USD President's Report 1989

• A bout l,425 undergraduates, graduates and law students receive diplomas during three separate commencement cere- monies. Copley Newspapers Editor-in-Chief Herb Klein receives an honorary doctorate during the undergraduate ceremony.

• W ell-known developer and philan- thropist Ernest Hahn is named chair-elect of the university's Board of Trustees. Hahn, a member of the board for the past eight years, assumes his new role in the fall of 1990. Hahn replaces San Diego Bishop Leo Maher, who plans to retire in July, 1990. The Center for Nursing Research awards a S370,000 grant to Dr. Mary Ouayhagen, professor of nursing, to fund a study on the effects of a family-based pro- gram of cognitive stimulation in Alzheimer families. R ichard Danford, director of the School of Law's Patient Advocacy Program, rece ives the " Charlie" Award for outstand- ing public service in the field of mental health. The award is sponsored by San Luis Rey Hospital, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, and state Assemblywoman Sunny Mojonnier and Senator Bill Craven .

l aw Professor Robert Simmons is one of 15 individuals named to the California Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Court Facilities Design Standards. The com- mittee will make recommendations about what technology the state's courtrooms of the future should be equipped with and their design .

E nglish Professor Irving Parker is presented with the 1989 Laura Smith Award by the Associated Community Theatres of San Diego for significant contributions to community theater throughout San Diego County.

• C aring and Responsibility: The Cross- roads Between Holistic Practice and Traditional Medicine, a book authored by Dr. June Lowenberg, assistant professor of nursing, is published by University of Pennsylvania Press.

• The First 40 Years, the first comprehen- sive history of the university, is published. History Professor Iris Engstrand and alumna Clare White authored the book .

C hemistry Professor Don Peterson is among 25 participants at a National Science Foundation Chautauqua Course on "Authoring Computer-Based Instruction Using Macintosh Hypercard" at Utah State University. Hyper- card can be described as programming language for the non-programmer.

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