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Recognition
Banquet
Six-Thirty, Thursday, May Seventh
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-One
Cardinal Hall,
L. A Pittenger Student Center
Ball State University
Program
Mistress of Ceremonies—M. Kay Stickle
Invocation—George W. Jones
Dinner
Ars Musica String Quartet
Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Patricia Tretick, violins,
Robert Slaughter, viola, and Frederick Miller, cello
Recognition of Omegas and
Retirement Recognition—James V. Koch
Recognition of Years of Service—Robert P. Bell
Recognition of Outstanding Faculty
Processional for Omegas
Informal Reception for Omegas—Music Lounge
Omegas
Dick E. Adams
Julia B. Ayres
Kenneth H. Bergman
Kenneth M. Collier
Lowell I. Dillon
Robert Hargreaves
Flora M. Kearney
Robert Korsgaard
Robert W. Kress
Leslie J. Mauth
Joseph V. McCullough
Dale Miller
Frances G. Sulanke
William A. Sutton
Retirement Recognition
H. Emily Wallace
Recognition of Years of Service
Thirty-Five Years of Service
Lemuel F. Anderson Robert Korsgaard
Kenneth M. Collier Robert McGinnis
Edward S. Strother
Twenty Five Years of Service
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Dick E. Adams
Julia B. Ayres
Donald L. Barnes
Joe B. Bertrand
Elizabeth S. Caylor
John C. Cooley
Gerald E. Doeden
Ethel-Mae Haave
Robert E. Hill
John L. Klem
Grace E. Laxson
George L. Mihal
Jake W. Reams
David F. Richmond
Robert E. Robertson
Bruce C. Shank
Shelby D. Smith
Edgar S. Wagner
John R. Emens Distinguished Professors, 1980 81
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Joseph Larsen Pierre Morin
(Autumn Quarter) (Autumn Quarter)
Arthur Cawley
(Spring Quarter)
George A. Ball Professor of Business, 1980-81
Harold W. Fox
(Academic Year)
Omegas
DICK E. ADAMS
For twenty-five years you ably served Ball State University and the
Muncie community. As a specialist in American drama in the
English Department, you not only taught, memorably, advanced
courses in drama and innovative courses such as the Novel Into
Film but also acted in a long series of roles in community theater
productions. Your interest in science fiction was shared with students in special sections, and you brought literature and physics
together in an interdisciplinary supercourse. For the passion and
dedication you brought to the classroom, to meetings of the department and the University Senate, and to your acting roles, the University community will sorely miss you.
JULIA BURTON AYRES
It is with a great deal of satisfaction that we recognize you for your
distinguished service to Ball State University for twenty-five years.
You were effective in your first assignments as secretary in the
Office of the Registrar and Records and then in the Office of the
Academic Dean. It did not go without notice that you were absent
from the University as you raised your family and taught in the
secondary school sector. It is noteworthy that you returned to us as
assistant in the Office of Curriculum and Scheduling. Your selection as assistant director of admissions and your eight years of
service in the Office of Admissions attest to your dedication and the
high quality of your professionalism.
KENNETH H. BERGMAN
Your twenty-four years at Ball State University have provided us
with many fond memories. You have served us well. You have
participated professionally at all levels–local, state, and national.
Your expertise in electricity and electronics has been requested
both in and outside of education, and you have unselfishly responded to these requests. Your participation in community activities, especially on behalf of your lodge and church, has been
greatly appreciated. We will miss you, but we wish you the very best
during retirement. May your interests and activities increase even
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as your golf score decreases.
KENNETH M. COLLIER
You have worn many hats in your thirty-five-year professional life
at Ball State University—associate dean of students, fraternity
council adviser, administrator of student due process and of the
Student Health Center, director of men's activities and veterans'
counselor—yet none altered the inner you. Regardless of responsibility, the person with whom you had contact met a truly remarkable, gentle man. You touched the lives of students, new professionals, and experienced colleagues, and each was enriched. You are
kind but can be demanding ; you are understanding but can be firm ;
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reach. You are a trusted friend, an honest man. You have helped
many of us to be better people and we thank you.
LOWELL I. DILLON
You are a Hoosier's Hoosier! Born and bred in southern Indiana, you
have been an expert on Indiana geography for many years. Your
down-to-earth explanations of the Indiana scene as a teacher in
public schools and in your twenty-four years at Ball State University
have been most appreciated by students and colleagues. As coauthor
of Earth Science Manual, Physical Geography and Earth Sciences:
A Programmed Text Review Manual, and Indiana: Crossroads of
America, and as reviewer for the Encyclopedia Britannica Indiana
section, you have demonstrated your expertise as a professional
geographer. Our best wishes go with you as you "geog" along in the
years ahead!
ROBERT HARGREAVES
Your work in the past thirty-six years brought national recognition
to our institution. You recruited faculty and students and developed
programs and degrees that resulted in an internationally recognized
and acclaimed School of Music. You have excelled as music educator, musician, and administrator, and your sensitivity in conducting
has earned respect and recognition on three continents. The Muncie
Symphony Orchestra, which you founded, is recognized as one of
the outstanding civic orchestras in the United States. The students
and your colleagues in the School of Music and throughout the
University salute you for your commitment to excellence, and they
sincerely wish your retirement years will be filled with the richness
and happiness you deserve.
FLORA M. KEARNEY
When you came to the Department of English at Ball State University twenty years ago, you brought with you a distinguished academic background and teaching experience at major universities.
You then added to-your credentials a fourth degree, a master's degree
in library science, and pursued research studies at the libraries of
Oxford and Cambridge, the British Museum, and museums in
Antwerp and Mainz. These experiences enriched your teaching and
writing and gave to them a high seriousness. You have always paid
through your teaching, from freshman composition to doctoral instruction, the highest compliment which can be given to a student
or a book—the conviction that it is worth much time and thoughtful
attention. We thank you for your years of diligent dedication.
ROBERT KO RS GAARD
Your service to Ball State University for the past thirty-five years
has been marked by your wide range of activities. As a physical
education teacher and coach at Burris Laboratory School and later as
a faculty member in the Department of Men's Physical Education,
you were a major influence in the lives of many students. You
tirelessly involved yourself with committee responsibilities at the
departmental, collegiate, university, state, and national levels. Your
scholarly attitude and humanism have been hallmarks of your
career, and you will be recalled as one whose words and deeds
characterized you as a professional. Your years of distinguished
service will long be remembered, and our best wishes go with you.
ROBERT W. KRESS
For the past twenty-three years you have faithfully and capably
served as curricular adviser to seniors, guiding and assisting them in
the completion of baccalaureate degree requirements. Your
exemplary service to the thousands of our graduates and to Ball State
University has been and will continue to be a standard of excellence
for your colleagues and those who follow you. Your knowledge of
programs and procedures and your dedicated efforts have been instrumental in the launching of successful careers of thousands of
graduates. You have added immeasurably to the University's image
of concern for the welfare of its students. You will be greatly missed,
and we wish for you retirement years that match the quality of your
contributions.
LESLIE J. MAUTH
Your thirty-one years at Ball State University have enriched faculty,
students, and programs. Admired as a teacher, respected as a colleague, sought out as a leader, you have earned a place in our hearts
and memories. Your ability to synthesize diverse positions into
positive steps and to put those concepts and processes on paper in a
clear, concise way will be missed. Your unswerving commitment to
teacher education has made the quality of life better for thousands of
Indiana school children. Your c7hduct in trying situations, your
wisdom and patience as mentor, and your many thoughtful
kindnesses will be remembered and will continue to influence those
who follow. The University is stronger and the future is better
because of you.
JOSEPH V. McCULLOUGH
You are the father of management at Ball State University. Before
your arrival thirteen years ago, management was talked about and
taught but had little substance. You took the raw ingredients and
shaped management into a viable discipline. You actively recruited
faculty who were well qualified in teaching and research. Through
your efforts the first George Ball Distinguished Professor of Management was brought to the University. You spearheaded the drive
to obtain an undergraduate major in management. The curriculum
of the College of Business has been greatly enriched by your untiring
efforts. The students who studied with you will never forget you—
these living monuments are the most fitting and rewarding ones for
a dedicated professor such as you.
DALE MILLER
Your endeavors for Ball State University started as a student and an
athlete. Many years after graduation you returned to your alma
mater to serve as a curricular adviser and then as assistant director
of the Student Center and now you are completing your career as
director of Space Studies and Utilization. You have distinguished
yourself through your dedication and the exemplary manner in
which you carried out your duties. During your twenty years of
service you were involved with many people on campus and earned
our respect and appreciation for unselfishly fulfilling your duties.
Our best wishes for a long and happy retirement.
FRANCES G. SULANKE
Among your many contributions to the excellence of your alma
mater has been your dedication to the accuracy, clarity, and content
of Ball State University publications. In your eighteen years as
arbiter of editorial style, faculty and staff have recognized that the
standards you set for them are but an extension of the demands you
have always placed upon yourself. The error-prone among us have
often expressed their gratitude for your keen recognition of inconsistencies in their prose and your tactful approach in suggesting
changes. You will always be remembered for your good nature laced
with delightful humor as well as for your positive attitude reflected
in the zeal with which you overcome obstacles and attain your
goals. Retire if you must, but know that you will be missed so very
much.
WILLIAM A. SUTTON
Indefatigable, tenacious, and morally earnest, you have achieved a
professional record of teaching, scholarship, and service even more
remarkable than the length of your thirty-three-year tenure at Ball
State University in five decades. You taught thousands of young
people in your American literature classes, always with a concern
not only for what they were learning but also for what they were
becoming. In addition to hundreds of articles, you published five
books with another five in progress about Anderson, Frost,
Sandburg, and Caldwell. And you have been a prominent civic and
church leader, a councilman, and a crusader for minority rights. We
will indeed miss you.
Retirement Recognition
H. EMILY WALLACE
Your devotion to the cause of serving hearing-impaired children and
your ceaseless efforts to improve the nature and quality of services
needed by them were the hallmark of your nine years at Ball State
University. Your work to reach the infant and preschool hearingimpaired and their parents was a pioneering effort in the state. You
gave hope to these parents by patient demonstration and counseling
so that they gained the knowledge, understanding, and skills to help
their children communicate and survive in a world of hearing
people. Your example and influence will serve as an incentive to
those who follow.
Recognition of Outstanding Faculty
Outstanding Teacher Award
1972 Helen Sornson
1976 Charles R. Carroll
1973 William H. Middleton
1977 Richard H. Artes
1974 Scott E. Fisher, Jr.
1978 Duane 0. Eddy
1975 John Barber
1979 Padmini Joshi
1980 Donald Shondell
Outstanding Young Faculty Award
1972 Anthony J. Costello
1973 Andrew Seager
M. Kay Stickle
1974 Rebecca S. Nelson
1975 Duane Eddy
Daniel Ball
1976 David T. Nelson
Charles Payne
1977 Bruce F. Meyer
1978 Paul L. Bock
1979 Donald W. Gilman, Jr.
1980 Nancy T. Ellis
Outstanding Research and Creative Endeavor
1972 David L. Costill
1973 Gordon R. Rosene
1974 Russell E. Siverly
Outstanding Research Award
1975 John A. Beekman
1976 Chu-yuan Cheng
1977 T. K. Puttaswamy
1978 Dwight W. Hoover
1979 Juan Bonta
1980 Joseph F. Trimmer
Outstanding Creative Endeavor Award
1975 Linda Arndt
1976 Leslie Leupp
1977 Craig S. Kuhner
1978 Thomas R. Thornburg
1979 James K. McDougall
1980 Arthur William Schaller
Outstanding Faculty Service Award
1976 Everett Ferrill
1972 Duane E. Deal
1977 Leslie J. Mauth
1973 John W. Hannaford
1978 Robert Hargreaves
1974 Robert H. Koenker
1979 Alan W. Huckleberry
1975 John 0. Lewellen
1980 John R. Craddock
Outstanding Administrative Service Award
1978 Edith Pittenger
1975 Ethel 0. Himelick
1979 Norman E. Beck
1976 Robert H. Showalter
1980 Robert P. Bell
Menu
Fruit Cup Supreme
Tossed Salad with Dressing
Chicken Cordon Bleu Sauce Supreme
Rice Pilaf
Broccoli with Lemon Butter
Rolls and Butter
Cream Horn with Cherry Sauce
Coffee Tea Milk Iced Tea Sanka
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
OMEGA AND RECOGNITION BANQUET COMMITTEE
William H. Middleton, Chairman
E. Bruce Kirkham, Co-Chairman, Awards
Charles Greenwood, Tickets and Invitations
Sue Whitaker, Menu and Decorations
George and Cheryal Swafford, Hospitality
Marie Fraser, Publicity
Joe L. Alford, Plaques
George L. Hoyt, Entertainment
Emmett C. Sponsel, Program Design
Our special thanks go to the Cardinal Corps,
to the Ars Musica QuaiTet, and to the
Alumni Association for providing the plaques.
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