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CROSS CURRENTS WINTER 2004-2005 IN MEMORIAM Frank Riessman, Graduate College Faculty, Riessman was an ardent activist, beginning with the antipoverty movement in the early 1960s when he worked with Mobilization for Youth, an educational program for minority students. He later served as director of the New Careers Development Center at New York University, which provided job training for the chronically poor. In 1970 Riessman co‑founded the quarterly journal Social Policy and served as editor‑in‑chief for many years. Social Policy was published in New York with assistance from UI&U from 1985 to 1999, during which time it won the Utne Reader 1994 Alternative Press Award as Best Special Interest Publication. Among those tapped by Riessman to write articles or serve on editorial boards for the magazine were UI&U doctoral alumni Stanley Aronowitz, Ph.D.1975, Sheila Collins, Ph.D. 1987, Diane Fassel, Ph.D. 1987, Mark Gelber, Ph.D.1973, Colin Greer, Ph.D. 1974, James W. Lacey, Ph.D. 1996, Harvey Robins, Ph.D. 1974, Mark Rosenman, Ph.D. 1977 and UI&U Distinguished Public Service Professor, and Gina Vega, Ph.D. 1995, as well as doctoral core faculty members Rita Arditti, Ph.D. and Marvin Surkin, Ph.D. Riessman also published 16 books, several with UI&U colleagues as co-authors or co-editors, including The New Populism: The Politics of Empowerment (Temple University Press, 1986) with Harry C. Boyte, Ph.D. 1988; and The Self-Help Revolution (Human Science Press, 1984), with Alan Gartner, Ph.D. 1972. In 1976, Riessman founded the National Self-Help Clearinghouse, an educational and research organization dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of mutual support. In remembering his close colleague, Colin Greer, Ph.D. 1974 (who served for a decade as Social Policy editor and later as board chair) said Riessman’s helper-therapy principle — that people who help others gain as much if not more than those they help — inspired people of all ages and in all walks of life, to give of themselves. “That is why Frank was drawn to Union’s philosophy of learner-centered education. Just as in peer tutoring, where teaching someone to read ultimately helps the tutor to read better, empowering doctoral learners to make decisions facilitates their learning and enhances the faculty member’s experience as well,” said Greer. _____________________
William L. Pierce, Ph.D. 1978 PDE: “Volunteering: The Leader's Competitive Edge. The Relationship of Volunteering to Career Path” A lifelong advocate for adoption in unwanted pregnancies, William Pierce founded the National Council for Adoption (www.ncfa-usa.org) in 1980 and served as president and chief executive until 2000. Pierce earned distinction as a powerful defender of adoption on Capitol Hill, in state legislatures, and in the media and adoption community. He was instrumental in the passage of the federal Infant Adoption Awareness Act, part of the Children's Health Act of 2000, which created the Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program for health and pregnancy counselors. Pierce also served as executive director of the International Association of Voluntary Adoption Agencies, and was publisher and executive editor of Adoption/Medical News. He was the author of the Multi-Ethnic Placement Act of 1994, which reduced obstacles to transracial adoption. From 1970 to 1980, Pierce was assistant executive director of the Child Welfare League of America and directed the Washington office. Pierce died of cancer January 13, 2004 at his home in Bethesda, Maryland at the age of 67. Paul Haber, Ph.D. 1981 PDE: “An Intervention Program for Persons with Coronary Heart Disease Utilizing Stress Reduction, Relaxation Training, and Type A Modification” A psychologist who experienced abuse as a child, Paul Haber dedicated his career to saving many children from potential harm. In 1984, Haber and his late first wife, UI&U alumna Marsha Haber, Ph.D. 1981, co-founded the Child Assault Prevention Project (CAPP) of South Florida, the Dade County branch of a national program that teaches children how to avoid becoming victims of sexual or physical abuse. Together they visited Dade schools, engaging children in skits to make them aware of inappropriate behavior by adults. Because of his expertise, Haber was chosen to counsel children who were allegedly molested at a day care center in a controversial case in the early 1980s. The Habers co-directed CAPP until 1993, and after Marsha’s death in 1994, Haber moved to Boulder, Colorado, where he taught psychology at Regis University in Denver. He died from cancer at his home on August 22, 2003 at age 67. John B. Mack III, Ph.D. 1974 PDE: “An Analysis of Attitudes toward Collective Bargaining and the State of Organizing at the University of Wisconsin System. An educator and library developer in Chicago for 40 years, John Mack was the first chair of the Black Studies Department at Chicago City Colleges and later served as UniServ director of the Illinois Education Association. Mack died December 30, 2003 in Satellite, Florida, at age 68. Services were held in his hometown of New Orleans. Judith Lasch, Doctoral Learner William Leo Powers, B.A. 2004, ADP, Vermont College A lifelong resident of Brattleboro, William Leo Powers worked at the Community House for nearly 20 years, developing a career in social services that included work with corrections clients, teens, and young children. He also volunteered as a coach for his daughters’ basketball teams. He was known throughout the community for his love of sports, cross-country skiing, and juggling. Enrolled in the teacher certification program at Vermont College’s Adult Degree Program, he was to graduate at the June 20 Brattleboro ceremony but died April 5, 2004 at the age of 45. His family was presented with his posthumous degree at the commencement ceremony.
UI&U IN MEMORIAM Evelyne Armstrong, Ph.D. 1994, d. September 4, 2003. Erving E. Beauregard, Ph.D. 1976, d. May 5, 2004. William H. Dodd, Ph.D. 1989, d. February 11, 2003. Thomas Pasco, Ph.D. 1989, d. October 7, 2003. Ruthann A. West, B.A. 1978, Cincinnati Academic Center, d. March 16, 2004.
VERMONT COLLEGE IN MEMORIAM Wilma Burns Coon, Vermont Junior College, 1951, d. June 2, 2003. Shannon Conerly, ADP learner, d. April 8, 2004. Estella P. Dodge, Montpelier Seminary, 1936, d. November 23, 2003. George A. Duncan, Vermont Junior College, 1948 d. November 24, 2003. Doris Mae George Gardner, Vermont Junior College, 1950, d. June 20, 2003. Lois K. Goodwin, Montpelier Seminary, 1928, d. March 4, 2004. Margaret L. Goulette, Montpelier Seminary, d. August 18, 2003. Helen D. (Stewart) Saulino, A.A. Vermont Junior College, 1946, d. January 30, 2004. Elizabeth Shelton, B.A. 1983, ADP Weekend, 1983, d. May 25, 2002 Fred E. Steele III, Professor, English Department, d. December 10, 2003. Eugene Victor Walter, M.F.A. post-graduate student, d. May 16, 2003. Devota Kathryn Welch, Montpelier Seminary, 1930, d. December 27, 2003. Leona Taplin Wells, Montpelier Seminary, 1935, d. January 2, 2004 |
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A television/video producer, author, and scholar, Judith Lasch was working toward her Ph.D. with a focus on the economic and political implications of women's handwork. In 1980 she created the Manhattan TV show "Focus on New York,” which she hosted for 18 years. In 1982, she and her three daughters formed Lasch Media Productions, a full-service company producing award-winning informational and educational videos for school and library markets, among them, "China-America Exchange," "World Affairs: Women's Perspectives," and "Breaking Barriers: A History of the United Nations." She taught at New York University, Brookdale Community College, and Edison Prep, a program for incarcerated "at-risk" teenage boys. In 1996, New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. appointed Lasch to the White House Conference on Small Business. She was the author of numerous articles and several books, including Teen Model Book (Simon & Schuster). A staunch volunteer and community activist, she was honored by former New York City Mayor Ed Koch for her work on the Adopt-a-Class project, an alliance for bringing business and community leaders into schools. She assisted in curating an exhibit on historic handwork at Library Museum in Philadelphia; organized tours of Ellis Island and Harlem; and lectured on the plight of immigrant women. Lasch died May 8, 2004 in Middletown, New Jersey.