Clark to speak at DSS

Mary Higgins Clark, best-selling author known as the "Queen of Suspense," will speak at 8 p.m. Nov. 16 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus as part of UB's Distinguished Speaker Series.

	Clark

The Distinguished Speakers Series is presented by UB and the Don Davis Auto World Lectureship Fund. Series sponsor is the Student Association. The Office of Special Events is sponsoring the Clark Lecture.

The author of more than 20 best-sellers, Clark has had two of her novels made into feature films and nine adapted for television. Her books include "All Through the Night," "You Belong to Me," "A Stranger is Watching" and the current best-seller, "Before I Say Good-Bye."

For ticket information for the Clark lecture and the rest of the Distinguished Speakers Series, contact the Center for the Arts box office at 645-ARTS.

Meacham gives diversity keynote

	Meacham

In recognition of an academic career dedicated to the development of and advocacy for multiculturalism in higher education, Jack Meacham, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and chair of the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, presented the keynote address to the 2000 Michael Tilford Conference on Diversity and Multiculturalism.

His talk, entitled "Using Diverse Voices as a Strategy of Effective Teaching," offered the "American Pluralism" course-a required general-education course introducing students to issues of race, gender, ethnicity, social class and religious sectarianism in American society-as a model worth emulating.

Planners say Meacham was invited to give the keynote this year because of his long-standing advocacy for multicultural higher education, the many important invited presentations he has made on how to incorporate diversity into curricula and his growing list of publications focused on diversity and multicultural issues.

The conference, sponsored by the Kansas State Board of Regents and the Kansas Council of Chief Academic Officers of the state's eight regent universities, brought together representatives of the higher-education community to hear and explore strategies for the practical application of diversity education and multicultural approaches to the curriculum.

Women’s Club holds poinsettia, wreath sale

The UB Women’s Club is taking orders for poinsettias and wreaths, with proceeds benefiting the Grace Capen Academic Award Fund.

The deadline for orders is Nov. 27. Orders can be picked up Dec. 7 at the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.

For further information or to place an order, contact Romaine Rustum at 691-0384.

Lecture to address feminism, salsa music

Frances Aparicio, director of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago, will discuss “La Lupe, La India and Celia: Toward a Feminist Genealogy of Salsa Music” in the second lecture of the 2000 Latino/Latina Speaker Series.

The lecture will be held at 4:15 p.m. Monday in the Student Union Assembly Hall, Room 330 in the Student Union on the North Campus.

It is free of charge and open to the public and will be followed by a reception in the Student Union Social Hall.

The series is sponsored by the Graduate Student Association, Latino Graduate Student Association, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, and the Center for the Americas.

“UB Today” sets November lineup

Lewis Mandell, dean of the School of Management, will talk about UB’s new Web-based MBA program on the November edition of “UB Today,” the monthly Adelphia Cable television show highlighting UB faculty, staff, students and programs.

The program is sponsored by the UB Alumni Association.

Other guests will be Alan S. Dick, associate professor of marketing, who will discuss the new “privileged plastic” cards; Frank Fantauzzi, assistant professor of architecture, who will talk about a UB project to produce new public art, and Russ Miller, director of the Center for Computational Research at UB.

Each new program runs throughout the month at 6:30 p.m. Sundays on Channel 18 International and Channel 10 in Lancaster, Clarence, Orchard Park and Elma, and at 9 p.m. Mondays on Channel 18 International.

Kutner, Brady to be honored

	Kutner

Harold R. Kutner, vice president for worldwide purchasing at General Motors Corp., and Robert T. Brady, chairman and CEO of Moog Inc., will be honored by the School of Management at its annual alumni association awards banquet Nov. 9.

Kutner will receive the school’s first-ever Alumni of the Year award, presented to alumni whose career achievements have significantly and positively impacted their business and industry.

Brady will be the 51st recipient of the Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year Award, which honors a resident of the Niagara Frontier who has distinguished himself or herself in a career marked by executive success, a proven willingness to assume a leadership role in civic affairs and a demonstration of high personal integrity.

Past honorees have included Robert E. Rich Sr., Paul L. Snyder, Robert E. Rich Jr., Jeremy M. Jacobs Sr., Sal. H. Alfiero and Reginald B. Newman II. Last year’s recipient was Luiz F. Kahl.

As group vice president in charge of worldwide purchasing and North American production control and logistics, Kutner is in charge of GM’s business-to-business e-commerce strategy. He led development of the GM TradeXchange, the auto industry’s first online commerce site linking carmakers and parts suppliers. He was instrumental in the launch of Covisint, an online automotive-parts exchange formed by a strategic alliance between Big Three automakers GM, Ford and Daimler/Chrysler.

Named this year by Business Week as one of the 25 most influential people in e-commerce, Kutner is leading development of GM’s online “order-to-delivery” system—targeted for launch in 2003—enabling customers to order customized GM cars for delivery in 10 to 12 days.

A native of Buffalo, he graduated from the School of Management in 1963 and began his GM career that year in the finance department at Harrison Radiator Division in Lockport. He was elected to his current position at GM in 1994.

Kutner is a member of the boards of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, Oakland University and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan.

	Brady

Brady began his career at Moog in 1968 as manufacturing manager for the aerospace division. He was named the company’s president and chief executive officer in 1988 and was elected chairman in 1996. Under his leadership, Moog’s profits have risen every quarter for six straight years since the Elma aerospace company underwent a major restructuring following the sharp drop in defense spending after the end of the Cold War a decade ago.

A Buffalo native, Brady earned a bachelor’s degree from MIT and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He serves on the board of a number of corporations, including Seneca Foods, M&T Bank and National Fuel Gas Co. He serves as a trustee for the UB Foundation Inc. and is chairman of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership.

Doyle to receive Jaeckle Award

	Doyle

State Supreme Court Justice Vincent E. Doyle, administrative judge for the Eighth Judicial District, will receive the Jaeckle Award, the highest honor bestowed by the UB Law School and its Law Alumni Association, at the 25th Anniversary Alumni Convocation and 2000 Jaeckle Award Luncheon, to be held Saturday in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.

The Jaeckle Award is given annually to an individual who has distinguished himself or herself and has made significant contributions to the UB Law School and the legal profession. It is named after its first recipient, the late Edwin F. Jaeckle, a UB alumnus who for decades was a towering figure in the legal profession and in local, state and national politics. Previous winners have included Judge Matthew J. Jasen, Manly Fleischmann, Judge John T. Curtin and Justice M. Dolores Denman.

Dean R. Nils Olsen Jr. will present the award to Doyle at the luncheon, which will follow a morning-long continuing legal education program.

Regarded by colleagues as an activist and innovator, Doyle has been administrative judge in the eight-county Western New York Eighth Judicial District for nearly six years and a member of State Supreme Court since 1979.

During his tenure as administrative judge, court calendars have been streamlined to expedite the disposition of cases, an Alternative Dispute Resolution Program has been implemented, specialized courts have been created to handle drug and domestic violence cases and steps have been taken to improve minority representation on juries.

Doyle played a major role in persuading Erie County to approve the new Family Court Building now under construction in downtown Buffalo and to upgrade existing court facilities. He also has encouraged other jurisdictions in the judicial district to either modernize or build new court facilities.

A 1950 graduate of Canisius High School, Doyle attended Canisius College from 1950-53 and was admitted to UB Law School during his third year of college. He graduated from the law school in 1956 and was admitted to the bar the same year.

Doyle was named Buffalo’s first public defender in 1957, a position he held until 1959, when he established his own law firm. Before his election to Supreme Court, he was one of the nation’s top criminal defense lawyers. His more than two decades of trial work included some of Western New York’s major criminal cases.

The jurist has been an instructor in the Law School since 1974.