Program
Reception
Welcome
Dinner
Musical selections, Dr. Gerald Thomas
Remarks, Dr. Blaine A. Brownell, President
Presentation and Conferral of Omegas
Dr. Brownell
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Mr. Thomas L. DeWeese, President, Board of Trustees
Omega photograph in Library
Menu
Tomato bouillon with parsley
Beef esterhazy
Couscous
Fresh asparagus salad with pimento
Petite yeast rolls
Mexican chocolate cake
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Omegas
2001
Lloyd D. Bookmyer
Richard C. McKee
Eunice 0. Bryant
Robert L. McLaren
D. Carlene Creviston
David C. Mercer
William G. Eidson
Donald W. Mikesell
Enya P. Flores-Meiser
Catherine A. Palomba
Doyne M. Hahn
Neil A. Palomba
Linda Sue Heady
Paul W Parkison
Mary Fran Johnson
Ernesto P. Pellegrini
Patricia C. Keith-Spiegel
Susan J. Perkins
Audrey C. Kirkwood
Charles M. Ray
Judith G. Koor
Frances M. Rippy
William R. LaFollette
Cleve L. Scott
Paul A. Laseau
M. Kay Stickle
Gary A. Lindell
James A. St. Myer
Carolyn M. MacDougall
James H. Treloar
James K. MacDougall Jr.
Grant J. Wells
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4 Lloyd D. Bookmyer
Lloyd Bookmyer, upon his retirement, will be just two months short of his twenty-fifth
anniversary with Ball State University. He began as an instructor in the Department of
Mathematical Sciences in fall 1976 and left the department three years later as an
assistant professor. In August 1979, he began working in the Office of Research
Computing as a program librarian. Approximately three years later, Research
Computing became part of Academic Computing, now known as University
Computing Services, and Lloyd became the supervisor of Academic Computing
programming. Since the late 1980s, he has held the position of research design
consultant.
In his position, Lloyd was responsible for advising faculty, staff, and graduate
students on the intricacies of research design and statistics. In this role, he maintained
a high level of technical knowledge and was able to explain the sometimes bewildering
jargon and conventions to hundreds of clients with a wide variety of research design
concerns. Some clients knew just what statistical analyses were needed, while others had
only a vague notion of what information they hoped to glean from their research data.
Lloyd also taught mini-courses on statistical software, and he was a ready source of
information to those attempting to run SPSS or SAS programs.
As a consultant, Lloyd has worked on roughly 1,000-plus projects and was listed on
several grants as the statistician. He is well known across many academic departments
by the faculty who came to him repeatedly for consultation and who appreciated his
service. Lloyd will be missed by these clients and his colleagues at University
Computing Services.
+ Eunice 0. Bryant +
Few things are more near and dear to faculty members' hearts than the paychecks they
receive on a monthly basis. Since 1984, the person most responsible for checking the
credentials of successful applicants for faculty and professional personnel positions, for
placing those newly hired applicants on the university payroll, and for determining the
accuracy of checks issued to them has been Eunice Bryant.
Eunice came to the university after having taught in both the Anderson and
Muncie school systems. She received both her B.S. and M.A. in education degrees from
Ball State University. During the last fifteen years, Ms. Bryant has had several titles—
Assistant in Affirmative Action, Assistant Director of Affirmative Action, Interim
Director of Affirmative Action, and Coordinator of Faculty and Professional Personnel
and Immigration Specialist. In 1996 Eunice transferred from the Office of Affirmative
Action to the Office of University Human Resource Services. Her performance in all of
these positions, however, was marked by two major personal attributes. The first was
her extreme attention to detail, covering such points as did the applicant have the
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correct immigration status to be employed by the university, was the 1-9 form
completed, and were the proper transcripts on file to support the educational
qualifications of the candidate as listed on his or her résumé. The other of Ms. Bryant's
attributes often cited by her colleagues was the level of her commitment to all of the
hiring officials at the university.
Through her knowledge of federal and state law and university policy, Ms. Bryant
simplified life for many university administrators and newly hired faculty and
professional personnel. She will be greatly missed all across the university. We wish
her a happy retirement.
4. D. Carlene Creviston
Carlene Creviston, instructor of finance, is taking early retirement this year after having
served Ball State University with great dedication for twenty-eight years. She joined
the College of Business faculty in 1973 and has taught personal finance courses many
times over.
Mrs. Creviston is respected by her colleagues for her devotion to duties and quiet
efficiency. She patiently counseled the freshmen and sophomores, who constituted the
majority of her students, taking them through the complex world of personal finance.
Her dedication to excellence in classroom instruction has earned her the Dean's
Teaching Award several times.
Mrs. Creviston has also been interested in issues relating to aging and worked
within the area of curriculum development through the Center for Gerontology. She
has worked with several reputable publishers, helping them with manuscript reviews,
instructors' manuals, and study guides related to personal finance. She has also
co-authored two books on investments and personal finance.
Carlene has been involved with many charitable organizations, whether for raising
scholarship money or for donating blood to the local blood bank.
Carlene plans to live in Mooreland with husband, Richard, and spend more time
with her sons and grandchildren. The finance department and the college will miss a
good teacher and colleague.
+ William G. Eidson +
Professor William Eidson has served the Department of History and Ball State
University with distinction. His various positions have included chairperson of the
department from 1980-94, associate dean of the College of Sciences and Humanities
from 1989-94, and assistant chairperson of the department from 1972-77 and again
from 1998 to the present. His other service includes membership on numerous
university standing committees, the University Senate, the Professional Affairs Council,
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and the Undergraduate Education Committee, which he chaired in 1977-78. Professor
Eidson also served on the Dean's Advisory Committee, on the College Curriculum
Committee, and, at one time or another, on every standing committee in the
department. Most important, he has served his entire career as an outstanding
teacher-scholar.
He is the author of two books and numerous articles primarily on the American
Civil War and local or regional history. Professor Eidson received grants for creative
teaching, faculty research, and experiential education and also earned a sabbatical leave
in 1974. He has served on various scholarship and grant committees that helped
students to study abroad, departments to engage in innovative programs, and historical
organizations around the state to implement projects to preserve historical documents.
He also served as president of the Indiana Association of Historians, the first Ball State
professor to be so honored. Bill leaves Ball State having made his mark as a scholar and
a gentleman.
Enya P. Flores-Meiser
Professor Flores-Meiser began teaching at Ball State in September 1968. She came to
the United States from the Philippines to pursue graduate education and received
a master of arts from the University of Iowa and a doctorate from The Catholic
University of America. She became the first Southeast-Asian woman to earn a doctorate
in anthropology. She has conducted research among the Muslims of the Philippines,
among Japanese immigrants in Brazil, and among Filipino transnationals in urban
America.
Her research on religion, ethnicity, and nutrition has been published in numerous
books, professional journals, and encyclopedias. The interest in her scholarly work has
transcended both disciplinary and national boundaries. Dr. Flores-Meiser's ability to
maintain a robust research agenda and to bring her research into the classroom have
made her courses immensely enriching.
Yet it has been the enthusiasm and passion that she brings to teaching anthropology
that has made her presence in the classroom memorable for students. It comes, then, as
no surprise that some students take her classes because they are told to do so by their
parents, themselves former students of Dr. Flores-Meiser.
Doyne M. Hahn +
Doyne Hahn, assistant professor of library service and information services librarian,
has become something of an institution in Bracken's Public Services. For a quarter
of a century, he has guided students through the research maze of the card catalog,
periodical indexes, vertical files, online databases, and Web resources. He also used
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his expertise to help train future generations of librarians by teaching a library course
during summer sessions for a number of years.
We thank Doyne for his efforts. The library's Reference Desk will be a different
place without him, and we wish him well as he begins his retirement with a longawaited trip to Germany.
+ Linda Sue Heady ÷
Linda Sue Heady has been a faculty member in the Department of Speech Pathology
and Audiology for twenty-seven years. She earned her master's degree from Michigan
State University. Sue's areas of expertise are supervision of speech-language pathologists
and speech-language assistants. She has also served the department by teaching courses
in clinical observation and preparation and supervision. Since 1989 Sue has served as
the Speech-Language Pathology Clinic Coordinator. During her term in that position,
she both expanded and improved Ball State's clinical services and student experiences.
In addition to her service to the department, Sue has served on many university,
college, and department committees. She has also been very active in the Indiana
Speech and Hearing Association, serving on many committees as both a member and
chairperson.
In retirement, Sue is planning to spend time doing volunteer work and visiting her
children. We will miss her guidance and direction in our Speech Pathology Clinic.
4. Mary Fran Johnson 4.
Mary Fran Johnson received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in elementary
education and a master's degree in behavioral analysis from Ball State University.
Mary Fran has been a member of the Burris faculty for thirty-one years and has
taught various single-age, multi-age, and looping classes from grades two through six.
She has served her students with academic excellence, has demonstrated with diligence
the high level of expectations that she has for those she teaches, and is an outspoken
leader in the service of her school. Mary Fran is a dedicated colleague who reaches far
beyond her classroom to comprehend the realms of educational reform and service. She
is an active member of numerous local and national organizations that continually
monitor and review best practice in the field of education.
The faculty, staff, parents, and students at Burris Laboratory School wish Mary
Fran the very best in her retirement and look forward to hearing from her as she moves
on to new endeavors.
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4. Patricia C. Keith-Spiegel 1.
Patricia Keith-Spiegel came to Muncie and Ball State in 1991 as the Reed D. Doran
Honors Distinguished Professor in Social and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Keith-Spiegel
received her bachelor's degree from Occidental College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in
psychology from Claremont Graduate University. During twenty-five years at
California State University, Northridge, she served as president of the Western
Psychological Association and of Division 2 (Teaching) of the American Psychological
Association, and in 1989 was named the Trustee's Outstanding Professor for the
nineteen-campus California state university system.
At Ball State Dr. Keith-Spiegel established the Center for the Teaching of Integrity
and obtained more than $300,000 in external grant funding for a variety of projects
related to academic integrity and the ethics of teaching. She is the author of eight
books, two dozen book chapters, and more than fifty published journal articles.
A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, she served on its Council of
Representatives and Scientific and Professional Ethics Committee and, among many
other honors, received the association's Distinguished Teaching Award and the
G. Stanley Hall Scholar Award.
Trisha has immersed herself in the life of the campus and the community.
Her inspiration and caring involvement will be missed.
+ Audrey C. Kirkwood +
Audrey Kirkwood, a Ball State employee for twenty years, has been with the University
College Learning Center for sixteen years. She served University College in many
capacities and is currently Learning Center director. Yearly, Audrey supervised and
trained more than one hundred tutors, Supplemental Instruction leaders, and graduate
assistants. When Audrey was hired as reading coordinator, she supervised and trained
student tutors and graduate assistants, supervised development of instructional
materials, initiated a testing program in reading and study skills in the center, and
gathered evaluation data. She also developed, in cooperation with academic
departments, content-area tutoring for a several high risk courses.
Active in state, regional, and national organizations related to Learning Center
issues, she made presentations and held offices in the National Association for
Developmental Education (NADE) and the Midwest College Learning Center
Association (MCLCA) and wrote articles for the latter's newsletter. Audrey served on
the Freshman Year Experience Task Force, the Orientation Advisory Board, and the
Administrative Group.
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Under Audrey's leadership, the Learning Center received several awards including
the 1997 Spotlight on Service Award "...for continuous service to students of Ball State
University" and the 1998 NADE Commitment Award. Audrey was recognized by
MCLCA in 1996-97 for her "outstanding contributions and tireless work toward
advancement of Post-Secondary Education." The Ball State Supplemental Instruction
Program doubled in size the first year. The quality of that program was so high that
in March 1999, NADE certified the Learning Center to be "the national model for
student tutoring." Ball State was the first university to receive this Level One
Certification from NADE.
Before coming to University College, Audrey instructed many sections of
Education: Reading for several years. She holds a master of arts in education degree
with a major in elementary education and a reading endorsement. Audrey worked in
the Academic Oppottunity Program before the formation of University College. She
was active in Project START and represented University College on the Orientation
and Non-Traditional Student Advisory Committees. She also taught classes for both the
Departments of Elementary Education and Educational Psychology.
+ Judith G. Koor +
Judy Koor has served University Libraries and Ball State University in many capacities
since her arrival on campus in 1968. She began in Technical Services as a cataloger and
later transferred to the public side of the operation where she worked in Instruction
and Reference. Judy progressively assumed more responsibility as coordinator of Library
Instruction, head of Reference Services, and, finally, assistant dean for Library Public
Services, a position she has held for the last twelve years. She has served on countless
national, regional, state, university, and library committees, and was instrumental in
the creation and continuing development of the Jewish Studies Program on campus.
Judy's contributions and positive influence in so many areas are appreciated and
will be felt for years to come. It is difficult to imagine the library without her, and we
wish her well in what will doubtless be an active and enjoyable retirement.
+ \William R. LaFollette
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William LaFollette came to Ball State University in the fall of 1973 with a doctor of
business administration from Indiana University. LaFollette has taught a variety of
courses in the field of business management and worked diligently for the advancement
of the department, the college, and the university.
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A series of firsts characterizes his career at Ball State. He was the first chairperson
of the Department of Management Science. He taught the first televised master of
business course in the College of Business. He was the first and only coordinator of
television instruction for the college. Because of his leadership, the entire master of
business administration curriculum is televised throughout the state of Indiana and
selected other sites. During his tenure as the coordinator of television instruction, Ball
State University gained national recognition for its educational television programming.
As a teacher, William LaFollette has always put students first. In class, he
encouraged students to do their best in their studies and has worked at recognizing
them for their efforts. In 1981, he established a student chapter of Sigma Iota Epsilon,
the honorary management fraternity. In 1991, he was given the Sigma Iota Epsilon
National Office Distinguished Service Award for ten years of meritorious service as
the faculty advisor to that organization. He has also been very active in Beta Gamma
Sigma, the most prestigious scholastic business fraternity in the United States. Bill
LaFollette was the chapter president for three years and has been the faculty advisor for
more than ten years. He was instrumental in obtaining the Beta Gamma Sigma key for
the lobby of the College of Business.
In addition to his twenty-eight years of teaching and scholarly research, Bill has
enthusiastically participated in the university's governance system at all levels. He has
served in University Senate and on numerous university committees. In the College of
Business he has was a leader in curriculum design. As the first chair of the Department
of Management Science, he created the academic structure that is in place today.
Successful people can be identified by the fact that when they leave an organization
it is better than when they arrived. All students, staff, and faculty who were associated
with him know that the College of Business at Ball State is a better place because Bill
LaFollette was here.
+ Paul A. Laseau
Paul Laseau earned a bachelor of architecture degree cum laude from The Catholic
University of America and a master's degree in architecture from the State University of
New York at Buffalo. His special areas of interest are design communications and urban
design. He become coordinator of research in Ball State's College of Architecture and
Planning in 1976 and held that position until 1981 when he became professor of
architecture.
Paul's talent as an architect is equaled by his talent as a creative thinker and an
artist. He became one of the founders of UniverCity, a week-long "Chautauqua"
of the mind that brings creative thinkers and visionaries to the campus to stimulate
interdisciplinary thinking and activities. Ball State will soon undertake the fourth of
these highly successful ventures.
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Paul's name has become synonymous with sketching, and he has written many
books on sketching and graphic techniques, some published in several languages.
His watercolors, particularly those done during his summers in the Greek Isles, have
become immensely popular. His vivid colors and minimal realistic style capture the
simplicity of good design in buildings and monuments or the basic beauty of nature's
uncomplicated forms. A book of his sketches on a Far East Study Tour with Ball State
faculty and students captures the essence of the cultures and the trip. A comment in
the "Introduction" succinctly summarizes his thoughts on his sketches: "...I stay at it
for those few times when the inspiration of the subject evokes a seemingly effortless
sketch economically conveying meaning and joy!"
Paul Laseau's contributions to the aesthetic and creative elements of sketching,
design, the field of architecture, his department, the university, and communities here
and abroad will be felt for years to come. His mild manner, pleasant sense of humor,
and stimulating ideas made a significant impact. He will be greatly missed, but he has
left a wonderful gift by sharing his talent with his students and his artistic works with
thousands of admirers.
+ Gary A. Lindell +
Gary Lindell had been a faculty member in the Department of Speech Pathology and
Audiology for thirty-one years. His areas of expertise include dysfluency disorders and
language development. Gary earned his Ed.D. at the University of Virginia, and he has
served the department as clinic coordinator, administrative assistant, and most recently
as chairperson. During his tenure in that office, the department developed and
instituted the doctor of audiology program.
Gary has also been active in speech-language pathology at both the state and
national levels. He is a past-president of the Indiana Speech and Hearing Association.
Nationally, he served on the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association
Legislative Council and was a site visitor for the program's accrediting body.
Retirement will give Gary more time for golfing and traveling, but he will be
missed by both the faculty and students.
+ Carolyn M. MacDougall 4.
Carolyn MacDougall received her bachelor's degree from Kent State University and her
master's degree from Ball State University, both in elementary education. She joined the
faculty at Burris Laboratory School in 1972 as a kindergarten teacher and has remained
in that position thorough the spring semester 2001.
Carolyn has served Burris and her students with dedication and distinction for the
past twenty-nine years. She is a caring individual who has worked faithfully to ensure
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that children beginning their formal years of education receive the best possible
environment for development and growth. Carolyn has always presented her students
with an academic kindergarten experience as well as an atmosphere for nurturing the
love of learning.
The faculty, staff, parents, and students at Burris Laboratory School wish Carolyn
the very best in her new adventures in retirement and hope that she returns often to
visit.
+ James K. MacDougall Jr. +
Jim MacDougall joined the Department of English for the 1967 academic year,
completing his doctorate from Case Western Reserve University in British literature
the following year. Jim reached all of the expected tenure and promotion milestones to
associate and then full professor. He directed the London Centre and was awarded a
number of grants—Creative Arts, Creative Teaching, Summer Research, and National
Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar Fellowship.
In two areas, Jim anticipated by three decades the English department as it would
become—in his breadth as a novel writer and in his willingness to extend his expertise
to the public, in what Ernest Boyer came to call the Scholarship of Application. While
at Ball State, Jim completed four novels, publishing two, Death and the Maiden and
Weasel Hunt. Both were widely and positively reviewed in such diverse newspapers and
periodicals as The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The New Republic.
In 1974, calling it an issue of social responsibility, Jim MacDougall was the first to
teach courses for inmates at a state correctional facility. He continued that dedicated
work for twenty-five years and earned the 1987 Outstanding Administrative Service
Award in recognition of his efforts. In 1990 he transferred half time to the School
of Continuing Education and Public Service, becoming full time in 1991 but still
teaching on-campus courses for the department. As director of the Correctional
Education Program, Jim successfully guided that program to a level beyond anyone's
expectations.
When Professor MacDougall arrived at Ball State almost thirty-four years ago, his
letters of recommendation referred to him as a person of "high ideals" and as a
"gentleman and a scholar," and so he was and so he remains. We wish him well.
4. Robert L. McLaren +
Robert McLaren received his bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University and
his master's degree from Ball State University in industrial arts, and his Ed.D. from the
University of Missouri-Columbia in industrial education.
Dr. McLaren has been a member of the faculty at Burris for twenty-five years and
has taught middle and high school industrial technology classes. He has always created
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a rich and challenging environment for his students and maintained an atmosphere of
trust and integrity with all those he taught. Over the course of his tenure, he has served
as an outspoken leader of faculty and student activities. His service to Burris has been
outstanding in a variety of ways. He has been the lead sponsor for the high school
student council, worked diligently at extracurricular events, and been an outstanding
leader in committee work and school reform.
The faculty, staff, parents, and students at Burris Laboratory School wish
Dr. McLaren the very best in his retirement endeavors and hope that he returns
often to visit.
÷ David C. Mercer +
Dave Mercer was appointed student aid finance officer in October 1967. In this
capacity, while reporting to what is now the Office of Controller and Business Services
within Business Affairs, Dave worked very closely with the Office of Scholarships and
Financial Aid within Student Affairs. Acting as a second set of eyes with regard to state
and federal financial aid regulations, Dave made sure that financial aid was properly
disbursed, was appropriately accounted for in the records and financial reports of the
university, and that student loans were accurately billed and collected on a timely basis.
His attention to the details of these processes helped ensure that thousands of students
received the correct amount of aid and that the university received the maximum
benefit from its financial aid resources.
Dave graduated from the Indiana University School of Business with a degree in
finance. He contributed articles to Student Loan Programs: Management and Collection,
published by the National Association of College and University Business Officers.
He was heavily involved in the development of SCT Corporation's Loan Management
System, which is still used at Ball State and many other universities. Over the years,
Dave has been involved in enhancements to that system as well. He and his wife are
members of Ball State's Fellows Society, and she and their four children attended Ball
State.
Dave plans to spend a lot more time with his grandchildren, currently numbering
three, all boys. His knowledge and his pleasant demeanor will be sorely missed by his
colleagues in both the Offices of Business Affairs and Student Affairs.
+ Donald W. Mikesell
Don Mikesell came to Ball State University as a freshman in 1956. He earned his
bachelor's and master's degrees here and a doctorate from Indiana University. He has
devoted his entire professional career to his alma mater. Since 1961 Don has held a
number of critical positions in Student Affairs, culminating with Dean of Students for
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the past fifteen years. He also served with distinction as associate professor in the
graduate program in student affairs administration. Hundreds of graduates consider
Don their mentor, friend, teacher, and colleague. Thousands of undergraduates have
been touched by his caring and support, his wisdom and sincerity, and his passion for
fairness.
Most of all, Don is known for his total focus on the welfare of students and for his
commitment to making Ball State reflect this value in everything we do. One of his
most noteworthy achievements was the establishment of the Health Education Division
and the Women's Clinic in the Health Center. These programs have served the needs
of thousands of students and are testimony to Don's vision and persistence.
He is always seen with students in meetings, at events on and off campus, and
cheering on the Cardinals. More than most, Don Mikesell knows and demonstrates the
value of being a part of the lives of our students. He has been the source of inspiration
and encouragement to many students over the years, and we all appreciate the
dedication with which he has taken on this extremely important role.
Don has also been an active, effective, and compassionate member of our
community. His leadership on scores of committees, task forces, and boards has
improved the quality of life for many citizens.
Although our university will miss Don, it is good that Muncie will continue to
benefit from the friendship and leadership that he and his wife, Carolann, have given
to us so willingly and graciously.
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Catherine A. Palomba
Catherine Palomba graduated magna cum laude from City College of New York.
She earned her master's degree in economics from the University of Minnesota and
her Ph.D., also in economics, from Iowa State University. Her career at Ball State
started with part-time teaching in the mid-eighties. Soon she was hired to coordinate
projects and research in Analytical Studies and Planning In 1985 she was made
assistant director, then associate director of Institutional Research. In 1991 she became
director of Institutional Research and Academic Assessment, a position she
has held with distinction ever since.
She was responsible for overseeing the design, studies, analysis, interpretation, and
reporting of Ball State's research and assessment. Catherine's expertise, thoroughness,
accessibility, and overall professionalism were highly regarded all across campus. Her
advice and expertise were frequently sought to solve institutional problems or to
understand issues. She also hired and developed a strong staff who are well trained,
diligent, and productive. Catherine co-authored, with Trudy Banta, Assessment
Essentials, which further underscores not only her expertise but her national reputation.
Their second book will be published this spring.
The esteem in which she is held can be summarized by the fact that she was
appointed to lead the team directing the North Central Association's accreditation visit.
It goes without saying that she will be greatly missed.
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Neil A. Palomba
Neil Palomba has been dean and professor of economics in the College of Business
since the summer of 1984. Previously he was associate dean of business at the
University of Maryland and before that, chairperson of the economics department at
West Virginia University.
During his tenure as dean, the College of Business was successfully reviewed for
AACSB (American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business) reaccreditation twice,
and the accounting department achieved separate AACSB accreditation and was
successfully reviewed for reaccreditation once. These accreditation are very difficult to
achieve and to maintain. Five Colleges of Business faculty were awarded distinguished
professorships. The college also had a significant increase in donations, and in 2000 the
College of Business awarded $130,000 in student scholarships. Dean Palomba was
instrumental in initiating the establishment of the Mid American Business Journal.
In the most recent rankings of United States business programs, Ball State's College
of Business was in the top 10 percent of all business colleges, the accounting program
was in the top 12 percent of all accounting programs, the entrepreneurship program
was ranked number one of all state-supported entrepreneurship programs, and the
professional selling program was ranked among the top six such programs. Much
of this success can be attributed to Neil's leadership, dedication, and inspiration.
Neil worked tirelessly, both on and off campus, as a strong advocate for his college,
its faculty, and its students. He was always a knowledgeable source of information
about the importance of the business disciplines within the context of
the larger university community.
In retirement, Neil and his wife, Catherine, will relocate to Philadelphia to be close
to their granddaughter, Madison Catherine Luce.
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Paul W. Parkison
Paul Parkison began what would become a long and distinguished career at Ball State
in 1954 when he was admitted as a freshman. He graduated with a degree in business
education in 1958. He earned a master's in 1961 and completed his doctorate in
business administration at Indiana University. Parkison returned to Ball State to teach
and was named the first College of Business Professor of the Year in 1970. He became
head of the Department of Accounting in 1972.
He is the co-author of accounting templates and problems for Lotus 1 2 3. He is
a member of several accounting societies including the Indiana Certified Public
Accountant Society, the Institute of Management Accountants, and the accounting
honorary Beta Alpha Psi, and served a lengthy tenure on the Indiana State Board of
Public Accountancy, the agency that governs state accountancy certifications.
Under Dr. Parkison's leadership, Ball State's accounting department has become
one of the most respected in the state and is ranked among the top 12 percent of all
accounting programs in the country. Graduates excel on the CPA examination, and the
accounting department has its own accreditation from the American Association of
Collegiate Schools of Business, the only accounting department in the state to hold
such a distinction.
In 1988 Dr. Parkison was honored with Ball State's Outstanding Faculty Service
Award. Recently he received the Indiana CPA Society Distinguished Service Award,
a recognition of his lifetime achievement in the field. He has served as chair of the
University Senate and also chaired the campus component of Ball State's first
comprehensive campaign, "Wings for the Future."
For his outstanding work, he was named the Alumni Distinguished Professor of
Accounting in 1994. This academic year, accounting alumni from around the world
honored Paul by establishing the Paul W. Parkison Scholarship Fund. The aim of the
fund is to attract outstanding accounting undergraduates and to serve as testimony
to the impressive career of a teacher, a scholar, and an administrator, as well as a fine
gentleman.
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÷ Ernesto P. Pellegrini
Ernesto Pellegrini has taught music theory and composition at Ball State for thirty
years. He studied composition with Vittorio Giannini and Vincent Persichetti while
working on his bachelor's and master's degrees at The Juilliard School of Music and,
during his doctoral studies, with Richard Hervig at the University of Iowa.
An IBM Fellow, a Charles Ives Center for American Music Fellow, and a
Composers' Conference Fellow, he was awarded first prize in the League of Composers
—International Society for Contemporary Music National Contest and the Arizona
Cello Society—ASUC Cello Ensemble Competition and second prize in the Rheta A.
Sosland Competition. He was given honorable mention in both international and
national competitions. With an assistance grant from the American Music Center, four
creative arts grants from Ball State University, and a number of commissions, as well as
numerous ASCAP panel awards, Dr. Pellegrini can be described as a well-regarded and
accomplished musician, composer, and teacher.
In 1967, through Rockefeller Foundation sponsorship, he was chosen to be a
participant in a Concert of New Music with the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony
Orchestra. Premieres have been featured at the Tenth Saxophone World Congress, the
Twenty-first Annual Convention of the National Flute Association, and the Twentyeighth International Double Reed Society Conference. His Violin Concerto was
specifically composed for Dmitry Sitkovetsky and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. His
Piano Concerto, written for Mitchell Andrews, and Scylla and Charybdis, written for
Roger Malitz, were highlighted by the Muncie Symphony Orchestra. Four
compositions Divertimento a tre; Serenata a tre; Preludio, Intermezzo, and Finale; and
Duolog I have been recorded on the CRS label. His Movement III, for piano, is part of
the SCI Recording Series (Vol. 10). "Spring" and Movement Ware included in Vols. 6
and 29 respectively of the SCI Journal of Music Scores. Ball State University gave him
the Outstanding Creative Endeavor Award in 1988.
Students who have studied composition with him reflect his professionalism. Many
have made careers in music. Dr. Pellegrini's musical contributions will be sorely missed
at Ball State and beyond.
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+ Charles M. Ray +
Charles Ray has given ten years of dedicated service to Ball State University, the College
of Businesses, and the Department of Business Education and Office Administration.
Arriving in 1991, he became a leader in the department and program chairperson for
the office systems administration major. Through Charlie's guidance, this major has
been updated and revitalized into the vibrant and popular business information
technology major.
A consummate professional, Charlie displayed excellence in his teaching, in his
research, and in his service. In the classroom he was a dedicated, patient, and caring
professor. As a researcher, Charlie established a national reputation by authoring a
popular textbook in office automation and publishing numerous papers in the top
business education journals. Professor Ray also provided significant service at the
national, state, and local levels. He held important offices, chaired committees, and
spent countless hours working to help his profession move ahead. Charlie was the
executive vice president, national president, and past president of the Office Systems
Research Association. He was instrumental in the development of the association's
model curriculum. Locally, he served faithfully as the chapter advisor for Pi Chapter,
Delta Pi Epsilon—the national graduate honorary society.
Charles Ray will be sorely missed by his colleagues. His pleasant manner, helpful
spirit, and loyal dedication made him a true professional in every sense of the word.
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4. Frances Mayhew Rippy
For forty-two years, Dr. Fran Rippy has graced the meeting rooms and classrooms of
the Department of English. Fran Rippy came to Ball State with a bachelor of arts from
Texas Christian University, a master's and doctorate from Vanderbilt, and graduate
study at Birkbeck College, University of London. She arrived well versed in her fields—
the Restoration, eighteenth-century British literature, and literary criticism.
Promoted to full professor in 1969, Fran Rippy has consistently served, as one
colleague has said, as a "demanding but inordinately fair and compassionate professor
with a fabulous sense of humor." Her vita serves as a model for faculty: two books
published; more than twenty professional articles; lyrics for two hymns; Danforth, Lilly,
Fulbright, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Ball State grants; and more
than thirty reviews in print. She has served as an editor (most notably with the Ball
State University Forum for more than twenty years), as director of graduate studies for
almost a quarter of a century, and as chairperson or member of numerous dissertation
and master's projects. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Dr. Rippy has served on national
accreditation panels (more than twenty-five years for the North Central Association), as
an officer for state organizations, as a consultant, and as a chairperson or member of
almost every, if not every, university, college, and department committee.
Yet, beyond the fruits of her labors, Fran Rippy has served as a model professional
and colleague. In the fall of 1993, she was awarded Ball State's Outstanding Faculty
Award. As an another colleague noted, the award "does not even begin to express [her]
deep commitment to [our] department." In an interview after her 1992 award, when
asked what would she most like to be remembered for, she replied, "I suppose really
rather than remembering me, I would like for students to...go to plays and read novels
for the rest of their lives. I would like to think that they feel friendlier toward literature
and that they write better." Later she stated, "I think a really good teacher is a catalyst.
Ideally what I would like for them to remember when they finish the course is Hamlet,
not me. I would like them to come out of the course saying ' Hamlet is a great play'
rather than 'Mrs. Rippy is a great teacher."
Hamlet is a great play, and Fran Rippy is a great teacher. Her department will miss
her teaching and her influence very, very much.
4. Cleve L. Scott +
Cleve Scott has served for thirty years in music theory and composition, directing the
electronic music studios, chairing the Division of Music Theory and Composition,
being associate director of Academic Studies in Music, and directing the music
engineering technology program. He holds master of music and doctor of philosophy
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degrees in music composition from the University of Iowa and studied composition
with Stanworth Beckler, Leon Dallin, Richard Hervig, Peter Tod Lewis, and Kenneth
Gaburo.
Cleve served two terms on the Indiana Arts Commission Advisory Panel, chaired
the American Society of University Composers' Electronic Music Consortium, and
coordinated and directed twenty-five Ball State University Festivals of New Music. His
compositions have earned both regional and national recognition, and he has received
grants from both the Indiana Arts Commission and Ball State University's Creative Arts
Program. Dr. Scott has been involved with electroacoustic composition for the last
forty years and writes for electroacoustic media. He performs on the Buchla Thunder
Hyperinstrument and recently appeared at the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music
United States National Convention playing his composition, Residue V for Bass and
Buchla.
He has consulted for performance hall acoustics and sound reinforcement systems
for twenty-five years. He co-designed the Bracken Library Music Listening System and
designed the University Singers' sound system and two sound systems for Pruis Hall.
Cleve is currently a design consultant for Ball State's proposed Music Instruction
Building and is looking forward to many visits as this facility is completed.
He is the author of the music engineering technology curriculum. Graduates of our
music engineering technology program are now working throughout the United States
in positions such as director of the sound recording technology program at Lowell,
Massachusetts; senior systems engineer for Seer Systems; chief audio/digital systems
engineer at our MET studios; sound designer at Sound Services, Inc., and senior
systems design engineer at Bose, Inc.
In retirement he will continue to travel and be involved with the electroacoustic
community, with concerts, and with driving very fast boats. His dynamic leadership
and inventive spirit will be sorely missed.
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+ M. Kay Stickle +
Kay Stickle joined the Department of Elementary Education in 1968. Her fields of
teaching and research are elementary education and literacy. She served as chairperson
of the department from 1983 until 1989.
Dr. Stickle has been very active in the Ball State University community. On several
occasions, she taught for Ball State in Europe. She has made significant contributions
to the Muncie community as well. Recently, she has been active in the Professional
Development School movement and served as liaison to Cowan Elementary School.
She has also been very active in children's programs and activities around the
community. One such commitment was to the Muncie Children's Museum. Kay
helped establish the museum, served on its board of directors, and is frequently
consulted about its policies and programming. Her positive outlook, constructive
input, and sunny disposition endeared her to many on and off campus.
Not one to sit back and let others do the work, she has been actively involved with
a number of campus committees and events, especially the university's Women's Club,
where she was active for thirty-three years.
Dr. Stickle served the Department of Elementary Education with distinction.
She has been a very dedicated faculty member who will be missed by students and her
colleagues. We wish her well in her new endeavors.
+ James H. Treloar
Jim Treloar has had a profound influence on graduate education at Ball State
University. In his thirty-one years of dedicated service, Jim has taught statistics,
measurement, and research methods to the vast majority of the graduate and doctoral
students who have enrolled at Ball State. It is hard to imagine a required course more
terrifying to graduate students than statistical methods, yet Jim Treloar, through his
encouraging, gentle rigor, succeeded in training a generation of Ball State students.
Dr. Treloar received his bachelor of arts degree from Montclair State College,
then went on to study educational statistics at the University of Alabama, where he
received his master's degree and doctorate. He was appointed assistant professor in the
Department of Educational Psychology later that year and quickly rose through the
academic hierarchy, earning the rank of professor in 1979.
It is important to know that long before he entered higher education Jim taught
secondary speech, drama, English, and humanities for five years, winning a coveted
teaching award in the process. He was also a director of drama and a tennis coach.
He toured for one year with a USO-American Educational Theatre Association to
Greenland, Iceland, and the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
Herein lies the genius of Jim's teaching—he combines the humanitarian intuitions
of a poet and dramatist with the cold demands of statistical reasoning. Teachers College
recognized Jim's long record of exemplary teaching by conferring its coveted
Outstanding Teacher Award on him last year.
His colleagues will miss Jim profoundly. He is the conscience of the department, its
institutional memory, and its best example of selfless collegiality. His retirement will be
keenly felt by his grateful colleagues who wish him many years of happiness on his
ranch.
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+ Grant J. Wells +
Grant J. Wells, professor of finance, has been a valued member of the Department of
Finance and the College of Business for thirty-five years. He joined the College of
Business in 1966 and played a significant role in building it to its current state of
maturity and respect.
Among College of Business faculty members, he is one of the most widely
known across campus for his integrity, work ethic, and commitment to the university.
Dr. Wells has lived by Ball State's high standards of teaching, service, and research.
Student learning has been a matter of paramount concern to him throughout his
career. His dedication to teaching excellence has earned him several Dean's Teaching
Awards. Also, the College of Business students voted him to receive the Delta Sigma Pi
Educator of the Year -award in 1995.
Dr. Wells has served on numerous key departmental, college, and university
committees, such as salary, judicial, governance, promotion and tenure,
commencement, and financial and budgetary affairs.
Dr. Wells' research endeavors covered several areas including financial analysis
of companies, investment performance, and real estate. He has been a consultant to
several book publishers in the areas of personal finance, investments, and corporate
finance. He wrote several well-received corporate profiles for the Ball State Business
Review.
Grant is a devoted family man and plans to live in Muncie with his wife, Helen,
and looks look forward to spending more time with his grandchildren. With Grant's
retirement, the finance department, the College of Business, and Ball State University
will lose a dedicated teacher and a respected colleague.
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Dinner Committee
Marie Aquila
Charles Greenwood
Sandra Kelly
Bill Kimes
Christy Lemasters
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