Williams College promotes four, grants tenure to five faculty
Four Williams College faculty members receive named professorships and five are granted tenure effective July 1. Recipients include Whitney S. Stoddard as Massachusetts Professor of Art and John A. MacFadyen Jr. as Edward Brust Professor of Geology and Mineralogy.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Williams Board of Trustees
Whitney S. Stoddard
Massachusetts
John A. MacFadyen Jr
Edward Brust
Gordon C. Winston
Orrin Sage
H. Ganse Little
Cluett
Edson M. Chuck
Donald de B. Beaver
Thomas C. Jorling
George R. Goethals II
George E. Marcus
Stoddard
Williams
Harvard
U.S. Navy
MacFadyen
Lehigh
Columbia
University of Aarhus
Denmark
NE board awarded 360000 in research contracts grants
The New England Board of Higher Education received three contracts and one grant totaling 360000 from the federal government to study higher education. Projects include nursing education, graduate nurse training, regional training centers for medical professions, and microfilming thousands of agricultural documents for a national archive. Helen Belcher will supervise nursing programs and William Selden will direct medical professions research. The work spans 16 to 18 months.
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Wellesley
Mass
New England Board of Higher Education
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service
Helen C. Belcher
Federal Health Resources Administration
New England
William K. Selden
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Agriculture Library
North Adams State College names new academic dean
Dr. John L. Zaharis, former director of the Division of Natural Sciences at Miami-Dade Junior College in Florida, is named the new academic dean at North Adams State College following a nationwide search. The appointment, approved by the Massachusetts State College Board of Trustees, caps a process that drew nearly 300 applications and selected eight finalists for on campus interviews. Zaharis holds a B S in zoology and an M S from the University of Oklahoma and earned a Ph D in entomology at Kansas State University in 1960. He has directed biology at Miami Dade and served on the biology faculty at Loyola College and Upper Iowa College and participates in multiple professional societies.
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North Adams
Mass
John L. Zaharis
Division of Natural Sciences
Miami-Dade Junior College
Florida
North Adams State College
James T. Amsler
Massachusetts State College Board of Trustees
Boston
Zaharis
Amsler
University of Oklahoma
Kansas State University
Dean Zaharis
Miami-Dade
Loyola College
Baltimore
Upper Iowa College
Entomological Society of America
The
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Florida Academy of Sciences
American Association For Higher Education
Outward Bound bike tour of Nova Scotia planned for youths
A group of 24 young people from 12 states will spend days rock climbing and training in Hanover Vermont Norwich Vermont and Oak Hill New Hampshire before a 17 day bicycle expedition across Nova Scotia. Led by Robert Sparky Millikin Dartmouth graduate the trip includes Maine Acadia seacliff climbs and a Bar Harbor ferry ride to Yar mouth Nova Scotia. Each participant will undertake solos of three days and nights and keep a journal during the Outward Bound program begun to teach resilience and teamwork.
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Hanover
N.H
Upper Valley
Norwich
Oak Hill
Nova Scotia
Seacliff
Acadia National Park
Maine
Dartmouth College
East
Midwest
Robert
Sparky) Millikin
Dartmouth
Springfield
Bar Harbor
Yarmouth
Great Britain
Hurricane Island
Morganton
N.C
Wayzata
Minn
Denver
Colo
Dallas
Manchester Day Care Labor Day auction volunteers sought
Annual auction planned with word to donate articles and garden produce from Manchester area. High school students 15 to 16 may apply as teacher aid for swimming program. call 362-1395. Pools at Snowy Owl Hillcrest Inn and Worthy Inn open about 1 hour each morning. Vermont efforts include day care promotion and Weeks School reform study. Natalie, a commission member, coordinates follow-up. college credits offered for social services work.
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Manchester
Snowy Owl
Hillcrest Inn
Worthy Inn
Department of Social Rehabilitation
Vermont
Weeks
Governors Commission On Children and Youth
Natalie
Deerfield Valley Health Center Art Show Returns in Wilmington
Local artists and craftspeople will showcase at the 10th Annual Deerfield Valley Health Center Volunteers Art Show in Wilmington on July 26 27 and 28. Gloria Devereaux of Wordsboro has long exhibited watercolors at the show and earned national honors for her work. Betsy Fellows of West remains among participating artists.
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Wilmington
Deerfield Valley Health Center
Gloria Devereaux
Wordsboro
Yankee Plant shutdown ends. refueling extends output
Rowe Yankee Atomic Electric Company completed an eight week June outage at the Rowe plant with major turbine and generator refurbishments. Two safety system setpoints drifted slightly but function remained unimpeded. AEC inspectors found no major deviations. Startup is expected within the week and fuel loading will support operation into fall 1975 supplying about 1.5 billion kilowatts to New England.
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Rowe
Mass
Yankee Atomic Electric Company
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Division of Regulatory Operations
New England
Arts council opens membership drive North Adams NBCA launches 74 75 season with expanded dues and programs
The Northern Berkshire Council of the Arts NBCA begins its annual membership campaign for the 1974 75 season adding a student category. New and renewing members receive a 10 percent discount on NBCA events. The non profit organized in 1967 serves Adams North Adams Cheshire Williamstown and surrounding communities and funds lectures demonstrations school programs a colonial drama and potential classes while pursuing an arts resource center with an office at 121 Union St North Adams. For details contact Kathryn Meister executive director 121 Union St North Adams MA 01247 or call 663 3651.
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North Adams
Mass
Northern Berkshire Council of the Arts
Massachusetts Council On the Arts and Humanities
Adams
Cheshire
Williamstown
NBCA
Berkshires
Berkshire Ballet
Williams Trio
Union St
Berkshire
Northern
Kathryn Meister
Union
Hoosick Falls Birthday Party for 90-Year-Old Barber
Hoosick Falls resident and longtime farmer Barber was feted at a family dinner on June 29 for his 90th birthday. Hosted by his daughter Mrs. Bertha Strait, he has a wife who died two years ago, a son Burton of Boyntonville, eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Army Pvt. Stephen M. Elwell, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Elwell, has completed eight weeks of basic training at Ft. Dix New Jersey. His wife Loretta resides at 144 Church Street.
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Guy Barber
South Street
Hoosick
Bertha Strait
Barber
West Hoosick
Hoosick Falls
Burton
Boyntonville
Army
Stephen M. Elwell
Ralph H. Elwell
Route 2
Army Training Center For Infantry
Ft. Dix
N.J
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Wilson College
Chick
Brown
University of California At Riverside
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Sweet Baby James
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Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Taylor
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Laurel Faraci
Deerfield
Rowe Yankee
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Wheeler
Carole Wilson
Whitingham
Liz Edwards
West Dover
Liz Hull
Sandy
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Wilmington High School
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Arthur Center
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Catamount National Bank
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