IU TO HONOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS AT FOUNDERS DAY ON MARCH 1

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University will honor outstanding faculty members and students at its annual Founders Day ceremony on Sunday, March 1. The program will begin at 2 p.m. in Assembly Hall on the Bloomington campus.

Sixteen IU professors and three associate instructors will be recognized for outstanding teaching, research or service. The award recipients teach on the Bloomington, Richmond (East), Indianapolis and South Bend campuses.

To be named Distinguished Professor is George Stookey, professor of preventive and community dentistry and director of the Oral Care Health Research Institute. Stookey, who is also associate dean for Academic and Student Affairs at the School of Dentistry, teaches on the Indianapolis campus.

The most prestigious academic appointment IU can offer, Distinguished Professorships are approved by the president and trustees on recommendation of the University Distinguished Ranks Committee. The rank honors outstanding scholarship, artistic or literary distinction or other achievements that have won significant recognition by peers.

The Frederic Bachman Lieber Memorial Award will be presented to Joan Lafuze, associate professor of biology at Richmond; and the Herman Frederic Lieber Award will go to George Pinney, associate professor of theater and drama on the Bloomington campus.

The oldest of IU's teaching honors, the Frederic Bachman Lieber Award was established in 1954 by Katie D. Bachman in honor of her grandson. The Herman Frederic Lieber Award, also for outstanding teaching, was originally sponsored by the IU Foundation and is now sponsored by Mrs. Herman Lieber of Indianapolis.

Recipients of the 1998 President's Awards will be York Bradshaw, associate professor of sociology; Romualdo De Souza, associate professor of chemistry; Christine Farris, associate professor of English; Rita Naremore, professor of speech and hearing sciences; Rosemary O'Leary, professor of public and environmental affairs; Morteza Shafii-Mousavi, associate professor of mathematics; and Bonnie Sklarski, professor of fine arts. All are from the Bloomington campus except Shafii-Mousavi, who teaches at South Bend and serves as chair of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department there.

Established in 1974 to recognize outstanding teaching, the President's Awards can be given in any division of the university and at any professorial rank.

The Sylvia E. Bowman Award will be presented to Michael McGerr, associate professor of history at Bloomington. Endowed through the IU Foundation, this teaching award commemorates Sylvia E. Bowman, a respected scholar and author who gave 34 years of service to IU as a professor, academic administrator and chancellor for regional campus administration. Established in 1994, it honors exemplary faculty members in discipline areas related to American civilization.

W. George Pinnell Awards for Outstanding Service will be given to Sandy Burgener, associate professor of nursing at Indianapolis; Paul Eisenberg, professor of philosophy at Bloomington; and Dr. Amy Shapiro, associate professor of pediatrics at Indianapolis.

The University Faculty Council established the Pinnell Award in 1988, honoring the memory of Pinnell, a former executive vice president of the university who also served during his career as president of the IU Foundation and dean of the IU School of Business. He was known for his stewardship, leadership, initiative and service to the university, the state and the national government. The award recognizes faculty members or librarians who have shown exceptional breadth of involvement and depth of commitment in service to the university, their profession or the public.

Recipients of the John W. Ryan Award for Distinguished Contributions to International Programs and Studies will be Gabrielle Robinson, professor of English and director of International Programs at South Bend; and Albert Valdman, Rudy Professor of French and Italian and Rudy Professor of linguistics at Bloomington.

The John W. Ryan Award was initiated in 1991 and named for the man who was president of IU from 1971 to 1987. Ryan, now president emeritus, was instrumental in fostering IU's commitment to excellence in international education. The award honors faculty members or librarians who have made exceptional contributions to the university's international programs and studies.

Winners of the Lieber Memorial Teaching Associate Awards will be Jeffrey Grote, Spanish and Portuguese; Walter Jacobs, sociology; and Terri Winnick, sociology. All are graduate students and associate instructors on the Bloomington campus.

Initiated in 1961, the Lieber Awards have been presented each year to outstanding teachers among the university's graduate students who combine their programs of advanced study with instructional employment in their schools and departments.

Certificates for students who have earned academic honors will be distributed immediately after the ceremony March 1 at a reception in the John Mellencamp Pavilion.

The Wylie House -- home of IU's first president, Andrew Wylie -- will be open to visitors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is located at 317 E. Second St. Additional information about the Wylie House can be obtained by calling 812-855-6224.

(Rose McIlveen, Office of Communications and Marketing, 812-855-0063 or 812-855-3911, rmcilvee@indiana.edu)