xt7mcv4bpk63 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7mcv4bpk63/data/mets.xml Lexington, Kentucky University of Kentucky 1998023 minutes English University of Kentucky Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Minutes of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees Minutes of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, 1998-02-mar3. text Minutes of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, 1998-02-mar3. 1998 2011 true xt7mcv4bpk63 section xt7mcv4bpk63 AGENDA Meeting of the Board of Trustees University of Kentucky 1:00 P.M. March 3, 1998 Invocation Roll Call Approval of Minutes President's Report and Action Items PR 1 President's Report to the Trustees A. College of Law Report PR 2 Personnel Actions PR 3 Central Administration A. Proposed Amendments to the Governing Regulations B. Honorary Degree Recipients PR 4 Community College System (No items to report) PR 5 Lexington Campus (No items to report) PR 6 Medical Center (No items to report) Finance Committee 1. Acceptance of Interim Financial Report for the University of Kentucky for the Seven Months Ended January 31, 1998 2. Capital Construction Report 3. Authorization to Execute Ground Lease 4. E. T. Arington Gift and Pledge 5. Estate of Lucy George Thomas Booker 6. Cisco Systems, Inc., Gift-In-Kind Tour William T. Young Library Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky, Tuesday, March 3, 1998. The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met at 1:00 p.m. (Lexington time) on Tuesday, March 3, 1998 in the Board Room on the 18th floor of Patterson Office Tower. A. Meeting Opened Governor Edward T. Breathitt, Chairperson, called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m., and the invocation was pronounced by Mr. Ted Bates. B. Roll Call The following members of the Board of Trustees answered the call of the roll: Mr. Ted Bates, Mrs. Kay Shropshire Bell, Governor Edward T. Breathitt (Chairperson), Ms. Melanie Cruz, Mr. Merwin Grayson, Mr. John "Jack" Guthrie, Mr. James F. Hardymon, Professor Loys L. Mather, Dr. Robert P. Meriwether, Mr. Billy Joe Miles, Dr. Elissa Plattner, Professor Daniel R. Reedy, Mr. C. Frank Shoop, Dr. W. Grady Stumbo, Mr. Martin Welenken, Ms. JoEtta Y. Wickliffe, and Mr. Billy B. Wilcoxson. Absent from the meeting were Mr. Paul W. Chellgren and Mr. Steven S. Reed. The University administration was represented by President Charles T. Wethington, Jr.; Chancellors James W. Holsinger, and Elisabeth Zinser; Vice Presidents Joseph T. Burch, Fitzgerald Bramwell, Edward A. Carter, George DeBin and Eugene Williams; Dr. Ben W. Carr, Assistant to the President for Administrative Affairs; Dr. Juanita Fleming, Special Assistant for Academic Affairs; Mr. C. M. Newton, Director of Athletics, and Mr. Richard E. Plymale, General Counsel. Members of the various news media were also in attendance. A quorum being present, the Chairperson declared the meeting officially open for the conduct of business at 1:03 p.m. C. Approval of Minutes Governor Breathitt said that the Minutes of the Board meeting on January 20, 1998 had been distributed and asked for any additions or corrections. Mr. Welenken moved that the Minutes be approved as distributed. Mr. Shoop seconded the motion, and it carried. - 2 - D. President's Report to the Board of Trustees (PR 1) President Wethington called attention to the following items in PR 1: 1. Thomas Kelly, behavioral science, participated in the January Space Shuttle by launching a computer program that monitored the crew's behavior and mood. 2. The University of Kentucky wins design competition for Downtown Ludlow Proposal. The departments of horticulture and landscape architecture and the architecture and historic preservation graduate programs combined to win four of five awards given by the city of Ludlow. 3. The Law students win the regional mock trial contest and will participate in the national championship March 4-7 in San Antonio, Texas. 4. The College of Engineering students have constructed a blue and white Formula race car and will compete against some 90 teams from the United States, Canada, Mexico and Great Britain in May. 5. The James Still Fellowship is available to graduate students entering UK in the fall in humanities or social sciences. 6. Four members have been inducted into the Business and Economics Hall of Fame including a member of the Board, C. Merwin Grayson, Jr. President Wethington offered his congratulations to William W. "Bill" Ecton, David S. Jordan, Gary B. Knapp and particularly to C. Merwin Grayson, Jr. for being inducted into the UK Business and Economics Hall of Fame. 7. The Donovan Scholars Program attracted 287 academic students and 957 special-classes students during this last calendar year. This is a program that does allow free tuition for individuals 65 and older. 8. Kristina Talbert, an agricultural biotechnology and Russian sophomore from Henderson, has received the Edward T. Breathitt Undergraduate Lectureship award. President Wethington asked the members to read the other items in the report at their leisure. - 3 - E. College of Law Report President Wethington said that he had asked Dean David Shipley, College of Law, to make a presentation to the Board. He said that the University of Kentucky has an excellent law school and is making great progress every year. He asked Chancellor Zinser to introduce Dean Shipley. Chancellor Zinser said she was very pleased to have a report on one of the very fine colleges presented to the Board for discussion and also pleased to have the chance to introduce Dean David Shipley. She briefly reviewed his credentials and said the University was lucky to have him as its Dean of the College of Law. Dean David Shipley introduced Mary Buckles, Director of Development, and Kurt Metzmeier, Coordinator of Information Systems, from the College of Law and said that they would be assisting him with his presentation. He began his report by presenting a number of facts about the history of the College including the school's first woman graduate in 1917, the integration of the College in 1949 and the first African- American graduate in 1955, the move into the current law building in 1965 and the resulting growth in enrollment, and the establishment of the College's Visiting Committee in the late 1 970s. He also highlighted several aspects of the school's academic program including degree offerings, the school's fine library and computer technology, two student journals, advocacy programs, Continuing Legal Education, tuition, enrollment, the diversity of the faculty, and the College's base of alumni support. Dean Shipley then compared the College of Law with the nation's highly ranked public law schools as well as with the law schools at the nation's top twenty public research universities. He asserted that UK's law school was well positioned to enhance its national stature and become one of the nation's top public law schools as the University's overall ranking climbed in the coming years. He explained that the College of Law's potential for advancement was very good because of the outstanding students, a tradition of excellent teaching, a productive faculty doing research which has a very tangible impact on shaping public policy in the Commonwealth and the nation, University investment, alumni in leadership positions throughout the state and the nation, outstanding private support from the College's alumni and friends, and the foundation for innovative new programs in partnership with other colleges and departments at UK. Dean Shipley emphasized the results of the University's investments in the College since 1993 as well as some of the College's successes in private fund-raising. He also responded to several questions about admissions and enrollment and concluded by saying that there were many reasons to be optimistic about the law school's future. He asked Mary Buckles and Kurt Metzmeier to distribute packets containing additional information about the College of Law to the members of the Board. - 4 - President Wethington and Governor Breathitt thanked Dean Shipley for making his presentation, following which Dean Shipley received a round of applause. F. Personnel Actions (PR 2) President Wethington recommended that approval be given to the appointments, actions and/or other staff changes which require Board action; and that the report relative to appointments and/or changes already approved by the administration be accepted. Mr. Shoop moved approval. The motion, seconded by Mr. Wilcoxson, carried. (See PR 2 at the end of the Minutes.) G. Proposed Amendments to the Governing Regulations (PR 3A) President Wethington said PR 3A is the recommendation that proposes amendments to the Governing Regulations of the University. He noted that these regulations are attributable to the changes that have been made in the management of the community colleges. Since the substantive change process was approved by the Southern Association and since the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Board took action to accept the delegation of the management of the 13 community colleges, certain changes in the university's regulations must occur to reflect Lexington Community College's new status. These changes in the Governing Regulations are designed to fix the management responsibilities for Lexington Community College since Lexington Community College is no longer managed by the Chancellor of the Community College System. The net impact of these changes is to assign the management responsibilities of Lexington Community College to the Chancellor of the Lexington Campus. He reminded the Board that the proposed changes in the Governing Regulations must remain on the table for at least one month. During this time, the proposed changes will go out to the Lexington Community College, the Senate Council and others on campus for their review. The proposed amendments to the Governing Regulations will then come back to the Board at the April meeting. President Wethington said he was pleased to recommend PR 3A to the Board for their consideration. On motion made by Mr. Miles, seconded by Mr. Bates and carried, PR 3A was approved. (See PR 3A at the end of the Minutes.) H. Honorary Degree Recipients (PR 3B) President Wethington said PR 3B is asking that approval be granted to awarding the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters to John Hope Franklin, the Doctor of Science to James Francis Glenn, the Doctor of Letters to Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, the Doctor of Humanities to Cawood Ledford, and the Doctor of Arts to Lucille Caudill Little. President Wethington noted that if the Board votes favorably on the recommendation, Father Hesburgh will receive his honorary degree at the William T. Young Library dedication on April 3, 1998, and the honorary degrees for the other four individuals will be awarded at the Commencement celebration in May. He reminded the - 5 - Board that Lucille Little was approved by the Board last year; however, she was not able to be present. One of the University's conditions of acceptance is that the individual be present for the awarding of an honorary doctorate. Mrs. Little can attend the Commencement celebration in May 1998 and very much wanted to be considered again. All five of these individuals have been contacted and are willing to be honored and accept the degree. He said he was pleased to recommend PR 3B. Mr. Bates moved approval. His motion, seconded by Mr. Wilcoxson, passed. (See PR 3B at the end of the Minutes.) Professor Reedy mentioned that there was an hour long documentary on John Hope Franklin on one of the local cable channels recently. He said it was an absolutely stellar piece of work on his history as an Afro-American historian. Mrs. Plattner noted that Mr. Franklin also is heading, by President Clinton's proclamation, the study on racism in American culture which is an enormous task. President Wethington said there were no action items from the Community College System other than one item which is a part of the Finance Committee report and there were no items from the Lexington Campus or the Medical Center. I. Acceptance of Interim Financial Report for the University of Kentucky for the Seven Months Ended January 31, 1998 ( FCR 1) Mr. Hardymon reported that the Finance Committee met and considered six items. FCR 1 is the acceptance of the Interim Financial Report. He noted that the Financial Report is going through some changes. The 1997-98 section, both on the balance sheet and the revenue and expenditure sheets, reflects the deletion of the Community College System portion. He explained that the report excludes the assets, liabilities, fund balances, revenues and expenditures for the Community College System and reduces the University budget by the amount of the Community College System budget for fiscal 1997-98. The 1996-97 figures contain the full Community College System along with the other affiliates of the University of Kentucky. The figures in the report for 1996-97 that include the operations of the Community College System are historically accurate and will not be restated. He said it was important to point out that there is no negative impact on cash flow which is extremely important since revenue must be received before the money is spent. Most of the revenues come from tuition and quarterly from the state. The percentages are still very close to those in the past. He said that the balance sheet and cash flow are in good shape. He moved approval of FCR 1. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Bell and passed. (See FCR 1 at the end of the Minutes.) J. Capital Construction Report (FCR 2) Mr. Hardymon stated that FCR 2 is the quarterly Capital Construction Report for the three months ending December 31, 1997. He called attention to the fact that the report provides some description of amendments, particularly those which involve funds, - 6 - and continues to provide data on the percent of completion, contract awards, and competitive bids. He said that FCR 2 is in good shape, and he recommended approval. Mr. Welenken seconded the motion, and it carried. (See FCR 2 at the end of the Minutes.) K. Authorization to Execute Ground Lease (FCR 3) Mr. Hardymon said that FCR 3 involves asking the Board for authorization to execute a ground lease at the Owensboro Community College. The Daviess County Extension District Board proposes to build an Extension Building on the campus of the Owensboro Community College. This will be a relatively small facility of 7,500 square feet. He said the lease will be renewable for a total of 75 years at a dollar per year. He recommended approval of FCR 3. Mr. Shoop seconded the motion, and it passed. (See FCR 3 at the end of the Minutes.) L. E. T. Arington Gift and Pledge (FCR 4) Mr. Hardymon stated that FCR 4, 5, and 6 involve gifts and pledges. FCR 4 is the E. T. Arington gift and pledge. Mr. Arington resides in Cincinnati, Ohio and is a long- time supporter of the University of Kentucky Athletics program. The gift is $142,500 and the pledge is $57,500 for a total of $200,000. Mr. Arington's gift completes the fundraising for the $1.5 million outdoor tennis stadium which is adjacent to the four-court indoor center. He recommended approval of FCR 4. Ms. Wickliffe seconded the motion, and it passed. (See FCR 4 at the end of the Minutes.) M. Estate of Lucy George Thomas Booker (FCR5) Mr. Hardymon said Mrs. Lucy George Thomas Booker lived in Tennessee but was proud of her Kentucky heritage, having spent much of her earlier life in Hopkinsville. He noted she was not a graduate of the University of Kentucky nor the community college. Her estate leaves the Hopkinsville Community College an endowed scholarship fund of $253,284.91. He recommended approval of FCR 5. Mr. Guthrie seconded the motion, and it carried. (See FCR 5 at the end of the Minutes.) N. Cisco Systems, Inc., Gift-In-Kind (FCR 6) Mr. Hardymon stated FCR 6 is a gift-in-kind of communications equipment valued at $1,720,000 from Cisco Systems, Incorporated to the William T. Young Library building project. Cisco Systems is a San Jose, California firm in the general business of "intemetworking," a rather large firm, and a leader in technology. This is a gift of a system that is very much needed. It gives the students, staff and faculty the ability to seamlessly access multimedia library resources locally and worldwide. This gift comes to the University at an excellent time. He moved approval of FCR 6. His motion, seconded by Ms. Cruz, passed. (See FCR 6 at the end of the Minutes.) 7- 0. Investment Committee Report Mr. Wilcoxson, Chairperson of the Investment Committee, reported that the Committee met today and the University's investment programs are on track and performing well. He stated the small cap manager, Wellington Management Company, made a presentation at today's meeting and that their performance has been very good. The total market appreciation for the endowment for the last six months has been nearly $12 million. As of December 31, 1997, the University's endowment at market value was $213 million. He mentioned the University had received a report on the National Endowment Study for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, and UK was ranked in the twenty-third percentile ranking (upper one-fourth) for all schools. Comparatively speaking this is a very good ranking. Governor Breathitt expressed appreciation for the fine work of all committees, particularly the Investment and Finance Committees. P. Meeting Adjourned There being no further business to come before the Board, the Chairperson adjourned the meeting at 1:48 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Merwin Grayson Secretary Board of Trustees (PR 2, 3A, and 3B, FCR 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 which follow are official parts of the Minutes of the meeting.) PRi1 Office of the President March 3, 1998 1. Rupp Arena Agreement Reached With Lexington Mayor Lexington Mayor Pam Miller and the University have announced that they are ready to seek approval of a proposed agreement to keep UK basketball at Rupp Arena. This agreement also provides UK the opportunity to plan for the future needs of its basketball program. The proposal contains two key elements: a re-negotiation of UK's lease at Rupp and an option for the University to buy the arena and/or Lexington Center after July 1, 2000. 2. Medical Center Researcher Participates in Shuttle Flight Thomas Kelly, behavioral science, participated in the January Space Shuttle flight by launching a computer program that monitored the crew's behavior and mood. Kelly worked in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and other scientists to create the software. Kelly and his colleagues taught the crew how to operate the performance assessment tests last year. These tests are an important part of NASA's plan for sending astronauts into space for long-term missions. 3. UK Wins Design Competition for Downtown Ludlow Proposal The departments of horticulture and landscape architecture and the architecture and historic preservation graduate programs combined to win four of five awards given by the city of Ludlow. The city held a competition for design proposals for the Ludlow downtown district. More than 30 organizations participated. Jan Schach, landscape architecture; Michael Pride-Wells and Mark O'Brien, architecture; and Jed Porter, historical preservation, organized UK's participation. -2- 4. Heart Patients Receive Gift of Love on Valentine's Day Dr. Juan Sanchez, heart transplant program, performed two heart transplants on Valentine's Day when two donor hearts became available. The first heart transplant was performed on a 46-year-old Eastern Kentucky man who had an enlarged heart. The patient had been on the heart transplant waiting list since December 8. The second was performed on a 56-year-old Lexington man who had coronary artery disease and an enlarged heart. He had been on the waiting list for two-and-a-half years. 5. Center Develops a Unique Rural Therapy for Eastern Kentuckians The Center for Drug and Alcohol Abuse has begun a three-year study that will use traditional Appalachian means such as storytelling and religion as methods to combat drug and alcohol abuse in Eastern Kentucky. Hazard, Mount Sterling and Somerset have been chosen as the three study sites. The study is funded by a $660,000 National Institutes of Health grant. 6. Martin School to Assist Local Disaster and Emergency Services Effort The Martin School of Public Policy and Administration will help the state Division of Disaster and Emergency Services with local planning. An agreement calls for the school to: (1) conduct focus groups in the 14 DES areas to discuss needs, (2) develop a video to increase awareness of the need for hazard mitigation, (3) conduct workshops in the 14 DES areas for local officials and (4) create a statewide disaster resource center at the school to gather and catalog information needed for mitigation plans. The Commonwealth of Kentucky will provide nearly $86,000 for the first year of the program. 7. Law Students Win Regional Mock Trial Contest, Head to Nationals The Sixth Circuit mock trial champions from UK will participate in the national championship March 4-7 in San Antonio, Texas. On the team are third- year law students Kim Bunton-Douglas of Louisville and Jason Reed of Leitchfield. The team won five straight trials at the regional competition which included 14 teams from the sixth circuit's schools in Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio. 8. Engineering Students Build Formula Race Car for Competition Some 35 members of the Society of American Engineers student chapter have built a Formula race car and will compete against some 90 teams from the United States, Canada, Mexico and Great Britain. The competition, sponsored by the Society of American Engineers, serves as an engineering project as well as the opportunity to work in a team effort. The UK team and its blue and white Formula race car will compete in May in the autocross race. 9. James Still Fellowship Available to Graduate Students A new graduate fellowship will be available next academic year thanks to an endowment from the Bingham Fund. The James Still Fellowship is available to graduate students entering UK in the fall in humanities or social sciences. Candidates must be graduates of privately-supported colleges in the central Appalachian region and residents of that region. The fellowship will be a 12- month award of $15,000 plus full tuition. 10. Four Inducted Into Business and Economics Hall of Fame Four distinguished alumni recently were inducted into the Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics Alumni Hall of Fame. They are William W. "Bill" Ecton, C. Merwin Grayson Jr., David S. Jordan and Gary B. Knapp. Ecton, a native of Winchester, was the first chairman of the College's department of accounting. Grayson, of Covington, is president, chief executive officer and director of Huntington Bank Incorporated. Jordan, of Louisvlle is a partner in Coopers & Lybrand accounting firm, and Knapp, of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, is a founding partner of Park Acquisitions Incorporated, which owns Park Communications. 11. Donovan Scholars Program Enrollment Up Last Year The Donovan Scholars Program attracted 287 academic students and 957 special-classes students last calendar year. Enrollment increased by nine percent over 1996 for the program, which offers free academic courses for people 65 and older and non-credit activities for people 60 and older. -4- 12. Art Department to Bring Original Works to Kentucky The Department of Art has received a Kentucky Arts Council grant to develop a Visual Arts Touring Program. The department will organize a faculty and student exhibition that will travel to at least four Kentucky schools, libraries or community center in the region. The goal of the grant is to bring the works to parts of the state with limited access to original art. 13. Tobacco Institute Reaches Research Agreement With Navy Gary Girola, Tobacco and Health Research Institute, has reached an agreement with the Naval Medical Research Institute in Dayton, Ohio, to improve an animal smoke exposure apparatus at THRI. In return, THRI will conduct biochemical analysis on animal lung samples that are part of an experiment by the Naval institute. 14. Henderson Sophomore to Give Breathitt Lecture Kristina Talbert, an agricultural biotechnology and Russian sophomore from Henderson, has received the Edward T. Breathitt Undergraduate Lectureship award. She will present her lecture, "Cultural Identity: Recognizing and Understanding the Qualities that Define Us," at 7 p.m. March 25 at the Center Theater in the Student Center. The lectureship was established by the Gaines Center for the Humanities in 1995 to honor former Kentucky governor and current UK Board of Trustees Chairman Edward T. Breathitt. 15. Block Grant Pays for Owensboro Child Care Center Owensboro Community College has received a $225,000 Community Development Block Grant for its child care center. The award is part of $1 million that U.S. Housing and Urban Development has set aside for nontraditional economic development initiatives in Kentucky. The 6,000-square- foot center is scheduled to open in fall 1999, providing space for 60 children. HUD requires that the center benefit low-income children and that the college provide matching private dollars. -5- 16. College of Medicine Lauded for Application of Information Technology The Association of American Medical Colleges lauded the UK College of Medicine in Contemporary Issues in Medical Education for its use of computers. The AAMC publication praised the college for "finding opportunities to enhance education with computer applications wherever they exist." 17. Student Awards and Honors Andria Beeler, Jill Blankenship and Sara Joseph, entomology, received Howard Hughes Research Awards for their work in the insect evolutionary genetics laboratory. Jeffrey Bewley, Stephanie Falck, Jason Groth, Brittany Lewis, Carrie Lynch, Matthew Metz, Julie Mossbarger, Justin Sexten, Daniel Smith, Jeremy Stull won awards at the Young Farmer's Convention, sponsored by the Kentucky Farm Bureau. Several Hazard Community College students won awards from the Kentucky Association of Nursing Students. Pam Bowling won the Student of the Year award, Jeff Fugate won the Health Hero award and Angie Halcomb won the poster contest. A team of Erin Caudill, Alisha Lucas, Tara White and Jennifer Yates won the grand prize in the Kaplan Nursing Bowl, competing against eight other teams. J. Garland Combs and Ronald Thompson, Hazard Community College Lees College Campus, received one-year, full-tuition scholarships from the Perry County Soil Conservation District to study in the college's Forest and Wood Technology program. Nicholas Garland, geology, won the outstanding student paper award in geological sciences at the Kentucky Academy of Sciences annual meeting and also won an award for his paper and poster at the National Association of Academies of Science annual meeting. James Halley, theater, received the regional Barbizon Award for Theater Design Excellence in lighting design. -6- 18. Significant Faculty and Staff Activities Eileen Abel, Lexington Community College, will be one of three editors of a book on Kentucky leaders published by the Jesse Stuart Foundation. Students in Abel's 1997 Leadership Academy will write the book. Michael Andrykowski, behavioral science, was appointed a member of the National Institutes of Health's Behavioral Medicine Study Section. Allan Butterfield, Center for Membrane Science, received a $300,000 National Institute on Aging grant to continue work on the brain oxidation that occurs in Alzheimer's disease. The grant will allow the project to extend until 2001. Steve DeMers, educational and counseling psychology, received the Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Award from the American Psychological Association. Thomas Foster, pharmacy, was named a fellow of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Steve Fricker and Karen Main, Center for Rural Health, received a two-year $300,000 Fund for Rural America grant to implement Community Initiated Decision Making and Kentucky Homeplace in one or two counties. Robert Gipe, Southeast Community College, received three awards from the Kentucky Oral History Commission for the community college's Appalachian Archives, of which he is director. Linda A. Goldstein and C.W. Spurlock, Kentucky Injury Prevention Research Center, will have their article, "Kentucky's Child Restraint Law Has Saved Lives: A 20-Year Review of Fatalities Among Children (Aged 0-4) as Motor Vehicle Occupants," published in the March issue of the Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association. Robert Grossman, chemistry, won a $348,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award for work on a new method of making synthetic organic compounds. The Southern Agricultural Economics Association honored several UK professors. Steve Isaacs and Richard Trimble, agricultural economics, received the Extension Distinguished Professional Contribution Award for their Farm Service Agency Borrower program. Jerry Skees, received a teaching award and professor emeritus Eldon Smith won the Lifetime Achievement Award. Mary Marchant, was elected the association's president. -7- Linda Kuder, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, was named a Fellow by the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education and will be recognized at the association annual meeting this month. Chip McLeod, Hazard Community College, had a 12-page article, titled "Not Forgetting the Land We Left: The Irish in Antebellum Richmond," in Virginia Cavalcade. Julia D. Porter, health services, was named to the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professions peer review panel. Shirley Raines, education, was elected Association for Childhood Education International president. Clive Robinson, surgery, was appointed a board member of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Surgeons. Gwyn Rubio, Lexington Community College, has written a novel, Icy Sparks, scheduled to be published in August by Penguin/Viking Press. The title is the main character's name. John Schuster, special education and rehabilitation counseling, was named Journal of Behavioral Education associate editor. Robert Schwemm, law, was appointed to the Federal Reserve Board Consumer Advisory Council. Truman Stevens, curriculum and instruction, received a $51,896 Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education grant. He and Frank Ettensohn, geology, and Tom Troland, astronomy, will use the grant to work with teachers at Lexington and Nicholasville schools. Phyllis Wise, physiology, was selected for the Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Lectureship of the American Physiological Society. PR 2 Office of the President March 3, 1998 Members,