George T. Shaheen '66 MBA '68, managing partner and chief executive of Andersen
Consulting, is the 1997 recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award. The
award is presented annually to a Bradley alumnus whose participation has
resulted in a "change for the better" in significant situations,
institutions, movements, or fields of endeavor, and whose achievements bring
the greatest honor to Bradley.
He will be honored at the annual Founder's Day Luncheon on Wednesday, October
8 at 11:30 a.m. in the Student Center Ballroom.
Mr. Shaheen has held his current position since Andersen Consulting became
independent from Arthur Anderson & Co. in 1988. Under his leadership, the
firm's revenues have grown from $1.1 billion to $6.1 billion. Andersen Consulting
is now the world's largest management and information technology consulting
organization with 50,000 professionals in 47 countries serving more than
three-quarters of Fortune magazine's 100 largest global public companies.
As the first leader of Andersen Consulting, Mr. Shaheen was responsible
for creating the organization's global infrastructure and management team.
He is chairman of the firm's executive committee and global management council.
He has overseen the firm's strategy-setting process, including the definition
of its business integration client service model and the articulation of
the firm's mission, vision and core values.
A frequent lecturer at universities and business conferences, Mr. Shaheen
in 1966 was the inaugural speaker for Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg
Graduate School of Management IT Speakers Series and appeared on the Gartner
Group Symposium "mastermind" panel addressing the Internet's future.
Mr. Shaheen is a member of the Bradley University Board of Trustees and
the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School Board of Advisors. He serves on Chief Executive
magazine's advisory board and is a member of the chairmen's committee of
the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards for technological innovation. He also
serves on the Board of Directors of Siebel Systems.
A NAME="article2">Bank CEO is Outstanding Young Graduate
Daniel P. Daly '77, president and chief executive officer of First Capital
Bank in Peoria, will be honored on Founder's Day as recipient of the 1997
Outstanding Young Graduate Award. The bank opened its doors in April 1996
with assets of $5.3 million which have since grown to $40 million.
Mr. Daly, a life-long Peorian and graduate of Spalding Institute, is a certified
public accountant who began his career with KPMG Peat Marwick. He then joined
a new management team at Security Savings, and in late 1989 pursued a dual
role as president and chief executive officer of Heart of Illinois Bank
and chief operating officer of Community Bank of Greater Peoria, institutions
which were commonly owned. He played a significant role in the sale of Community
Bank to Magna Bank and assumed the responsibility as Magna's chief executive
officer in its Peoria division. In 1994, he left Magna and embarked upon
the organization of First Capital Bank. Mr. Daly has been actively involved
in the community, having served as the treasurer of the Peoria Symphony
and the Tri-County Urban League. He chaired the Peoria County unit and the
statewide fund-raising efforts of the American Cancer Society. He also served
on the Central Illinois Bradley Alumni Chapter Board of Directors. Currently,
he serves on the boards of the Peoria Civic Center Authority, the boys and
Girls Club of Greater Peoria, the Parc Foundation, the Economic Development
Council for the Peoria Area and the Heart of Illinois United Way. He serves
as a director of MH Equipment Company, and was a recipient of the "40
Leaders Under 40" award in 1996.
The sixth annual WCBU Used Music Sale will be held September 26, 27 and
28 in Campustown Shopping Center. All proceeds are used to support programming
on Bradley's public radio station at 89.9 FM.
The sale will offer an estimated 12,000 LPs, CDs, 78s, 45s, 8-tracks and
cassettes as well as musical instruments, sheet music and electronics. Donations
of anything related to music will be accepted and put out for sale. Last
year's event raised $5,200 for the station.
Sale hours will be Friday noon to 9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and
Sunday 1 to 6 p.m. There will also be a special preview sale on Thursday,
September 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. for WCBU members only.
For information, to volunteer, or to donate items call Lee Wenger, WCBU
Membership Manager, on ext. 2340.
Dr. Kevin Stein and Dr. Jim Ballowe of the English faculty and Ann Coulter
of the Department of Art are participants in an interdisciplinary poets'
and artists' project titled "Illinois Portfolio." The collaborative
project, featuring the work of six poets and six artists is a creative treatment
of life on the Illinois prairie.
The Portfolio is being shown at the Illinois Art Gallery in the Thompson
Center in Chicago in a six-week exhibition through October. The exhibition
will tour throughout the state, and is expected to be viewed in other venues,
including overseas. The Portfolio is a limited-edition work, of which Bradley
has been given one of the 20 copies.
In connection with the work, Bradley is planning a symposium of the poets
included in the Portfolio in the spring. Among the participants is Lisel
Mueller, winner of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
The project received support from Bradley's Office of Teaching Excellence
and Faculty Development (OTEFD), Western Illinois University, the Illinois
State Museum, Dick Blick art materials, and private collectors.
Bradley's 100th anniversary will be observed on Founder's Day, October 8
with a day of formal and informal celebration.
The Founder's Day Convocation will be held outside Bradley Hall, culminating
with the unveiling of a life-size statue of Lydia Moss Bradley in the Centennial
Circle. In the event of rain, the Convocation will be held in the Dingeldine
Music Center, with a brief ceremony following in the Circle.
Members of the Class of 1947--the first class to graduate from the newly
designated Bradley "University"--will be on hand as part of their
50th class reunion celebration.
The Central Illinois Bradley Alumni Chapter will sponsor its annual Founder's
Day Luncheon, and student organizations will celebrate with a party on the
Quad featuring entertainment by country, rhythm and blues and rock bands,
the Kaizer combo, the Bradley Gospel Choir, the Speech Team and students
reading poetry. Other activities involve interactive games, a "Velcro
wall," limbo and hot-dog eating contests, balloon toss, and dinner
on the Quad.
At about 7:30 p.m., the Madrigal Singers will lead students in singing "Happy
Birthday," followed by a special program outside and comic entertainment
at 9 p.m. in the Field House.
; Nearly 50 medieval history scholars from across the country will gather
at Bradley on September 26 and 27 for the Thirty-Sixth Annual Midwest Medieval
History Conference.
The conference will feature a public lecture in Baker Hall room B51 at 2
p.m. on September 27 by Dr. Jerry H. Bentley, editor of the Journal of
World History and professor of history at the University of Hawaii.
The subject of his presentation will be Cross-cultural Interaction and Hemisphere
Integration in the Post-Classical World. The lecture is presented by the
Bradley Department of History as part of its Armstrong Lecture Series.
Dr. Bentley is an acknowledged expert on early global and world history.
He has published books and journal articles on medieval cross-cultural and
intercultural contacts and exchanges and various aspects of broadening history
courses to a true global and world presentation of the contributions of
all peoples and societies.
Graduate students will present papers on Friday afternoon and faculty papers
will be presented throughout the day on Saturday.
For more information, contact Dr. Gregory Guzman on ext. 2399.
New Faces is September 27-28
The Department of Theatre Arts will present "New Faces '97" on
Saturday and Sunday, September 27 and 28 in the Meyer Jacobs Theatre of
the Hartmann Center for the Performing Arts. Performances are at 8 p.m.
Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. General admission tickets of $5 for the public
and $2 for students are available at the door.
Dr. Jeanie Bukowski, affiliate instructor of international studies,
received a grant from the Commission of the European Union in Brussels to
compile and publish a monograph, Teaching the EU: Exchanging Ideas on
Techniques and Methods, through the Institute of International Studies,
Bradley University, forthcoming, October.
Dr. Samuel Fan, assistant professor of biology, was awarded a travel
grant by the American Society for Microbiology for the purpose of presenting
the paper, "An Inquiry-based laboratory sequence including discovery
of multiple antibiotic resistance in the general population," at the
society's undergraduate teaching conference in May 1998.
Dr. Sweanum Soo, associate professor of civil engineering and construction,
received a Presidential Commendation from the National Council of Examiners
for Engineering and Surveying at its 76th annual meeting in New Orleans
in August. The award recognizes "extraordinary contributions to the
Council in the area of international engineering practice" acknowledges
his "efforts to promote goodwill, cooperation and communication between
the NCEES and licensure organizations in the People's Republic of China
and Taiwan." The citation further states that his "enthusiasm,
dedication and professionalism have fostered international partnerships
that will strengthen the engineering profession at home and abroad."
Books
Dr. Bichara Muvdi and Dr. John McNabb, professors of civil engineering,
emeriti, and Dr. Amir Al-Khafaji, professor and chair of civil engineering
and construction, Statics for Engineers and two solutions manuals
for this and its companion volume, Dynamics for Engineers, (see May
8, 1997), both published by Springer-Verlag, New York. Statics completes
a comprehensive two-volume set for the treatment of mechanics intended for
engineering students and of interest to engineering professionals worldwide.
The texts comprising more than 1,800 pages, and solution manuals comprising
more than 1,500 pages, are the culmination of 10 years of work. They contain
some 2,600 problems and 350 solved examples, and their appearance makes
Bradley one of only a few of universities whose faculty have produced textbooks
and solutions manuals of this magnitude in this comprehensive subject.
Articles & Chapters
Dr. Richard Bjorklund, professor of biology, emeritus, "Impact
of flooding on Illinois River Wading Bird Colonies," co-authored with
Daniel J. Holm of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Transactions
of the Illinois State Academy of Science, summer.
Dr. Jeanie Bukowski, affiliate instructor of international studies,
"Decentralization in Spain: a Re-evaluation of Causal Factors,"
South European Society and Politics, Winter 1997.
Dr. Donna Hill, associate professor of marketing, "The Effects
of Distributive Procedural, and Interactional Justice on Postcomplaint Behavior,"
co-authored with Jeffrey Blodgett and Stephen Tax, Journal of Retailing,
summer.
Dr. Mary Ann Manos, assistant professor of education, "Professional
Renewal: The Next Generation of Teachers" and "The Call to Teach:
Book Review" Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, Summer.
Papers & Presentations
Dr. Jeanie Bukowski, affiliate instructor of international studies,
"Policy Networks and Complex Interactions in the European Union: Environmental
Policy in Spain," and roundtable discussion organizer and participant,
"Teaching the EU: Exchanging Ideas on Techniques and Methods,"
European Community Studies Association Conference, Seattle, Washington,
May 1997; "Redistribution of Authority in Spain and Portugal: Processes
and Causal Factors," American Political Science Association annual
meeting, Washington, D.C., September 1997.
Dr. Nina Collins, "Was Ellen Richards Really Our Founder,"
a paper which disputed the accepted founder of Home Economics, American
Family and Consumer Sciences National Conference, Washington, D.C., June.
Dr. Krisnanand Maillacheruvu, assistant professor of civil engineering
and construction, "Aerobic Biodegradation Potential of Photocatalyzed
Surfactant Washwater," ninth Emerging Technologies Conference of the
American Chemical Society, Pittsburgh, September.
Dr. Mary Ann Manos, assistant professor of education, "Multiple
Intelligences and the D.A.R.E. Curriculum," D.A.R.E. Officers State
Conference, August.
Dr. June Pilcher, assistant professor of psychology, "The Relationship
of Sleep to Subjective Health and Well-Being in Healthy Adults," co-authored
with Kristin Reimer, BA '97 and Renee Dailey, BA '97; and
"Effects of Shiftwork on Sleep: A Meta-analytic Review," poster
presentation co-authored with Barbara J. Lambert, BA '97, Lamont
Moore, MA '97, and Dr. Allen Huffcutt, assistant professor of
psychology, 11th annual meeting of the Association of Professional Sleep
Societies, June 1997.
Dr. Guofang Wan, assistant professor of education, with Dr. Celia
Johnson, and Dr. Jean Marie Grant, assistant professors of education,
"Process-oriented Writing Instruction and ESL Students," US-SINO
Teacher Education Consortium, Shanghai, China, June 1997.
Dr. Barry Westfall, associate professor of education, with Dr. Guofang
Wan, assistant professor of education, "Countervaling Twentieth Century
American Educational Practices/Philosophies and their Implications for the
Chinese Cross-Cultural Learner," 11th annual USA-SINO Teacher Education
Consortium, Shanghai, China, June.
Professional Activities
Betty Church, instructor of family and consumer sciences, was faculty
mentor for Leslie Bumgarder, B.S. '95, a senior Mildred Arnold Senior
Scholar who was one of four undergraduates to have a research paper accepted
for presentation at the Kappa Omicron Nu Conclave in Dallas ,Texas in August.
At the same meeting, Carrie Fuller, a junior FCSF major, was elected
to a national office.
Dr. Edward Lamoureux, associate professor of communication, served
as consultant to Caterpillar during its 1997 District Managers meeting in
Peoria in July. He critiqued presentation rehearsals, coached speech preparation,
and advised regarding meeting scheduling during the July event, which was
in preparation for the 1997 National Association of Caterpillar Dealer Meetings
in Tucson, Arizona, in August.
Jane Linnenburger, executive director of the Smith Career Center,
has been elected vice president of the Midwest Association of Colleges and
Employers for 1997-98. During the previous year she served as secretary
of the organization.
Dr. Mary Ann Manos, assistant professor of education, was elected
Teacher of the Year (1996-97) by the Mortar Board Society.
Dr. S. N. Prasad, associate professor of electrical and computer
engineering and technology, with graduate research assistants Suil Modur
and Ed Cullerton, participated in workshops, panel sessions, technical
sessions and a microwave production exhibition, including a presentation
of Bradley graduate and undergraduate projects in the area of microwave
engineering, at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RFIC symposium
in Denver in June.
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