January 26, 1995: Vol26n14: HONORS

PUBLIC SAFETY
HONORS FOR OFFICERS:
UB Public Safety Officers have received recognition including Officer
of the Year awards for acts of heroism or prevention of injury or
violence to members of the UB community and Meritorious Service Awards
for implementation of new crime prevention programs.
	Honored as Officer of the Year for 1992 was Officer James
Caputi, for his actions on March 20, 1992 in Red Jacket Quad when a
male student was attempting to injure two female students with a
knife. Caputi subdued the suspect and took him into custody. The
suspect was indicted by a grand jury on charges including attempted
murder.
	Honored as Officer of the Year for 1993 was Officer Sean
Phillips. Following a rash of room burglaries in Ellicott,
descriptions of a suspect were distributed. On March 23, 1993,
students observed a person matching that description in Porter Hall.
Public Safety Officers arrived at the scene and Phillips spotted the
suspect walking along the Core Road. When the suspect fled, Phillips
caught and arrested him. The suspect, charged with numerous felonies,
was convicted and sentenced to 2-4 years in state prison. Officer
Christopher Dantis, who assisted Officer Phillips, received a
Meritorious Service Award. 
	Officers David Urbanek, Louis Rossi and Michael Virchau all
received Meritorious Service Awards for community policing, including
educational programs, initiating safety escort services, a crime
awareness program, and installation of an internal cable TV system in
residence halls.

MEDICINE
PRESIDENT-ELECT OF 
PEDIATRIC SOCIETY:
F. Bruder Stapleton, A. Conger Goodyear professor and chair of the
Department of Pediatrics in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences, has been elected president-elect of the American Society of
Pediatric Nephrology. Stapleton, pediatrician-in-chief at The
Children's Hospital of Buffalo, will assume the presidency in May.
	A fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Stapleton was
chair of the Sub-Board of Nephrology of the American Board of
Pediatrics in 1993. 	He is a member of the American Pediatric
Society and a diplomate of the American Board of Medical Examiners.