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Position: Foreman of the electrical and elevator shops in the facilities department. Overseeing the electrical installations and maintenance on campus. Running the sound system in the University Chapel.
Quote: "I like the versatility of my work and meeting new people every day. I particularly enjoy the interaction with students and setting up for their concerts, plays and other special events."
Other interests: Singing with the University Gospel Ensemble. Spending time with his three daughters and two grandchildren. Serving as a member of the Prospect Association Managing Board.
B R I E F S
The broad appeal of Robert Fagles' translations of ancient Greek dramatists is spilling over into the commercial theater arena.
Works by Fagles, the Arthur Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature, are being produced by the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass., and the Berkeley (Calif.) Repertory Theatre.
Over the years, the plays have been performed primarily on college and university campuses. Fagles regards the current move to more public venues as an extra bonus, especially in light of the productions' place in the two schedules.
At the ART, Fagles' 1982 translation of Sophocles' "Antigone" opened the season with previews Nov. 24. The play runs through Jan. 17 at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge.
His 1975 translation of Aeschylus' "The Oresteia" will inaugurate the Berkeley Rep's new 600-seat theater when it opens March 14. The trilogy is scheduled to run through May 6.
Fagles is widely acclaimed for his popular translations of Homer's "The Iliad," published in 1990, and "The Odyssey," published in 1996.
Professor Patricia Fortini Brown, chair of the Department of Art and Archaeology, has been named the 2000-01 Slade Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Cambridge, where she will deliver the annual Slade Lectures during the winter term. In April and May, she will be a resident at the American Academy in Rome.
Edmund Synakowski, a physicist at the Plasma Physics Laboratory, recently was named a fellow of the American Physical Society.
He was recognized for his work in fusion energy research concerning heat retention in plasmas (hot, ionized gases). These plasmas are used as fuels for the production of fusion energy.
Synakowski received the lifetime appointment from the society's Division of Plasma Physics during its annual meeting in October. The society's rules limit the maximum number of fellows selected each year to no more than half of 1 percent of the division membership.
Fred Greenstein, professor of politics, has received the Lasswell Award from the International Society of Political Psychology for his contributions to the field over many years.
The society cited Greenstein for having built "new roads rather than following the beaten paths," beginning with his doctoral dissertation in the late 1950s and continuing through publication of his new book, "The Presidential Difference," last year.
The award honors Greenstein for his work in several areas of political psychology: the political socialization of children, personality and politics, and presidential leadership style.
"His work is not only marked by theoretical sophistication, creativity and careful attention to evidence, but is also characterized by a sharp clarity of articulation that makes it accessible to both the scholarly and policy communities, thus contributing to a gap-bridging dialogue between the two communities," the citation states.
Andrew Yao, the William and Edna Macaleer Professor Engineering and Applied Science and professor of computer science, has been elected to the Academia Sinica, the most prominent academic institution in the Republic of China.
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Editor: Ruth Stevens Staff writer: Yvonne Chiu Hays Calendar editor: Carolyn Geller Contributing writers: Marilyn Marks, Steven Schultz Photographer: Denise Applewhite Design: Mahlon Lovett, Laurel Masten Cantor Web edition: Mahlon Lovett |
