USD President's Report 1989

• P hilosophy Professor Dennis Rohatyn assumes the vice presidency of the American Society for Value Inquiry, a national organization.

D r. Lisa Baird, associate professor of biology, chairs a National Science Founda- tion peer-review panel meeting in Washington, D.C.

• School of Education Dean Edward DeRoche is appointed a member of the education committee of the Anti-Defamation League of San Diego.

S ome 70 professors from the U.S., Canada and Japan gather on campus for a conference organized by philosophy Pro- fessor John Donnelly to commemorate the 175th birthday of philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.

A handmade, one-of-a-kind • instrument-a Martin Ott "tracker" organ- is installed in Founders Chapel. The organ, a gift from San Diegans Jerry Witt and his mother, Kate, will provide a boost to USD's fledgling liturgical music program.

P olitics has been reduced to a game of " king of the hill" in which politicians stoop to new depths to get ahead, a well-known expert tells a USO audience. Dr. James McGregor Burns, the Woodrow Wilson Pro- fessor of Government at Williams College, made the remarks during a campus address.

• K ristine Strachan becomes the 11th woman to currently head an American Bar Association-accredited law school in the United States when USO selects her as dean of its Law School.

Fi ve prominent San Diegans-Sally Thornton, Liam McGee, Alison Tibbitts, Robert Adelizzi and Marion Hubbard-are honored by USO for their outstanding ser- vice and support to the community and the university at USD's Deans Ball . Proceeds from the annual ball benefit students and faculty.

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