion
fatigue, spent the first week of September in South Africa consulting with
the government's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Figley, a professor in FSU's School of Social Work, directs the Psychosocial
Stress Research Program and the Family Therapy Ph.D. program at FSU.
He has studied stress in numerous settings, including the aftereffects of
combat in Vietnam (where he served), the Gulf War and children in the Bosnian
war. Within hours of the Oklahoma City bombing, he organized trauma therapists
throughout the world to consult by Internet with therapists in Oklahoma
City.
Last spring, he happened to be in Scotland and not far from Dunblane when
the schoolchildren were murdered there, and he consulted with medical and
social service providers from Dunblane.
Now Figley has been asked to advise the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
on how to incorporate treatment in South Africa's reparations policy. The
commission was established by Nelson Mandela and is led by Bishop Desmond
Tutu. - Cindy Mooy
FSU called a bargain
Money Magazine has named Florida State one of the 10 best bargains for a
higher education in the Southeast United States, and 32nd nationally.
Money's top ten in the Southeast for 1997:
1. New College-U. of S. Fla.
2. UNC-Chapel Hill
3. Spelman College (Ga.)
4. Georgia Tech.
5. University of Florida
6. University of Georgia
7. Samford University (Ala.)
8. Clemson University (S.C.)
9. Florida State University
10. Auburn University (Ala.)
FSU grad commands 3,000
An FSU graduate, Col. Polly Peyer, has taken commandof the 82nd Training
Group at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.
She will command about 3,000 military and civilian personnel whose mission
is to train airmen in technical and military war-fighting skills.
Peyer, 47, graduated from Leesburg (Fla.) High School in 1967, earned a
bachelor of arts in criminology and sociology from Florida State University
in 1971 and a master's degree in public administration in 1980 from the
University of Northern Colorado. She entered military service in 1975.
College helps local economy
FSU's Panama City campus pumped a hefty $17.63 million - counting what
economists
call "direct" and "induced" spending - into the economy
of Bay County last year, according to a new study by FSU economist Dr. Frederick
Bell.
Bell found that the Panama City campus, which has 60 employees, generated
459 jobs and gross wages of $4.7 million in its community.
In the process of measuring the economic impact of the campus, Bell surveyed
the students to find out how many would go elsewhere for an education if
FSU-PCC were not in Bay County. Sixty-five percent said they would leave.
The PCC campus has graduated more than 4.,000 students.
Progress on sports agents
The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL)
is organizing a committee to draft a uniform law regulating sports agents.
NCCUSL's interest appears to be very high. The organization's study committee
voted to go forward with the drafting process despite the glut of work it
faces with its current project of overhauling the Uniform Commercial Code.
FSU President Sandy D'Alemberte has been a prime mover in pushing for such
a law, which was a key recommendation of FSU's 1994 National Forum on Sports
Agents and Intercollegiate Athletics, cosponsored by the Freedom Forum and
the MacIntosh Foundation.
Drafting is a two-year process for NCCUSL, which will seek input from experts
in every state. Then, the American Bar Association House of Delegates reviews
the proposal before it becomes a model for state legislatures to adopt if
they choose.
The conference is looking for appropriate sources of money (donors who have
nothing to gain or lose from passage of the law) to help pay for the drafting
process. Write Franklin D. Murphy, FSU Director of University Communications,
114 Westcott Building, FSU, Tallahassee, Fla. 32306-1040 or e-mail him at
fmurphy@unicomm.fsu.edu. - Franklin D. Murphy
NEWS NOTES
1955
Beverly Fisher White (B.A. '55, M.S. '73) is on the advisory committee
of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
1962
Dr. G. Kemble Bennett (B.S.), Atlanta, received the Institute of Industrial
Engineer's Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award at the 1996
International
Industrial Engineering Conference.
1964
W. Andrew Haggard (B.A.), Miami, has been admitted to the Miami Chapter
of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
1966
Robert J. Branning (B.S.), Gulf Breeze, Fla., recently received a Doctor
of Jurisprudence degree from Mississippi College.
John A. Cernutto (B.S.) recently placed first in "Seven-Card Stud,
high-low split, 8 or better," at the 27th Annual World Series of Poker.
His prize: $147,000.
1969
James T. Webb (B.S.), New Orleans, a retired Air Force pilot, is an ROTC
instructor at Destrehan High School.
1970
Canter Brown Jr. (B.A. '70, J.D. '72, Ph.D. '94), Tampa, is the Tampa
Bay History Center's first "historian in residence."
Emilie Richards McGee (B.A.) has published two novels,Iron Lace from Mira
books, and Once More With Feeling from Avon books.
1973
Edward M. Spooner (B.W.) is the new chairman of the Florida Parole
Commission.
1977
Joseph M. Aragon (A.A. '77, B.S. '79), Denver, president of ProServe
Corp., is the 1996 Colorado Small Business Person of the Year.
1978
Fred Freifeld (MAcc '78), Cooper City, Fla., is president of the Estate
Planning Council of Broward County, Inc.
1979
Darryl K. Sharpton (B.S.), Miami, is the founder of Sharpton, Brunson
& Co., the largest and fastest growing black-owned CPA firm in Florida.
Debra A. Susie (M.A. '79, Ph.D. '84), Tallahassee, has been director of
Florida Impact for a decade. Florida Impact deals with programs for
low-income
children, homeless families and farm workers.
Deborah White-Labora (B.S.), Miami, is a judge in the Dade County Court's
Criminal Division.
1980
Randall A. Holland (J.D.) recently placed first in "the $1,500 buy-in
limit, Seven-Card Razz event" at the 27th Annual World Series of Poker.
His prize: a custom-designed bracelet and $87,000.
1982
Jack C. McElroy (A.A. '82, B.S. '85, J.D. '89), Orlando, is a shareholder
with the law firm of Maguire, Voorhis and Wells, P.A.
Judy Desgrange Stone (B.M.E.) is the new executive director of the Florida
Music Educators Association in Tallahassee.
1983
Dr. Don B. Gibson (Ph.D.), Ohio State University, is vice president of
Pi Kappa Lambda, the national music honor society.
1985
Dr. Bill F. Faucett (B.M. '85, Ph.D. '92) had his dissertation on George
Whitefield Chadwick published as a volume in the Scarecrow Press' Composers
of North America series.
Robin Caldwell Nystrom (B.S. '85, J.D. '88) is a vice president with Enterprise
Florida, in charge of selling business and local governments on the
public-private
partnership.
1990
Deanna Irick (B.S.), Indianapolis, is an account executive for public
relations at Montgomery Zukerman Davis Inc.
1991
Marine Cpl. Donna Castner Carr (A.A. '91, B.S. '93) was promoted to her
present rank while serving with Marine Security Battalion, Marine Corps
Combat Development Command, Quantico, Va.
Marine Capt. Mark A. Givens (B.S.) was promoted to his rank while serving
with Marine Aircraft Support Squadron 2, Marine Aircraft Group 18, 1st Marine
Aircraft Wing, Okinawa, Japan.
Lisa M. Spader (B.S.), North Fort Myers, Fla., was recently awarded a Doctor
of Jurisprudence degree from Mississippi College.
1992
Emily R. Huhne (B.A.), Brandon, Fla., was recently awarded a Doctor of
Jurisprudence degree from Mississippi College.
James H. McNeil Jr. (M.S.P.),Tavares, Fla., has joined the office of Maguire,
Voorhis, and Wells, P.A..
Navy Seaman Scott C. Roe (B.S.) recently completed the Navy's Basic Underwater
Demolition/SEAL training at Naval Special Warfare Center, San Diego.
1993
Christina M. Sanford (B.S.), Jacksonville, was recently awarded a Doctor
of Jurisprudence degree from Mississippi College.
1994
Dr. Bobby L. Adams (Ph.D.) has received the 1996 Leadership Award from
the Florida Music Educators Association.
Tara D. Holland (B.M.E.), Kansas City, recently won the Miss Kansas title
and will compete in the Miss America Pageant.
1995
Dr. Greta Gudnadottir (D.M.) just completed a tour of the eastern United
States with the Icelandic National Symphony, in which she plays principal
second violin.
Navy Seaman Recruit Kelly J. Holmes (B.S.) recently completed U.S. Navy
basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
IN MEMORIUM
1920-1929
Ethel Henry Ogilvie (B.A. '24), Mary Ruth Murray (B.A. '28)
1930-1939
Ivey Johnson Mayhew (B.S. '35)
1940-1949
Mary Frances Morrow Brown (B.S. '41), Marguerite Rish Brock (B.S. '45),
Roy E. Lett (B.S. '49)
1950-1959
Allard C. Smith (B.S. '50), Ann Oliver Iverson (B.A. '51), Lois Strickland
Giddens (B.S. '52), John F. Jones (B.S. '52), John E. Hilburn (B.S. '54),
Elizabeth Darsey Knowles (B.M.E. '54), Mary A. Louthan (B.S. '54), Harry
C. Kirby Jr. (B.S. '58)
1960-1969
Violet Costello Cottingham (M.S. '62), Lucy Laslie Smith (B.S. '62), Jacqueline
Spinks McLemore (M.S. '63), Dr. Marie Withers Osmond (M.S. '64, Ph.D. '73),
Robert E. Spycher (B.A. '69)
1970-1979
William L. Peters (B.W. '73), Cary Keys Ogden (B.S. '74), Joann Blue Bobbie
(B.A. '75, B.S.N. '82), Sister Phyllis E. Nutting (Ph.D. '78)
1980-1989
Dr. James D. Sutliffe (Ph.D. '83), Constance Hawkins Wise (B.S. '89)
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