June 14, 2004 Vol. 93, No. 29 Archives   Previous   Next Contents Commencement 2004 • Tilghman: With graduation comes a responsibility • Commencement highlights • Four faculty members recognized for their outstanding teaching • By the numbers: Commencement statistics People • Burstein named vice president for administration • Hlafter selected for national architectural honor • University names six new trustees • Appointments • Spotlight, retirements, obituaries • Briefs Faculty • Five new full professors named to the faculty • New associate and assistant professors appointed • Six faculty members transfer to emeritus status • Ikenberry named to endowed chair • Cook chronicles history of the human race • Philander traces transformation of El Niño • Singer joins political debate in book about Bush's ethics Inside • Device sorts microscopic particles with amazing speed and precision • Engineering plan calls for greater focus on societal needs • New library named for Peter B. Lewis • Two seniors awarded fellowships for yearlong public service projects • First students graduate from Princeton Prep • Grants fund research on underwater vehicles, high-tech materials • Book group builds bridges to Princeton community and beyond • ACLU role in Brown case explored Benefits • HR Solution Center aims to provide quick responses • Tuition grant increased for children • Changes made to staff tuition plan Sections • Calendar of events   The Bulletin is published weekly during the academic year, except during University breaks and exam weeks, by the Office of Communications. Second class postage paid at Princeton. Postmaster: Send address changes to Princeton Weekly Bulletin, Office of Communications, Princeton University, 22 Chambers St., Suite 201, Princeton, NJ 08542. Permission is given to adapt, reprint or excerpt material from the Bulletin for use in other media. Subscriptions. The Bulletin is distributed free to faculty, staff and students. Others may subscribe to the Bulletin for $14 for the spring semester of the academic year (half price for current Princeton parents and people over 65). Send a check to Office of Communications, Princeton University, 22 Chambers St., Suite 201, Princeton, NJ 08542. Deadline. In general, the copy deadline for each issue is the Friday 10 days in advance of the Monday cover date. The deadline for the Bulletin that covers June 14-September 5 is Friday, June 4. A complete publication schedule is available at deadlines or by calling (609) 258-3601. Editor: Ruth Stevens Calendar editor: Carolyn Geller Staff writers: Jennifer Greenstein Altmann, Steven Schultz Contributing writers: Patricia Allen, Karin Dienst, Eric Quinones Photographer: Denise Applewhite Design: Mahlon Lovett, Laurel Masten Cantor, Margaret Westergaard Web edition: Mahlon Lovett

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Spotlight

Name: Kimberly Milardo.

Position: Communications assistant in the athletics department. Serving as the sports information contact for the women's basketball team, the men's soccer team, the softball team and the water polo and fencing teams. Maintaining the official Web sites, statistics and record books for the teams. Answering media requests and writing press releases, post-game stories and feature stories. Assembling media guides and game programs.

Quote: "The great aspects of my job are the people I work with and the subject of our work college sports and student athletes. I get to travel with several of the teams. I've been to all the Ivy League schools and to Montana, California and Arizona in the past year."

Other interests: Refereeing girls basketball games at local middle schools. Babysitting. Traveling to Baltimore to visit her boyfriend, Owen.

 

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Staff retirements

Effective April 1: in facilities, lead maintenance technician John Schenck, after 19 years; in grounds, landscaper Johnny Parks, after 38 years.

Effective May 1: in grounds, foreman John Mellody, after 42 years; in the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, office support staff member Sara Miller, after 22 years; in the plumbing shop, assistant foreman Kenneth Wilson, after 24 years.

Effective June 1: in the plasma physics lab, technical associate John Clark Sr., after 34 years; in chemistry, academic support staff member Alice Fank-hauser, after 14 years; in maintenance, general foreman John Stryker, after 28 years.

 

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Staff obituaries

Retired employees

April: Judith Benson, 64 (1979-1997, plasma physics lab); Rocco Frazzetta, 77 (1977-1996, paint shop); Domenico Guglielmi, 87 (1967-1979, mainte-nance); Darnley Kirton Sr., 68 (1969-1993, library); Robert Stevenson, 72 (1954-1993, maintenance); James Vandergrift, 74 (1973-1995, public safety).

May: Charles Braswell, 84 (1975-1987, public safety); Gertrude Cruser, 81 (1968-2001, housing).

 

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