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The New Dean of the School of Management at the University of Alaska Southeast
Vickie Williams was named dean of the School of Management at the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau. The School of Management offers bachelor’s degrees in business and accounting and an online master of public administration degree program.
In Memoriam: Eva Maria Stadler
A native of Prague in what is now the Czech Republic, Stadler came to the United States and earned a Ph.D. in French at Columbia University. She joined the faculty at Fordham University in 1968 and taught there until her retirement in 2009.
In Memoriam: Helen Tartar, 1951-2014
Helen Tartar, the editorial director of Fordham University Press, died in an automobile accident in Colorado on March 3. Tarter joined Fordham University Press in 2003 after a 20-year career in scholarly publishing on the West Coast.
In Memoriam: Anne M. Mannion, 1936-2013
Dr. Mannion taught at Fordham University for 53 years until her retirement in 2012. She was the director of the honors program at the Lincoln Center campus and in 2008 was named director of the university’s Center for Teaching Excellence.
The Queen of Suspense Endows a Chair in Creative Writing at Fordham University
Best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark has made a $2 million contribution to create the Mary Higgins Clark Chair in Creative Writing at Fordham University in The Bronx, New York. She has written 42 books that have sold 100 million copies in the United States.
Debra McPhee Is the New Dean at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service
From 2005 to 2010, Dr. McPhee was dean of the School of Social Work at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. She joined the faculty there in 1997. For the past two years, Dr. McPhee was the chief operating officer for a Palo Alto, California-based firm specializing in online health and technology education.
Five Women Appointed to Dean Positions
The new deans are Regina Cusson at the University of Connecticut, Arletha McSwain at Norfolk State University, Michele Rasmussen at the University of Chicago, Debra McPhee at Fordham, and Elise Fullmer at West Virginia University.
Biography of Margaret Fuller Wins Book Prize
To conduct research, Margaret Fuller was the first women granted access to the library at Harvard College. She was also the first woman to serve as a foreign correspondent for a major American newspaper.
A Dozen Women Named to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Here is this week’s list of women appointed to key administrative posts at colleges and universities across the United States.
In Memoriam: Mary-Marguerite Kohn (1950-2012)
Shot in the church where she was co-rector, she had taught at both Fordham University in the Bronx and Loyola University of Maryland.
Some Notable University Faculty Appointments for Women
Wendy Reed, Janet Eldred, Ivana Petrovic, and Nancy Ross assume new faculty roles.
Two Women Professors Are Among the Four Finalists for Book Award in Art History
Rebecca Messbarger and Nina Rowe are honored by the College Art Association.
Phylicia Rashad Named to an Endowed Chair at Fordham University
The chair was made possible by a $2,225,000 donation from Denzel Washington.
