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Grads made good
A Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, an editor of a national magazine and an expert on international law - all graduates of FSU - were scheduled to be recognized for their career accomplishments at this year's Homecoming celebration Oct. 17.
They are:
Doug Marlette editorial cartoonist for New York Newsday and creator
of the comic strip "Kudzu."
Marlette, who has earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from FSU, drew cartoons for the Flambeau, a newspaper for students.
He worked at the Charlotte Observer and the Atlanta Constitution, and moved to Newsday in 1989.
His cartoons and comic strip are syndicated in hundreds of newspapers around the world, and his cartoons have been collected into 14 books.
He co-wrote, with novelist Pat Conroy, the screenplay "Ex," and is now working with the Red Clay Ramblers on a musical based on his comic strip.
Marlette has won every major award for editorial cartoon-ing, including the 1988 Pulitzer Prize.
Barbara Harris editor in chief of SHAPE Magazine, the largest
national monthly health and fitness publication for women in the United
States.
With more than 2.2 million readers, the magazine is recognized as the premier health and wellness resource for women 18 to 45.
Harris frequently appears on television and radio talk shows, sharing her expertise on women's issues and wellness.
Mark Ellis the executive director of the Central and Eastern European
Law Initiative (CEELI), a project of the American Bar Association that provides
technical legal assistance to 23 countries.
He is also special counsel to the Coalition for International Justice.
Ellis, who holds degrees in economics and law from FSU, is an adjunct professor at Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.
He has written extensively on foreign investment and law reform in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. -Chris Paulsen
Lahti on TV
Christine Lahti, who attended FSU in 1972 and 1973 to work on her master's degree, won the 1998 Emmy Award for lead female performance in a drama series. She appears on the TV show, "Chicago Hope."
After earning a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Michigan, Lahti came to FSU and took theater and arts classes. - Amy Welch
Flute honors
Charles DeLaney, FSU professor of flute in the School of Music, received the National Flute Association's highest honor - the Lifetime Achievement Award - for his "exceptional contributions to music and flute as a performer, teacher, conductor and composer."- Amy Welch
Theater dean to step down
Gil Lazier, dean of FSU's School of Theatre since 1982, announced he is stepping down at the end of the 1998-99 academic year to teach and direct.
"I've been dean almost 17 years and, honestly, it's been an increasingly wonderful experience," Lazier said. "But in recent years, I've had less and less time to teach and to direct."
Lazier helped build the prominent theater program into what U.S. News and World Report has categorized as one of the top schools in the country - for the past four years - since he joined the faculty in 1970.
Provost Lawrence Abele says FSU is conducting a national search for Lazier's replacement. - Amy Welch
Money-raising genius
George Langford, chairman of FSU's capital campaign, received the the 1998 Lifetime Leadership Award from Leadership Tallahassee, a program of the Tallahassee Area Chamber of Commerce.
Langford, a whiz at raising money for charities and institutions, raised more than $300 million for FSU.
In 1965 Langford was asked to raise money for the United Fund, now the United Way.
He raised a record $1 million in one year.
Although he's raised millions of dollars for several companies and charities, he said he is most proud of the work he's done for FSU.- Amy Welch
Germany to honor women
Germany has honored a group of German women who stood up to Nazi efforts to take their Jewish relatives to concentration camps. The little-known protest in which German non-Jewish women battled the Gestapo in the center of Berlin is the subject of the book, "Resistance of the Heart," written by FSU professor of European History, Nathan Stoltzfus. - Katrina Miles
More and better freshmen
Florida State's fall 1998 freshmen class is larger, smarter and more diversified than ever. This year, 4,108 freshmen enrolled, a 16 percent increase over the previous year's 3,538. The average SAT score is 1164, which is up from 1147 in the fall 1997 class. New honors students are up to 581, which is 231 more than last year. The percentage of African American students increased from 12.9 percent last year to 13.5 percent this year. - Bayard Stern
Thanks to a teacher
Debbie Barrett-Hayes, an art teacher at FSU's Developmental Research School, received an unrestricted $25,000 award for outstanding achievement in education from the Milken Family Foundation. She was recognized for her ability to integrate art into math, science and foreign languages. Hayes is one of eight Florida teachers to receive the award. She is among 160 educators in 38 states to be honored this year.- Amy Welch