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Judge William Augustus Bootle.

Todd L. Lake, new Belmont VP for spiritual development.

• ANAC Member Administrators and Faculty Honored
• Simmons Dean Elected APA President
• Drake Moot Court Team Wins National Honors
• Quinnipiac Professor to Write University History; Valparaiso Professor Receives Grant to Study Ozone Depletion
• Former Mercer Law Dean and Noted Georgia Jurist Dies at Age 102
• ‘Tis the Season for New Administrative Appointments

ANAC Member Administrators and Faculty Honored

Among ANAC member administrators and faculty recently honored: Dianne Lynch, dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College received the first Rich Jaroslovsky Award of the Online News Association. The award recognizes outstanding service to the 900 member online news industry and its values of editorial integrity, accuracy and fairness. Dean Lynch is the author of textbooks Media Culture and Virtual Ethics: Debating Media Values in a Digital Age, and writes a biweekly column on women and technology, “Wired Women,” for ABCNews.com.

President Jeanne Neff, The Sage Colleges, shared the stage with US Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton, as both were honored by the New York League of Conservation Voters for their contributions to New York’s environment. President Neff has tirelessly championed the restoration of historic buildings in Troy and used Sage resources to invest in urban revitalization to improve the economy, environmental quality, and quality of life for Troy and Albany citizens.

Professor Helen Reinherz of the Simmons College School of Social Work and head of the nation’s longest-running study of predictors of mental health from early childhood onward, has been awarded the 2005 Distinguished Achievement Award by the national Society for Social Work and Research. Robert Clark, dean of the University of Evansville School of Business, has been named to the newly endowed John H. Schroeder Family Chair.

Simmons Dean Elected APA President

Gerald P. Koocher, Dean of the Simmons College School for Health Studies, has been elected 2006 president of the American Psychological Association (APA). APA is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and the world’s largest association of psychologists with a membership of more than 155,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. Koocher is the former chief pediatric psychologist at Boston’s Children’s Hospital and has 25 years of experience in APA governance roles.

Drake Moot Court Team Wins National Honors

The Drake University Law School National Moot Court team won second place in national competition in New York City in February, defeating Wake Forest University in the semifinals but lost the final round to the University of California Hastings College of Law. Along the way the Drake team defeated teams from the University of Mississippi, University of Utah, Fordham University, and Boston University. Two teams from Drake earlier swept the regional competition (South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa), but only one team is eligible to advance to nationals.

Quinnipiac Professor to Write University History; Valparaiso Professor Receives Grant to Study Ozone Depletion

After nearly 55 years on the Quinnipiac University faculty, Professor Stanley S. Katz of the School of Health Sciences will retire this spring to become University historian. In addition to establishing a University archival system, he will research and write a history of Quinnipiac University, founded in 1929, which he projects to complete by the end of the 2005-06 academic year.

Valparaiso University physics and astronomy professor Gary Morris has received a $100,000 grant from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to conduct research on pollutants that cause ozone depletion. His project will involve launching 80 balloons, known as ozonesondes, during 2005-06 in Houston and East Texas to monitor ozone pollution levels thousands of feet above the surface of the Earth. These measurements will help both to measure the relative effects of automobile, petrochemical, and natural forest pollutants, and the impacts of wind patterns in transporting pollutants that contribute to ozone depletion.

Former Mercer Law Dean and Noted Georgia Jurist Dies at 102

Judge William Augustus Bootle—Mercer University alumnus, Law dean (1933-37), and lifetime Mercer trustee—distinguished U.S. Attorney and District Judge, died in January at age 102. Among Judge Bootle’s most high profile cases, he ordered the desegregation of the University of Georgia in 1960. Mercer University gave special recognition to Judge Bootle in 1999, naming an endowed chair of professionalism and ethics in the practice of law in his honor.

‘Tis the Season of Administrative Appointments

ANAC members have announced a number of new administrative appointments. Among them.

• Drake has moved Janet McMahill, interim dean, to dean of the School of Education. For several years Jan chaired the ANAC distance learning committee.
• Simmons has named Christine Flynn Saulnier, an academic administrator in the University of Wisconsin System, to be the new dean of the School of Social Work.
• Elon announces the appointment of Peter Felten as director of the new Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. Felten comes to Elon from Vanderbilt University where he was associate director of the Center for Teaching.
• Elvalee Banks, vice president for academic affairs and student affairs at Wilberforce University, has been appointed executive director of the Capital University Center for Lifelong Learning in Dayton.
• Todd L. Lake, currently dean for university life at Baylor University, will become the new vice president for spiritual development at Belmont University.
• To underscore Susquehanna University’s commitment to diversity and diversity initiatives, Brian Johnson, director of multicultural affairs, has been appointed to the additional role of special assistant to university President L. Jay Lemons and member of the SU executive staff.