Dr. Goldberg to receive Lydia Moss Bradley Award

Peoria, Illinois ... October 2, 2003 ... Dr. Kalman Goldberg, distinguished professor of economics, 1986 Illinois Professor of the Year, and provost and vice president for academic affairs, emeritus, will be awarded the 2003 Lydia Moss Bradley Award during the Founder's Day luncheon in the Michel Student Center ballroom at Bradley University on Friday, October 3. Dr. Goldberg died in January of this year. His family will accept the honor on his behalf.

The Lydia Moss Bradley Award honors outstanding service to Bradley in the tradition of its founder. Mrs. Bradley's vision in founding Bradley Polytechnic Institute was to shape young people's lives and help them understand the value of an education and the importance of hard work. She wanted them to lead successful lives and was willing to dedicate both her time and savings for that purpose.

Dr. Goldberg came to Bradley as an assistant professor of economics in 1952. He was promoted to associate professor in 1956 and was named head of the department in 1957. He served as director of the Bradley Center for Economic Education for eight years, the editor of The Journal of Economic Education from 1985 to 1989, and associate editor of the Regional Science Perspectives Journal. In 1986, he was selected Illinois Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and was one of ten finalists for the 1986 National Professor of the Year honor. He received the annual Putnam Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1958, and in 1960 he received a Ford Foundation Fellowship for study in economics at the University of Michigan. He served as a consultant to business, education, and government and has conducted research and published books and articles on urban economics.

Dr. Goldberg's service to the University included a term as chairman of the University Senate from 1977 to 1981. He also was a key member of the University's Strategic Planning Committee and was a member and chairman of most university and College of Business Administration standing committees throughout his fifty-year tenure. He served as faculty advisor for the Student Senate, NAACP, and Hillel. Additionally, he served as director and chief investigator of the USIA grants with Samara State Aerospace University/International Market Institute in Samara, Russia.

Dr. Goldberg was active in both professional and community organizations, including the American, Midwest, and Illinois Economic Associations, the American Association of University Professors, the Regional Science Association, and the Mid-Continent Regional Science Association. Locally, he served on the boards of the Tri-County Urban League, the Peoria Area Mental Health Clinic, and Youth Farm. He was involved in numerous civic and religious organizations and was appointed by Governor James Thompson to the Illinois Independent Higher Education Loan Authority. In recognition of his service to Bradley and to the Peoria community, Dr. Goldberg was awarded the Francis C. Mergen Award for Community Service in 1994. He received a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University.