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Will Pursue Research Projects

Sesquicentennial Scholars Cited

Fifteen professors, representing
among them almost 200 years of
teaching at the University, have
been tapped as Sesquicentennial
Scholars for the 1969-70 session.

Established by the Board of
Visitors to mark the 150th anniversary
of the University, the scholars
will be Sesquicentennial Associates
of the Center for Advanced Studies.
Free from teaching duties, they will
pursue varied research projects at
the University or at other institutions
and facilities.

The 15 recipients come from the
departments of history, English,
physics, psychology, government
and foreign affairs, civil engineering,
mathematics, classics, philosophy,
art and economics and the
schools of law and architecture.

Professor Julian Bishko, a specialist
in medieval Iberian history,
plans to work on his book, "The
Frontier in Medieval History." He
also will update a collection of his
papers for publication by the University
of Barcelona.

Complete Biography

Douglas T. Day III, associate
professor of English, will complete
his biography of Malcolm Lowry,
English novelist who died in 1957.

Both J. M. Elsenberg and Klaus
Ziock of the physics department
plan to conduct research abroad.
Mr. Elsenberg, a specialist on the
nuclear structure of atoms, plans
research on elementary particle theory
at Tel-Aviv University in Israel.

Tentative plans of Mr. Ziock,
whose field is atomic and elementary
particle physics, include research
at the European Center for
Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva,
Switzerland.

Frank W. Finger, professor of
psychology, will continue a research
program supported in part
by the National Institute of Mental
Health. The project tackles problems
ranging from how temperature
variations affect the general
activity of laboratory animals to a
clarification of the "internal
clock," allegedly innate in certain
animals.

Proposed Book

Professor Laurin L. Henry of the
department of government and foreign
affairs will study the Bureau
of the Budget for his proposed
book probing the evolution and
current role of the executive office.
He is a former consultant for the
bureau.

Fred C. McCormick, associate
professor of civil engineering, will
investigate the relationship between
the moisture content-and the thermal
insulating properties of low-density
concrete. Ultimate goal of
the project is a practical material
for moist environments to be used
as an insulating blanket beneath
highway pavements.

John A. Oppelt, assistant professor
of mathematics plans to pursue
his interests in modern algebra at
the University of Washington in
Seattle.

Carlo Pelliccia, associate professor
of architecture and co-chairman
of the division of architecture, will
investigate creative architectural solutions
to educational problems,
with special emphasis on all phases
of university environment.

Two members of the law faculty
are sesquicentennial scholars. Professor
of Law Richard E. Speidel
will work on two books on contract
law. One is a case and problem
book for first-year law students, the
other a one-volume text for students
and general use.

Professor Walter Wadlington, family
and comparative law specialist,
will complete a text dealing with
adoption in the United States.

Continue Work

Arthur F. Stocker, chairman of
the classics department, will continue
his work as co-editor for
volume four of a new edition of
Servlus, fourth century lecturer and
scholar who wrote critical commentaries
of Virgil's "The Aeneid."

George B. Thomas, associate
professor of philosophy will explore
the philosophical concepts of
desire and intention, two topics
which will form the core of a
proposed book.

Theodore Turner, associate professor
of art, will do a series of oils
in heavy impasto from sketches and
a series of spontaneous works in oil
done directly from the landscape.
Finally he will seek an interrelation
between these two approaches.

Professor Rutledge Vining of the
economics department is a specialist
in the fields of price and
allocation theory, statistical methods
description and analysis of
fluctuations. His project will continue
his current analysis of basic
concept necessary to modify and
improve the economic system.