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April 10, 2000 RESOLUTIONS FOR RETIRING FACULTY AND STAFF, 1999-2000 (Amended) Resolution in honor of Jessica Wirth Jessica R. Wirth served the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for twenty-seven years. Her contributions are extensive, varied, and of lasting significance. As a teacher, she excelled by instituting new courses in linguistics and by bringing rigor to argumentation and gentleness to her relations with students. As a scholar, she enriched her field with studies on the status of linguistics as a science and with her articles in syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and discourse analysis. As an organizer, she initiated the internationally known annual UWM Linguistics Symposium series and remained a major force behind it. As Department Chair, she successfully led the linguistics program through both prosperous and difficult times. As Associate Dean of the College of Letters and Science for fourteen years, she was widely known for her fairness and empathy. We, her colleagues in linguistics, want to express our heart-felt gratitude for all that she did for us and wish her a fruitful and happy retirement. WHEREAS Professor Roswitha Mueller has provided the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with service, instruction, and scholarship--each of the highest academic quality--for two full decades, WHEREAS she has lent distinction to this university with numerous publications of international merit, with a five-year Ford Foundation Special Career Fellowship, with the founding and editorship of the internationally prestigious journal, Discourse, and with her organization of a conference at this university on "German Avant-Garde Film: the Seventies," WHEREAS she has excelled in the profession of both German and Comparative Literature in the College of Letters and Science, WHEREAS she has developed and extended new areas of research in Urban Ecology and the Cinema of Ecology, and WHEREAS she has demonstrably inspired a generation of students in the study of literature, language, and film, BE IT RESOLVED that we, her colleagues in the Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature, join her colleagues in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics in a concerted wish that she enjoy a long, productive, and greatly merited retirement. Professor Brett Hawkins's career at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee has been a particularly distinguished one. After two years at Washington and Lee University and five years at the University of Georgia, Professor Hawkins joined UWM's Political Science Department in 1979. Professor Hawkins has become a noted scholar on several subjects involving urban government. His dissertation, published in 1966, analyzed the political and governance issues surrounding the city-county consolidation in metropolitan Nashville, Tennessee. He has also written on urban political integration, ethnicity in voting, reapportionment, taxation policies, state aid to distressed communities, and other matters. Some of his most recent research addressed the controversial question of whether the impact of suburbs in a metropolitan area harms or helps the central city. His work advances persuasive conclusions that challenge the politically-driven orthodoxy among students of urban government. Professor Hawkins brought his enthusiasm for research into the classroom, in courses on Intergovernmental Relations and Urban Politics. And, when the Department was recently faced with a critical staffing shortage in the area of Constitutional Law, he stepped forward to assume those duties. Professor Hawkins was Department Chair for several years, and he has served as Director of Graduate Studies and as an Undergraduate Adviser. His genuine regard for students and colleagues has been demonstrated by his teaching, his numerous articles published with students over the years, and his always-open office door. Professor Hawkins has brought professionalism and kindness to all his undertakings, and his integrity, his insistence on high standards, and his generosity have established a model for others. The Department of Political Science and the College of Letters and Science congratulate Professor Brett W. Hawkins on his many accomplishments and wish him a happy and prosperous retirement. Professor Mark Tessler has had a long and distinguished career at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. He joined the UWM Political Science Department in 1968. Among his many accomplishments are ten books, including A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, which was listed as a "A Notable Book of 1994" by the New York Times. He has also written over seventy articles and chapters, addressing a broad range of subjects including problems of measurement in social science, gender and pacifism, ethnicity and public opinion, and many other issues related to the politics of the Middle East and Africa. Tessler has been a leader in introducing survey research and quantitative analysis to the study of Middle East and African politics. He is a leading figure in the study of gender as a variable affecting political attitudes and behavior, and his research is distinctive in examining the relationship between internal and international politics in a number of settings. Given his enormous output of scholarly work, Tessler's administrative efforts are tremendously impressive. He was Department Chair from 1976 through 1979, and he directed the International Studies Major for a dozen years, beginning in 1986. He was successful in creating and securing federal funding for the Joint Center for International Studies with UW-Madison, a Title VI Center housed at UWM. When the federal grant for the Joint Center for International Studies was first renewed, the evaluators ranked this unit as among the best of the 14 such centers in the nation. Professor Tessler also worked with dozens of graduate students, and those who earned the doctorate under his supervision are currently in promising careers of their own. The Department of Political Science and the College of Letters and Science congratulate Professor Mark Tessler on his many accomplishments and wish him a happy and prosperous retirement. WHEREAS, Professor Michael G. Barndt has been a valued member of the Urban Studies Program and its predecessor the Department of Urban Affairs for twenty-eight years, and WHEREAS, he has provided several generations of graduate students with basic computer skills, and WHEREAS, he has excelled in developing computer graphics as an effective instructional tool in his graduate classes, and WHEREAS, he has been an outstanding mentor for students in the Urban Studies/Urban Affairs Program, and WHEREAS, he has received widespread acclaim for his work with local non-profit groups in the city, BE IT RESOLVED, that his many colleagues wish him well in each and every endeavor he chooses to pursue upon leaving the university. Whereas Associate Professor H. James Shey has served the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee during the past thirty-four years, with consistent distinction in teaching, scholarship, and community service, Whereas he has devoted himself selflessly to the education of students in Greek and Latin, with constant regard for quality and perfection, Whereas he has regularly, unassumingly, and with impressive efficiency carried on the administrative duties of chair and, latterly, coordinator of the Classics program, Whereas he has traveled with enthusiastic groups and completed significant scholarly field-work in Greece and Egypt, Whereas his contributions to the pedagogy of Classical Mythology and his establishment of a course in Egyptian Mythology, the latter including instruction in hieroglyphics, have come to define one of this university's highly reputed areas of study, and Whereas his courses in the literature of Greece and Rome, particularly those in Petronius and in the ancient novel, have inculcated in students an appreciation that is perennially expressed, Be it resolved that we, his grateful colleagues in Foreign Languages and Linguistics, extend to him our wishes for a profoundly productive retirement and for a happiness as great as our reluctance to bid him adieu. WHEREAS, Professor Harry L. Madison has been a valued member of the Department of Psychology at UWM for forty-three years, and WHEREAS, he is one of the founders of the undergraduate and graduate programs of study in Psychology, and WHEREAS, he secured more than a dozen extramural grants and established and taught a variety of courses to further laboratory science in Psychology, and WHEREAS, he led the Department as Chair five times over four decades, BE IT RESOLVED, that his colleagues thank him for his countless contributions and dedicated service, and wish him a happy and fulfilling retirement. WHEREAS, Professor Charles C. Remsen has made many valued contributions to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for twenty-six years, and WHEREAS, he has served the Department of Biological Sciences in the formative years of the microbiology program and as an active researcher, teacher and mentor of graduate students, and WHEREAS, he contributed to our knowledge of microbial processes in the large lakes and seas of the world, and administered the Center for Great Lakes Studies and the Great Lakes Research Facility as Director through a critical transition periods, and WHEREAS, his service to the UWM Athletic Board and other key campus committees enhanced campus life, BE IT RESOLVED, that his colleagues across the campus extend to Professor "Tony" Remsen our appreciation for his contributions and wish him a happy and productive retirement. WHEREAS, Patrick Freeman has served the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Department of Botany and the Department of Biological Sciences with distinction for more than 40 years, and WHEREAS, his capable and very technical laboratory preparation expertise helped enrich the educational experiences of untold undergraduate students, and WHEREAS, his long-term guidance as a Biological Sciences technician and his commitment to excellence helped the Department of Biological Sciences become the premier natural sciences department on our campus, BE IT RESOLVED, that all members of the Department of Biological Sciences deeply and sincerely appreciate Pat's contributions and we wish him a wonderful retirement. Please slow down and enjoy it. WHEREAS, Professor E. Alexander Hill has been a valued member of the Department of Chemistry for 34 years, during which time he served as a Department Chair and as a member of virtually every departmental committee and he made significant contributions towards the institutution and development of our Ph.D. program, and WHEREAS, he has established a reputation of quality instruction and lecturing and maintenance of high standards in both undergraduate and graduate organic chemistry courses, and WHEREAS, he is a world-recognized authority on Grignard reagents, who has made definitive contributions to the understanding of rearrangement reactions of Grignard and other organometallic compounds, and WHEREAS, he made many significant contributions to the Milwaukee section of the American Chemical Society, both through organizing Great Lakes regional meetings in 1986 and 1998 and through many positions in the Milwaukee Section of the ACS, and WHEREAS, as Chairman of Undergraduate Subcommittee, he has advised undergraduate chemistry majors and minors and helped to shape the structure of the undergraduate program, BE IT RESOLVED that his colleagues express their deep appreciation and gratitude for his many contributions and wish him a happy and productive retirement. WHEREAS, Professor Andrew P. Soms has been a valued member of the Department of Mathematical Sciences for twenty-five years, WHEREAS, he has made significant theoretical and practical contributions in the fields of biostatistics and reliability, most notably through his work on tail probabilities of the t-distribution and on permutation tests, WHEREAS, his statistical consultation has benefited numerous faculty members and graduate students across the UWM campus, and WHEREAS, his scholarly activity has merited an ongoing appointment at Madison's Mathematics Research Center, BE IT RESOLVED, that his colleagues thank him for his contributions and wish him a fulfilling retirement. Lindsay Skinner joined the Department of Mathematical Sciences as an Associate Professor in 1969. He had received his doctorate from Northwestern University in 1963, and subsequently spent a year at the IBM Research Laboratory in San Jose, followed by five years on the faculty at Purdue University. Professor Skinner served as Chair of the department from 1975 to 1978, and as Graduate Program Coordinator from 1978 to 1981. He continued departmental service through numerous committees, concerning himself especially with the calculus program. Professor Skinner's research entails challenging problems that arise quite widely in the physical sciences from fluid dynamics to quantum mechanics, as well as biology. The problems involved are such that in only a handful of simple examples are there solutions that can be expressed by a relatively straightforward formula, in what mathematicians call a "closed form solution." In important cases when there are not such simple solutions, he employed specialized techniques that are notoriously difficult and thus obtained critical information needed for applications. Professor Skinner's work evidences some of the best in applied mathematics, by being both applicable in significant and difficult situations and containing clear demonstrations of the validity of the results. The members of the Department of Mathematical Sciences are proud of the caliber and commitment he showed through such work over a long career in research as well as in teaching and service. We wish him well in a long and active retirement. WHEREAS, Professor David Berkman has served the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication for seventeen years, during which time he also has served as a Department Chair; WHEREAS, Professor Berkman has taught a variety of courses in Critical and Editorial Writing, Politics and Mass Media, and other areas; WHEREAS, Professor Berkman has contributed to the media profession and to the community of Milwaukee as a columnist for and as chair of the board of the Shepherd Express and as a commentator on public radio; WHEREAS, Professor Berkman also has contributed to the profession and the community in defending the First Amendment of the Constitution as a member of the board of the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that his colleagues recognize his service upon his retirement from UWM. Whereas, Associate Professor Joseph Chang has dedicated 34 years of service to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Whereas, he has been a dedicated teacher, inspiring students for over three decades, Whereas, he has served the Department of English as an able administrator and the University through his work in helping develop the Film Studies Program, Whereas, he has been a valued colleague, notable for his wit and his creative approach to problems, Whereas he has been a notable presence in several public service organizations, Be it resolved, that we, his colleagues, wish him a long, happy, and productive retirement. Whereas, Professor James M. Kuist has dedicated 33 years of service to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Whereas, he has served the Department of English as a dedicated teacher and scholar, Whereas, he has served the world of scholarship by making important contributions to the study of Eighteenth Century English literature, Whereas, he has been a fine colleague and a reliable and hard-working administrator, known for his good sense, balanced judgement and fairness, Whereas, he has served the Department of English as chair from 1982 through 1985, Be it resolved, that we, his colleagues, will miss him and wish him a long, productive, and healthy retirement. Professor Frank Shaw retired from the Chemistry Department of UWM in June, 1999 after a distinguished career of more than 25 years at the university, in order to become Chair of Chemistry at Eastern Kentucky University. During that time, Frank contributed deeply and broadly to the department and to the goals of UWM to achieve status as a major research university. He is known internationally in two areas, gold metallobiochemistry related to the mechanism of action of gold-based anti-arthritic drugs and structure-reactivity relationships of the metal binding protein, metallothionein. His studies on the metabolism of Auranofin, the vanguard of the modern drugs containing gold as the active component, have placed him at the top of this field. In particular, he led the effort to understand at a chemical level how these compounds operate in living systems and helped revolutionize the way clinicians viewed the way they react with biomolecules. Similarly, Frank is recognized for his fundamental contributions to understanding the role of metallothionein in cellular reactions that focus on its plentiful sulfhydryl groups and to the knowledge about the comparative chemical behavior of metallothioneins from mammals and crustaceans. His stature led to invitations to address international meetings and to write numerous review articles, including four in 1998-99, one in the prestigious journal, Chemical Reviews. It also attracted the major researchers on gold drugs to Milwaukee for meetings that Frank organized for the international community. And his research and scientific collaborations were fundamental to maintaining the only National Institutes of Health Center at UWM, the Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center. All of these contributions have helped UWM become known around the world as a center for metallobiochemistry. Frank, the consummate scientist, was complemented by Frank the dedicated and effective teacher. He routinely taught the major freshman introductory chemistry sequence, 102-104 and pioneered in bringing chemical demonstrations into the classroom. He created important teaching aids and at the time of his retirement had just been granted a patent on a set of tools to understand the fundamental topic of symmetry in chemistry. As he taught at the front end of our curriculum, so he also regularly presented the senior undergraduate course in inorganic chemistry and a series of graduate courses as well. Each was meticulously conceived and offered to the students. In so doing, Frank helped to establish the UWM tradition in which the scholars also do the teaching across the curriculum. In small departments such as Chemistry, each faculty member fills many essential roles. Frank really cannot be replaced. But we can remember with thanks and admiration his example and build upon it. |
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