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Columns::April 28, 2003

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Tree dedication ceremony honors Odum
A tree dedication ceremony honoring the late Eugene P. Odum is scheduled for April 30 at 4 p.m. at the Institute of Ecology. The event is free and open to the public.
Ecology doctoral candidate Cheryl McCormick organized the acquisition of a southern live oak [Quercus virginiana] to be dedicated on behalf of the ecology graduate student body.
“We can’t think of a more fitting way of paying tribute to Dr. Odum’s 40 years of unwavering service and commitment to the university community than by planting his favorite tree, a live oak, as a living memorial, on the grounds of the institute,” says McCormick. “As one of my colleagues so aptly stated, ‘This is the house that Odum built.’ We greatly miss his presence at the institute.”
Speakers from UGA include Gordhan L. Patel, vice president for research and associate provost, Jack Crowley, dean of the College of Environment and Design, and Ronald Carroll, director of the Institute of Ecology.
Widely considered the father of modern ecology, Odum was responsible for the establishment of the UGA Institute of Ecology, the Marine Sciences Institute on Sapelo Island and the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory in Aiken, S.C. He retired from UGA in 1984.
Odum died at his home on August 10, 2002, at the age of 88.

New faculty athletic rep appointed
Jere W. Morehead, professor of legal studies and director of the Honors Program and associate provost, has been appointed by President Michael F. Adams to serve as faculty athletic representative, effective July 1. He succeeds Gary Couvillon, professor of horticulture, who has served in this position for 10 years and is stepping down prior to his planned retirement next year. The position of faculty athletic representative is specified by NCAA regulations as the liaison between each university’s intercollegiate athletic program and the academic community.

Law students win national tournament
The School of Law won the top trophy at the National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition, sponsored by the American Bar Association and the John Marshall Law School in Chicago earlier this month.
Third-year students Joshua B. Belinfante, Megan E. Jones and Nicholas G. Walter teamed up with second-year student Andrew H. Speaker to take home the national title. In addition, Jones won the competition’s best advocate award. In the last two rounds, UGA out-argued teams from Syracuse and Harvard universities.
This is the final advocacy competition for the law school this academic year. In total, UGA won one national title, finished number two in two other competitions and in the final four of another. The school also won five regional/state titles in addition to numerous individual and team honors.

Two athletes named sports scholars
UGA track and field athletes Celly Martinez and Sherita King were both named Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars in the April 10 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education. The publication established the award in 1993 to honor the late tennis star Arthur Ashe; the recognition is given to minority athletes who excel in academics, athletics and community service.
Martinez, a junior high jumper from Naucalpan, Mexico, was named to the track and field first team for the second year in a row. The economics and political science major has a 4.0 cumulative GPA.
King, a junior sprinter from Martinez, received honorable mention. The biology major earned a 3.73 GPA last fall semester and has a 3.25 cumulative GPA. She earned All-American honors last season as a member of the 400-meter team.

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