Reporter Volume 26, No.9 November 3, 1994 Anderson to head UB Alumni Association Sarah M. Anderson has been named president of the UB Alumni Association. Coordinator of transfer relations at Buffalo State College, Anderson received a doctorate in educational organization, administration and policy from UB in 1985. The other officers are: Leon Henderson, Ed.M. '63, Ed.D '88, a consultant for the Buffalo Public Schools, president-elect, and William E. Cressman, B.S. '64, a corporate finance officer, treasurer. Newly elected vice presidents are Jonathan A. Dandes, B.S. '74; Nicholas J. Boccolucci, Ph.D. '92; Robert Rakoczy, B.S. '70, M.B.A. '72; Donald C. Roberts, B.A. '93; and Marybeth Cullinan, B.A. '80, L.L.D. '91. New members of the board of directors are Jay Friedman, B.A. '88; Susan Grelick, M.L.S. '78, M.A. '80, M.B.A. '82; and Conway Porter III, B.A. '72. Maynard Ferguson to perform Nov. 9 Jazz great Maynard Ferguson and his Big Bop Nouveau Band will perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 9, at Williamsville South High School, 5950 Main St., Williamsville. Sponsors are WBFO 88.7 FM, UB's NPR news and jazz station, and the Williamsville Music Boosters. Ferguson, a Canadian-born trumpet player, played in bands led by Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet and Stan Kenton. He formed a band in 1956 for New York's Birdland. It disbanded in 1967, but he continued working in England and India. Tickets at the door are $15 for adults and $12 for students and senior citizens. If purchased in advance, they are $2 less. They are available at J&E Instrument Service, 5273 Transit Road, Williamsville; Al Herner Music Corp., 4190 N. Buffalo St., Orchard Park, or by mail through Gary Stith, Williamsville Central Schools, 415 Lawrence Bell Drive, P.O. Box 9070, Williams-ville, N.Y. 14231-9070. UB artists' works in "Cracow '94" The works of two members of the UB Department of Art are on exhibit as part of the International Print Triennial Cracow '94 exhibition in Poland. Harvey Breverman, UB professor of art, and Endi Poskovic, lecturer in art at UB, representing the U.S. and Bosnia, respectively, have a small group of multi-colored etchings and lithographs on display. The international exhibit, which represents a comprehensive survey of current printmaking, began in September and is a Polish government-sponsored event. A member of the UB faculty since 1961, Breverman has participated in international biennials in England, Norway, Spain and Taiwan, and has received awards from many foundations and museums. Poskovic's works have been exhibited in Norway, Budapest, Liege and Havana. A native of Sarajevo, he received a master's of fine arts degree from UB in 1993. Alumni forum looks at media accountability As the O.J. Simpson trial continues to make headlines, the power of the media is also a target for debate. The UB Alumni Association will sponsor a luncheon and panel discussion, "Whose News? A Look at Media Accountability," from 12:15-2 p.m. Nov. 16, in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. It is open to the public. Panelists will include Stephen Bell, city editor of The Buffalo News, Brian Meyer, managing news editor of WBEN Radio and Jacquie Walker, WIVB-TV News broadcaster. Leroy Smith, UB lecturer in English, will moderate. The registration fee, $10 for association members and $12 for all others, includes lunch. Reservations must be made by Nov. 7 with the UB Alumni Association at 829-2608. Norman Mohl receives dental alumni award Norman Mohl, chair of the UB Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, has received the UB Dental Alumni Honor Award. A 1956 graduate of the School of Dental Medicine, he is nationally recognized for his research in dental anatomy, occlusion and orofacial pain disorders. He received a master's degree in 1968 and a doctorate in 1971, both from UB. The author of more than 90 professional articles, he also co-authored "A Textbook of Occlusion," and served as the editor of several other textbooks. Mohl, who served in the U.S. Navy Dental Corps from 1956-58, joined the UB faculty in 1959. He is director of UB's master's degree program in the oral sciences. Mohl is a fellow in the International College of Dentists and listed in "Who's Who in Health Care Education," "Who's Who in North America" and "Outstanding Educators of America." He is past president of the neuroscience group for the International Association for Dental Research and Association of University TMD-Orofacial Pain Programs. Taylor participates in U.S./Russian educational conference Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., associate professor of American Studies and the director of the Center for Applied Public Affairs Studies at UB, participated in the 1994-95 Citizens Ambassador Program held in Moscow Oct. ducation; music and multicultural education; vocational and early-childhood education, and reading, language-arts, history and linguistics education. Taylor was invited to attend the program's history-education session. The Citizen Ambassador Program of People to People International was developed to arrange technical and educational exchanges overseas. It was founded by President Dwight D. Eisen-hower in 1956, and became a private organization when he left office in 1961. A member of the UB faculty since 1987, Taylor is also an adjunct professor in the UB Department of Planning and Design. He is the founding director of the Center for Applied Public Affairs Studies. A graduate of Tennessee A&I State University, Taylor received his master's degree in clinical audiology from the University of Tennessee. He also earned master's and doctoral degrees in urban history from UB. Noonan to judge holiday recipe contest Send in your best, UB. Your best holiday recipes, that is, for the annual contest now under way and continuing until Nov. 17. Karen Noonan, associate vice provost for undergraduate education, winner of a previous contest, will be the judge this year. She's all set to look at your tastiest, most intriguing, favorite recipes for appetizers, main dishes, desserts and party goodies from faculty, staff and students. We'd especially like to see ones in the healthy eating category. The winner will receive a handsome coffee table cookbook, and the Reporter will print as many recipes as space allows in the final issue of the semester, so everyone can enjoy. Mail or fax (645-2313) the recipes, with full directions, including ingredient list and including your name, phone number, UB title and department, to Reporter, University at Buffalo, 136 Crofts Hall, Buffalo, N.Y. 14260. You can E-mail, too: reporter@pub.buffalo.edu is the address. Bessette president of medical alumni Russell W. Bessette has been elected to a one-year term as president of the Medical Alumni Association of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Also elected were Frank T. Schreck, vice president, and Margaret Paroski, treasurer. Bessette, a specialist in plastic surgery, is a 1976 graduate of the UB medical school. He also earned a dental degree from the UB School of Dental Medicine in 1969 and completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in oral biology at UB in 1971. A clinical associate professor of surgery at UB and former director of the medical school's Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bessette is a surgical investigator for Dow Corning Corp. in a project to develop a specialized plastic joint implant. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Bessette holds surgical staff positions at several Western New York hospitals. Schreck, graduated from the UB medical school in 1979. A pediatrician affiliated with Children's Hospital of Buffalo, he is also a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at UB. He maintains a private practice in Orchard Park. Paroski, a 1980 graduate of the medical school, is director of neurology at the Erie County Medical Center. She is an assistant professor of neurology and physiology at UB.