Briefly

Mahoney appointed to AAFP Commission
Martin C. Mahoney, clinical instructor in the Department of Family Medicine in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been named to serve on the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Commission on Clinical Policies, Research and Scientific Affairs for 1998. The AAFP represents nearly 84,000 family physicians, family-practice residents and medical students nationwide.

In 1995, Mahoney was named to the AAFP Commission on Public Health and Scientific Affairs. Mahoney, who is completing a residency in family medicine, is vice chair of the resident section on the AAFP Council on Medical Specialty Societies. He holds mas-ter's, doctoral and medical degrees from UB. Mahoney is an assistant professor in Roswell Park Cancer Institute's Graduate Division and an assistant professor of epidemiology in State University at Albany's School of Public Health.

Selman named fellow of professional computing association
Alan L. Selman, a professor of computer science, has been designated a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Only 39 individuals will be inducted as fellows in a ceremony at the ACM Policy +98 Conference to be held in Washington, D.C. in May. The inductees will join 281 other ACM fellows from around the world.

Selman, who received an invitation fellowship from the Japan Society for the promotion of science in 1996, is the recipient of seven research grants from the National Science Foundation. He conducts research primarily in complexity theory and the complexity of feasible computations. He joined the UB faculty in 1990 as chair of the Department of Computer Science, serving in the post until 1996.

Forum to discuss new Peace Bridge design
The twin span, the "Superspan" and other alternatives to expanding the Peace Bridge‹including innovative ideas by UB engineering students‹will be presented at a colloquium, "Peace Bridge: A Monument to the Next Millennium?" to be held on Monday. Open to the public, the session will be held from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus. For more information, call Gerard Sentz, 689-3200.

KPMG Peat Marwick partner gives $50,000 to accounting program
Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz, an alumnus of the School of Management, and his wife, Barbara, have committed $50,000 to the school's Department of Accounting and Law in recognition of the opportunities provided him and other students in pursuit of careers in accounting.

The gift, which will be used to enhance educational opportunities for accounting students, includes a $25,000 matching gift from his firm, KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

Mazurkiewicz is a partner in charge of the Buffalo firm's Upstate New York tax practice.

Victor Pastena, chair of the management school's Department of Accounting and Law, cited his leadership as past chair of the department's advisory board and his role in helping to shape the accounting curriculum.

Course to be given on coping with depression
A course to help individuals learn how to recognize and cope with depression will be offered in February. Designed for adults ages 18 and older, "Coping With Depression" is designed to teach how to identify and change negative thought and behavior patterns that can contribute to depression.

Changes in appetite and sleep habits, as well as a sense of worthlessness or guilt, can be signs of depression, according to John Roberts, assistant professor of psychology and course instructor.

Classes,will meet once a week for 12 weeks on the North Campus. They will be available both weekday afternoons and evenings. Anyone interested in taking the course should call 645-3697. The registration deadline is Feb. 2.

Andy Rooney, "60 Minutes" essayist, to speak at UB Jan. 29

Andy Rooney, CBS correspondent, ³60 Minutes² essayist, author and columnist, will speak at UB on Jan. 29. Rooney¹s presentation, part of the 11th Annual Distinguished Speakers Series, will be at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.

Rooney¹s candid, tongue-in-cheek television essays, which he began in 1964, became a regular feature on ³60 Minutes² in 1978. The segment, ³A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney,² is a three-time Emmy-Award winner. Rooney also is a six-time winner of the Writers Guild Award for Best Script of the Year, and has won the award more times than any other television writer.

He¹s written, produced and narrated many specials and broadcast series. His column appears twice a week in some 200 newspapers, including The Buffalo News. Rooney is author of more than 10 books, including ³The Story of the Stars and Stripes² and more recently, ³My War.²

His lecture will be co-sponsored by the UB School of Management Alumni Association and the Amherst Chamber of Commerce.

This season¹s final series lecture, presented by poet, author, actress, producer and director Maya Angelou, will be on April 23.

For ticket information, call 645-ARTS. Individual lecture tickets also will be available at TicketMaster locations. Group discounts for 10 or more are available.

The Distinguished Speakers Series is presented by UB and the Don Davis Auto World Lectureship Fund. Series contributing sponsors are the UB Alumni Association, Center for the Arts, Makin¹ Copies, University Union Activities Board and Buffalo/Niagara Marriott. Affiliate series sponsor is the University Bookstore.

Entrepreneur program names chair, board of directors

Mark E. Hamister, chairman and CEO of National Health Care Affiliates, has been named chair of the board of directors for the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) in the School of Management.

Hamister also is chairman and CEO of Buffalo Sports Enterprises, which owns and operates the Buffalo Warriors minor-league football team and recently was awarded an Arena League Football franchise.

Appointed to the CEL¹s board of directors were Sal H. Alfiero, chairman and CEO, Mark IV Industries; John D. Cannon, president and CEO, The Cannon Corporation; Frank L. Ciminelli, CEO, Ciminelli Development; Thomas C. Culligan, president, Culligan Auto Place; Scott E. Friedman, partner, Lippes, Silverstein, Mathias & Wexler; H. Wayne Gerhart, president, Moldtech; Stephen Hunt, president, Hunt Commercial Real Estate; Richard McCormick, retired partner, Lumsden & McCormick, CPA; Herb Mennen, president, HM Consulting Services; Richard E. Page, president, Woodstream Nurseries.

Also, Douglas N. Smith, president, Forwarding Services; Paul L. Snyder, chairman and CEO, Snyder Corporation; Keith M. Stolzenburg, partner, Price Waterhouse; Marianne Sullivan, executive director, CEL; Nora Sullivan, executive vice president, Rand Capital; John M. Thomas, interim dean, UB School of Management; Charles Tirone, faculty director, CEL; Paul Willax, president, Small Business Ownership, and Joseph E. Wolfson, president, Integrated Delivery Technologies.

University Facilities units merge into new department

Three University Facilities units -- the departments of Environmental Health and Safety, Radiation Protection Services and Buffalo Materials Research Center -- have merged into a new department of Occupational and Environmental Safety Services.

The units were merged to eliminate administrative overlap, according to Michael Dupre, interim associate vice president for university facilities.

Louis Henry is interim director of the new department and David Vasbinder is assistant director responsible for industrial hygiene, biosafety, safety training and reactor programs. Other personnel appointments include Gene Monacell, waste management, lab safety and chemical hygiene; Mark Pierro, radiation safety officer, and Susan Ferry, staff development and administrative operations.

Planned giving seminar planned
A free seminar, "What a Professional Advisor and Fiduciary Must Know About the Investment, Management and Administration of Charitable Planned Gifts," will be held from 8-10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.

The seminar will be presented by the UB Planned Giving Advisory Committee and the Independent Association of Accountants of New York, Inc.

It will feature Neal P. Myerberg, vice president of Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., a New York City firm that provides investment research and money management to institutional and individual clients. Myerberg, an author and lecturer on planned-giving topics, is editor of the newsletter "Estate & Tax Planning with Charitable Gifts."

For reservations, call Patrizia Latvala at 645-3312, ext. 250, or latvala@acsu.buffalo.edu

Gift from alumnus to benefit students in biological sciences
Irving R. Knobloch, a UB alumnus, has made a gift to the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, establishing the Irving W. and Natalie A. Knobloch Endowment Fund to provide financial assistance to students studying the biological sciences.

Knobloch, a resident of East Lansing, Mich., understands firsthand the benefits of receiving support to pursue an education. "In 1929 when I was a UB student, the Great Depression hit the world hard, but fortunately, UB gave me an assistantship that paid for my tuition and helped me complete my degree," said Knobloch.

After graduating magna cum laude in 1930 with a bachelor's degree in biological sciences, Knobloch attended Harvard University for one year and then returned to UB to complete a master's degree in biological sciences in 1932. He went on to receive a doctorate in botany from Iowa State University in 1942 and came back to UB to teach botany from 1942-45. He then taught botany at Michigan State University from 1945 until retiring in 1976. Knobloch has authored 12 books and more than 150 scientific articles. Today, at age 90, he is a strong supporter of UB.

The first Knobloch award will be presented this fall.

Architectural firm gift to sponsor annual lecture series
Lauer-Manguso & Associates, an Amherst architectural firm, has made a commitment to the School of Architecture and Planning to support an annual lecture for the next five years.

During that period, Lauer-Manguso & Associates will give a total of $10,000 to support the School of Architecture and Planning's highly regarded annual lecture series. Specifically, the firm's gift will fund the lecture held during the university's spring open house, which will be named the Lauer-Manguso & Associates Lecture.

Established in 1986, the lecture series features the nation's foremost architects, planners and entrepreneurs.

Two professors named fellows of American Physical Society
Michael G. Fuda and Athos Petrou, professors of physics, have been named fellows of the American Physical Society. Only one-half of 1 percent of the society's membership is eligible for election to APS fellowship each year. Election to fellowship constitutes recognition of outstanding contributions to physics.

Fuda was cited for his development of techniques for the analysis of the nonrelativistic and relativistic quantum mechanics of few-particle systems and their application to strongly interacting particle systems. His work relates to aspects of Einstein's theory of relativity. In particular, it involves looking at the problem of combining special relativity with quantum mechanics. A faculty member since 1967, Fuda, who earned bachelor's and doctoral degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is the author of numerous publications in scientific journals. His work is funded by the National Science Foundation.

Petrou was cited for his optical studies of heterostructures and for elucidating their band structure and optical properties. He conducts research in experimental condensed-matter physics: specifically, the use of photoluminescence, reflectance, absorption and Raman spectroscopy techniques to study semiconductor systems. His current work focuses on gallium arsenide- and zinc selenide-based superlattices. A faculty member since 1985, he is the recipient of two Alan Berman Research Publication Awards from the Naval Research Laboratory. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Athens in Greece and received his doctorate from Purdue University.

'98 compendium to report on public initiatives by faculty, staff
The Office of Public Service and Urban Affairs is updating "The Total of All These Acts," a 1995 compendium of public-service initiatives undertaken at UB. The 1998 publication will highlight and report on the expertise and scholarship that UB faculty and staff have applied to public needs over the past three years.

In the current budgetary and political climate, it is imperative that public higher education emphasize its commitment to the community and to society. This is the goal of the 1998 compendium, a document that the Office Of Public Service and Urban Affairs believes will be strengthened by the following definition of public service:

Public service is service that is based on scholarly expertise that is applied to public needs and contributes to the overall mission of the university. It includes activities that represent contributions that can create new knowledge, train others in the discipline or area of expertise, aggregate and interpret knowledge to make it understandable and useful, or disseminate the knowledge to the appropriate user or audience. Such activities might include policy analysis; technology transfer; artistic, cultural or creative projects; community or program development, public information and program evaluation.

Faculty and staff are needed to help complete this inventory of public-service activity. A survey and a memo requesting this information have been forwarded to deans, directors, chairs and faculty. Individuals are encouraged to complete surveys on public-service projects that they know about or in which they are involved. The deadline for returning the surveys has been extended to Jan. 23. For more information, call Gloria Brennan, at 645-2097.

UB Law School to host teleconference on Roe v. Wade
A national satellite teleconference on the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade will be presented from 3-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21, in 120 Clemens Hall on the North Campus.

The event will be free and open to the public.

The live teleconference, organized by the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy and brought to UB by the School of Law, will be entitled "Roe Turns 25: The Blackmun Lecture on Privacy." It will explore the values embodied in Roe v. Wade and the challenges these values‹bodily integrity, reproductive health, reproductive choice, religious freedom and women's equality‹face in the years to come.

Participating in the event, which will include a panel discussion, will be retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, who authored the decision in Roe v. Wade; the Hon. Shirley Hufstedler, former secretary of education and one of the first women to sit as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Ninth Circuit, and David Garrow, Presidential Distinguished Professor at Emory University School of Law and author of the book "Liberty and Sexuality," which recounts the history of efforts in the U.S. to legalize birth control and abortion.

Also participating will be Janet Benshoof, president and founder of the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, a public-interest law center that has litigated many leading cases challenging restrictive abortion laws; Helen Rodriquez-Trias, past-president of the American Public Health Association, and Laurence Tribe, Ralph S. Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School. Author and columnist Anna Quindlen will moderate the discussion. For more information, call Lucinda Finley, UB professor of law, at 645-6152.