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HankamerMarks 75thAnniversarySchool celebrates Diamond Jubileeas leader in business education,reflects on decades of qualityteaching, innovative researchand alumni success

Vol . 8, No. 2 • FEBRUARY 1998

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AcademicAgenda

Scholarly expectations:President Sloan describes scholar-ship as part of faculty’s pursuit ofexcellence in classroom

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FebruaryFocus

President’sPerspective

Monthly News for the Baylor University Community

he year was 1923, and change was inthe air. America’s 29th president,Warren G. Harding, died 29 monthsafter his inaugural address. Country

music legend Hank Williams Sr. was born inGeorgiana, Ala., and Yankee Stadium, built at acost of $2.5 million, opened in the Bronx, N.Y.

Meanwhile, citizens of Waco and the Baylorcommunity witnessed the birth of a new aca-demic entity —the Baylor School of Commerceand Business Administration.

The man with the vision to recommend themove to the board of trustees was then-BaylorPresident Samuel Palmer Brooks, who recog-nized the future would demand “better equippedmen and women in the different fields of business.”

Brooks’ prediction was on the money. Today,as preparations mount for the School’s DiamondJubilee anniversary, Baylor’s Hankamer School ofBusiness enjoys a reputation as one of the nation’stop business schools, showing it has come a longway in just three-quarters of a century.

A major playerThe numbers speak for themselves. The

largest professional school on the Baylor campus,

Dr. Terry Maness (far left), dean of theHankamer School of Business, visitswith a few of the School’s students.

Dr. Terry Maness (far left), dean of theHankamer School of Business, visitswith a few of the School’s students.

3 5Tales from South Bend:Baylor stands to learn much fromNotre Dame’s integration of faithand learning, prof argues

El Niño poses problems:Cyclical weather pattern’s heavyrainfall can disrupt plans,prof observes

Cause for pride:Hankamer takes stock of achieve-ments, prepares for bright futureduring historic year

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President’s PerspectiveBaylor as a community of teachers and scholars

InsightsInsights

Chartered in 1845 by the Republic ofTexas, Baylor University is the state’soldest continually operating institutionof higher learning and is the largestBaptist university in the world. Withmore than 12,000 students and morethan 600 full-time faculty, Baylor offersundergraduate, graduate andprofessional degrees through theCollege of Arts and Sciences, theHankamer School of Business, theSchool of Education, the School ofMusic, the School of Nursing, theSchool of Engineering and ComputerScience, the School of Law, theGraduate School and George W. TruettTheological Seminary. Baylor isconsistenly ranked among the top 50college values in the country by suchpublications as U.S. News and WorldReport and Money magazine.

Dr. Robert B. Sloan, Jr.President

Marilyn A. CroneVice President for Human Resources

Harold R. CunninghamActing Director of Operations

Dr. William D. HillisVice President for Student Life

Dr. Charles S. MaddenVice President for University Marketing

Dr. Donald D. SchmeltekopfProvost and Vice President forAcademic Affairs

Dr. Richard C. ScottVice President for UniversityDevelopment

Dr. Herbert H. ReynoldsChancellor

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perish” enterprise, and I don’t

believe the University will ever

subscribe to that mentality.

However, there can never be a

separation between the schol-

arship of teaching and the

requisite scholarship that

prepares for, informs, and

leads to the act of teaching.

“President’s Perspective” features President Sloan’sanswers to questions submitted by members ofBaylor’s faculty and staff. E-mail your questions tobaylornews@baylor.edu, or send them throughcampus mail to BaylorNews, P.O. Box 97024.

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Keeping the Mind SharpLifelong learning focus of new program

Baylor FamilyBaylor Family

ebruary marks the beginning of a venture called BaylorInstitute for Learning in Retirement (BILR), featuringcourses from music to money, that’s directed toward

individuals with special status — retired.The organization’s goal is to provide lifelong learning

experiences for “retirement age” individuals without tests oracademic requirements. BILR is based upon similar institutes found around the country.“Institutes for Learning in Retirement offer retired adults opportunities to take advantage ofintellectually-stimulating courses and also to develop friendships with like-minded adults,” saidAnnette Lindsey, director of continuing education.

The $40 membership fee provides such benefits as a tour of the campus with Dr. Robert Reid,Master Teacher and retired history professor, and options to attend other retirement institutes’weekend and Elderhostel international study programs.

Day study trips are planned to the Wildflower Research Center in Austin, the Bush PresidentialLibrary in Bryan-College Station, and the Dogwood/Azalea Trail in East Texas. Courses include“Music for Music Lovers” with Dr. Daniel Sternberg, dean emeritus of the School of Music, and “DialogueWithin a World of Religious Pluralism” with Dr. John Jonsson, professor of religion.

Other courses include “Thinking About Matters that Matter” with Dr. Robert Baird,Master Teacher and chair of the Department of Philosophy, and “Money Management DuringRetirement” with Ann Shaffer, assistant vice president and senior financial consultant withMerrill Lynch Private Client Group.

Courses are held off campus at First United Methodist Church and Episcopal Church ofthe Holy Spirit. There is a $15 fee for each course. “The organization is member directed andadministered,” Lindsey said. “Members make the decisions about the courses, locations,instructors, and dues. As a result, the interest of retired adults is the primary concern.”

Development of BILR is led by the Baylor Division of Continuing Education and asteering committee of John Moran, Mary Ila Colvin, Richard Dudley, Maurice Dutton, GradyGordon, Sarah Harrison, Anne Joliff, Lillian Manning, John McCue and Randy Preddy.

For more information, call Continuing Education at 710-3550. — By Brenda Tacker

PresidentRobert B. Sloan Jr.

PresidentRobert B. Sloan Jr.

niversities perennially discuss therelationship between teaching andresearch. Recent work on a new Statement

2) presentations that creatively integrateideas;

3) creative performances and productionstypically associated with the fine arts;

4) the application of knowledge in solvingproblems; and

5) research, writings, and presentations thatfocus on the activity of teaching itself.

This understanding of scholarly activity notonly suggests a broader notion of scholarship thanthat traditionally conceived in higher educationbut is very consistent with the history andtraditions of Baylor.

Holistic approachBaylor historically has been recognized as an

institution known for great teaching, soundscholarship and personal attention to students. Weare not a “publish-or-perish” enterprise, and Idon’t believe the University will ever subscribe tothat mentality. However, there can never be a

of Scholarly Expectations at Baylor has focused ourattention again on this and other related,significant questions.

I want briefly to share my views on the subjectas the campus community continues to examinethis issue over the coming weeks.

There clearly has been a trend over the lastseveral years at Baylor toward a relatively greateremphasis on research, grant-seeking, andpublication. I affirm and applaud that trendbecause such scholarly activities enrich the qualityof the classroom experience.

The University will continue to placeincreased emphasis on research and professional(including artistic) presentations. This morefocused emphasis is justified, I believe, because itwill not only, again, improve our students’educational experiences, but also will enrich theacademic quality of Baylor’s reputation as a majorprivate university with worldwide influence.

The big pictureGiven this trend and emphasis, however, we

must never forget that scholarship is a notion andan experience that is broader than either researchor publication, though these latter two activitiesare expressions of the former.

Scholarly activity, broadly defined, and withsome dependence on the late Ernest Boyer, formerpresident of the Carnegie Foundation for theAdvancement of Teaching, includes:

1) traditional notions of research andreflection that result in discovery;

separation between the scholarship of teaching andthe requisite scholarship that prepares for, informs,and leads to the act of teaching.

One last, but very important point: increasedscholarly expectations must be accompanied by theUniversity’s commitment to provide the time andresources needed to meet such expectations. Tothat end I have asked our Provost to lead in newefforts to find creative ways for the University toprovide the environment of support needed for ourfaculty to continue to move forward as acommunity of scholars. BN

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Alumni EnjoySpotlightAlumni Association bestows annualaward upon three Baylor grads

guished Alumni Award during a ceremony heldJan. 16, in the Barfield Drawing Room of the BillDaniel Student Center.

This year’s recipients of the prestigious awardare Thomas R. Phillips, chiefjustice of the Texas SupremeCourt, attorney P. OswinChrisman and Bayloradministrator Dr. William D.Hillis.

The awardrecognizes outstandingachievements of therecipients in theirrespective professions. Baylor President Robert B.Sloan Jr. presented the awards, while Lt. Gov. BobBullock introduced Phillips.

Phillips graduated summacum laude from Baylor in1971 and graduated fromHarvard Law School in 1974.

He has served as chief justice ofthe Texas Supreme Court

since 1988. Chrisman serves as apartner in Vial, Hamilton,Koch and Knox, L.L.P. in

Thomas R.Phillips

Thomas R.Phillips

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Chrisman

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Hankamer School of BusinessReaches Historic Milestone

MarchFocusMarchFocus

Through the YearsHighlights of the Hankamer School of Business

Hankamer School of Business has morethan 3,000 students, 120 facultymembers and 30 staff members in itseight professional centers and sixacademic departments. Roughly one-fourth of all Baylor degrees awardedeach year are BBAs and MBAs. Inaddition, the business school has morethan 19,000 alumni located in all 50states and numerous countries aroundthe world.

It’s easy to see why the School issynonymous with success, saideconomics student Jaime Antal, ajunior from Boston, Mass. “Theprofessors work you hard and provideyou with a very good education,” shesaid.

The School is positioned to makeeven greater strides in the 21st century— particularly with the growing trendtoward “globalization.”

The consensus among executivesand educators is that businesseducation programs mustcontinue to address therapidly changingarena confrontingmany Americancompanies.Instead of simplysecond-guessing thetactics of domestic businessrivals, these companies nowhave to face the unpredictableconsequences of competing in a globaleconomy.

The Hankamer School of Businessalready is confronting the challenges ofa worldwide marketplace. Today, it’snot uncommon to find the School’sprofessors and students helping toshape the way the former Communistcountries of Europe do business.Indeed, through the School of Business’innovative exchange programs withinstitutions around the world, Baylor’sinfluence has spread far beyond theborders of Texas and America.

From Finland, France, Thailand,and the United Kingdom, to Canada,Russia and Australia, a number ofHankamer faculty members haveshared their expertise internationally byteaching courses at universities in thesecountries.

“In each case, they not only havecontributed to the educational missionof their host institution, but have alsobrought back a broadened perspectiveto share with their Hankamerstudents,” said economics professor Dr.Joe McKinney.

Expert counselCloser to home, members of the

Hankamer faculty have helped shapeseveral areas of public policy. Forexample, economists Dr. Tom Kellyand Dr. James Henderson haveadvised state legislative committeeson matters of tax policy, as has Dr.

John Pisciotta on the state’s educa-tional system.

Dr. McKinney has testified on tradepolicy issues before the TradeSubcommittee of the House Ways andMeans Committee of the U.S. Congressand several times before the U.S.International Trade Commission. Healso co-directed a study for Congress onthe potential impact of free trade on theU.S.-Mexico border region.

Earning accoladesHankamer’s solid reputation as a

leader in collegiate business educationhas earned the School regular andwell-deserved appearances in some ofthe most prestigious national rankings.Particularly impressive is the School’srole as a champion of the entrepre-neurship system.

In fact, Hankamer was among thefirst schools in the nation to establishan entrepreneurship center in 1977,

and today Baylor Universityenjoys high marks for its

entrepreneurship offerings.The Entrepreneurial

Studies Program inthe John F. Baugh

Center for Entrepre-neurship was ranked

among the top five in thenation in a survey of top

business school entrepreneurshipprograms by U.S. News & World

Report. Similar accolades come fromSuccess magazine, which recentlyranked Baylor as one of the nation’stop 25 business schools for entrepre-neurs.

That same entrepreneurial spirit isalive and well in Hankamer’sDepartment of Marketing, which in1985 established the Center forProfessional Selling, one of the first ofits kind in the nation. The centerinitiated and hosted a unique salescontest between students representingthe U.S., Canada and Mexico.

The Department of Marketing alsowas ranked as one of the top depart-ments in the country in terms of facultymembers’ research published inrefereed academic journals.

Hankamer’s accounting programalso has a distinguished history. Itsgraduates consistently place among thehighest in the state of Texas in scoresand pass rates on the certified publicaccountant (CPA) exam. In 1992, theaccounting program was named one ofthe top 20 accounting programs in thecountry by Public Accounting Report.

Broad curriculum,helping hand

Accounting, marketing andentrepreneurship are three of 20 majorfields of undergraduate study offered byHankamer in the traditional businessdisciplines. The others range fromeconomics, finance, information

systems, and management to morespecialized areas such as financialservices and planning, human resourcemanagement and internationalbusiness.

In addition, the School offers 11graduate degrees in business adminis-tration, international management,taxation, information systems andeconomics, as well as Executive MBAprograms in Waco and Dallas.

Hankamer’s involvement with theWaco and Central Texas community islegendary — from the way businessstudents “chip in” to help localbusinesses to the detailed monthlysurveys of business activity and pricesgenerated by the Bureau of Businessand Economic Research.

Dr. Kelly, who has directed thebureau (now known as the Center forBusiness and Economic Research) forthe past 14 years, is responsible forproducing the complex surveys thathelp to paint Waco’s economic picture— and chart its future.

For the past 20 years, areabusiness executives also have reliedheavily on the Waco and Central TexasEconomic Forecast Conference,sponsored annually by Hankamer andthe Greater Waco Chamber ofCommerce.

Excellent facilities The impressive Hankamer

building complex of today is a far cryfrom the way business education usedto be taught in the School’s early days.For years, business classes were taughtat any available location on campus,and faculty members had to set uptheir offices where they could.

Things changed dramatically inthe late 1950s, when Earl Hankamer, aHouston alumnus of the School ofBusiness, generously provided the lion’sshare of funds needed to complete thehandsome building currently housingthe School at the corner of Fifth Streetand Speight Avenue.

Other generous gifts from loyalfriends of Hankamer over the yearshave permitted sizable additions to theSchool, which now boasts the verylatest in classroom, laboratory andadministration facilities.

Visionary leadershipThe School of Business has been

fortunate in the choice of deans whohave helped to shape the School’sdestiny. In recent decades, Dr. EmersonHenke took over from Dr. Aldon Langin 1967 and dedicated his time andenergy to the enormous progress madeat the School during his tenure asdean.

Dr. Henke’s enthusiasm knew nobounds. Once, when a businessmanlamented the fact that he had beenunable to hire an accountant for hisorganization, Dr. Henke suggested that

if he would endow a professorship inaccounting, it might help the Schoolproduce more and better accountants.

“I wasn’t sure that he heardwhat I said,” Dr. Henke recalled,admitting that he left the man’s office“a little discouraged.” But a year later,the man provided the endowment foran accounting professorship. “Igained special satisfaction from thepersonal encounters I had withfriends and benefactors of theschool,” Dr. Henke said.

Large gainsDr. Richard Scott made a

significant contribution to the statureof the Hankamer School of Businessduring his 19-year tenure as dean,which stretched from 1977-96.

Among other achievements, Dr.Scott was responsible for a strikingincrease in the School’s endowment,from $3.5 million to $56 million. Healso spearheaded the drive to improveand enlarge the Hankamer facilities toaccommodate rapid enrollmentgrowth. Such was his zeal thatHankamer’s facilities grew from 40,000square feet to 153,000 square feet.

Dr. Scott focused much attentionon the quality of teaching andprograms, greatly enhancingHankamer’s standing as a leadingschool in Christian business education.

Consequently, the institution maintainsa distinctive niche among America’scollegiate schools of business.

“We were fortunate during myterm as dean to assemble a first-ratefaculty and give them the freedom todevelop their areas of research andteaching,” Dr. Scott said.

New guard,new century

Following Dr. Scott’s promotion tovice president for university develop-ment, the Baylor Board of Regentsfound his replacement within the ranksof Hankamer’s talented faculty,naming Dr. Terry Maness to the post.

“As we begin celebrating theSchool of Business’ Diamond Jubileethis year and start looking back overthe past 75 years, we want to expressour appreciation to all the deans,faculty, and alumni who have providedthe foundation for making theHankamer School of Business what it istoday,” Dr. Maness said.

No doubt challenging times in thechanging world of business educationawait the School during the nextmillennium. But after a distinguishedhistory spanning more than sevendecades, Baylor’s Hankamer School ofBusiness stands ready to meet thosechallenges the way it always has —head on. BN

1923 Baylor School of Commerce and BusinessAdministration established by Board of Trustees.

1925 First class of six persons graduates.1947 Dr. Monroe Carroll appointed dean.1948 Dr. Aldon Lang appointed dean.1949 Bureau of Business Research established under Dr. Burke Parsons.1959 Gifts from many Baylor friends — principally Earl Hankamer of

Houston — enable completion of presentbuilding at corner of Fifth Street and SpeightAvenue.

1962 Casey Computer Center established throughfunding by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Casey.

1967 Dr. Emerson Henke appointed dean.1977 Dr. Richard Scott appointed dean.1984 Center for Entrepreneurship established as

separate entity, later endowed by Mr. and Mrs. John F. Baugh ofHouston and renamed John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship.

1985 Center for Professional Selling and Sales Management established.1987 Family Business Institute founded.1988 Academic Center completed, offering modern classrooms,

technology labs, and KPMG Peat Marwick TaxLibrary. Arthur Andersen & Co. Student Centerfinished, linking Academic Center to main building.

1989 Center for Manufacturing Excellence established.Family Business Institute sponsors firstOutstanding Family Business AwardCompetition.

1990 Center for Economic Analysis established.1991 Fourth and fifth floors of Academic Center

completed with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cashion ofWaco, providing classrooms, banquet facilities, and study area forgraduate students.

1992 McBride Center for International BusinessEntrepreneurship established through funding byMayo McBride.

1993 First Baylor-Russian Business Conference in St.Petersburg and Moscow sponsored.

1994 Center for Professional Selling and SalesManagement hosts first NAFTA Sales Contest.

1997 Dr. Terry Maness appointed dean.

By Alan Hunt and Judy Corwin

Dr.Monroe Carroll

Dr.Monroe Carroll

Dr.Aldon Lang

Dr.Aldon Lang

Dr.Emerson Henke

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Dr.Richard Scott

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Traditions Week Keeps Past AliveAnnual week of events teaches students BU history

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Easing theParking JamFour-level garage to providemuch-needed parking space

sense of tradition often is the premier hallmark of a great institution. As thestate’s oldest university, Baylor certainly has made its mark in the annals of

Texas history. But keeping that storied past aliverequires vigilance.

With that in mind, Baylor students created Traditions Week,scheduled for Feb. 23-28, to ensure this handing down of Baylor’slegacy.

During the week, Student Congress will lead the studentbody in remembrance of Baylor’s greatest traditions. A display of the Baylor Mace has been apopular activity in past celebrations, and a historical review of traditions such as Homecoming,Welcome Week, the Sic ’Em Bears slogan and the Immortal Ten also has inspired students.

Last year, Baylor President Robert B. Sloan Jr. and the Student Congress traveled to theUniversity of Mary Hardin-Baylor campus in Belton to visit the gravesite of Judge R.E.B. Baylor, theUniversity’s namesake and one of its original founders.

Dr. Martha Lou Scott, dean for student campus life, said Traditions Week strengthens the tiesbetween students and their alma mater.

“It’s important for current students to understand what they share with the students that cameto Baylor before them,” Dr. Scott said. “Those students that take advantage of the week gain agreater appreciation for Baylor.”

Dub Oliver, director of student activities, said Traditions Week concentrates what studentslearn over the course of their campus experience.

“Hopefully we are at a point where tradition is being imparted to students throughout theircareer,” Oliver said. “Traditions Week will help them know the significance of traditions they seedaily.”

Traditions Week has begun of a new tradition of its own. In 1995, Student Congress beganconcluding the week’s activities with “Steppin’ In,” a program in which students participate in on-campus service projects much like the well known “Steppin’ Out” program. — By Vincent Carpenter

Chapel-Forumdoubles the fun

Due to enrollment increases inBaylor’s student body, a secondsession of Chapel-Forum has beenadded this semester.

The 10 a.m. session remains thesame, but an additional meeting isnow held at 11 a.m. on Mondaysand Wednesdays.

The change provides studentswith greater freedom in construct-ing their schedules, and morestudents will be able to enroll eachsemester, said Dr. MiltonCunningham, director of denomina-tional ministries and Universitychaplain.

“It provides an option forstudents, giving them the chance tomake sure they can fulfill theirChapel-Forum requirements,” hesaid.

Students hear the same speakersin both the 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.sessions.

All registered students areseated on the main floor of WacoHall, which allows for about 1,350students in each session of Chapel-Forum, Dr. Cunningham said.

Balcony seats are reserved forstudent, faculty and communityvisitors who wish to attend specialprograms. — By Keirsten Layne

ext time you’re traveling down UniversityParks Drive, take a look at the construction on

the Baylor Alumni Association’s Hughes-DillardAlumni Center building. You might be surprised athow much has taken place at the construction site.

With more than $2 million in gifts andpledges for the expanded and fully renovatedalumni center already pledged, fundraising for thebuilding is well ahead of schedule. The associationneeds approximately $500,000 more to completeits fundraising efforts.

“We’ve received everything from $5 gifts to a$1 million gift,” said Dr. Ray Burchette, executivevice president of the Baylor Alumni Association.“Gifts were exceptionally strong at the end of 1997.We feel good about the response and are verygrateful.”

Dr. Burchette said the response in giving hasbeen so great that only a limited number of specialdesignation gifts — contributions that aredesignated to certain parts of the building —remain available to donors.

“I think we have a couple of benches and aroom left,” he said.

Currently, Dr. Burchette and his staff areselecting the furnishings and works of art to beused in decorating the renovated building, andartist Jim Gilmore will install his bronze sculpture,“The Defender,” which depicts a mother bear withher two cubs, in the Great Hall at the end ofAugust.

A small model of the sculpture can be seen atthe temporary Alumni Association offices in CliftonRobinson Tower.

The Alumni Association plans to move to itsrenovated office space in the center between Sept.1-15. A formal dedication of the building isscheduled to take place during the 1998 Home-coming weekend. — By Julie Carlson

Founders DayTribute HeldMen of vision, special honoreerecognized during annual event

id you know that Baylor was almost namedTryon University? Judge R.E.B. Baylor, aD

Baptist minister and the University’s namesake,originally suggested the institution be named inhonor of William Tryon, a minister who hadproposed the idea for the school.

Chances are a significant portion of theBaylor community may not know the full historyof Baylor’s pioneers.

Founders Day, held Feb. 2 this year, isdesigned to change that situation, ensuring thatthe history of Baylor passes on from generation togeneration.

Records from The Texas Collection show thatFounders Day celebrations date back to the 1930s.

new parking garage for Baylor students,

reality in 1999.The University plans to begin construction in

May with completion of the structure tentativelyscheduled for January of next year.

Ken Simons, assistant vice president andbusiness manager, said the groundbreaking for thefacility has been delayed to give the University timeto meet various city requirements.

On the bright side, the delay in constructionmeans that existing parking spaces will bedisplaced for only one semester instead of two.

To accommodate parking needs that aredisrupted by the construction, the University willrun buses and trolleys from the Ferrell Center tothe School of Business.

To make room for the parking garage, theStudent Foundation and opera workshop buildingswill be torn down.

The entrance to the garage will be on FourthStreet, and plans call for the area of SpeightAvenue between Fourth and Fifth Streets to beclosed to traffic.

The four-level garage will accommodateapproximately 1,200 cars.

Simons said the Baylor Department of PublicSafety will move from Clifton Robinson Tower tothe first level of the garage, and approximately20,000 square feet of additional space on the firstlevel will be available for offices or as leased spaceto businesses. — By Julie Carlson

faculty, staff and visitors will become a

The day recognizes the courageous efforts ofpeople like Baylor, Tryon and James Huckins,the first Baptist missionary to Texas who isrecognized as the first fundraiser for theUniversity.

The presentation of the Founders Medal, oneof the most distinguished awards given by Baylor,highlights the celebration.

The University began giving the FoundersMedal in 1969 to recognize individuals who havemade significant contributions to the life of theUniversity.

A copy of the medal is on permanent exhibitin the National Numismatic Collection at theSmithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.

This year the University marked the annualcelebration with a Chapel-Forum ceremony and aluncheon for the Founders Medal winner.

Baylor awarded Regent Emerita DorothyBarfield Kronzer of Houston the 1998 FoundersMedal.

Kronzer has served on the executive board ofthe Baylor Alumni Association for 17 years and wasthe first woman elected as president of theassociation.

She serves as a member of the AlumniAssociation Building Fund Steering Committee andparticipates in the Heritage Club, Herbert H.Reynolds Summer School for Retired Persons andBaylor Fling.

— By Vincent Carpenter

Campus EventsCampus Events

Surfing Baylor

How were Baylor’s schoolcolors chosen? Why did Baylorstudents once bury a football oncampus?

You can find the answers tosuch questions by checking out theBaylor traditions web site at:www.baylor.edu/about/traditions.html.

Brush up on your Baylor lorebefore Traditions Week arrives, andyou’ll be able to impress yourstudents and colleagues!

The Hughes-Dillard Alumni Centeris undergoing extensive renovation.The Hughes-Dillard Alumni Centeris undergoing extensive renovation.

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A Baptist at Notre DamePhilosophy prof reports on lessons learned regarding differing manifestations of faith

AcademicAgendaAcademicAgenda

Christian universities must beintentional in encouragingscholarship that integrates faith

and learning without depre-cating the valuable scholar-ship which has otherinterests.

By Dr. Scott MooreAssistant Professor of Philosophy

M y friend and colleague Dr.David Solomon recentlyoffered his reflections on

“What Baylor and Notre Dame CanLearn from One Another.” As both aBaylor graduate and professor at theUniversity of Notre Dame, Solomon wasin a unique position to reflect on thesetwo institutions. I had the good fortuneto take Solomon’s advice and see formyself, having been invited to spendthe 1996-97 academic year at NotreDame as a visiting research fellow atthe Center for Philosophy of Religionand in the philosophy department.

I learned a lot. Enriched by thefirst-rate philosophy faculty whofunded my fellowship, graciouslyinvited me into their seminars, andengaged me in daily conversation, Ialso learned from and reflected on thedifferences and similarities betweenthese flagship Baptist and Catholicinstitutions. Allow me to touch on oneor two of these issues.

Touchdown JesusOne of the abiding differences

between Catholics and Protestants ishow we value the material manifesta-tions of religious practice and belief.The “materiality” of the Catholicreligious experience looms large for aBaptist visitor. Solomon had pointedout how different Baylor’s campus isfrom Notre Dame’s in terms of Baylor’slack of religious objects and images. Hewas correct. There are almost no suchimages on the Baylor campus.

When Solomon originally spoke atBaylor, however, I took issue with himabout the significance of his observa-tion. How important could a bunch ofstatues be, anyway? The fact that the“Word of Life” mosaic on the front ofNotre Dame’s library is far betterknown as “Touchdown Jesus” impliesthat these images do not play the loftyrole for which they were intended;rather, they are trivialized by moreaccessible features of our commonculture (or, in this case, the “other”religion at Notre Dame). The bronzedpresence of “First Down Moses” and“Fair Catch John the Baptist” onlyamplified my point.

Surely, Solomon countered, I wasnot suggesting that the abuse of anobject was grounds for dismissing theobject itself. Well, what was Isuggesting? Perhaps I wanted to arguethat such objects and images are notnecessary for a Christian university tofulfill its mission; they are merelyornamental. Yet during my year there Idid come to see how the chapels andthe images and the crucifixes in everyclassroom do serve as constantreminders of the reason that thisinstitution exists in the first place.Indeed, I think many particular imagesdo function well as reminders or “aidsto reflection.”

The truth of the matter is that weneed reminders. Sacred space must becreated and maintained. We Protestantsare always afraid that the reminder or“aid to reflection” will become either asubstitute for “authentic” faith or,worse, an object of worship in itself.Either consequence is unacceptablefrom both Catholic and Protestantpoints of view. The important point is

that reflection informs both worshipand critique.

Keeping the faithIn this nexus of critique and

worship, we find the Christianuniversity. Christians believe that lifeshould be lived to the glory of God.There is a component of worship in allthat we think, say, and do. Christianuniversities ought to be places wherethe critical life, understood to be part ofthe worshipful life, is taught andpracticed.

Both Baylor and Notre Dame areplaces where this occurs. The differencelies in the kinds of reminders whichour different traditions offer to us andin the ways our traditions understandthe relation between worship andcritique. Christian universities mustremain places which insist onreminding both its members and thelarger society what it is that this place isall about. To the extent that its membersare Christians, it reminds them what theyare essentially about as well. To fail to doso is to abandon our mission.

Of course, this business ofinstitutional mission is not a simpleaffair. Universities in general strugglewith questions of institutional identityand mission, and these problems aremagnified in church-related settings.Still, church-related colleges anduniversities, which dominated theeducational landscape for most of thisnation’s history, now find themselvesdesperately looking for role models.And in terms of what a major researchuniversity with a strong confessionalidentity would look like, well, it really isuncharted territory.

To be or not to beIs this uncharted territory because

no one has ever been there or because itdoes not exist? Is there somethingnecessarily incoherent about the idea ofan intentionally Christian researchuniversity, or have we just never hadone? Clearly there is nothing

necessarily incoherent about such anotion, even if our national (secular)academic culture makes the prospects forsuch an institution seem implausible.

But is it the case that we’ve neverhad one? Notre Dame is, or is on theway to being, a major researchuniversity of the first rank. Is it also aChristian university? That depends onwhom you ask. The Christian faculty

and administration will for the mostpart say, “Yes,” but the nonchristian(and the religiously bashful Christian)faculty will say, “Historically, sure, butthe history of the place is really irrelevantfor what I’m doing. And as long as thepriests don’t get in the way, we’re nodifferent from anywhere else.” Apart fromthe reference to the priests, these answersare virtually the same at Baylor.

What motivates this response? I’mreminded of the first question those ofus who defend the idea of integratingfaith and learning (both at Notre Dameand Baylor) always get from ourskeptical friends and colleagues. With thesort of incredulous originality whichsometimes makes it hard to keep astraight face, my nonchristian andreligiously bashful Christian scholars andfriends ask, “You don’t really think thereis such a thing as Christian accounting orChristian mathematics, do you?”

Well, of course not.That question is basedon the assumption thatevery discipline musthave a specificallyChristian content for theuniversity to bemeaningfully Christian.But surely that’s not thecase, and no one, to myknowledge, suggestsotherwise. Clearly therewill be more possibleintegration in somedisciplines than inothers, and little or nonein other areas.

However, it doesseem to be the case that,say, members of amathematics faculty at aChristian university willbe some of the bestpeople to ponder thereligious impulse whichaccompanies thequantification of realitywhich is so common inWestern culture.

A balancing actOne of the most helpful statements

I’ve ever heard on the subject ofintegrating faith and learning comesfrom Nicholas Wolterstorff of YaleUniversity who once said, “The goal ofChristian scholarship is not to be different.When we discover areas of agreement andreach conclusions similar to those of ournonchristian colleagues, well, that’slovely. The goal is not to be different; thegoal is to be faithful.”

And that, of course, is the trick.How does an institution promote andpursue faithfulness without imposingthe kinds of parameters (or disincen-tives) which would unnecessarily limitacademic freedom? Some say it can’t bedone. Perhaps they’re right, but that’snot obvious. Academic freedom in thiscountry in the 20th century has simplypursued faithfulness to a differenttradition and in reference to a differentcollection of authorities. At the time,most thought that this tradition was“neutral” and “objective” and did notguide or limit inquiry in ways whichreligious traditions would. Everyonenow knows that those assumptionsturned out to be false.

Many at Baylor and Notre Dame(and elsewhere) do not see intellectualcommitment informed by tradition as achallenge to academic freedom.Christian universities must beintentional in encouraging scholarshipthat integrates faith and learningwithout deprecating the valuablescholarship which has other interests.Christian universities must be placeswhere the hard questions — and thedisconcerting answers — are discussed.

Heads held highIn a day and age when “political

correctness” shuts down religiouslyinteresting conversations on university

campuses, Christianuniversities ought to be places wherean inquisitive charity promotes inquiryand conversation which can’t be heardon other campuses. In order toaccomplish this goal it will takeinstitutional fortitude and resolve to keepour eye on the academic ball and not tobe side-tracked by an embarrassedconfessionalism or a petty pietism.

If we are embarrassed by ourtradition and identity as a Christianinstitution of higher learning (the kindof embarrassment which winces at thepresence of priests in the dorms andDome at Notre Dame), we will cease tobe Christian. If we encourage theperpetuation of pietistic taboos (thekind of piety that couldn’t “bare” ananatomical drawing class at Baylor),we will squelch conversation andinquiry and cease to be an institutionof higher learning.

We faculty members at bothBaylor and Notre Dame struggle withthese questions and issues. We are partof a national academic culture whichall too often assumes that all theinteresting questions about the ends (orgoals) of higher education have beenanswered and the only task before us isone of determining the most appropri-ate means of achieving those ends. Wemust call both of those assumptionsinto question. If we are going to teachour students that the critical life is partand parcel of the worshipful life, thenwe must become the kinds of reminderswhich embody that very spirit. I see thisat Baylor, and I saw it at Notre Dame,but it is a valuable commodity whichneeds to be enhanced at both places.And this is one of the best things Ilearned at Notre Dame. BN

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Peeking Behind the CurtainsRound Table plans “Macbeth” preview

rama will be the main dish during the BaylorRound Table’s upcoming lunch program featuring

faculty and staff members from the Department ofTheater Arts, scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 11 inthe Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center.

The focus will be on William Shakespeare’s play“Macbeth,” which the department is producing Feb. 20-28 as part of the Guest Artists Series.

While the bard’s famous play is full of darkness, evil deeds, and plenty of bloodshed, theRound Table’s meeting promises to be a light-hearted look behind the scenes of the play’sproduction. “We want to provide a chance for people to get an inside look at all thepreparation that goes into the play” said Lois Ferguson, one of the event’s organizers.

The Round Table, an organization designed to introduce the wives of new executives andfaculty members as well as female executives and faculty members to Waco and the Baylorfamily, hopes to generate interest in the play and theater arts in general.

“Our speakers will talk about how they get ready for a production, discussing everythingfrom casting and staging the play to making the costumes,” Ferguson said.

A possible highlight of the “Macbeth” preview could be a monologue from the play byone of the guest artists, who have performed with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival andAmerican Conservatory Theater. Patricia Cook, professor of theater arts, is directing the play.

For information about Baylor Round Table, call Betty Beckner at 741-1293. For informationregarding “Macbeth,” call the Theater Arts box office at 710-1865. — By Todd Copeland

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Ed. note: This article is adapted, and used withpermission, from an article originally published inthe Nov. 1997 issue of The New Oxford Review.

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Presentations& Participants

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Dr. Dawn Adams, assistant professor ofbiology, had an article titled “Famous Felids”published in Vol. 276, pp. 909-910, of Science. Shealso had an article titled TrinacromerumBonneri, N.Sp., Last and Fastest Plisaur of theSundance Sea” accepted for publication in TexasJournal of Science.

▼Dr. Dwight Allman, assistant professor inpolitical science, had an article titled “AncientFriends, Modern Enemies: Plato and Nietzsche onthe Life Most Worth Living” published in theWinter 1998 issue of The South Atlantic Quarterly.

▼Dr. Kristina DeNeve, assistant professor ofpsychology, had a co-authored article titled“Finding the Missing Science: The Fate of StudiesSubmitted for Review by a Human SubjectsCommittee” published in the December 1997 issueof Psychological Methods.

▼Dr. Michael Frisch, associate professor ofpsychology, had a co-authored chapter included ina book titled Assessing Oral Health Outcomes:Measuring Health Status and Quality of Lifethat was recently published by the University ofNorth Carolina Press.

▼Dr. Stephen Gardner, professor and TheHerman Brown Professor of Economics, had thesecond edition of a book titled ComparativeEconomics Systems published by Dryden Press.Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, assistantprofessor of economics, contributed a new chapteron African economics to the book.

▼Dr. David Garland, professor of Christianscriptures, had a book titled Colossians /Philemon published in the NIV ApplicationCommentary Series by Zondervan in GrandRapids, Mich.

▼Dr. Fred Gehlbach, professor emeritus ofbiology and environmental studies, co-authoredwith John Marzluff of the University ofWashington a chapter on the research, manage-ment and conservation of urban birds that wasincluded in a book titled Avian Conservation thatwas published in December by Island Press.

▼Dr. Kevin Gutzwiller, associate professor ofbiology and environmental studies, and HeidiMarcum, lecturer in environmental studies, co-authored an article titled “Bird Reactions toObserver Clothing Color: Implications forDistance-sampling Techniques” that waspublished in Vol. 61, pp. 935-947, of Journal ofWildlife Management. Gutzwiller also had a 54-page USACERL technical report co-authored withT.J. Hayden titled “A Literature Review ofActual and Potential Effects of Military Maneuverson Avian Behavior, Reproduction, and CommunityStructure” published by the U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers’ Construction Engineering ResearchLaboratories in Champaign, Ill.

▼Kathy Hillman, associate professor andacquisitions librarian, co-authored with JohnHillman an article titled “Profiles: Austin BenTincup (Cherokee): American Indian Athletic Hallof Famer” that was published in Vol. 28, No. 6 ofWhispering Wind: American Indians Past andPresent.

▼Dr. Wade Rowatt, lecturer in psychology andneuroscience, had an article titled “Deception inClose Relationships” accepted for publication inan upcoming issue of Personality and SocialPsychology Bulletin.

Dr. Wendy Sera, assistant professor ofbiology, co-authored with Jess P. Kelly areview of Population Ecology: A Unified Study ofAnimals and Plants by M. Begon, M. Mortimerand D.J. Thompson that was published in Vol. 82,No. 2, pp. 698-701, in Journal of Mammalogy.

▼Dr. Lynn Tatum, lecturer in religion, co-authored with three Baylor archaeology under-graduates an article titled “Birthrights &Blessings” that was published in the latest issue ofBiblical Illustrator.

Dr. Kenneth Wilkins, professor of biology,co-authored with lead author Heather WeltyRoberts, a former Baylor master’s student, andJ. Flores and A. Thompson-Gorozpe,professors of biology at the Universidad Autonomade Guadalajara in Mexico, a paper titled“Burrowing ecology of pocket gophers (Rodentia:Geomyidae) in Jalisco, Mexico” that was publishedin the September 1997 issue (Vol 42, No. 3) of TheSouthwestern Naturalist. This research wasconducted in association with the Chapala EcologyStation.

Dr. Dawn Adams, assistant professor ofbiology, delivered an invited, plenary sessionspeech on evolutionary theory to the winterworkshop of the John Templeton Foundation heldJan. 3-8 in Tallahassee, Fla.

▼Dr. William V. Davis, professor of Englishand Writer-in-Residence, served as guest professorat the University of Vienna, Austria, during a recentsabbatical, giving two series of lectures on 20th-century American and British poetry and theliterature of the American renaissance. He alsogave a reading of his poetry and lectured on 20th-century American poetry at the University ofSalzburg, Austria.

▼Dr. David Garland, professor of Christianscriptures, presented a paper titled “Amistad and

Paul’s View of Slavery” at the Truett SeminaryFaculty Convocation held in January.

▼Michael Haithcock, professor of conductingand director of bands, conducted Baylor’s 52-member Symphonic Band in its second concert ofthe fall semester held Dec. 9 in Jones Concert Hallin the Glennis McCrary Music Building. JeffreyGrogan, assistant professor and associatedirector of bands, assisted Haithcock. The programincluded Richard Wagner’s “Huldigungsmarsch,”Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’sDesiring” and Alfred Reed’s “Russian ChristmasMusic.”

▼Dr. Ben Pierce, associate professor ofbiology, presented a seminar on “EcologicalStudies of Amphibians” July 21-23, 1997, atBaylor’s Chapala Ecology Station inGuadalajara, Mexico. He also read a paper titled“Analysis of Auditory Sampling for Frogs:Listening Time Required for Detection” at thethird World Congress of Herpetology held Aug.2-6, 1997, in Prague, Czech Republic.

r. David Rivers, professor of communication sciences anddisorders, is receiving positive feedback concerning aninvention of his, the Acoustic Biofeedback Monitor, and a

book that serves as a guide in utilizing the new technology.River’s monograph, titled Acoustic Biofeedback Monitor: Speech, Voice and Dysphagia

Therapy Applications, provides a thorough review of biofeedback therapy research and, mostimportantly, a user’s guide for the device that has been a pet project of his for several years.

“I stumbled onto the idea for the monitor as a graduate student while treating a patient,”Rivers said. “I made a biofeedback device at the time that proved effective, and since then I’veworked on it off and on until it became ready for use by others.”

The Acoustic Biofeedback Monitor helps patients — under the instruction of trained speechpathologists — gain control of underlying physiological dysfunctions of communication andswallowing due to such disorders as hypernasality from cleft palate, congenital or acquireddeafness, and speech respiration control problems due to Parkinson’s disease.

Rivers invented the monitor to provide professionals in his discipline with an affordable andeffective means of testing and rehabilitating persons with such speech, voice and swallowingdisorders.

“This monitor is an improvement in that it’s much simpler and cheaper than the instrumen-tation that has formerly been available,” Rivers said, noting that its total cost is around $400.

The monitor amplifies and displays the acoustic energy of a patient’s speech through use of amicrophone and headphones. Patients can watch their speech patterns on a calibrated meter,providing them with the feedback necessary to make corrections.

Luminaud Inc., based in Mentor, Ohio, unveiled the monitor at the November 1997 conven-tion of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association held in Boston.

Rivers said that although the book and monitor haven’t been out long enough to gainwidespread use among practitioners, his use of the technology has proven its

effectiveness. “One of the principal uses of this device has become treating children with

soft-palate conditions who have hypernasality problems,” Rivers said. Rivers’ invention and monograph provide professionals with

the knowledge and technology necessary to help persons withsuch disorders regain the crucial ability to communicateclearly with the world around them.

“This kind of therapy is a lot of hard work day by day,one on one,” Rivers said. “Gains are sometimes slow incoming, but when you get to the end of a treatment andlook back it can be very inspiring.” — By Todd Copeland

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Send “Family Circle” items by e-mailto baylornews@baylor.edu or bycampus mail to P.O. Box 97024.

With sympathy toLinda Claridy, Texas Collection,

on the death of her mother, GerryCopeland.

Linda Cobbs, Libraries, on thedeath of her mother-in-law, TinaCobbs.

Judy Dees, Cashier’s Office, onthe death of her father.

Vicky Kendig, ContinuingEducation, on the death of herfather, R.L. Robertson.

Linda Kerr, Engineering, on thedeath of her father, Carl Harding.

Jim Moshinski, Business, on thedeath of his mother.

Betty Mullins, AerospaceStudies, on the death of her mother.

C.S. Randall, QuadrangleApartments, on the death of his son,Gregory Kent Randall.

Rebecca Sharpless, OralHistory, on the death of her sister.

Best wishes toLianne Fridriksson, Journalism,

following recent surgery.

Congratulations toLisa Akins, Information Technol-

ogy Center, on her engagement toRobert Salganik.

Stacy Atchley, Geology, and hiswife, Janelle, on the birth of theirdaughter, Audra Anne, born Jan. 17.

Don and Vicki Gaitros, Informa-tion Technology Center, on the birthof their granddaughter, BreanaDenae Rogers, born Dec. 12.

Donna Herbert, InformationTechnology Center, on her gradua-tion from Baylor in December with aB.S. degree in Information Systems.

Bob Jones, Business, and PattyOrtiz on their Jan. 3 wedding in theArmstrong Browning Library.

Gloria Logue, Libraries, on herretirement following 22 years atBaylor.

Mark and Janice Roessler,Information Technology Center, onthe birth of their son, Justin Blake,born Dec. 5.

Sandy Tighe, Business, on thebirth of her grandson, Dylan Chase,born Dec. 17.

Shawn and Carol Welch,Business, on the birth of theirdaughter, Hannah, born Dec. 19.

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Upcoming EventsUpcoming Events

Honors &Appointments

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February

2 Monday: Staff blood pressurescreening, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.,lobby, Bill Daniel Student Center

3 Tuesday: Dr Pepper Hour, BillDaniel Student Center

3 Tuesday: Faculty blood pressurescreening, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.,Harrington House

3 Tuesday: Faculty retreat,sponsored by the Religious AffairsCommittee, featuring Dr. Bill J.Leonard, dean of the Divinity School atWake Forest University, 12:30 p.m.,Cashion 510.

4 Wednesday: AAUP meeting,3:30 p.m., Bill Daniel Student Center

5 Thursday: Distinguished ArtistSeries featuring MalcomBilson on fortepianoand Anner Bylsmaon cello, 8 p.m.,Roxy Grove Hall

7 Saturday: Start ofBlack Heritage Week,through Feb. 14

9 Monday: Jazz Ensemble I, 8 p.m.,Jones Concert Hall, McCrary MusicBuilding

10 Tuesday: Dr Pepper Hour, BillDaniel Student Center

17 Tuesday: Wind Ensemble, 8 p.m.,Jones Concert Hall, McCrary MusicBuilding

20 Friday: All University Sing, WacoHall, through Feb. 21

21 Saturday: Valentine’s Ball with theBaylor Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m.,Waco Convention Center

24 Tuesday: Breakfast at Baylorseries, “Mediating Conflict in aFragmented World,” Dr. Kevin Barge,7 a.m., Harrington House. Ticket price

$10-15. Call 752-6551to make reservationsor for moreinformation.

24 Tuesday: Dr Pepper Hour, BillDaniel Student Center

26 Monday: Jazz Ensemble II and JazzCombos, 8 p.m., Jones Concert Hall,McCrary Music Building

27 Friday: All University Sing, WacoHall, through Feb. 28

Submit “Spotlight” items by e-mail tobaylornews@baylor.edu or by campus mail toP.O. Box 97024. Deadline: 10th of each month.

Dr. Wendy Sera, assistant professor ofbiology, and Dr. Kenneth Wilkins,professor of biology, attended the annualmeeting of the American Society of Mammalo-gists held in June at Oklahoma State Universityin Stillwater, Okla. Sera served as a judge forstudent presentations at the meeting.

▼Dr. Allen Seward, assistant professor offinance and insurance, presented “Pension TaxExpenditures and Opportunity Cost” at theannual meeting of the Southern Risk andInsurance Association held in November 1997in Asheville, N.C.

▼Calvin Smith, associate professor and chairof museum studies and director of StreckerMuseum Complex, conducted a tour anddiscussion of the student-produced exhibit andhistory of the discoveries of the “WacoMammoth Site” at the John K. Strecker Museumduring the recent fourth annual CommunityCollege Faculty Conference held Oct. 10.

▼Dr. Betty Talbert, director of spiritualformation in Truett Seminary, is serving on theCooperative Baptist Fellowship Task Force onSpiritual Formation. She also will lead sessionson “Spiritual Formation in the Family” as apart of the “Hope For Home” Texas BaptistChristian Life Commission Conference to beheld Feb. 27-28 in San Antonio.

▼Dr. Lynn Tatum, lecturer in religion,represented the Texas Conference of theAmerican Association of University Professors(AAUP) at the National AAUP Conference onAcademic Freedom at Religiously AffiliatedInstitutions held Oct. 24-26 in Chicago, Ill. Healso read a paper titled “Historian or Theolo-gian?—An Archaeologist’s Observations on theChronicler’s History” at the national annualmeeting of the American Schools of OrientalResearch held Nov. 21 in Napa, Calif.

▼Dr. Daniel Wivagg, professor of biology,presented two workshops on “Developing

Patricia Bibb, office manager for SocialScience and Humanities Reference in JonesLibrary, was named the Baylor Libraries’ “StaffMember of the Year” by Dr. Avery Sharp,dean of libraries, from the 12 “Staff Members ofthe Month” selected by the Libraries Paraprofes-sional Staff Council each month.

▼Rebecca DeRosa, Catalog Department inMoody and Jones Libraries, was chosen as theLibraries' “Staff Member of the Month” forJanuary.

▼Dr. Richard Duhrkopf, assistant professor ofbiology, was recognized by the William C. Brown/McGraw-Hill Publishing Company as one of 17participants nationwide in a symposium onGeneral Biology held May 28-31, 1997 in Vail,Colo., and has been named a member of itsBiology Advisory Council.

▼Dr. Michael Frisch, associate professor ofpsychology, has been asked to serve as a researchassociate on a $3.7 million NIH grant study on“Quality of Life, Health, and Aging” at the

University of Texas Health Science Center at SanAntonio. He also was recently named guest editorof The Handbook of Psychiatric Measures to bepublished by the American Psychiatric Association.

▼Dr. Fred Gehlbach, professoremeritus of biology and environ-mental studies, was recognizedat the silver anniversarymeeting of the Texas Organizationfor Endangered Species held Aug. 5,1997, in Temple as a charter member,third president of the organization (1974-75), andrecipient of the Potter Award (1991) for efforts onbehalf of conservation in Texas.

▼Dr. Gordon Grant, assistant professor ofEnglish, was named “Professor of theMonth” for December by Baylor’s PanhellenicCouncil.

▼Dr. Kevin Gutzwiller, associate professor ofbiology and environmental studies, became aninvited member of the standing publicationscommittee for the Cooper Ornithological Society,1997-1999.

▼Dr. Duane Ireland, professor of manage-ment, associate dean for research and scholarlyactivity, and The Curtis Hankamer Professor ofEntrepreneurship, was selected to serve as areviewer for a special issue of the Academy ofManagement Journal on the topic of interna-

Assessment Tools Using Curricular Benchmarks:Aligning Teaching and Assessment in Anatomyand Physiology” at the annual convention ofthe Human Anatomy and Physiology Societyheld May 31-June 4, 1997, in Toronto, Canada.He also attended the annual convention ofAmerican Institute of Biological Sciences heldAug. 3-7, 1997, in Montreal, Canada.

tional entrepreneurship. He also was nominatedfor election to the board of governors of theAcademy of Management.

▼Dr. Jonathan Lindsey, director of donorinformation and lecturer in religion, recentlyreceived triennial reaffirmation as a Certified FundRaising Executive by the National Society of FundRaising Executives (NSFRE). Lindsey is among3,800 individuals nationally who have achievedthis recognition out of the 17,000 members ofNSFRE. Lindsey first received CFRE status in 1994.

▼Dr. Michael Morgan, assistant dean of

Truett Seminary, was elected as treasurerof the Council of Southwestern

Theological Schools.▼

Dr. Allen Seward, assistantprofessor of finance and insurance, and

co-author Jan Ambrose of LaSalle Universitywere recognized in the September 1997 issue of

Journal of Risk and Insurance for their articletitled “Introducing Best’s Ratings into the MDAInsolvency Prediction of Property-Liability Firms,”first published in the journal in 1988, which waslisted as one of the 10 most frequently citedinsurance academic articles during the past 15years.

▼Brenda Tacker, director of publications andUniversity editor, was appointed president of theCentral Texas chapter of the Public RelationsSociety of America (PRSA).

▼Dr. Kenneth Wilkins, professor of biology,was elected at the annual meeting of theAmerican Society of Mammalogists held in June1997 to serve as reviews editor for Journal ofMammalogy.

Manuscript Draws ScholarsTechnology opens Baylor’s treasure vault to world

Few people at Baylor know what’s tucked away in the CentralLibraries’ various rare books collections, but moderntechnology has revealed these holdings to people around

the world.Since 1935, Baylor’s Crouch Music and Fine Arts

Library has held the Mrs. J.W. Jennings Collection ofMedieval Music Manuscripts and Early Printed Music.Within the collection rests a special litany of music that has recently caused some stiramong early music scholars.

The music was used for an 11th-century Catholic church service and appears to havebeen taken from a songbook, said Sha Towers, public services supervisor for the CrouchLibrary. The uniqueness of the manuscript is derived from its style of writing, whichhistorians call Beneventan script. Writers used this type of script from the seventh to the11th century. After the 11th century, Gregorian script evolved as the predominant style.

Researchers at the University of Cassino in Italy and the Institute for Medieval Studiesin Toronto, Canada, discovered the script last year through the Baylor Libraries’ web site.They requested pictures and scanned images of the music to learn more about the history of

the piece. The two institutions have included the rare script in the nextedition of Bibliografia dei manoscritti beneventana whichtranslates to Bibliography of Manuscripts in Beneventan Hand.Towers said music writers penned early century manuscripts on

animal skins, or vellum, which has helped in the preservation ofthe pages. “It is amazing that these documents have survived.”

Towers said.In 1935, Baylor obtained the Beneventan script and the

rest of the Jennings Collection through a gift from Mrs. J.W.Jennings of Brownwood and the Baylor School of Music.Parts of the collection had been on display at the 1933World’s Fair. Now, through the global connections made

possible by the Internet, the whole world can share Baylor’streasure. — By Vincent Carpenter

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El Niño Leaving its Mark on Central TexasBaylor prof predicts warm, wet winter will continue as weather phenomenon plays out

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Grant Awards (December)Dr. Corey Carbonara, Institute for Technology Innovation

Management; $2,540; Executive Education Program; R.H. DrewryBroadcasting Group

Dr. Joseph McKinney, Economics; $2,000; The ChangingEnvironment for Foreign Business Firms in Japan; University ResearchCommittee

Dr. Julia Kisacky, Modern Foreign Languages; $2,000; AriostoLibrary Research in Ferrara, Italy; University Research Committee

Heidi Marcum, Environmental Studies; $5,000; Habitat Use byMigrant & Avian Species in Central Texas State Parks: The Effects ofVegetation Structure and Human Disturbance; University ResearchCommittee

Dr. Jill Havens, English; $2,000; A Middle English DevotionalAnthology: Oxford, University College MS97; University Research Committee

Dr. Wendy Sera, Biology; $5,000; The Influence of LandscapeVariability on the Diversity and Abundance of Mammals at Big BendNational Park; University Research Committee

Drs. Pauline Johnson, Melanie McEwen & JacquelinNeatherlin, Nursing; $518; School-based Management of ChronicChildhood Asthma — A Follow-up Study; University Research CommitteeTOTAL AWARDED: $19,058

Grant Proposals (December)Dr. Doug Ferdon, Journalism; Mayborn Scholar in Journalism;

$6,000; Frank W. Mayborn Foundation

Dr. Stephen Gipson, Chemistry; The Application of RedoxCatalysis and Redox Equilibration to the Study of Formation Constantsof 19-Electron Organometallic Complexes; $191,377; National ScienceFoundation

Dr. Phyllis Karns, Nursing; Family Nurse Practitioner Program;$50,000; Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust

Drs. Phyllis Karns, Pauline Johnson & MelanieMcEwen, Nursing; Baylor MSN Family Nurse Practitioner Track;$305,296; Department of Health and Human Services

Dr. Carlos Manzanares, Chemistry; Graduate Assistance inAreas of National Need-Chemistry; $425,610; Department of Education

Heidi Marcum, Environmental Studies; The Effects of HumanRecreation on Songbird Diversity in Central Texas State Parks; $92,895;National Science FoundationTOTAL REQUESTED: $1,071,178

Written Grant Inquiries (December)Dr. Betty Conaway, School of Education; Virtual Village

Project; The Hitachi FoundationDr. Phyllis Karns, School of Nursing; Family Nurse Practitioner

Program; The Teagle Foundation, The W. K. Kellogg Foundation,Bosque Foundation, Abell-Hanger Foundation and The Pew CharitableTrusts

Dr. Marvin Lamb, School of Music; Endowed Music Scholar-ship; Huthsteiner Fine Arts Trust & Arch and Stella Rowan Foundation

Dr. Karla Leeper, Communication Studies; Urban DebateLeague, Soros Foundation

Dr. Amanda Sturgill, Journalism; Journalism Technology; TheHitachi Foundation

hile not amounting to a deluge of biblicalproportions, the amount of rain Central Texas hasexperienced during the last two months has been

unusually high.Chalk it up to that Spanish-named

phenomenon, El Niño, said Dr. Don Greene,professor of geology and weekendmeteorologist for KXXV-TVChannel 25.

“The primary result of El Niñoin terms of Central Texas is thatwe’re having a much wetter thannormal winter season,” he said.“In fact, we’re in excess of a 200 percent increase in normalrainfall amounts.”

El Niño is a warming of the Pacific Ocean off thecoast of South America, Dr. Greene explained, whichaffects global air circulation patterns by strengtheninga band of upper-level winds that originate in thetropical regions.

“El Niño flattens out the amplitude, or the north to southrange, of the jet stream across North America,” he said. “Thejet stream becomes zonal, simply flowing west to east, so thatcold, dry air stays in the northern tier of states and warm, wetair stays in the southern tier of states.”

The end result for Central Texas is an increase in rainfalland average temperatures, although Dr. Greene cautioned thatthe weather patterns of an El Niño year don’t preclude theoccasional sub-freezing cold front from visiting our LoneStar State.

Dr. Greene also warned against connecting the weatherphenomenon to broader environmental issues.

“Global warming has nothing to do with El Niño,” he said.“Early explorers of this region described weather that we nowrecognize as El Niño. This warmer weather is to be expected.”

In fact, the regular occurrence of warm waters off the coast ofPeru around Christmas had been noticed as early as the 1600s,leading to the phenomenon’s being named El Niño in honor ofthe Christ child. But while Christmas is considered a welcomebreak from the hectic pace of our lives, Dr. Greene said El Niño

weather can prove highly disagreeable to many groups ofpeople and businesses.

“The construction industry doesn’t like it because allthe rain slows down their work,” he said. “In terms ofagriculture, it’s considered a negative because it keepsthe ground too wet for cultivation. And gardeners canexpect to have their plants blossoming prematurely dueto the warm, wet weather. If we have a freeze, which isprobable, then the plants will die.”

El Niños occur about once every seven years, Dr.Greene said, and their intensities vary. According tothe National Weather Service, the 1982-83 El Niñowas “the greatest ocean-atmosphere disturbance everrecorded.”

Heavy rains and flooding in the Gulf Coast states thatyear resulted in $1.2 billion in losses to property andagriculture and at least 50 deaths.

While Dr. Greene isn’t predicting any majorcatastrophes, he does note that we’ll have to wait a littlelonger than the biblical 40 days and nights for the rainto subside.

“We’ll certainly have a wet spring, and experts arepredicting the weather will be impacted through thesummer,” he said. — By Todd Copeland

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Dallas. He serves as chair of the board of theBaylor University Health Care System, BaylorUniversity Medical Center and as a board memberof Dallas Medical Resources, Inc. From 1969 to

1982, Chrisman served as ajudge in the probate, familyand civil courts of DallasCounty. He currentlyspecializes in health care,civil litigation, probate and

family law and haspracticed law for morethan 38 years. He earneda bachelor of arts degree

from Baylor in 1957 and a juris doctorate fromBaylor in 1959.

Hillis has served as a vice president at Baylorsince 1985 and was named vice president forstudent life in 1989. In 1994, he was named theCornelia Marschall Smith DistinguishedProfessor of Biology. Hillis served John HopkinsHospital in various leadership positions for morethan 25 years and served as an officer with theUnited States Air Force. BN

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Dr. William D.Hillis

Dr. William D.Hillis