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Columns::January 27, 2003

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As the only full-time staff member for the Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program, Edward Rollor’s primary responsibility is to supervise the Toxicology Distance Learning Program, UGA’s first degree to be offered entirely by distance learning. (Photo by Peter Frey)

EDWARD A. ROLLOR III
Research Coordinator II
Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

JOB DESCRIPTION: “I work for the Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program and its newest initiative, the Center for Leadership in Education and Applied Research for Mass Destruction Defense.
“As the sole full-time staff member for the Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program, I develop and coordinate all activities. My duties include supervising more than 40 graduate students, two part-time student workers and a part-time secretary. I am responsible for Web-based instructional materials, research program coordination and safety issues. In addition, I am the assistant editor of the program’s newsletter.
“My primary responsibility is to supervise the Toxicology Distance Learning program, the university’s first degree to be offered entirely by distance learning. I coordinate schedules among faculty and other presenters in regional symposia, toxicology classes, research seminars and training classes. This involves coordinating the schedule of distance learning sites, as well as the hiring, training and supervising of technical staff for the management of the toxicology program activities.
“At the present time, we are teaching ‘Training for Health Care Professionals for Natural Disasters and Weapons of Mass Destruction Events.’ It is my responsibility to teach pharmacy students the basics of emergency communications, risk communications, amateur radio and message handling.
“I also give presentations to amateur radio groups to help them develop their skills as communicators.”

YEARS IN CURRENT POSITION: Seven.

MOST REWARDING/CHALLENGING PART OF MY JOB: “Both challenging and rewarding is the responsibility of assisting students. I enjoy seeing students get a good education and leave the university ready to get to work. I do all I can to help them sort through all of the problems that might arise during their time here. I really enjoy taking part in their research, especially if it is collection of data in the field.”

OTHER UGA EXPERIENCE: “I will have been with the university for 26 years this March. I started working at UGA in January 1977 after graduating from the Warnell School of Forest Resources in December 1976. I was a laboratory and field technician at the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study at the College of Veterinary Medicine, for 18 years, assisting in wildlife health surveillance.”

OFF-THE-JOB INTERESTS: “I like to spend as much time with my family as possible. My wife, Melanie, and three daughters, Diana, Kate and Sarah, have their amateur radio licenses, which helps us communicate with one another during our busy schedules.
“I also teach third- through fifth-grade Sunday School classes at Watkinsville First Baptist church. I really enjoy using experiments in class to demonstrate the truth of God’s word.
“We take active roles in assisting and competing in dog and disc freestyle competitions. My daughter Diana has competed in this sport for eight years and finally convinced me that this was a sport in which I could compete against people younger than 50 and win. She was right, and my dog, Chase, and I took third place this year in the Southern Nationals held in Atlanta.”

THE PERSON I MOST ADMIRE: “My mother-in-law, Martha McCurley, has shown enduring patience in caring for her husband, who has Alzheimer’s. She is constantly challenged, but always expresses her love and responsibility by taking on the unknowns that each day brings.”

THE ISSUE THAT CONCERNS ME MOST ABOUT TODAY’S WORLD: “Pride and a lack of love for God and our fellow man. In today’s society we are taught about self-respect and pride, but nothing about being humble. People put themselves first and help others only if it benefits them. There is nothing wrong with being humble and doing things that are ‘beneath our dignity.’ ”

--Leslie Bakun

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