October 13, 1994: Vol26n6: FACULTY & STAFF BILLBOARD Feldman publishes ninth poetry collection Irving Feldman, a MacArthur Fellow and Distinguished Professor of English at UB, has published his ninth collection of poetry, RThe Life and LettersS (University of Chicago Press, October 1994). A member of the UB faculty since 1964, he teaches creative writing and modern British and American poetry, drama and fiction. He is an alumnus of the City College of New York, and holds a masterUs degree from Columbia University. In 1992, Feldman received the MacArthur Rgenius grant,S which awards creativity. He is also the recipient of Guggenheim and Ingram Merrill fellowships, the National Institute of Arts and Letters Award, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Fellowship of the American Academy of Poets. Time management guru speaks Oct. 20 Stephen R. Covey, author of what has been called the best personal development book of the 1980s, will discuss his principles of time management Oct. 20 in the International Agri-Center, 5600 McKinley Pkwy., Hamburg. More than 1,000 persons already have registered for the seminar, to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The RLessons in LeadershipS program is sponsored by the Center for Management Development in the UB School of Management. Covey will present a new way of thinking about time management that concentrates more on effectiveness and relationships, rather than just efficiency and schedules. These principles are outlined in RFirst Things First,S CoveyUs most recent book. He also is the author of RThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,S which has sold more than 4 million copies and has been on The New York Times best-seller list for three years. Covey, who received an M.B.A. from Harvard University and a doctorate from Brigham Young University, received the 1991 McFeely Award from the International Management Council for significant contribution to management education. Cost of the program is $249. For more information, contact Marianne Sullivan at the UB Center for Management Development at 645-3200, or Lessons in Leadership at 800-873-3451. Family medicine conference under way RFamily Medicine in the U90s,S a conference covering issues for primary-care physicians, is being held Oct. 13-15 in the Sheraton Hotel, Cheektowa-ga, to highlight the 25th anniversary of UBUs Department of Family Medicine. Presenters and moderators include alumni of the Family Medicine Residency Program and former faculty, including the four physicians who have served as chair: Robert Seller, head of family medicine at Millard Fillmore Hospitals, chair from 1976-82; Herbert Joyce, private practitioner, interim chair from 1982-83; David Holder, head of family medicine at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, chair from 1983-93, and Thomas Rosenthal, chair since 1993. Scholar to lecture on Rrebellious womenS Vigdis Ystad, a professor at the University of Oslo and chair of the Center for Advanced Study of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, will lecture on RIbsenUs Rebellious Women,S at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, in the Balcony Lounge of the Center for the Arts on the North Campus. The lecture, sponsored by the Department of English, the Department of Theatre and Dance, and the Program in WomenUs Studies in the Department of American Studies, is free of charge and open to the public. Ibsen was the 19th-century creator of modern realistic drama, which among other things, articulated the RNew Woman,S a social construction that challenged clich s, stereotypes and myths about a softer, weaker, more delicate sex. Institute honors Herbert Hauptman ThereUs a new name for the Medical Foundation of BuffaloQit is now known as the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Inc. Reason for the name change? To better identify its role in the medical community and to recognize the contributions of Nobel Laureate Scientist Herbert Hauptman and Helen Woodward Rivas, institute founder. Hauptman, research professor of biophysical sciences at UB, received the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. RThrough HauptmanUs achievements, the institute has developed an international scientific reputation,S David Cristantello, institute spokesman said. The nonprofit institute, at 73 High St., conducts biomedical research. Israeli diplomat to speak Oct. 20 Colette Avital, consul-general of Israel in New York City and IsraelUs highest-ranking woman diplomat, will visit UB Oct. 20. An expert in media relations and cultural affairs, she will discuss RThe Middle East: Is it a Real Peace?S at 2 p.m. in the Student Union Theater. Other events on her schedule include a meeting with Jewish employees, visiting scholars and students at 11 a.m. in the Jeanette Martin Room, 567 Capen Hall, followed by a reception for invited guests at 11:45 a.m. Avital will speak at a noon luncheon hosted by President Greiner in the University Archives, Capen Hall. Avital, appointed to lead the Foreign MinistryUs efforts to upgrade womenUs status in diplomatic service in 1986, was named IsraelUs ambassador to Portugal in 1988. She has held key foreign-ministry posts, including deputy director-general in charge of information and media communication. Gardner, Volker to receive Jaeckle Award Arnold B. Gardner .i.a;and Sen. Dale M. Volker, R-Depew, will receive the 1994 Edwin F. Jaeckle Award at a luncheon Oct. 22 in the Atrium of the Center for the Arts. Breaking from tradition this year, the School of Law and the Law Alumni Association will present two Jaeckle Awards, the schoolUs highest honor. President Greiner will make the presentations. The award, named for UB law alumnus Edwin F. Jaeckle, is given annually to an individual who has distinguished himself or herself and has made significant contributions to the law school and the legal profession. A public-spirited private attorney, Gardner has served on the SUNY governing board since 1980. He is a senior partner in the Buffalo law firm of Kavinoky & Cook, where he has practiced since 1953. He received a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1953 and a bachelorUs degree, summa cum laude, from UB in 1950. Volker, a member of the UB law school Class of 1966 and a New York State senator, is an expert on criminal-justice issues, energy matters and mental hygiene, having served for 12 years as chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Alcoholism. The law convocation, which will begin at 9 a.m. in the Center for the Arts, will address the stateUs new Family Protection and Domestic Violence Intervention Act of 1994. Sen. Stephen M. Saland, principal author of the legislation, will be among panelists. Vincent E. Doyle, a supreme court justice in the Eighth Judicial District, will moderate. Other panelists are M. Dolores Denman, presiding justice, Appellate Division of State Supreme Court, Fourth Department; Erie County District Attorney Kevin M. Dillon; Charles P. Ewing, UB law professor; Barbara Ireland, editorial page editor, The Buffalo News; Hugh B. Scott, Buffalo city court judge, and David G. Stiller, attorney, Stiller & Pieri. The convocation program is presented by the law school and the Law Alumni Association in conjunction with Marine Midland Bank; Harold C. Brown & Co. Investment Services; Snyder Corp./Hyatt Regency Buffalo, and Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co. For more information, call Ilene Fleischmann, 645-2107. University Libraries make appointments David M. Booze has been named senior staff assistant in the DirectorUs Office, and Christine Ritecz appointed library conservation technician, Center for Book Preservation, the University Libraries have announced. Booze, most recently a legislative assistant to New York State Assembly Deputy Speaker Arthur O. Eve, holds a bachelorUs degree in applied public affairs studies. Ritecz holds a bachelorUs degree in art from New Mexico Highlands University and most recently worked for Steck-Vaughn Publishing as a project manager.