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Letters to the Editor

Spell check

Dear Editor:
Another plus for Florida State University! The Florida State Times is really interesting, and I read each article with gusto.
The Marine Lab in the Gulf of Mexico sounds terribly exciting and certainly a challenge. The article by Ron Matus (Vol..2, Iss.1), "Scientists Go to School at Sea," was an eye opener. Vibrations began to jog my memory in the study of Biology and Physical Science at FSCW and I remembered those segmented bodies of the COPEPODS. Surely the spelling is the same-not COPAPODS.

How I would have loved this opportunity that is available to students in the study of oceanography.
Lois Cooper Leeth

Tourist attraction

Dear Editor:
Thank you very much for the recent article "What Can America Learn from Florida about Tourism?," published in the June/July 1996 issue of the Florida State Times. The article was very well done and I have had many calls from our alumni, who have enjoyed reading it. We appreciate the coverage for the department of hospitality administration and College of Business.
Dr. Robert A. Brymer

History lesson

Dear Editor:
I am making an effort to restore FSU's early football history which seems to have been forgotten. Florida State College had its first season in 1902 - not 1947 as it is generally accepted. We played Florida Agricultural College (now UF) twice that season, splitting the two games. In 1903 Florida State beat Florida Agricultural College by a score of 12-0. In 1904 Florida State went on to win the Times-Union Cup and the first state championship. That would also end the early era of Florida State football as it then became Florida College For Women. Please send this on to anyone who would be interested. I can't believe these teams haven't received ANY recognition. I do not understand how the Florida State Athletic Department would overlook our early history. Maybe this is some kind of conspiracy by the Gators to erase our proud heritage! It seems ridiculous to me not to include these three early seasons. They should also be considered when adding up our all-time series records (versus UF in particular). Any further help you or anyone else can give me in restoring history would be greatly appreciated. Maybe then in 2002 we can celebrate our 100th anniversary (nonconsecutive) of Florida State football rather than a measly 50th anniversary this year!
Thomas Neese
FSU Historical Restoration Society

FSCW memories

Dear Editor:
Recently the Lake County Alumni Association honored the Florida State College for Women/Florida State University alumni from the '30s and '40s with a delightful luncheon in Mt. Dora. We all enjoyed sharing our college memories and learning about all the changes going on at FSU.
I hope some of the other alumni associations will think about having some way of bringing these alumni from the '30s and '40s together throughout the state to learn more about FSU and its new programs and progress.
My thanks to Kristen Sears and all the Lake County Alumni who thought about us. It's nice to be remembered.
Catherine Davis Edmondson

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Compression:

Short Takes On Big Subjects



FSU wins EVE award

Florida State University is the recipient of a 1996 Exemplary Voluntary Efforts (EVE) Award from the U.S. Department of Labor.
The award is presented to federal contractors who have shown innovative efforts to increase employment opportunities for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.
The award will be presented Sept. 20 in Washington, D.C.



Student films screened

Special screenings of thesis films from the FSU Film School were shown this spring and summer at European film festivals.
For the second year in a row, an FSU film won top honors at the 24th Annual Festival of Nations Film Competition in Ebensee, Austria. Paul McCall by the graduate class of 1995 was the only American film to win a gold medal. Paper Sculptor by the undergraduate class of 1995 received an honorable mention.
"Twilight Tales from Tallahassee" - five films with a strong emphasis on fantasy and myth - were screened at the Berlin InterFilm Festival. Shown were Trinity, Flygirl, Squeegee, Tongue and The Pit, from the graduate and undergraduate classes of 1994 and 1995.
Cool Breeze and Buzz and Paper Sculptor by the undergraduate class of 1995, The Pit and Paul McCall by the graduate class of 1995, and Brother, a documentary shot in England in FSU's 1995 London Film Workshop, were screened at the Krakow (Poland) Festival.
Cool Breeze and Paul McCall were screened at the International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic; Brother and Craze , another documentary produced in London, were shown at the Young and Independent Program of the Augsburg (Germany) Film Festival; and Paul McCall was screened at the 1996 Oberhausen (Germany) International Film Festival.


Mag Lab receives grant

Florida State University and the University of Florida have received a $600,000 grant to design, build, test and use a high-field, resistive magnet system at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee.
The grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles will be split equally between the two universities and matched by more than $1.5 million from the mag lab, FSU and UF.
The magnet system, developed by a scientific team led by Alan G. Marshall of FSU and Neil Sullivan of UF, will feature a 25-tesla, high-resolution, resistive magnet equipped with instruments for nuclear magnetic resonance, electron magnetic resonance and ion cyclotron resonance.



News Notes

1957
Martha McLeod Douberly (B.A.), Jacksonville, retired from the
Duval County Board of Public Instruction after 35 years of teaching.

1959
Richard E. Fowler (B.S.), Pensacola, retired as assistant treasurer of Gulf Power Co.

1961
Dr. Linda Williams Fowler (B.S. '61, E.D.D. '88), Pensacola, retired after 30 years in education.

1964
Dr. Anne Roberts Kambic (B.A.), Oak Ridge, Tenn., is a director of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. She is the medical director for K-25 Site, Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc.
Frank M. Ryll (B.A.), president of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, is on the Tallahassee Community College Foundation's board of directors.

1969
Barbara Van Camp (B.S.), principal of the Adult and Community Education Center, received the 1996 Education Commissioner's Principal Achievement Award.

1970
The Rev. Sandra K. Edwards (B.S. '70, M.S.W. '72) is the director of the African American Ministries Program at McCormick Theological Seminary.
Frank A. Kreidler (B.S. '70, J.D. '73), Lake Worth, received the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County's Human Rights Advocacy Award.
Barbara Jo Palmer (B.S. '70, M.S. '74) is on the Tallahassee Community College Foundation's board of directors. She is chief executive officer of Illuminactive Multimedia Inc., and owner of Barbara Palmer and Associates consulting firm.

1971
Dr. Robert A. Koch (M.S. '71, Ph.D. '76), professor and researcher at California State University at Fullerton, was named a Distinguished Professor.

1972
Robert L. Hinkle (B.A.) has been nominated as a judge on the
U.S. District Court of Northern Florida.

1973
Becky Cheney Burgue (B.S. '73, M.S. '84), Tampa, is Hillsborough County Public Schools Teacher of the Year for 1996-97.
Dr. Steven E. Lindberg (M.S. '73, Ph.D '79), Oak Ridge, Tenn., received a sabbatical award from the International Institute of Hydrophysics at the GKSS Research Centre to conduct research projects in Germany.

1974
Dr. Winifred Hall Schmeling (M.S.P. '74, Ph.D. '81) is on the Tallahassee Community College Foundation's board of directors. He is project director for the Program to Improve Patient Care at Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center.

1975
Donna L. Gillette (B.S. '75, M.S. '77, Ph.D. '83) is featured in the article "10 Ways the Experts Bust Stress" in the July issue of McCall's magazine. She is the founder of the Stress Management Clinic of North Florida in Tallahassee.

1976
Lt. Cmdr. James C. Greenley (B.S.) reported for duty with Patrol Squadron 11, Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine.
Lt. Col. William C. Macak (B.S.), Santa Ana, Calif., assumed command of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Naval Air Station Miramar, San Diego.

1977
William B. Buckner (B.A.), Atlanta, Ga., is local area network administrator at Georgia State University.
Jeffrey T. Lawyer (B.S.), Winston-Salem, N.C., a partner at Petree Stockton L.L.P., was elected to the Tax Section Council of the North Carolina Bar Association.

1978
Thomas L. Cullens (A.A.) received a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University.
K. Lee Smith (B.S.), Decatur, Ga., has earned life membership in the Atlanta Board of Realtors Million Dollar Club. He also has been promoted to assistant manager of the Trucker/Stone Mountain branch of Coldwell Banker Atlanta Residential Real Estate Brokerage.

1981
Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey S. Jones (B.S.) graduated from the Naval War College in Newport, R.I.,
with a M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies.

1983
Adele J. Cummings (B.A. '83, M.S. '87) received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Duke University.

1984
Anne M. Meiring (M.S.W.), Mount Plymouth, Fla., received the 1995 Director of the Year award from the Florida Chapter of the Society for Hospital Social Work Administrators in Health Care.

1986
Dr. James G. Daley (Ph.D.), O'Fallon, Ill., retired from the Air Force after more than 20 years.
Dr. Laura B. Hassler (M.S. '86, Ph.D. '93), principal at Belle Vue Middle School in Tallahassee, received the 1996 Education Commissioner's Principal Achievement Award.

1989
Dr. James E. Koon (B.S.) received a Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine from Scholl College,
and will be a resident at Riverside Hospital in Florida.

1992
Cameron J. Lashbrook (B.A.) received a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University.

1993
Lorraine R. Bell (B.A.) received a M.A. in Sociology from Duke University.
Ensign Davin J. O'Hara (B.A.) is a naval aviator stationed with Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va.

1995
Pvt. David N. Tarquine (B.M.E.) completed basic training at
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C.

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In Memoriam

1920-1929
Philip Dowdell Barnette (L.I. '26).

1930-1939
Beatrice Owens Shoumate (B.A. '31), Mariam Harrold Spottswood (B.A. '37).

1940-1949
Mary Neely Ireland (B.A. '41, M.S. '63), Frances Beauchamp "Bebe" Daniel (B.S. '46),
Marjorie W. Carter (B.S. '49), William R. Wells (B.S. '49).

1950-1959
Marilyn Adams Hunter (B.S. '50, B.S. '62), Ernest B. Murphy (B.S. '51),
Juanita Brown Matthews (B.S. '53, M.S. '54),
Howard T. Kelly (B.S. '54).

1960-1969
Albert B. Caraway (B.S. '64, M.S. '66), Elma Brock (B.S. '67),
Barbara Dorman Dellapenna (B.S. '67), Horace C. Meador (B.S. '67),
Violeta Alfonso Wharton (B.A. '69, M.S. '71).

1970-1979
James J. Kirkland (B.A. '70), Virginia L. James (B.M. '73),
Douglass P. Sileo (B.A. '74, M.S. '76).

1980-1989
David L. Gaul (B.S. '81), John T. Costello (B.S. '85),
Todd R. Brigham (B.S. '86), Diane R. Masi (B.S. '87)



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