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Student death under investigation
UGA officials placed Alpha Tau Omega fraternity on interim suspension April 4 pending further investigation into circumstances surrounding the death of fraternity member Ben Grantham. Grantham died March 30 as the result of injuries in a car wreck in Oconee County. Law enforcement officials are investigating the death as a possible case of hazing.
Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Victor Wilson, acting on recommendation of Director of Student Activities Pat Johnson, issued the ruling after reviewing the matter with Vice President for Student Affairs Richard Mullendore, President Michael F. Adams and the president’s senior administrative staff.
Under university student affairs policy governing organizations, interim suspension of a unit’s organizational status is an available option "when an alleged action of the organization is of such an egregious nature as to require an immediate response.” While under interim suspension, the chapter may not hold any social or recruitment activities.
Indiana University dean to speak at graduate commencement
George E. Walker, vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School at Indiana University, will be the speaker for the graduate commencement ceremony May 13.
The exercises, at 2:30 p.m. in Stegeman Coliseum, are for an estimated 700 students who will complete requirements for master’s, doctoral and educational specialist degrees at the end of spring semester.
Walker, a physicist, has been on the IU faculty since 1970 and has held his current position since 1991. A leader in national organizations related to graduate education and research administration, he has been chair of the Council of Graduate Schools and was president of the American Association of Universities graduate schools organization.
He also serves on the AAU Council on Federal Relations and is chair of the Nuclear and Particle Physics Division Advisory Committee of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Life editor opens lecture series
Richard Stolley, former editor of Life magazine, will speak April 13 at 4 p.m. in the Chapel. His lecture, sponsored by the UGA Libraries, is the first in the new Mingledorff-Lorimer Lectures in Print Media series.
The lecture series was established by the late Huldah Lorimer Mingledorff, a UGA graduate who married George Lorimer Jr., whose father was editor-in-chief of the Saturday Evening Post from 1899 to 1937. The lectures are a part of the George Horace Lorimer Center for Print Media, created by an endowment for the Libraries from Mrs. Mingledorff.
Stolley joined Life magazine in 1953 and served in a variety of positions before becoming a founding editor of People magazine in 1974. He has served as director of special projects and editorial director and is currently senior editorial adviser with Time Warner.
Scholar-athlete finalists named
Golfer Shannon Ogg and tennis player Joey Pitts have been chosen as finalists for the 1999-2000 H. Boyd McWhorter Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. Each finalist receives a $5,000 scholarship for post-graduate studies.
The SEC Faculty Athletics Representatives Selection Committee will choose the outstanding male and female student-athlete, and the winners will receive a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship provided by the Alltel Corporation. The award will be presented to the two winners in June.
Ogg, a senior from Littleton, Colo., has a 3.90 grade-point average in finance and risk management. Pitts is a senior from Smyrna, and he carries a 3.98 GPA in biology.
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