Kudos

The following faculty and staff members completed 30 and 40 years of service to UB in the calendar year 1999 and will be honored April 27 at a reception in the President's Residence hosted by President and Mrs. William R. Greiner.

Forty-year honorees:

Nathan Back, Biochemical Pharmacology; Catherine Bajer, Mathematics, and Joseph Kite, Jr., Microbiology

Thirty-year honorees:

Peter Avery, Geology; Norman Baker, History; David Banks, Anthropology; Gail Berti, Mathematics; Carolyn Boron, Chemistry; Bertha Boston, African-American Studies; Evelyn Bradley, FSA-Food and Vending Services; Michael Brill, Architecture; James Bunn, English; Marie Calhoun, Accounting and Budget Services; Wesley Carter, Jr., African-American Studies; Bradley Chase, Health Sciences Library; Karen Connolly, Einstein Chair; Robert Dentan, American Studies; Robert Dieckman, FSA-Food and Vending Services; Louise Dochstader, Alumni Relations; Rodney Doran, Learning and Instruction; Christine Duggleby, Anthropology; Saul Elkin, Theatre and Dance, and Joseph Emhof, Internal Audit.

Also, Murray Ettinger, Biochemistry; Carlos Feal, Modern Languages and Literatures (Spanish); Linda Felski, Research Foundation Accounts Payable; John Fisher, Pathology; Richard Fly, English; Howard Foster, Organization and Human Resources; Michael Frisch, American Studies; J. Ronald Gentile, Counseling and Educational Psychology; Rossman Giese, Jr., Geology; Peter Gold, Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Academic Programs and Services; Nicholas Goodman, Undergraduate Education; Anthony Graziano, Psychology; Mary Gresham, Public Service and Urban Affairs; Ida Harris, Research Foundation Employment Services; Elizabeth Hayden, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Charles Haynie, Interdisciplinary Degree Programs-Social Sciences; Linda Holden, Oral Biology; Charles Hyland, University Print Services; John Isbell, Mathematics, and Anastasia Johnson, Anthropology.

Also, Kristine Johnson, Computing and Information Technology; David Krawczyk, University Facilities; Jerald Kuhn, Radiology; Kathleen LaPlante, Psychology; Lorraine Lanning, Sociology; Karen Lewis, Education; Nancy MacDonald, Academic Services; James McIver, Jr., Chemistry; Eleftherios Mermigas, Pathology; Claude Miller, Physiology; Mary Miller, Law Library; Stanislaw Mrowka, Mathematics; Carol Nichy, Pharmacy; Carol Nikel, Student Accounts; Robert Ogle, Restorative Dentistry; James Pappas, African-American Studies; Maryann Premielewski, Law; David Rader, University Facilities; Homer Reynolds, Oral Biology, and Diane Richards, Orthodontics.

Also, Maria Runfola, Music; Kathryn Sawner, University Publications; Janice Sehl, Mathematics; Katrina Shaver, Health Sciences Library; James Sheehan, III, University Facilities; John Shellum, Management; Marcia Sickau, Health Related Professions; Murray Stinson, Microbiology; Jacqueline Thompson, Nursing; Christine Tona, State Purchasing; Linda Typer, Pharmaceutics; Stephen Wallace, Academic Services to Athletes; Donald Watkins, Academic Services; Gerard Wieczkowski, Jr., Restorative Dentistry, and Jacqueline Wilson, Computing and Information Technology.

Gerhard Levy, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pharmaceutics in the School of Pharmacy, will receive a Millennial Award-placing him among the world's most prominent pharmaceutical scientists-at the Millennial World Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences, to be held April 16-20 in San Francisco.

Thomas S. Mang, clinical associate professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery and director of the Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Center of Kalieda Health, directed a course in Advanced Photodynamic Therapy at the annual meeting of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. Mang also moderated an expert panel on photodynamic therapy at the meeting. PDT involves the use of lasers to activate a photosensitive drug that accumulates in cancer cells. It is approved for treating non-small-cell lung cancer and obstructing esophageal tumors, and is a proposed treatment for several additional types of cancers.

Joseph V. DePinto, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering and director of the Great Lakes Program, was honored for his efforts to foster relationships with the New York Sea Grant and the Great Lakes Research Consortium with the creation of a special award, the Joseph V. DePinto Millennium Environmental Engineering Award. The award was given to the student who made the best presentation in environmental engineering sessions at the annual conference of the research consortium held last month in Syracuse.

Suzanne Tomkins, research associate professor of law and director of the Family Violence Clinic, will be honored by the Citizens' Committee on Rape, Sexual Assault and Sexual Abuse, Inc. (CORSA) at the group's awards luncheon April 19. Tomkins will receive the award in the field of education in recognition of her work in the area of sexual violence prevention.

Maria S. Horne, assistant professor of theatre and dance, last month presented master's classes for the faculty of the Estonian National Higher Theatre School and a week-long workshop on Lee Strasberg's method acting for the school's graduate and undergraduate students. Horne, founding director of the International Artistic and Cultural Exchange Program at UB, traveled to Tallinn, Estonia, as part of the U.S. Department of State's American Cultural Specialists Program.