Among the 49 new national and foreign members of the American Philosophical Society are faculty members Guido Calabresi, Sterling Professor of Law and federal judge, Vincent J. Scully Jr., Sterling Professor Emeritus and lecturer in the history of art, and Heinrich von Staden, chair and professor of classics and of comparative literature. The society, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, is devoted to the advancement of scientific and scholarly inquiry.
The Reverend Frederick J. Streets, University chaplain, received his Ph.D. in social welfare on May 22 at Yeshiva University's Wurzweiler School of Social Work at the institution's Commencement exercises in New York City. This is the second degree that Mr. Streets has earned from Wurzeiler, having earned a master's degree there in 1981.
At its Commencement ceremonies on May 17, Calvin College presented its Distinguished Alumni Award to Harry S. Stout, the Jonathan Edwards Professor of American Christianity and master of Berkeley College. He was presented the award, the highest honor Calvin College gives its graduates, for his accomplishments as a historian of Puritan religion, his two Pulitzer Prize-nominated books on early American religion, and his contributions as general editor of The Works of Jonathan Edwards.
Also recently honored by his alma mater was Dr. William C. Sessa, associate professor of pharmacology, who was presented the Young Alumnus Award by the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (PCPS). The award is given to a recent graduate who, through outstanding professional accomplishments, has helped further the reputation of PCPS.
The American Psychiatric Association awarded its first Alexander Gralnick Award for Research in Schizophrenia to Dr. Thomas McGlashan, professor of psychiatry, at its 41st convocation in May. The award recognizes his contributions to research into the discovery and treatment of the earliest signs of schizophrenia, emphasizing the psychosocial aspects of the disease process. Dr. McGlashan is also chief executive officer of the Yale Psychiatric Institute.
In its June issue, Working Mother magazine took note of the pioneering work of Dr. James P. Comer, associate dean of the medical school and director of the Yale Child Study Center's School Development Program, and Edward F. Zigler, Sterling Professor of Psychology and director of the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, in itsist of the 25 individuals nationwide who have helped improve the lives of working parents and their children.
Jonathan Brent was recently named to the newly created position of editorial director at the Yale University Press. Mr. Brent, who joined the Press in 1991 and has served as executive editor since 1994, will be responsible for maintaining the acquisitions programs in the Press's traditional areas of strength while redirecting the acquisitions list in response to changing and evolving opportunities in the publishing marketplace. Mr. Brent's most prominent recent acquisitions include "The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust" and the ongoing series "Annals of Communism," for which he has also negotiated a contract for a documentary film.
Law School professor Ruth Wedgwood had the opportunity in April to witness firsthand the workings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. She was invited to argue as amicus curiae before the tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands, addressing the issue of whether the United Nations' tribunal has the power to require the former warring states to turn over government records of military operations. These records are needed to prove command responsibility for ethnic cleansing and war crimes in the Lasva Valley in central Bosnia. Professor Wedgwood supported the tribunal's power to issue such subpoenae. The argument is part of the case brought against General Tihomir Blaskic.
Also traveling to Europe recently was Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, who lectured on Shakespeare in Bologna and Rome as part of the Yale/Bologna Exchange Program. On April 16, Professor Bloom also received an honorary degree, the Laurea ad Honorem in Lingue e Letterture Straniere, from the University of Bologna.
Edward R. Tufte has received yet another honor for his work in "advancing the art and practice of effective visual communication." The Society for Technical Communication has named him as its 1997 annual honorary fellow. The society praised Professor Tufte for his three books on visual communication and for his consulting work. Professor Tufte teaches in the political science and computer science departments and is also a senior critic in graphic design at the School of Art.
School of Medicine Dean Dr. David Kessler was presented the "Tobacco or Health" Award by the Pan American Organization for his efforts during his tenure as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to halt cigarette adverstising aimed at young people and to inform the public of the dangers of tobacco.
Nobel laureate James Tobin, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Economics, received the Connecticut Bar Association's Public Service award on June 16. The association presents the annual award to a Connecticut resident who has made significant contributions to society. Professor Tobin won the Nobel Prize in 1981 for his work in macroeconomics, monetary theory and policy, fiscal policy and public finance. He served on President John F. Kennedy's Council of Economic Advisors and is the author or editor of 13 books and more than 400 articles.
School of Management (SOM) professor William N. Goetzmann was granted tenure by the school this spring. A member of the finance faculty there since 1997, Professor Goetzmann is deputy director of the International Center for Finance at SOM. He is a three-time graduate of Yale, having earned a bachelor's degree in art history and archaeology as well as master's and doctoral degrees at SOM. Outside of his Yale work, he has produced award-winning documentary films for public television and coauthored, with his father, the book "The West of the Imagination."
The following appointments and reappointments were recently announced: Edward Kamens, professor of Japanese literature, was named chair of the department of East Asian languages and literatures; he is also director of graduate studies in the department and the Council on East Asian Studies. Richard Burger, professor of anthropology, has been named to a second term as director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. And Dr. Ralph I. Horwitz, the Harold H. Hines Jr. Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, has been reappointed as chair of the internal medicine department; he is also codirector of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program.
Team Lux's solar-powered vehicle, "Lux Aeterna," took "Rookie of the Year" honors at Sunrayce 97, a 10-day, 1,200-mile competition that began at the Indianapolis Speedway in Indiana and ended at Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Yale student-designed and -built vehicle averaged 35 miles per hour during the race, and finished in ninth place, among a field of 36 competitors. (The winning vehicle from California State University at Los Angeles averaged 43.29 miles per hour.) The Team Lux vehicle experienced only one critical failure during the event: It's left front tire got punctured just two miles before the finish line.
While he recently won two international awards for his scholarly work, School of Management professor Ted Marmor is said to be particularly proud of a very different distinction he recently earned. At the U.S. Squash Racquets Association's National Hard Balls Singles Championship held this spring in Haverford, Pennsylvania, the Yale professor took top honors in the "Men 55+" category, defeating George "Lucky" Young of Omaha, Nebraska, 3-4 games in the final round.
Christine Wilson '83, who rowed and coached two crews at Yale, is returning to campus as head coach of the women's varsity crew. As an undergraduate, Ms. Wilson was twice elected captain of the Eli women's crew and, upon graduation, became the women's novice crew coach. She guided the 1986 and 1987 crews to undefeated seasons and to the Eastern and National Collegiate championships. She was named Yale's freshman heavyweight coach in 1987, becoming the first woman to coach men at a major college. She also has experience competing and coaching at the international level. She led the U.S. Lightweight women's double to a silver medal at the 1990 World Championships and served as coach for the Junior National team at the 1994 World Championships. For the past two years, she has been assistant heavyweight (men's) crew coach at Cornell University.