FACULTY LECTURESHIP

Print Materials, 1957 - Present
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Background
“To permit the public generally to share the findings of college scientists and schools in fascinating realms of human knowledge, NDAC is launching an annual faculty lectureship at the college union at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13. The committee who is arranging the first lecture has referred to the program as ‘an intellectual social hour.’ After the program, refreshments will be served.” The Sunday Fargo Forum, January 27, 1957, p. C-1

Scope and Content
There is information on all the lectureships included in this series, as well as an assortment of nominations sought and criteria forms. From its inception in 1957 through 2008, twenty-nine academic departments have been represented in the lectureships. Seven of the 50 lectureships have been presented by women. In 1985 there were two recipients and there were no lectures in 1989 and 1993.

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Finding Aid

Notices – Nominations sought & criteria

1st - 1957 - Warren G. Whitman –Botany – “Grass On Our Prairies”- program, clippings

2nd - 1958 - Ralph E. Dunbar – Chemistry - “Research or…” - program, clipping

3rd - 1959 - Gabriel W. Comita – Zoology – “Life in Lakes” - program, clipping

4th - 1960 - Arthur G. Hill – Mathematics- “The New Look in Mathematics” - program, clipping

5th - 1961 - David R. Moir – Botany – “Artic Exploration: A Biological Frontier” - program, clippings

6th - 1962 - Enoch B. Norum – Soils – “Our Soil - Our Support” - program, invitation, clippings

7th - 1963 - Frances G. Schoff – English – “Why Shakespeare?” - program, invitation, clippings, lecture

8th - 1964 - Frederick G. Walsh – Speech & Drama – “Curtain up on Act Three” - program, clippings

9th - 1965 - Glenn S. Smith – Agronomy – “Shaping the Staff of Life” - nomination, correspondence, program, invitation, clippings, lecture

10th - 1966 - W. E. Dinusson – Animal Science - “All Flesh is Grass” - program, clipping, lecture

11th - 1967 - Muriel C. Vincent – Pharmacy – “Writing in Color” - program, clipping

12th - 1968 - Shubel D. Owns – Agricultural Education – “To teach…” - invitation, program, clippings, lecture

13th - 1969 - Alfred E. Rheineck - Polymers & Coatings – “Coatings from the Caveman to Apollo 8” - invitation, program, clipping, lecture

14th - 1970 - Mavis C. Nymon – Food and Nutrition – “That No Man Shall Hunger” - invitation, program, clipping

15th - 1971 - Corwin C. Roach – Religion – “Rams, Reeds and Rockets: What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” - program, clipping, lecture

16th - 1972 - William J. Promersberger – Agricultural Engineering – “More Time to Live” – program, lecture

17th - 1973 - John A. Brophy – Geology – “Of Ice and Men” - flyer, invitation, program, clipping

18th - 1974 - Jerry L. Sell – Animal Science – “Quicksilver! The Omnipresent” - program, lecture

19th - 1975 - Frederick R. Taylor – Agricultural Economics – “Our Daily Bread” - invitation, program, clipping, lecture

20th - 1976 - Edwin M. Anderson – Electrical & Electronics Engineering –“Magic” - invitation, program, clippings

21st - 1977 - Patricia D. Murphy – Home Economics Education “Strategies for College Teaching” – invitation, program, clipping

22nd - 1978 - Jack F. Carter – Agronomy – “Imminent Crises in Food Production Agriculture” – invitation, program, clipping, lecture

23rd - 1979 - Emily P. Reynolds – Textiles and Clothing – “A Servant in Your Closet” - invitation, program, clippings, lecture

24th - 1980 - William H. Shelver - Pharmacy – “Pills for All Ills?” – invitation, program, clippings

25th - 1981 - Richard L. Witz – Agricultural Engineering – “Lighting the Prairie” – nomination form, invitation, program, clipping, lecture

26th - 1982 - Catherine Cater - English – “Fire and Rock” - invitation, program, clippings

27th - 1983 - Ithel A. Schipper - Veterinary Science – “Tiny But Mighty” – invitation, program, clippings

28th - 1984 - Shoukry K. W. Khalil - Pharmaceutical Sciences – “Witchcraft and Folk Medicine in Relation to Modern Medicine” – invitation, program, clipping

29th - 1985 - Thor Hertsgaard - Agricultural Economics – “Economics in Policy: The Economist’s Tool Kit” & Philip Boudjouk - Chemistry – “Sand and Sound: Old Resources as New Chemical Tools” – invitation, program, clippings

30th - 1986 - Harold Klosterman - Biochemistry – “Atoms, Energy and Life” – nomination, invitation, program, clippings, certificate

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31st - 1987 - Richard Hanson - Child Development and Family Science – “Toward Intimacy: Facing the Future by Facing One Another” – invitation, program, clippings

32nd – 1988 – Mark Gordon – Chemistry – “Nothing is Real: An Historical and Personal Journey into the Area of Quantum Chemistry” - invitation, clippings, certificate

33rd - 1990 - Kevin D. McCaul - Psychology – “Fear of the Future: A Healthy Emotion??” – invitation, program, clippings

34th - 1991 - Joy M. Query – Sociology – “Leaving the Ivory Tower” - nomination, invitation, program, lecture, certificate

35th - 1992 - Gregory J. McCarthy – Chemistry & Geosciences – “Crystal Fingerprints, NDSU’s Mark on the World” - invitation, clipping

36th - 1994 - Ruth Maki - Psychology – “”Metacomprehension-Knowing What You Know” – invitation, program, clipping

37th - 1995 - Greg Gillispie – Chemistry – “Laser Remote Sensing: Evolution of a Technology” - nomination, notes, invitation, program, clippings

38th - 1996 - Jay Leitch – Agricultural Economics – “Wetlands: Why the Controversy Continues” - nomination, notes, invitation, program

39th - 1997 - Allan Ashworth - “Blue Ice Blues: How Stable is Antarctica?” – invitation, program, clipping

40th - 1998 - David Danbom – History – “History Tells Us…What?” - invitation, program, clippings

41st – 1999 – James Grier – Zoology – “Here, There and Everywhere” - invitation, program, clipping

42nd – 2000 – Chung Park - Animal & Range Sciences – “Life: Struggle and Sustenance” – invitation, clipping

43rd – 2001 – Jimmie Richardson – Soil Science – “Soil-H2O, the Convergence” - invitation, program, clipping

44th – 2002 – Sudhir Mehta - Mechanical Engineering – “Does Teaching Imply Learning?” – invitation, program clipping

45th – 2003 – Won W. Koo – Agribusiness and Applied Economics – “Globalization: Prosperity for Everyone?” - invitation, program, clipping

46th – 2004 – Richard W. Rathge - Sociology and Agribusiness and Applied Economics – “North Dakota: Building Divides and Building Futures” – invitation, program, clipping

47th – 2005 – Donald Schwert - Geology – “A City on Stilts – the geology under Fargo” – invitation, program, clipping

48th – 2006 – Dan Ewert - Electrical and Computer Engineering – “How Do You Mend a Broken Heart?” – program, clipping

49th – 2007 – Mark A. Sheridan - Biology – “Growing Pains: Fish, Frogs & Folks Like Us” – invitation, program, clippings

50th – 2008 – Mark Harvey - History – “Wild About Wilderness: A Historian’s Journey into Nature’s Past” –invitation, program, clipping



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