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America,” a collection of fiction, poetry
and essays published recently by the
Asian American Writers’ Workshop in
New York. The anthology explores the
concept of home as a physical site in
America and home as an emotional concept tied to an ancestral country; and focuses on the transformative experiences
that lead individuals to declare or reject
new forms of belonging in America.
• Look for “A Second Aggiornamento,”
an article on Catholic higher learning
by Dom Scibilia, associate professor of
religious studies, in an upcoming issue
of The New Theology Review, a premier
journal in Catholic theology and ministry.
• Rebecca Miller, assistant professor
of chemistry, co-authored the article
“Ultraslow nonequilibrium dynamics in
supercooled glycerol by stimulated Brillouin gain spectroscopy” that appeared
in the Feb. 22, 1997 issue of The Journal
of Chemical Physics (Vol. 106, No. 8).
Retiring Profs Granted
“Emeritus” Distinction
Three retiring teachers, who have spent a combined 58 years on the
full-time teaching faculty, were granted the title “Professor Emeritus”
by the Board of Trustees this spring. Jack Bologna, a member of the
business administration and management faculty since 1984; Jim
Hoitenga, a member of the business faculty since 1979; and Father
David Van Horn, a member of the art department since 1970, all
retired this year, taking with them the good wishes of the community-and a big piece of Siena history.
Others who have been granted “Professor Emeritus” status in recent
years are Jean Baker, Bernadette Pelland and Fran Westfall. Jean
Baker, public services librarian and associate professor of instructional services, retired two years ago after 21 years at Siena. Bernie
Pelland’s retirement last spring as associate professor of psychology,
director of counseling services and associate dean of students, capped
a 30 year career at Siena Heights; she opened the Counseling Center
in 1976, and established the Wellness Center in 1993. Fran Westfall,
who came to Siena in 1973, officially retired last spring as assistant
professor of management and director of word processing services;
but graciously returned this year to assist the computing center
through the on-going transition to the CARS (now EdVanta) information management system. A complete list of emeriti professors named
in the past decade appears below.
Professors Emeriti
1987
1988
William (Buzz) Walzem
1989
Evangeline Davis, OP
1989
Jean Agnes Klemm, OP
1989
Jeannine Klemm, OP
1990
Helen Duggan, OP
1991
Miriam Michael Stimson, OP
1995
Jean S. Baker
1996
Bernadette A. Pelland
1997
Frances Kuthe Westfall
1997
Giacomo J. Bologna
1997
Professor emeritus Jean Baker (center) returned to campus to participate in commencement. She is shown
here with her husband, Gaylord, and daughter Sarah Baker Korth ‘82, library circulation supervisor at
Siena, who received her M.A. in human resource development in May.
Martha Manheim
James Hoitenga
1997
David J. Van Horn, CPPS