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Volume 12 | Issue 4

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7-1-1985

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The School of L aw has a new dean. He is J o h n T. Baker, a pro fes­ so r of law a n d once a n asso ciate dean a t In d ia n a U n iv e rsity ’s Law School in B loom ington.

The n e w dean, w ho e a rn e d h is b a c h e lo r’s degree from F isk U niv er­ sity in 1962, is a 1965 cum laude g rad u a te of th e H ow ard U n iv ersity School of Law. He replaced D ean Wiley A. B ra n to n , w ho resig n ed in Septem ber, 1983, to p u rsu e o th e r in ­ tere sts. P ro fessor Oliver M orse served as th e a ctin g dean of th e school in th e in te rim .

Before jo in in g In d ia n a U n iv ersity in 1978, D ean B aker served Yale Law School as a n asso ciate p ro fes­ so r for five y e a rs. A dditionally, he h a s been a v isitin g p ro fe sso r a t Georgetow n, R ochester, San Diego, M in n eso ta a n d Hew York

U niversities.

H is legal ex p erien ce includes p o ­ s itio n s as g e n e ra l counsel a n d p re s ­ id en t of th e Hew York U rb an Coali­ tio n Venture C apital Corp., a n d as a n asso ciate of th e law firm , W inthrop,

Stim son, P u tn a m & R oberts, in Hew York.

He is th e a u th o r of n u m ero u s a r ­ ticles on co rp o ra tio n s, c o n tra c ts a n d civil rig h ts, a n d h a s served as a c o n s u lta n t to th e Ford F oundation, th e H eritage H all D evelopm ent C o rp o ratio n of Hew H aven, Conn., a n d th e Taconic F oundation, in Hew York.

The legacy of Charles Hamilton Houston seem ed v e ry m u ch alive a t a p ro g ra m m a rk in g th e u n v eilin g of a b u s t of th e p io n ee rin g law yer w h o often h a s b een called “The F irs t Mr. Civil R ig h ts.” T he.pro gram w as h eld in th e m oot co u rtro o m of th e H ow ard U n iv ersity School of Law on M ay 9.

The h a n d so m e b ro nze scu lp tu re, created by R andall J . Craig, Sr., is a gift to th e school from its 1985 class.

I n addition to H ow ard law school stu d e n ts, faculty a n d staff, th e cerem ony a ttra c te d a n u m b e r of dis­ tin g u ish ed law y ers a n d ju ris ts , am o n g th e m A ssociate J u s tic e of th e U.S. Suprem e C ourt Thurgood M arshall, a 1933 g rad u a te of th e school.

They cam e to p ay trib u te to th e fo rm er vice dean of th e School of Law (1 9 3 0 -3 5 ) a n d fo rm e r special counsel of th e HAACP (1 9 35-40 ) w ho laid th e g ro u n d w o rk for th e 1954 school deseg regation decision a n d o th e r legal a tta c k s on ra c ia l d isc rim in a tio n .

S p eakers included J a m e s E. Cheek, p re s id e n t of th e u n iv ersity ; G enna Rae McNeil, a u th o r of “G roundw ork: C harles H a m ilto n H o u sto n a n d th e Struggle for Civil R ig h ts ” [see review in th e J u ly 1984 issu e of H ew D irections]; H e rb e rt 0.

Reid, Sr., th e sc h o o l’s C harles H a m ilto n H o u sto n D istin g uished P rofesso r of Law; J . Clay Sm ith, Jr., P rofessor of law; R obert C. W arren, Jr., p re sid e n t of th e 1985 class; Is ia h Leggett, a s s is ta n t d ean of th e law school; a n d J u s tic e M arsh all, w h ose u n a n n o u n c e d a p p e a ra n c e a t th e p ro g ra m w as a delightful s u r ­ p rise to m o st in th e audience.

P re sid e n t Cheek, c h a ra c te riz in g th e p re s e n ta tio n of th e sc u lp tu re as “a n im p o rta n t occasion in th e life of th e la w school,” re a d a p ro c la m a ­ tio n d e sig n a tin g th e day C harles H am ilto n H o u sto n Day on H ow ­ a rd ’s cam puses.

Reid, w ho rea d a s im ila r p ro c la ­ m a tio n from th e M ayor of th e Dis­ tr ic t of Columbia, called for “a r e ­ new ed dedication a n d c o m m itm en t to th e u n fin ish e d w o rk of C harles H a m ilto n H o u sto n .”

“We m u s t pick u p C h arlie’s m a n ­ tle a n d rededicate o urselves to h is legacy,” h e said. “We m u s t dedicate ourselves to public service. If n o t th a t, w h a t e lse ? ”

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I n a w a rm , anecdotal style, M ar­ sh a ll spoke of H a m ilto n as “a p e r­ fe c tio n ist” w h o “k n e w exactly w h ere h e w as going,” an d as an individual w ho embodied “decency” an d w h o displayed “fear of no m a n .”

The sc u lp tu re of H o u sto n show s th e legal p io n ee r seem ing to look out to w ard s th e fu tu re as h e ho ld s a th ic k volum e en titled “C o n stitu ­ tio n a l L aw ” in h is h an d s. I t h a s b een placed outside th e e n tra n c e to th e chap el on th e firs t floor of H o us­ to n H all on th e u n iv e rs ity ’s w est cam pus.

Professor Orlando L. Taylor h a s been n am ed to serve as th e actin g d ean of th e School of C om m unica­ tio n s follow ing th e re sig n a tio n of Lionel C. B arrow , th e sc h o o l’s d ean since 1975, on J u n e 30.

Taylor, w h o jo in e d th e faculty of H ow ard U n iv ersity in 1973, is a d is­ tin g u ish ed sc h o la r-tea c h e r w ho h a s c o n c en tra te d p rim a rily on co m m u ­ n ic a tio n s d iso rd ers a n d language sciences. He ch a ired th e sc h o o l’s D e p a rtm en t of C o m m unications A rts a n d Sciences from 1975 to

1980.

I n 1984, h e w as am ong a group of d istin g u ish e d H ow ard faculty m em bers w h o received aw ard s from th e u n iv e rs ity for th e ir o u tsta n d in g w o rk in th e classro om a n d in research .

A p e rm a n e n t dean is expected to be ap p o in ted by th e firs t of J u ly n e x t year.

M illard James (J im ) Watkins III, tec h n ica l d irecto r since October 1984 of H ow ard U n iv e rsity ’s Office of Satellite C om m unications, h a s b een n am ed actin g g e n e ra l m a n ­ ager of th e u n iv e rs ity ’s WHUR-FM

radio sta tio n , succeeding g en eral m a n a g e r R obert Taylor effective J u n e 30.

W atkins w as fo rm e rly th e s ta ­ tio n ’s ch ief engineer, s ta rtin g in 1971 w h e n WHUR m ade its a ir de­ but. I n 1979, h e becam e a s s is ta n t for m ass m edia to th e u n iv e rs ity ’s vice p re sid e n t for a d m in istra tio n , a n d th e follow ing y e a r w as a p ­ p o in ted d irecto r of o p e ra tio n s an d e n g in eerin g for th e u n iv e rs ity ’s th e n n ew WHMM-TY C hannel 32.

P rio r to jo in in g th e u niv ersity , W atkins w ork ed for th e A m erican B roadcasting Com pany as a n engineer.

The un iversity’s endowment campaign h a s received a gift of a q u a rte r of a m illio n d o llars from David P ackard a n d h is wife, Lucile.

The gift by P ackard, c h a irm a n of th e bo ard of H ew lett-P ackard Com­ p a n y of Palo Alto, Calif., is th e sec­ ond s u b s ta n tia l one for th e endow ­ m e n t ca m p a ig n th is year. E a rly in M arch, Jo e L. A llb ritto n, c h a irm a n of th e bo ard of th e Riggs n a tio n a l

Bank, in W ashington, D.C., a n d h is wife, B arb ara, m ade a $250,000 do­ n a tio n to th e cam paign.

The u n iv e rs ity ’s en do w m en t c am ­ p aign, officially k n o w n as th e H ow ­ a rd U n iv ersity New D irection E n ­ dow m ent Cam paign, w as lau n c h e d late la s t y e a r after th e U.S. Congress a p p ro p ria te d $2 m illio n in m a tc h ­ in g funds.

South A frica, foreign policy and fam ine in A frica d o m inated th e d iscu ssio n s a t T ransA frica F o ru m ’s F o u rth A n n u a l Policy Conference w h ic h w as h e ld a t H ow ard U niver­ sity on M ay 31.

“The issu e of S outh A frica h a s m oved stu d e n ts in w ays th a t dom estic issu e s d id n ’t,” said

jo u rn a lis t/a u th o r P aula Giddings in h e r keynote address o n “Blacks a n d F oreign Policy.” She w as of course re fe rrin g to th e c u rre n t d em o n ­ s tra tio n s a cro ss th e c o u n try by co n cern ed stu d e n ts b e n t on p r e s ­ s u rin g th e ir u n iv e rsitie s to divest from A m e ric an co m p anies w ith S outh A frican b u sin e ss

conn ectio ns.

The cam p u s d e m o n stra tio n s fol­ low in th e foo tsteps of o th e r public d e m o n s tra tio n s a g a in s t a p a rth e id th a t are being staged in sev eral cities by th e Free S outh A frica M ovem ent. This crusade, w h ic h is g ettin g la rg e r a n d larger, w as firs t lau n c h e d la s t N ovem ber 21 a t th e South A frican E m bassy in W ashing­ ton, D.C.

Giddings, a H ow ard a lu m n a a n d a u th o r of a n ew book, “W hen an d W here I E n ter: The Im p a c t of Black Women on Race a n d Sex in

A m erica,” em p h asized th e value of a global v isio n o n issu e s involving foreign policy. “Our w o rk re m a in s

u n d o n e u n le s s w e com m unicate, n o t only in th e ideological sen se b u t also on th e p e rs o n a l se n se ,” she said.

On th e issu e of fam in e an d th e w orldw ide food crisis, p a rtic u la rly in th e T h ird World, p a n e lis t C h erri W aters, a n a s s is ta n t p ro fe sso r of po litical science a t H ow ard U n iv er­ sity, said: “Except for a n u c le a r w ar, n o th in g th re a te n s h u m a n ity m ore th a n h u n g e r.” She blam ed th e c u r­ r e n t d e v a sta tin g food sh o rta g e s in m a n y p a rts of A frica on p o v erty a n d und erdev elo p m ent, fo r th e m o st p a rt.

A second p a n e list, D jibril Diallo, ch ief of in fo rm a tio n of th e U nited N atio n s Office of E m ergency O pera­ tio n s in Africa, p o in ted o ut t h a t m il­ lio n s of people are th re a te n e d by h u n g e r in A frica a n d elsew here. “M uch of th e a tte n tio n h a s b een fo­ cused on E th io p ia ,” h e said. While “E th io p ia deserves w h a te v e r aid it gets, th e re are m a n y m o re E th io p ias — for exam ple, Chad, Mali, a n d B u r­ k in a Faso. I t (d ro u g h t) h a s been going on for 10 y e a rs o r m o re in som e p a rts of A frica.”

The m o st c ritic a lly affected c o u n ­ trie s in Africa, in a d ditio n to th e th re e Diallo m entio n ed, are: A ngola, Niger, M a u rita n ia, M ozam bique an d Sudan. Those c ritic a lly affected are: B otsw ana, B urundi, Cape Verde, Kenya, Lesotho, R w anda, Senegal, Som alia, T anzania, Zam bia, a n d Zimbabwe, according to th e U nited N ations. (See In te rn a tio n a l.)

On th e political fro nt, specifically U.S. s u p p o rt for th e South A frican regim e, R andall R obinson, executive d irecto r of T ransA frica, p u t th in g s in perspective. “A p a rth e id is a r in g ­ ing in s u lt to every Black A m e ric an in th is c o u n tr y .. .A rebuke to Blacks

an y w h e re is a rebuke to Blacks ev ery w h ere,” h e said. He c h a ra c ­ terized th e R eagan A d m in is­ tr a t io n ’s policy of “c o n stru ctiv e e n ­ g a g e m e n t” as a failure. T hus, a r e a s ­ s e ssm e n t of th e U.S. policy is in order.

“We (F ree S outh A frica M ove­ m e n t) w ill h o ld u p a m ir ro r to A m erica to look a t itself,” h e said.

“We are going to ch ang e th e n a ­ tio n a l policy of th is c o u n try o r die try in g .”

Change seem s to be creepin g u p on South Africa. I n a rela te d event, th e U.S. H ouse of R e p resen tativ es on J u n e 6 overw h elm in g ly voted to curb fu tu re in v e s tm e n t in South Af­ ric a by A m e ric an com p an ies n o w doing b u sin e ss th ere , n e w loans, th e sale of c o m p u te rs to th e a p a rth e id regim e an d th e sale in th e U.S. of K ru g g erran d s, S outh A fric a ’s gold coins. The H ouse vote w as 29 5 to 127. E a rlier in th e week, th e Senate F oreign R elations C om m ittee also adopted a s im ila r b u t less far- re a c h in g m easure. A gain, by a vote of 80-12, th e full Senate reaffirm ed th e e a rlie r action.

The S outh A frica bill n o w faces one la s t h u rd le in th e Senate. Al­ th o u g h a rd e n t c ritic s of S outh Af­ ric a a n d th e R eagan A d m in is­ t r a tio n ’s “c o n stru ctiv e engage­ m e n t” policy sa y even s tro n g e r m ea su res th a n th o se th e House bill calls for are needed, th e bill r e p re ­ s e n ts a h is to ric firs t in th is co u n ­ t r y ’s c h a n g in g m ood a g a in st ap arth eid .

Rep. W illiam H. G ray I II (D-Pa.), a key sp o n so r of th e H ouse bill, said ( in The W ashington P o st) th e r e ­ gim e in S outh A frica is likely to face “even s tro n g e r m e a s u re s ” sh o u ld it fail to chan g e its w ays.

Mem bers of the Howard com­ munity turned out in full force to h o n o r Col. F red erick D rew Gregory, th e p ilo t of th e A pril 26-M ay 6 flig ht of th e space s h u ttle Challenger, a t a J u n e 4 rec e p tio n a t th e B lack burn Center.

A m ong th o se in a tte n d a n c e w ere n u m e ro u s m em b ers of th e fam ily of th e late Dr. C harles Drew, th e n o ted su rg e o n a n d fo rm e r chief of staff a n d m edical directo r of F re ed m e n ’s H o sp ital w h o pio neered in develop­ in g a m eth o d to sto re blood plasm a. I n 1944, Dr. D rew received th e NAACP’s S p in g a rn Medal for h is c o n trib u tio n s.

Gregory, a n e p h e w of Dr. Drew, h a d ta k e n th e m edal w ith h im abo ard th e Challenger, w h ic h o r­ bited th e e a rth 110 tim e s d u rin g its m issio n. A t a b rie f cerem o ny a t th e H ow ard recep tio n , h e re tu rn e d th e m edal to th e M o o rland -S pin g arn R esearch Center, th e p e rm a n e n t r e ­ p o sito ry for Dr. D rew ’s m em o rab ilia a n d p ap ers.

On receiving th e m edal o n b e h a lf of th e u n iversity, M ichael W inston, vice p re sid e n t for academ ic affairs

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an d fo rm er d irecto r of th e Moor- lan d -S p in g a rn R esearch Center, n o ted t h a t G regory’s H ow ard c o n­ n e c tio n rea c h e s fa r b ack in to th e u n iv e rs ity ’s p a st. The a s tr o n a u t’s g reat-g ran d fath er, J a m e s M onroe G regory (1849-1916), h ad

grad u ated from th e u n iv e rs ity ’s col­ legiate d e p a rtm e n t in 1872, stayed on to becom e a tu to r in L atin a n d m a th e m a tic s, a n d in 1876 w as a p ­ p ointed p ro fe sso r of Latin. He r e ­ m ain ed a t H ow ard for m ore th a n 20 y e a rs before becom ing th e p rin c ip a l

of a n in d u stria l school in Hew Jersey.

I n h is ow n re m a rk s, Gregory stre sse d th e im p o rta n c e of in c re a s ­ in g th e n u m b e r of Black sc ie n tists a n d e n g in e e rs in th e n a tio n . He h a d sounded a s im ila r th em e w h e n he spoke to h ig h school stu d e n ts d u r­ ing h is w ell-publicized v isit to h is n ativ e city. As he told a W ashington Post rep o rter, “I ’m n o t going to go out an d tell th e m [stu d e n ts ] to b e­ come a s tro n a u ts . I ’m j u s t try in g to fill in th e pie so w h e n th e y m ake [c a re e r] decisions, th e y ’ll co n sid er th e e n tire pie in ste a d of a couple of slices.”

The D ivinity School has received a $344,000 g r a n t from Lilly E n ­ dow m ent, Inc., to re s e a rc h a n d p u b ­ lis h a d irecto ry of Black c h u rc h e s in th e U nited States. D ean L aw rence H. J o n e s is th e p rin c ip a l in v e stig a to r for th e th re e -y e a r project.

The school also rec e n tly received a $50,000 gift from Hew York p h ila n th ro p is t C lem entine M iller

of re n o v a tin g th e new ly n am ed B en jam in E. Mays Hall, w h ic h w ill be th e h e a d q u a rte rs for th e school w h e n it m oves to its n ew cam pus, a 22-acre ex p an se in n o r th e a s t W ash­ in g ton , fo rm e rly th e Holy H am e Col­ lege of th e F ra n c is c a n Order of F ria rs. T h at re n o v a tio n is c u rre n tly in p rogress.

The unique experience of Black soldiers who fought in World War II is th e focus of a n o ra l h is to ry p ro ject being u n d e rta k e n by th e u n iv e rs ity ’s M oorland-S p in garn R esearch Center.

I n a special cerem ony in th e B lack bu rn C enter o n M arch 22, tr a n s c rip ts of th e m em o irs of six v e te ra n s of th e A rm y ’s 3 6 6 th I n fa n ­ try R egim ent an d th e Tuskegee A irm en w ho h a d seen a c tio n in Ita ly w ere in sta lle d in th e o ral h is ­ to ry collection. D onated a t th e sam e tim e w as th e diary of th e late Col. Wendell T. D erricks, c o m m an d er of th e 5 9 7 th Field A rtille ry u n it, w ho w as described by H. M in to n F ran cis, d irecto r of H o w ard ’s Office of U n i­ v e rsity P lan n in g , as “a co n su m m a te com bat leader.” F ran cis, a 1944 g rad u ate of West Point, is a retire d A rm y colonel.

A t th e cerem ony, he p aid special trib u te to re tire d A rm y Col. M ajor C lark of Tulsa, Okla., a stu d e n t of Black m ilita ry history , for p re s e rv ­ ing th e d iary a n d m ak in g it accessi­ ble to o th e rs th ro u g h th e M oor­ la n d -S p in g a rn R esearch Center. “We m u st be b ro u g h t to th e rea liz a tio n th a t a n ac cu ra te ly docum ented A fro-A m erican m ilita ry h is to ry is m u ch too im p o rta n t to be left to w h ite m ilita ry h is to r ia n s ,” he em phasized.

Indeed, if th e re w as one th em e t h a t seem ed to em erge stro n g e s t a t th e in sta lla tio n c erem o ny it w as th e need to docum ent, p reserv e a n d d is­ se m in a te in fo rm a tio n on th e often- fo rg o tten c o n trib u tio n s m ade by Blacks in th e n a tio n ’s a rm e d forces. This is especially tru e for th e v e te r­ a n s of World War II w ho f irs t “h a d to figh t for th e r ig h t to die for o ur co u n try ,” a n iro n y n oted by retire d A rm y Brig. Gen. George B. Price, an d th e n w ere confined to segregated

only w ith th e enem y b u t w ith p re j­ udice, d isc rim in a tio n a n d racism .

As E lin o r DesVerney Sinnette, w ho h eads th e M oorlan d -S p ingarn R esearch C e n te r’s o ral h is to ry de­ p a rtm e n t, observed a t th e cere­ m ony: “F a r too m a n y of to d ay ’s you n g Black m e n a n d w om en be­ lieve o u r stru g g les b eg an w ith th e Civil R ights M ovem ent of th e ’60s. A fro-A m erican m ilita ry p e rso n n e l sh o u ld be m ade aw are of th e tria ls an d triu m p h s of th o se Black p e r­ so n s w ho m arc h ed before.”

Howard U n iversity Hospital

em ployees celebrated its 10th b i r t h ­ day A pril 12 a n d 13 w ith cake a n d ice cream , w hile a n a rticle in th e A pril 25 issu e of th e h o s p ita l’s biw eekly n ew sletter, Probe, p r e ­ sen ted a n overview of th e h o s p ita l’s o p e ra tio n s today. A n ex c erp t from th a t article:

“The [H o w a rd U n iv e rsity ] m edi­ cal com plex includes 49 9 in p a tie n t beds, 2 4 -h o u r em ergency m edical a n d d en tal care, over 70 o u tp a tie n t clinics, fou r satellite h e a lth ce n te rs, a sickle cell disease center, t r a n s ­ p la n t center, re n a l dialysis center, a n I n s titu te of F am ily Life an d Child D evelopm ent Center, a n d a c an cer center. I n addition, th e h o sp ita l serves as th e p rim a ry te a c h in g fa­ cility for th e H ow ard U n iv e rsity Col­ leges of M edicine, D entistry, H urs- ing, P h a rm a c y an d P h a rm a c a l Sci­ ences, a n d Allied H e a lth Sciences.”

The h o s p ita l’s predecessor, F reed m en ’s H ospital, dates b ack to th e 1860s.

Dr. Boland Scott, d irecto r of th e H ow ard U n iv ersity C enter for Sickle Cell Disease, h a s received th is y e a r ’s Ja co b i Aw ard from th e A m e ric an A cadem y of P ediatrics a n d th e Section on P ed iatrics of th e A m erican M edical A ssociation.

•He w as p re se n te d w ith th e aw ard a t a n A pril 16 m eetin g of th e A m e ri­ c a n A cadem y of P ediatrics in A t­ la n ta , Ga.

Dr. Scott is th e f irs t Black p ed ia­ tric ia n to receive th e p restig io u s a w a rd w h ic h sin g les o u t A m e ric an p e d ia tric ia n s w ho have m ade sig n if­ ic a n t c o n trib u tio n s in th e a re a of

ch ild h e a lth a n d p e d ia tric s educa­ tion. I t is n a m e d for Dr. A b ra h a m Jacobi, w ho is considered th e fa th e r of p ediatrics.

The College of Pine A rts sp o n ­ sored a sy m p o siu m on “The A rtist- Scholar Faces th e Tw enty-first C en tu ry ” on M arch 20 a n d 21 as p a r t of its a n n u a l w eek-long S p rin g Festival.

One of th e sy m p o siu m p a n e ls — “A rts A d m in istra tio n Today”— seem ed to com bine elem ents of a pep ra lly for th e a rts , a c a re e r s t r a t ­ egy se ssio n for th o se p la n n in g to involve th em selv es in a rts a d m in is­ tra tio n a n d a confessio n al on th e som etim es th w a rte d o r r e c h a n ­ neled d ream s of th e a rtist. The sp e ak e rs w ere all H o w ard alu m n i.

Grace Bradford, su p e rv isin g di­ re c to r of m u sic for th e D.C. Board of E ducation, to ld th e fu tu re a rts te a c h e rs a n d o th e rs sittin g before h er: “We h ave to get people to th in k of a r t an d m u sic te a c h e rs as basic to th e c u rric u lu m — n o t as special te a c h e rs —because if y o u ’re ‘sp e ­ cial,’ y o u ’re n o t considered “e sse n tia l.”

T eixera H ash, a p a in te r w ho fo r­ m erly c h a ired th e D.C. C om m ission on th e A rts a n d H u m an ities, offered som e e m p h a tic advice: “Every one of you is going to h ave to be a n a rts a d m in is tra to r b ecause every one of you h a s to tak e ch arge of y o u r

career. A lo t of a rtis ts th in k of th em selv es as so m ehow being in a sacred religion, th a t th e y d o n ’t h ave to sell. T h a t’s n o t so. You have a p ro d u ct or service to sell.”

Later, sh e added: “W hat you do sh o u ld be fun. If not, go in to som e­ th in g else. D on’t bu y t h a t old adage about th e suffering, s ta rv in g a r tis t in h is g a rre t. A r t — a n d a rts a d m in ­ is tr a tio n — sh o u ld be fu n .”

“You c a n ’t be a g rea t p rim a d o n n a s ittin g in y o u r office,” w a rn e d Odell Hobbs, c h a irm a n of th e m usic de­ p a rtm e n t a t V irginia U nion U niver­ sity, in d isc u ssin g th e role of th e a r ts a d m in istra to r. “You h ave to c o n s ta n tly d e m o n stra te th e need for th e a rts a n d m u sic .”

Beverly Kelch, a d ra m a te a c h e r in a P h ila d e lp h ia a rts h ig h school w ho is a m em b er of H o w a rd ’s Board of

Trustees, gave a p o in te d rem in d er: “The U.S. g o v e rn m e n t sp en d s m ore on one MX m issile th a n it spen ds on th e a rts. The a rts are im p o rta n t to us, b u t you [ stu d e n ts ] are in a false atm o sp h ere. The w o rld does n o t s h a re ou r view of th e im ­ p o rta n c e of th e a r ts .”

She also addressed th o se stu d e n ts w ho say “I ’m going to be a s ta r.” “I ’m n o t tellin g you to lose y o u r d ream ,” sh e said. “But h ave som e­ th in g to fall back o n.”

P o ig n an tly now, sh e spoke of h o w she, too, h a d once w a n te d to be “a s ta r,” b u t t h a t h e r life circ u m ­ sta n c e s d id n ’t w o rk out t h a t way. “I u n d e rs ta n d it is n o t all th a t easy now ,” she rem ark ed . “I also see t h a t th e re are a lo t of successes you c an have in th e a r ts w ith o u t being a quote s ta r .” She cited as exam ple th e role she h a d played in h e lp in g to ste e r successful U n iversal Studios pro d u cer C harles J o h n s o n to w ards a c a re e r in th e a rts. “Lots of people have h e a rd of C harles J o h n s o n ,” she said. “But w h o ’s h e a rd of Bev­ erly K elch? Som eone h a s to tea c h th e C harles J o h n s o n s of th is w o rld.”

H er w ords seem ed to strik e a sp e ­ cial em otion al ch o rd w ith in m em ­ b e rs of th e Fine A rts faculty in th e audience.

riv e faculty members a n d one d e p a rtm e n t w ere h o n o red by th e u n iv e rs ity for o u tsta n d in g achiev- m e n t a t a n aw ard s cerem ony h eld a t th e B lackb urn C enter on A pril 29.

Two faculty m em b ers received th e D istin g u ish ed Scholar-Teacher Award: F a u stin e Jones-W ilson, a p ro fesso r in th e School of E ducation an d editor of th e J o u rn a l of Negro E ducation, a n d W illiam E. M atory, d irecto r of th e D e p a rtm en t of Con­ tin u in g M edical E ducation in th e College of M edicine.

Two o th e r facu lty m em b ers r e ­ ceived th e O u tstan d in g R esearch Award: Edw ard W H a w th o rn e , d ean of th e G raduate School of A rts a n d Sciences a n d a p io n e e rin g re ­ s e a rc h e r in c a rd io v asc u lar p h y sio l­ ogy, a n d Oswaldo Castro, asso ciate d ire c to r of th e H ow ard C enter for Sickle Cell Disease.

Receiving th e D istin g u ish ed Serv­ ice Aw ard in th e division of h e a lth affairs w as J a m e s M. Tyson, a s s is t­ a n t d ean for stu d e n t affairs in th e College of P h a rm a c y a n d P h a rm a c a l Sciences.

The u n it a w a rd for O utstan din g Achievement'W jas e a rn e d by th e De­ p a rtm e n t of Clinical D e n tistry in th e College of D entistry, c h aired by J o h n B. Boyd.

E ach aw ardee received a plaque an d a citation. I n addition, th e five individual faculty m em b ers received $1,000 each; th e u n it aw ardee $5,000.

This is th e fifth y e a r of th e aw ards p ro g ra m w h ic h w as in itia te d by H ow ard U n iv ersity P re sid e n t J a m e s E. Cheek to provide rec o g n itio n a n d e n h a n c e m e n t of th e te a c h in g p ro ­ g ram a n d to en courage faculty de­ velopm ent. Selections are m ade by a facu lty -stu d en t com m ittee a p ­ p o in ted by P re sid e n t Cheek.

The College of Medicine is one of four p re d o m in a n tly Black m edical schools selected by th e ATSfT F o u n ­ datio n to receive $50,000 th is year. The funds are for th e c re a tio n of a p e rm a n e n t en d o w m en t for m edical sc h o la rsh ip s.

The AT&T F o u n d a tio n w ill re p e a t th e g r a n t in 1986, provided each of th e fou r in s titu tio n s is able to m a tc h its in itia l $50,000 g r a n t on a tw o-to-one basis.

The o th e r th re e in s titu tio n s are: The D rew P o stg rad u ate Medical School in Los A ngeles, M e h arry M edical College in N ashville, an d M orehouse School of M edicine in A tlan ta. □

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