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  AUGUST 30, 2004
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  Gene Michaels, retired professor, establishes $2 million trust
 
  Magazine ranks UGA in top 20 for fifth straight year
 
  New insurance professorship named for alumnus Dan Amos
 
  Grady College wins chair in health, medical journalism
 
  Cellular biology department head named associate VP for instruction
 
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Paul Bertsch
Paul Bertsch
Paul Bertsch, director of UGA’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, has been appointed to two National Academy of Sciences Committees: the U.S. National Committee for Soil Science and the Committee on Earth Resources.

The U.S. National Committee for Soil Science represents the U.S. scientific community in the International Union of Soil Sciences. The USNC/SS promotes the enhancement of the soil sciences by strengthening the United States’s contribution to the international scientific community and informing the U.S. scientific community of soil science activities carried out throughout the world.

The Committee on Earth Resources committee reviews development of new activities relevant to mineral and energy resource affairs for the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources. The committee is responsible for providing analysis and recommendations relevant to the supply, delivery, and associated impacts of and issues related to energy, metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources. Bertsch will serve on the NRC for a term of three years.

Nash Boney
Nash Boney
F. Nash Boney, professor emeritus of history, was awarded the Hugh McCall Award from the Georgia Association of Historians.

The McCall Award recognizes lifetime achievement of scholarly attainment, excellence in teaching and mentorship and other efforts in encouraging the study of history.

A member of UGA’s history department from l963 until his retirement in l998, Boney was recognized for “his 10 books and nearly 100 articles, many of them on Georgia—from slavery and the Civil War to his pictorial histories of UGA; for his reputation as a very popular teacher to hundreds of undergraduates and inspiring mentor to dozens of graduate students over his career.”

James Price

James Price

James Price, professor of pharmaceutics, received the Research Achievement Award in Pharmaceutical Science from the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science.

The award recognizes Price’s research efforts in micro-encapsulation and controlled-release technology.

Mary Sue Walser, program coordinator in the Office of Special Academic Programs, has been appointed to the advisory council of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the world’s largest pre-college celebration of science.
This honor is bestowed on individuals who are “making a significant contribution to the science education of our youth and science fairs.”

As a member of the multicultural committee, Walser will make recommendations for the promotion of multicultural interaction and integration at the ISEF.

Held annually in May, the Intel ISEF brings together more than 1,200 students from more than 40 countries to compete for scholarships, tuition grants, internships, scientific field trips and the grand prize of a $50,000 college scholarship and a high-performance computer.

 
 


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