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and renovated structures. UK i~eSeai—ehei·s Dig l)_ l_ai~i—y \  
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` UK has two new vice presidents in- ljohn C. Hansaker III UK associate ams named the mp tem? ulsomduded 1
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cluding the first female vice president   chief medical examiner for Kentucky, tional Debate Tour- senior political sci-  
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Linda  (Lee) Magid was named   leading to the development of SIDS   UKQS the én|;c°|_` 1-hisis',hef°,_;',,h 1
vice president for research and gradu- as early as the first trimester of preg- 1 lege which has national tourna-
ate studies. She comes to UK from nancy. Results of their findings sug- I °°"“°f1'h1‘1‘°"°" '“°"l 1" "°'1‘1‘1‘ 1
. . . . . ‘· ` four times since the McKinney has par-
the Un1vers1ty of Tennessee-Knoxville gest that SIDS 1S a maturational cen- mncnul ,°um¤_ ,;dP¤,ed_ 1
where she was executive assistant to tral newous system disorder predis- ments started in
the chancellor and a professor of posing these infants to sudden and :g;;·1i';(8‘;’°Q'J;
chemisuy. unexpected death. 1982'¤s we]. as
Magid was selected after a nation- The Kentucky researchers said fur- McKinney’s victory
wide search that attracted 76 appli- ther study is needed to determine
C2111t5. She replaces Wimberly C. Roys- what effect an increase in ALZ-50 re-
ter who retired. active neurons has in SIDS.
She received her undergraduate   But,"We believe that this is the
degree from Rice University and first report of a distinctive neuropa-
graduate degrees from the University 1 thologic neuronal alteration of the
of Tennessee. Magid was a Woodrow   cerebral cortex in SIDS infants com-
Wilson Fellow and in 1986 received pared to all non-SIDS infants," said
the Phi Beta Kappa Award for Dr. I·Iunsaker.
Summer 1991 K('l1llI(`l·L}`:\1lllIlIlllS fl