The
Institute Report
PUBLISHED BY THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE OF THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
VOLUME II APRIL 18, 1975 NUMBER 10
'75 Symposium Begins Apr. 21
In a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, it was reported that, "Half the world is hungry. A fifth of the human race is starving. Despite greater wealth and skills, planet earth is in a scarcity crisis perhaps unequaled in human history."
This enormous challenge to the survival of the human race is the topic of the 1975 VMI Symposium (April 21-22), "Hunger -Prospect for Tomorrow?"
Mr. Andrew J. Mair, coordinator of the Office of Food for Peace, Agency for International Development, will be the keynote speaker for the symposium. His theme, "Food -The Global Challenge," will set forth the complex problems which have resulted in the scarcity crisis.
Responsible for the coordination of A.LD. sales and grants of food and other commodities to developing nations, Mr. Mair has overseen the distribution of commodities valued at over $1 billion annually for the past five years. He was recently presented the Distinguished Service Award of the Department of Agriculture for his work with international organizations, and in 1968 he was awarded the Department of State Meritorious Honor Award for outstanding service as administrative officer in the American Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Participating in various panel discussions following the keynote address will be the following:
Dr. James E. Archer, Halliburton Professor of Engineering at Texas Tech University and chairman of the department of engineering analysiS and design. Dr. Archer has been involved in teaching, research, and consulting work in the areas of health care delivery
systems.
Dr. Chien-Pan Cheng, senior specialist in charge of dryland food improvement programs (soybean, peanut, corn, sorghum, sweet potato), Plant Industry Division, Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, Republic of China. A professor of genetics at National Taiwan University, Dr. Cheng received his Ph.D.
Mr. Andrew J. Mair Symposium Keynote Speaker
in host-parasite genetic relationship and breeding for plant disease resistance from VPI&SU. Recently he attended the International Symposium of Food Legumes in Tokyo, Japan.
Dr. Fred L. Hadsel, recently ambassador to Ghana and now director of the George C. Marshall Research Library. Dr. Hadsel, during 28 years as a career officer in the U. S. State Department and the Foreign Service, served as first secretary at the U. S. Embassy in London, director of the Office of Inter-African Affairs, and ambassador to Somalia.
Dr. Walter E. Howard, professor of wildlife biology and vertebrate ecologist in the Division of Wildlife and Fisheries Biology and in the Institute of Ecology, the University of California. Dr. Howard has held a Fulbright resident fellowship in New Zealand and Australia and has been involved in rodent control programs.
Dr. H. David Thurston, professor of plant pathology and international agriculture, department of plant pathology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Cornell University. Dr. Thurston has been a plant pathologist with the Rockefeller Foundation in Bogota, Colombia; he has been chairman of the
Bronze Plaque Dedication Set
A regimental review parade with special ceremonies marking VMI's designation as a National Historic District will be held Saturday, May 3, at
12:20 p.m. on the VMI parade ground.
The special event will take place during the annual VMI Alumni Reunion Weekend.
The Hon. Thomas N. Dowing, VMI class of 1940 and Virginia congressman from the 1st District, will deliver a brief address to the Corps of Cadets, alumni, and others assembled for the ceremonies. He will speak on the significance of the National Historic District designation.
A bronze plaque, provided by the National Park Service as part of the National Landmarks Program, will be presented to VMI by Dr. S. Sydney Bradford, Jr., VMI class of 1945 and historian and associate director for professional s!,!rvices for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office (Phila.) of the National Park Service. Dr. Bradford will speak on the National Landmarks Program.
Following the presentation, Mr. Frederick Herman, chairman of the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, will extend congratulations to VMI on the occasion of the presentation of the bronze plaque.
The Institute was designated a National Historic District in August, 1974, by the Hon. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior.
International Cooperation Committee of the American Phytopathological Society, and is a member of the Council of the International Society for Plant Pathology.
Dr. Harold H. Webber, president and founder of Groton Associates, Inc., has directed and conducted aquatic biological research. Dr. Webber is adjunct professor at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science of the University of Miami, and is president-elect of the World Mariculture Society.The summarizing lecturer will be Dr. George A. Borgstrom,
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C.
Davison, Jr., and
Assistant Professor Ronald A. Grennes at Oxford University, England.
Prof. & Cadet
Visit Oxford
A VMI faculty member and a cadet attended a symposium on archaeometry at Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University, England, during the Institute's Spring Furlough, March 17-22
Mr. Ronald A. Grennes, assistant professor of modern languages, and Cadet Frederick C. Davison, Jr., a first class physics major from Athens, Ga., attended sessions devoted to the utilization of new techniques from the physical sciences to solve problems in archaeology: thermoluminescence, magnetometry, and radiocarbon dating.
During the symposium, Mr. Grennes read a paper entitled "Neutron Activation Analysis of Preclassic Mesamerican Ceramic Figurines," which was based on research by Grennes, Davison, and Dr. Robert Wilson of the University of Virginia.
From Apr. 25 until after New Market Day, the VMI Museum will display a collection of photographs taken on May IS, 1974, showing the presentation of a replica of Ezekiel's "Virginia Mourning Her Dead" to the New Market Hall of Valor. The display is in honor of Col. J. Addison Hagan '16.
BICENTENNIAL QUILT -Mrs. Sallie Tomb, museum curator at the George C. Marshall Research Library, is shown displaying over 140 quilt squares she has collected from area residents for Rockbridge County's Bicentennial Quilt, including several featuring VMI. The project, initiated and directed by Mrs. Tomb, is being sponsored by the museums of Lexington and the Rockbridge Community Bicentennial Council.
VMI BELL PULL -Mrs. Richard L. Irby, wife of the VMI Superintendent, has begun a needlepoint bell pull which she intends to give to the Institute for permanent display in the Superintendent's Quarters. The elaborate work of art, which features VMI scenes and the names of VMl's ten Superintendents. was designed by Mrs. Irby and Mrs. Julia Martin. The drawings were created by Mrs. Hermie Powell of Richmond.
Faculty Notes
CoL Frank A. Settle, Jr., professor of chemistry, and Maj. Stanley 1. Wetmore, Jr., assistant professor of chemistry, attended the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 5-9, in Philadelphia, Pa.
CoL Settle is co-author of a series of computer-based, self-study modules for freshman chemistry which were introduced and discussed at the meeting. The project is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and involves six other chemists from a variety of colleges and universities.
The modules are designed for use by students and instructors with minimal training in the use of computers. They are currently being evaluated in the VMI chemistry department in preparation for publication.
Maj. Wetmore has accepted a summer post-doctoral research position in the department of chemistry at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
'75 Symposium
<continued from page one) professor of food science and human nutrition and geography, Michigan State University. A Fellow of the American Institute of Nutrition, Dr. Borgstrom will develop the theme of the symposium, "Averting World Wide Famine." The 1975 VMI Symposium coordinator is Lt. Col. E. Burwell Wingfield, VMI associate professor of biology. Funds for the symposium were made available, in part, by a grant from the S&H Foundation, Inc.
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Dr. James E. Archer
Dr. GeorgeA. Borgstrom 01'. Chien-Pan Cheng
Dr. Fred L. Hadsel
Dr. Walter E. Howard
Dr. Harold H. Webber
Hunger: Prospect for Tomorrow?
MONDAY, APRIL 21:
3 p.m. -4 p.m. (Jackson Memorial Hall): "Food -The Global Challenge," by Andrew J. Mair, coordinator, Food for Peace. 4 p.m. -4: 45 p.m. (J. M. Hall) : Discussion. 5 p.m. & 6 p.m., Social Hour and dinner. 8 p.m. (Lejeune Hall): Symposium panel session on "Hunger -Political,
Economic, and Military Manifestations."
TUESDAY, APRIL 22:
9:30 a.m. (Lejeune Hall): A series of discussions on "Linear Growth in a Finite World," including problems of overpopulation, preserving stability of our life-support systems, and resource lag.
2:30 p.m. (J. M. Hall): "The Relief of Hunger," including population control, agricultural innovations, green revolution crops, multiple cropping for greater production, mechanization, new types of foods.
4p.m. -4:45 p.m. (J. M. Hall): Questions and answers.
5 p.m. & 6 p.m., Social hour and dinner.
S p.m. (J. M. Hall): Final and summarizing lecture, "Averting World Wide
Famine," by Dr. George A. Borgstrom, professor of food science and human nutrition and geography, Michigan State University. Page 4, The Institute Report, April 18, 1975
VMI Calendar Of Events: April 21-May 4, 1975
MONDAY, APRIL 21 :
I p.m.
Baseball, VMI vs. The Citadel, Patchin Field.
3 p.m.
Keynote address of 1975 Symposium FAMINE--PROSPECT FOR TOMORROW: "Food -the
Global
Challenge," by Andrew J. Malr, coordinator, Food for Peace, U. S. State Department, Jackson
Memorial Hall
4p.m.
Symposium discussion, Jackson Memorial Hall.
8 p.m.
Symposium panel, "Hunger -Political, Economic, and Military Manifestations," Lejeune Hall.
TUESDAY, APRIL 22:
9 :30 a.m. Symposium presentation, "Linear Growth in a Finite World," discussion of problems of overpopulation, preserving stability of our life-support systems, and resource lag, Lejeune Hall.
2:30 p.m. Symposium presentation, "The Relief of Hunger," including population control, agricultural innovations, new types of foods, and cooperative multinational organizations, Jackson Memorial Hall.
2:30 p.m. Track, VMI vs. Virginia Tech, Alumni Memorial Field.
8 p.m. Symposium final and summarizing lecture, "Averting World Wide Famine," by Dr. George A.
Borgstrom, professor of food science and human nutrition and geography, Michigan State University, Jackson Memorial HalL
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23: 4 p.m. Lacrosse, VMI vs. Virginia State College, parade ground.
THURSDAY, APRIL 24: 1 p.m. History 106 lecture, "The Computer and Technology," by Dr. G. G. Balazs, chemistry lecture room. 3 p.m. Baseball, VMI vs. University of Richmond, Patchin Field. 6 p.m. Alumni Association dinner for the Class of 1975, Moody HalJ.
FRIDAY, APRIL 25: Meeting at VMI, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Friday and Saturday, morning and afternoon presentations in Lejeune Hall, Friday evening at Moody Hall.
7:30 p.m. Cadet Program Broad film, "The Harrad Experiment," second showing at 9: 15, admission 50 cents, Lejeune HaiL
SATURDAY, APRIL 26: I p.m. Baseball doubleheader, VMI vs. Davidson, Patchin Field.
SUNDAY, APRIL 27: 11 a.m. VMI-W &L student worship service, at Lee Chapel. 2 p.m. Faculty Club spring picnic at Goshen Boy Scout Camp.
TUESDAY, APRIL 29: 3 p.m. Baseball, VMI vs. Washington and Lee, at W&L Athletic Field.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30:
I p.m. Golf, VMI, Virginia Tech, and University of Virginia, Lexington Golf Course.
2 p.m. Baseball, VMI vs. Madison College, Patchin Field.
7 p.m. Lecture, "Fantastics and Follies in European Gardens," by Helen Lowenthal, of Victoria and Albert
Museum, London, and the English National Trust, duPont Auditorium, W&L. 8 p.m. Glee Club concert, VMI and Virginia Intermont College, Jackson Memorial Hall.
THURSDAY, MAY I: I p.m. Golf, VMI vs. Roanoke College, Lexington Golf Course. I p.m. Final lecture History 106 series, "Technology and Behavioral Psychology," by Maj. Paul School,
chemistry lecture room. 8 p.m. Lecture, "Chinese Influence on Western Taste," by Helen Lowenthal, duPont Auditorium, W&L.
FRIDAY, MAY 2: 1 p.m. Registration begins for ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND, Moody Hall. 9 p.m. Alumni dance, informal, Moody Hall.
SATURDAY, MAY 3: II a.m. Annual meeting of the VMI Alumni Association, Jackson Memorial HaiL
12:20 p.m. Regimental review, with special ceremonies marking VMI's designation as a National Historic District. 9 p.m. Alumni dance, Moody Hall.
