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NEWSLETTER
“A Place and a Purpose” A publication of the
Emeritus Press at
Arizona State University
Volume XIV, Number 2 Spring 2019
Joseph Carter Selected as New Dean
Provost Mark Searle announced:
I am pleased to announce that follow-
ing a search undertaken by members of the
Emeritus College and consultation with the
Emeritus College Council, Dr. Joseph Car-
ter, professor emeritus from Supply Chain
Management in the WP Carey School of Guests marvel at Ed's creative mobiles.
Business, has been offered and has accept-
ed the position of Dean of the Emeritus
College, effective July 1, 2019. Dr. Car-
ter served in several leadership positions
including chair of the Department of
Supply Chain Management, associate dean in
WP Carey, and associate director general of
Joseph Carter the Thunderbird School of Global Manage-
ment. In addition, Dr. Carter also served as
President of the Academic Senate. Please join with me in welcoming
and congratulating Dr. Carter as he assumes this appointment. We look
forward to working with him.
colleges, which began in 2006, and
Emeritus Artist Celebration the AAA program. The show then
continued with a night full of artistic Ed Stump describes his work to guests.
Welcoming Arizona State Uni- expression, delicious food and great
versity emeritus artists from diverse conversations. faculty emeriti. Works include
academic and artistic disciplines as A year-round exhibition is on dis- acrylics, pastels, etchings, ink washes,
well as local community artists, ASU’s play in the ASU Downtown Phoe- oils, woodcuts, watercolors, sculp-
Watts College of Public Service and nix campus, housed on the 4th-9th ture and intricate handset type. Their
Community Solutions, in partnership floors of the University Center build- artwork transforms downtown ASU
with the Emeritus College, hosted its ing and in Nursing North and South buildings into a center of culture,
annual Emeritus Artist Celebration buildings. It is a vibrant installation creativity and innovation.
on February 25, 2019. of over 280 works of art by ASU
This year the Action Advocacy and
Arts program (AAA) had the plea-
sure to introduce the newest member,
Edmund Stump, professor emeritus
of geology. His delicate, nature-in-
spired mobiles made a distinct im-
pression on event attendees. Current
emeritus art members John Aguilar,
Marie Provine, Mark Reader and
James Pile also joined the exhibit to
celebrate this wonderful event and
showcase their work.
After the initial reception, Watts
College Dean Jonathan Koppell
and Emeritus College Dean William
Verdini spoke about the positive im-
pact of the partnership between the Verdini, Pile, Stump, Provine, Reader, Aguilar, and Koppell
Emeritus College Newsletter
Page 2 Volume XIV, Number 2
Message from the Dean entire ceremony, I ask you to watch haps more impactful, ways under
the 41.5 to 62-minute segment when Joe’s leadership. Please assist Joe by
our honorary degree recipient David continuing your support in the op-
Brooks delivered his commencement eration of the College. In addition
address. https://www.youtube. to your financial support, we are
com/watch?v=5MHGNHVIG-Y always in need of College Coun-
David started with light, humor- cil members, committee members
ous remarks that drew chuckles, and and chairs, and new ideas. For a list
then shifted to a meaning of life mes- of opportunities, please visit our
sage. Personally, I was glued to his web site, and the tabs for “Divi-
words, but I wondered if he under- sions,” “People” and “Grants and
stood that there were 30,000 people Programs” in particular. https://
eager to move on to the conferring emerituscollege.asu.edu/
of degrees and the post-graduation One final “commencement”
celebrations. He captivated the crowd thought. I have been elected to be
with his deeply felt remarks about our the president of the Association of
real purpose . Retirement Organizations in High-
The serious part of his talk be- er Education (AROHE) beginning
Dear Colleagues, gan with a recognition of the hap- in January 2021. The ASU Emer-
piness experienced by those sitting itus College has been a member
I had the pleasure of attend- on the field because of their accom- of AROHE since our founding.
ing, and the honor of representing plishments. He contrasted that to I am hopeful that by the printing
the Emeritus College, at the Spring the joy experienced by those sitting of this newsletter, ASU will have
2019 Commencement Ceremony in the stands, because of the accom- been announced as the host of the
at Sun Devil Stadium on May 6th. plishments of those that they had AROHE Biennial Conference in
I rarely missed a commencement parented and helped. David ended October 2020. The ASU Emeritus
during my 35+ years at ASU. I was by noting that in a few decades the College is viewed as an exemplar
and still am moved to see the reac- graduates would be at a similar event. organization, and hosting the 2020
tions of students and families at the This time they would be in the stands AROHE Conference is an ideal
celebration. This commencement looking down upon persons they ush- opportunity for ASU to make it un-
was particularly moving. In his re- ered into and through the world, and mistakably clear that we are poised
marks, President Crow asked the they would experience joy. I saw tears and ready to become the flagship
30,000+ people present to watch all around, and the only reason that university (nationally and possibly
a short video that summarized I couldn’t hear a pin drop is that the internationally) for investigating
ASU’s mission and goals. I encour- field is real grass. issues of aging and transforming
age you to take 4 minutes to see ex- Speaking of commencement, retirement for a growing and in-
amples of the success we have had as we begin the 2019-20 fiscal year, creasingly important demographic.
and the even greater potential and please join me in welcoming our new
obligation we have. https://www. dean, Dr. Joseph Carter. Joe will I wish you all happiness and mostly
youtube.com/watch?v=mPx- be your dean beginning July 1, 2019. joy,
GvoPE92g I have enjoyed being a part of the
If you don’t have the time or Emeritus College and look forward to Bill
patience to watch the video of the continuing in less prominent, but per-
Faces from the Annual Membership Meeting
May 21st, 2019
Thank you to all who attended!
Emeritus College Newsletter
Spring 2019 Page 3
yer who argued before the Supreme
Bob Barnhill’s Court, building up her cases step by
step in order to achieve larger goals,
Emeritus e.g., taking on the best examples of
Bookshelf each point she wanted to advance.
Ginsburg served on the DC Circuit
Court before her Supreme Court
My last review focused on Ruth nomination by President Clinton.
Bader Ginsburg, reading for which Clerks move up in the courts, too,
heightened my interest in Sandra Day and O’Connor took many of Gins-
O’Connor and in how the two of burg’s Circuit Court clerks to be her
them, the first female Supreme Court clerks in the Supreme Court. After
Justices and opposites on the political Ginsburg joined O’Connor on the
spectrum, worked on the Court both Supreme Court, they talked frequent-
individually and jointly. I take up here ly. Their political views differed con-
one book about the two of them: siderably and so did some of their
Sisters in Law, by Linda Hirshman, decisions, but they maintained a re-
Harper Collins, 2015. Next time I spectful relationship.
will review two books about O’Con- Great quote re Ginsburg (page Solar California
nor and a spin-off to Burton Barr re 212): It was known among the clerks
O’Connor. Stay tuned. that Ginsburg didn’t, as the Chicago To honor Earth Day and in recog-
Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth machine pol famously said, “want nition of the many ASU faculty, stu-
Bader Ginsburg were the first and nobody nobody sent.” That is, the dents, staff, community partners and
second female Supreme Court Jus- expert networker Ginsburg wanted friends, who helped in the 1970's,
tices. The author describes their to know what networks were in play to lay a foundation for a fossil free
judicial lives and how these helped when she met someone. society, Emeritus College member,
women in legal cases. O’Connor Sandra Day O’Connor is a na- Mark Reader gifted “Solar Califor-
was appointed by President Reagan. tional treasure who comes from Ar- nia,” a watercolor painting, to the
She had advanced in conservative, izona. With her recent retirement Emeritus College.
Republican circles in Arizona as the from public life, some years after It is especially dedicated to Dr.
first woman in several arenas, after her retirement from the US Supreme Melvin Marcus (former chair of the
suffering various gender discrimi- Court, there have been articles such ASU Geology Department) and
nations along the way, such as being as the eleven installments in The Ar- Frances Reader (former ASU so-
told to apply at a law firm as a typist izona Republic this spring. I particu- ciology instructor) who served as
instead of a lawyer with her JD and larly recommend #9 on three cases: co-directors of several national and
high marks from Stanford. When abortion, gay rights and Bush vs. state-sponsored humanities council
appointed to the Supreme Court, she Gore. She later expressed some re- town hall meetings (1976-1977) called
was the only Justice to have served as gret about Bush vs. Gore, saying that “Energy: The Human Dimension,"
a legislator, and she used some of her perhaps the Supreme Court should that brought more than 6,000 Arizo-
political compromise tactics in her le- not have taken that case. The web nans together to consider the impact
gal decisions. She did stay true to her link is: oconnor.azcentral.com. of energy choices on their lives.
Republican form in the 5-4 vote mak- Dr. Reader hopes that “Solar Cal-
ing W. Bush President. Her attitude ifornia” will encourage those who
was that women, and others, should Editor’s note: This spring The Phoenix view it to join in the common strug-
do many things for themselves, but Theatre presented an adaptation of Hirsh- gle to avoid climate chaos and sub-
Wade vs. Roe and some other funda- man’s book to sold out audiences. Hirsh- stantially reduce global carbon emis-
mental rulings should be preserved. man resides part of the year in Phoenix, sions in the coming decade. What is
Ginsburg had an entirely differ- but she was not involved in creating the your carbon footprint?
ent career, as an ACLU Jewish law- adaptation.
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The Emeritus College, PO Box 873002, Tempe, AZ 85287-3002. Submissions longer than 200
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withheld upon request, but letters received anonymously will not be printed.
Emeritus College Newsletter
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2019 ISEF-AZ Preparatory Fair (SARSEF) Deputy Director. It
Program was well received by the students. Emeritus College
Thirty-two students and twen- Book Club
by William Glaunsinger ty-one judges attended. Twenty-four
projects were exhibited and judged. by Charles Tichy
The Emeritus College recently The students were selected from the
hosted its award-winning ISEF-AZ three ISEF-affiliated fairs in Arizona: The ASU Emeritus College Book
Preparatory Program for the fourth the Arizona Science and Engineering Club was founded in spring 2018
consecutive year at the Arizona Sci- Fair (AzSEF) in Phoenix, SARSEF by Babs Gordon. In fall 2018, the
ence Center CREATE Facility on in Tucson and the Youth Engineer- club traveled forward with inquis-
Saturday, April 13, 2019. This Pro- ing and Science Fair (YES) in Sierra itive book discussions, enjoying
gram is a cooperative venture be- Vista. These Fairs selected projects a delightful journey through the
tween the Emeritus College and the multiple dimensions portrayed
Arizona Science Center. Its goal is in some of the world’s most out-
to help the high school students who standing novels. The discussions
are selected to attend the Intel In- also included a work about life
ternational Science and Engineering and challenges on the Internation-
Fair (ISEF) prepare for this compe- al Space Station. Most recently
tition to be held at the Phoenix Con- the club analyzed the dimensions,
vention Center on May 12-17, 2019. characteristics, and influences of
William Glaunsinger, EC Assistant the European existentialist move-
Dean of Professions and Sciences ment.
and ISEF Judging Chair, is the Pro- We will continue to meet
gram Coordinator. Jay Braun engages student. throughout the summer and invite
you to join us. For more informa-
based on their excellence and innova- tion please contact club coordina-
tiveness. tor, Charles Tichy at zaychikabc@
The student projects covered a outlook.com.
wide spectrum of research topics, in-
cluding: Neural Mechanisms in Hon-
eybees; Generation of Pancreatic
Beta Cells; Biochar Filtrate to Reduce
Lead Contamination; How to Build
a Ground-Effect Vehicle; A Smart-
Phone Based Test for Cardiovascular
Disease; Increasing Crop Yields with
Soybean Curd; Artificial Synthesis
Dean Verdini talks with ISEF-AZ of Sugars; A Smart-Phone Point-of-
student participants about their projects. Care Iron Sensor; Effects of a Bat-
tery Equalizer on a Solar-Powered
This event features an ISEF-like System; Effects of an Instructor’s
judging session. Students present Ideology on a Student’s Perspective; New Members
their projects and are interviewed by A Novel Approach to Renewable
research professionals, who also offer Energy. We welcome 5 new members,
suggestions for improvement in their Each student received at least Bonnie Eckard (Theatre),
posters and presentations. The agen- five interviews from the judges, who Ben Nelson (Anthropology),
da included registration, project setup; brought diverse expertise from ASU, Margaret Nelson (Anthropol-
project pre-judging and a student in- Phoenix College, Dignity Health, In- ogy), Stephen Pyne (Life Sci-
terview tips session; opening remarks tel and On Semiconductor. Eight ences), and Wihelmina Savenye
and instructions; judging session; dis- Emeritus College members (Per (Education) and 1 new associate
cussion and evaluation; student proj- Aannestad, Jay Braun, William member, Kathleen Desmond
ect abstract session; and ISEF-AZ Glaunsinger, Beatrice Gordon, (Art History).
Program Advisory Committee Meet- Richard Jacob, Barry McNeill,
ing. The student project abstract ses- Linda Stryker and William Verdi- The total membership now stands
sion was a new addition, conducted ni) participated as judges. at 507, including 445 regular
by Lorna Glaunsinger, ISEF Judging Experiencing these students in members, 56 associate, and 6
Chair and Liz Bowman, Southern action would make anyone more op- affliate.
Arizona Science and Engineering timistic about the future!
Emeritus College Newsletter
Spring 2019 Page 5
Emeritus Profile: Paul Burgess
I completed my undergraduate a small project for the U.S. Depart- wide basis.
degree in economics at the Univer- ment of Labor in the early 1970s,
sity of Colorado-Boulder in Decem- and they liked our work (for which Our research on improving the
ber 1964. After considering my top we probably made about $1 per hour unemployment compensation system
two job offers, I carefully and stra- of effort), so we were asked to bid also was supported by the Upjohn In-
tegically chose Ford Motor Compa- on a larger project. Amazingly, they stitute, the National Foundation for
ny, because I liked cars better than Unemployment Compensation and
banking. A life-changing event was a Workers’ Compensation, and some
draft notice that required a physical major firms, including Ford, Gen-
exam on December 24, 1965. To my eral Motors, Chrysler, Alcoa, Pills-
relief, I failed the physical exam (but bury, and Sears. In 1990, I received
not because of a bone spur). This an award for Career Excellence in
experience made me reassess my ca- Research by the National Founda-
reer goals, and I decided to return tion for Unemployment Compen-
to the University of Colorado-Boul- sation and Workers’ Compensation.
der to pursue a Ph.D. in economics.
During this time I provided Ralph Later in my career, colleagues
Nader with information that he then Stuart Low and Dennis Hoffman
provided to Congress for a hearing and I received research grants from
on automotive safety. Although it is a Motorola and On Semiconduc-
long story, the information was used tor to forecast industry demand for
to coerce the auto industry into install- semiconductors. When Motorola
ing seat belts as standard equipment. first approached us, we told them it
probably was impossible to forecast
I completed my Ph.D. during that demand, so they awarded us a
the summer of 1969 and began as grant to investigate that impossibil-
an Assistant Professor of Econom- ity! To our surprise, we were able
ics at ASU that fall (for a salary of to quite successfully forecast the
$12,000, about the same as I was Professor Emeritus Paul Burgess demand, and our work on the proj-
making at Ford in 1966). Several new ect continued for about three years.
faculty members joined the College chose us to conduct the research,
of Business in 1969 and the early on the condition that we increase My service career has been exten-
1970s. Most expected to stay for two the total dollars in the project to a sive and includes many department,
or three years and then move on to more ‘reasonable’ level! This started college, and university committees.
other universities. But most of us in a funding relationship of over twenty Some major assignments included
economics instead stayed for many years with the Department of Labor. Chair of the Department of Eco-
years. I remained at ASU my entire Eventually, and in cooperation with nomics (1989-94), Chair of the Uni-
career and retired in 2007. In the ear- five state agencies and the U.S. De- versity Chair group (1993-94), Chair
ly years, I taught three courses per partment of Labor, and with fund- of the University’s Strategic Planning
semester, including four different ing from the National Commission and Budgeting Committee (1994-95),
preparations my first year. Eventual- on Unemployment Compensation, and Chair of the W.P. Carey School
ly, I was able to focus on my specialty, Jerry, Bob St. Louis of the Quanti- of Business Personnel Committee.
labor economics, while also teaching tative Systems Department and I
principles of economics. I taught developed a pilot project that led to All in all, I can say that it has been
undergraduates, M.S. students, and a nationwide system for monitoring a marvelous experience at ASU. And
Ph.D. students throughout my career. the unemployment compensation the Emeritus College provides a great
system for overpayments and fraud. pathway of opportunities and experi-
Soon after arriving at ASU, I Later, we created a similar procedure ences after ‘retirement’.
worked closely with my colleague, for predicting and detecting employ-
Jerry Kingston, on nearly every re- er underpayments of the taxes owed
search project and paper that we un- to the unemployment compensation
dertook. Neither of us knew much system. The Department of Labor
about being a principal investigator, never implemented that system for
so we learned together. We started on monitoring employers on a nation-
Emeritus College Newsletter
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Emeritus College Spring Colloquiua
Elizabeth Castillo, from the ley (currently Young, Arizona) War
Faculty of Leadership and Interdis- in Arizona. This "war" took place
ciplinary Studies, inaugurated the over a ten year period from 1883 to
spring colloquium series with a talk 1892, and, in a community of fewer
titled "Creating a Sustainable Economy than fifty people, eighteen were killed
that Works for Everyone." Noting that and another eight were wounded.
financial capital is privileged above Pagán’s research question was: How
all else, she argued for an expansion do people get to the point where such
of the conception of capital to in- violence could take place? Pagán de-
clude other tangible resources such scribed the settlers’ lives as marked
as human and natural capital and in- by frequent Apache raids, by lawsuits
tangible resources such as social, re- brought against each other, and by set-
lational, symbolic and structural cap- tler on settler violence. He analyzed
ital. To illustrate her argument, she the situation in Pleasant Valley as one
shared a case study of San Diego's of constant fear and vigilance due to
Balboa Park Cultural Partnership frequent Apache raids. (The Apaches
(BPCP), a nonprofit organization of themselves were struggling to survive
twenty nine members of widely vary- Eduardo Obregón Pagán in newly designated reservation lands
ing sizes that came together in a time and new mandates regarding sup-
of economic crisis and developed a Arts and Sciences, spoke on "Noah's porting themselves through farming.)
model of interdependence that rec- Ark and Environmental Issues" at the This vigilance led to citizens arming
ognized and featured social as well March colloquium. Cohen examined themselves and eventually turning
as financial accounting. BCPC's the long history of imagining Noah's their weapons on each other. Pagán
model of operation recognized, ac- ark as a place of ecological preser- characterized the settlers as suffering
counted for, and invested in intan- vation during climate catastrophe. from chronic traumatic stress.
gible resources, and included policy Cohen offered multiple examples of
changes in evaluation and reporting ways that narratives about Noah, his
that utilized intangible as well as tan- family, the animals and the ark have
gible resources. changed over time and across cul-
Jeffrey Cohen, Dean of Hu- tures. He also used illustrations from
manities in the College of Liberal some of the over three hundred his-
torical and contemporary sources he
has collected to show how views of
Noah's ark have changed since Bib-
lical times. He noted that the flood
narrative has been shared as one
script for natural disaster and for hu-
man survival.
In April, in his presentation,
"The Hidden Price of Settling the West."
Eduardo Obregón Pagán, Bob
Stump Professor of History, pro-
vided a history of the Pleasant Val-
Cordelia Candelaria with Castillo Jeffery Cohen
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March and April Short Talks education, race/ethnicity, and housing
status from 1997 through 2015. He
Shannon Perry greeted Short Talks presented tables which detailed that
attendees with “Buen Camino”, us- inequality in all these areas, which has
ing the phrase with which walkers been growing since the 1980s, has ex-
greet each other on The Way of St ploded since 1997. Burgess labelled
James, the pilgrimage to Santiago de these disparities despicable. A lively
Compostela in northwest Spain. In discussion followed with regard to
the summer of 2017, Perry made the causes of this reality and possible
the pilgrimage, fulfilling a longtime “solutions,” as well as a consideration
dream, walking six to ten miles a day of the need to discuss this situation in Elizabeth Ludlow and her daughter.
for a total of seventy three miles. terms of conflicting values..
Perry described taking a long walk in Don and Alleen Nilsen
a beautiful part of the world, spend- presentation, "The Nilsens in Afghan-
ing time with people close to her and istan during its Golden Age," detailed
meeting interesting fellow pilgrims. their adventures in the country be-
She showed photos of sights along tween 1967 and 1969, during what
they referred to as its golden age.
Don worked as a linguist at Kabul
University, and Alleen was a teacher
at the International School of Kabul.
Using slides and artifacts, the Nilsens
Timothy Wong shares a laugh with talked about their life and work, in-
Aleksandra Gruzinska. cluding travel experiences with their
three young children. They shared
Timothy Wong, professor emeri- detailed information about the
tus of Chinese, gave a talk about his Arabic number system, which forms
experiences in the 1961 Peace Corps. the basis for our system.
Paul Burgess and Shannon Perry Wong joined in 1963. Wong shared Examples of traditional food and
his bilingual/bicultural background, dress, such as the ways in which
the way, including vegetable fields, born in Japanese occupied China to a
old granaries, churches, statues of Chinese mother and an American fa-
St. James, hotels, hostels, cafes and ther. After acceptance into the Peace
restaurants, and Camino markers in Corps, Wong arrived at Indiana Uni-
the form of scallop shells. The pil- versity for training with a group of
grims’ journey ended at the Cathe- sixty-six Americans from every socio-
dral of Saint James, where a mass was cultural level. However, he was the
recited, and where pilgrims received only nonwhite person. The group was
a certificate of completion. immersed into the culture and spent
Paul Burgess presented “Grow- four hours a day studying the Thai
ing Disparities Between the Rich and the language to better communicate with Don & Alleen Nilsen share artifacts
Rest.” Drawing on information gath- the local community.
ered from multiple sources (Federal Wong, assigned to a teacher train- different clothing and head cover-
Reserve Bulletin 2009 and Federal Reserve ing college to teach English, was ings distinguished one social class
Bulletin 2017, the American Commu- respected because of his college from another, were explained. Their
nity Survey), Burgess analyzed chang- degree. Wong recalled living through photos of neighborhoods and hous-
es in family income and net worth, the assassination of President Kenne- es, including their own adobe home,
dy and the empathy of Thai students demonstrated the contrasts in social
and friends. The Peace Corps opened classes. The Nilsens came to under-
Wong’s mind to see what he did not stand some of the nomadic tradi-
know as interesting and worth investi- tion in the country and the Afghan
gating. He learned about himself and practice of competitive kite flying.
his life and was enriched by another For more information, we invite
language and culture. The Peace Corps you to visit their website: http://
awakened his passion for language www.public.asu.edu/~apnilsen/
learning and teaching and he con- aghanistan4kids, which focuses
cluded that he received a great gift... on helping young people understand
Dick and Pat Richardson he got back ten times what he gave. and enjoy this country.
Emeritus College Newsletter
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Recent Faculty Publications ria Holguin (Eds.) Tucson: Univer- into the Mainstream. Pittsburgh, PA:
sity of Arizona Press. www.uapress. University of Pittsburgh Press.
Berman, David (2019). Governors arizona.edu This volume presents case studies
and the progressive movement. Boulder, of three autobiographical fictions/
CO: Universtiy Press of Colorado. diaries in English and Spanish: Pocho
https://upcolorado.com/universi- /Pocho En Español; When I was Puerto
ty-press-of-colorado. Rican / Cuando era puertorriqueña ; and
This is the first comprehensive Diario de un mojado /Diary of an Un-
overview of the Progressive move- documented Immigrant. They are orga-
ment’s unfolding at the state level, nized around three identity figures of
covering every state in existence at migration respectively represented in
the time through the words and ac- the texts: the pocho, the jíbaro, and the
tions of state governors. It explores mojado. These terms’ socio-etymolog-
the personalities, ideas, and activities ical histories and untranslatability are
of this period’s governors. In the explained, as well as the cultural and
process it delves into issues involving linguistic entanglements of English
the role of government, corporate and Spanish, linked like no other two
power, racism, voting discrimination, languages in U.S histories of con-
the criminal justice system, poverty, quest, empire, and colonization.
workers' rights and gender equality—
issues that still characterize American Casper D, vanSonnenberg Eric,
politics. Mamlouk M, Hoechsler T, Morrison
P, Tuncali K, Silverman SG. Mam-
Corbin, C. B., Kulinna, P. H., & Christine Marin notes that Mexican louk MD. (2018) “Cryotherapy of
Yu, H. (in press). “Conceptual Phys- Workers and the Making of Arizona Liver Tumors,” in Mauro MA, et al,
ical Education: A Secondary Innova- came about when coeditors Cuádraz editors. Image-guided Interventions. 3rd
tion,” Quest. and Plascencia concluded that there ed. Elsevier.
This article is a forty year histor- was no scholarly book on the histo-
ical account of Conceptual Physical ry of Mexican workers/laborers and vanSonnenberg E, Panchanathan
Education (CPE) in high schools in their contributions to the state of Ar- R. “Percutaneous transcholecystic
the United States and throughout izona. Read more about the book in management of choledocholithia-
the world. The article traces factors the article Una Plática. Mexican Work- sis: A next horizon for intervention-
leading to the CPE innovation and ers: A Womxn’s Perspective on page al radiologists?” Radiology; 9/2018;
provides documentation of CPE ef- 11. https://doi.org/10.1148/radi-
fectiveness. ol.2018181942
Killeen, Peter. R. (2019). "Pre-
dict, control, replicate, to understand:
how statistics can foster the funda- Faculty Notes
mental goals of science," Perspectives
on Behavior Science 42, 109-152. Gray Cavender has been taking Tai
Chi classes with the Taoist Tai Chi
Killeen, P. R. (2019). “The futures Society, an international nonprofit
of experimental analysis behavior,” organization. He enjoys them very
Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, much and notes that the health ben-
18(2),124-133. efits of Tai Chi are numerous, and
the shared experience of community
Killeen, P. R. (2019). “Non-Dar- practice encourages and uplifts par-
winian evolution of behavers and ticipants. The Taoist Tai Chi Society
Behaviors,” Behavioral Processes, April, of Arizona is offering a beginning Tai
45-53 . Chi class starting May 7 from 1:30 to
3:00pm at the University Presbyteri-
Marin, Christine and Plascencia, an Church, 139 East Alameda Drive,
Luis (2018). "Mexican miners, dual Tempe 85282. Classes run for four
wage, and the pursuit of wage equal- months. Phone number is 888-448-
ity in Miami, Arizona." In Mexican 2120 and email is phoenix.az@taoist.
Workers and the Making of Arizona, Sánchez, Marta E. (2019). A org All ages are welcome.
Plascencia , Luis, and Cuádraz, Glo- Translational Turn: Latinx Literature
Emeritus College Newsletter
Spring 2019 Page 9
Allan DeSerpa was inducted into ysis," an overture at incorporating Year Anniversary of the Russian An-
the W.P. Carey School of Business modern understanding of emotions nexation of Crimea: An Appraisal."
Faculty Hall of Fame at a faculty re- into our practice.
union on April 2, 2109. JoAnn Tongret substituted for three
J. Jeffries McWhirter, PhD, ABPP. weeks in April for the School of
In the last eighteen months, Denis After nearly 25 years of being on Music, teaching the Musical Theater
Gillingwater has exhibited his pho- the site visit roster of the Commis- Repertory Class. The students, up-
tographs at the following art shows: sion on Accreditation (CoA) of the perclassmen and graduate students,
"A Matter of Public Record: Art in the American Psychological Association, were remarkable. The assignments
Age of Mass Surveillance," Durden he has decided to withdraw his par- combined the development of a mini
and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, 2018; ticipation as a site visitor. During cabaret using a limited source of ma-
"In This Together," 2018-19, cur- these years he was a site visitor chair terial dictated by their class require-
rently a traveling show celebrating to PhD and PsyD Counseling Psy- ments and syllabus.
Arizona's ACLU 60th Anniversary chology programs at 22 different uni-
(will have been exhibited in seven ex- versities. Feedback from site Training
hibition spaces throughout the state Directors, Department Chairs, and
by this year's end); "Juried Members Program Heads (Teachers College,
Show," (2 different exhibitions), Fil- Columbia; University of Georgia;
ter Gallery, Chicago, 2017 and 2018; University of Tennessee; and Teach-
"Members Show," Los Angeles Cen- ers College, Ball State) compiled by
ter for Digital Arts (LACDA), 2018; the CoA on sites visited in the last 5
"Open Source," Los Angeles Center years (2012-2017), indicated a perfect
for Digital Arts (LACDA), 2019. 4.00 score on all items: visit prepara-
Some of the photographs and the tion, conduct and decorum, and con-
making of their frames were funded tributions during the site visit. JoAnn's theater students
through the 2018 Emeritus College
granting processes. Marie Provine has been selected Eric vanSonnenberg presented the
as a 2019 recipient of the Law and following posters at the Universi-
Joseph Herkert, emeritus associate Society Association’s Legacy Award, ty of Arizona College of Medicine:
professor of science, technology and to be presented at the LSA’s meeting Rosztoczy M, vanSonnenberg E,
society, was chosen by The Ameri- in Washington, D.C. This lifetime Crawford D, Cheung P, Mamlouk
can Society for Engineering Educa- achievement award honors people M, Fogerty G. "Engineers in Medi-
tion (ASEE) as a Fellow Member in whose contributions significantly cine; What Specialties Do They Pur-
recognition of his outstanding con- helped to develop the Association sue?" Research in Medical Education
tributions to the Society. The award through sustained commitment to Poster Day, University of Arizona
will be presented at the 2019 ASEE the Association’s mission and legacy. College of Medicine; 4/9/19 and
Annual Conference and Exposition. Marie is in the first class of Legacy Casper D, Tran J, Mistry P, Kang P,
Award winners. vanSonnenberg E. "Student Inter-
In April David Kader completed a est Groups—Do They Make a Dif-
three year tenure as Chair of the Ad- In February Sheldon Simon served ference in Choosing a Specialty?" Re-
visory Council of the Martin-Spring- as guest lecturer on board the Aus- search in Medical Education Poster
er Institute at Northern Arizona tralian portion of the Crystal Seren- Day, University of Arizona College
University. He will remain on the ity world cruise. He presented five of Medicine; 4/9/19. He also gave a
Council, but he will no longer serve lectures on "Asia in Global Politics." lecture , “What Is Interventional Ra-
as chair. This summer he will return In March he presented lectures to diology?” at the U of Arizona Col-
to Poland in a continuing effort to Mirabella at ASU and to ASU's Ex- lege of Medicine; 1/30/19; Phoenix,
discover more about his late parents, tended Learning Institute at Friend- Arizona. In addition he made the
who were Polish Jewish Holocaust ship Village. The former presenta- Dean’s List in the Master’s of Divini-
survivors with whom he emigrated to tion was titled "China:Aggressive or ty Program, Phoenix Seminary, Fall/
the US, as a small child, after WWII. Defensive?" The latter was "The Winter 2018.
Two Koreas, Nuclear Weapons, and
This spring Peter Killeen will give Donald Trump." Bill Verdini, Dean of the Emer-
the presidential lecture to an audi- itus College (2015-2019), is pres-
ence of 5000 people in Chicago for On March 18, 2019 exactly five years ident-elect of the Association of
the Association for Behavior Analy- after the Russian annexation of Retirement Organizations in Higher
sis, a group focused on improving life Crimea, Charles Tichy delivered a Education (AROHE), and will be-
through behavioral approaches. His program at the New Frontiers Center come president of AROHE in
title is "The Heart of Behavior Anal- for Lifelong Learning entitled "Five January 2021.
Emeritus College Newsletter
Page 10 Volume XIV, Number 2
Beginnings: Dedication to a New College
In Memory In retirement we close a heavy door.
However unlike Paradise
How to begin again? I asked myself.
I took up writing poems,
Donald L. Keefer our large gardens something from the old life
Professor Emeritus of Supply of lifetime work, that I did with new heart - only there
Chain Management when we hear the sound of closing, did I find the seamless strand
May 28, 2019 we regret the angel now barring of new beginning.
the gate from re-entry.
ab The path unrolled before me slowly
On the way out like a carpet of green grass.
Lasca J. Beck into the green world of leisure Along the way when darkness fell
Professor Emerita of Nusing we look back, like the painter's Eve, beneath the trees and fireflies
May 16, 2019 at an ending - seeing what we shall gathered
miss: each poem was a small firefly
ab teaching, reading, learning within a in the mass of light, and when I
group who did the same. finally arrived at a place of sharing -
In grateful recognition of the support given by this new college -
these members to the Emeritus College People told me, however, a light of new beginning flared up
that ending was beginning: to shine more brightly.
"Now you can clean out your closets,
paint your house, file your class Bettie Anne Doebler, originally puplished
Guide to Lectures and notes, sleep in the mornings, drink a in Vol. 1 Num. 1 of the EC Newsletter,
Courses cup of coffee from Starbucks." 2006
All those things had some glamour
of the untried, but I found myself
restless, traveling
to exotic places for inspiration.
Forgotten Words
Drifting away like the petals from a Our friends, you know, the ones who
drying flower lived near us on Sixth Avenue; you re-
Bending to the wind, member, he owned the Ford agency?
Imperceptibly at first until we finally That's their new house.....
notice that the stem is bare. O! What's their name?
They go, during the night, one at a And Jack; he's dead now; didn't he
time, slipping away as if not needed. own a new Mustang?
And - in time - they go
In the day We, who lose words are a club of
When they are needed even more. kind, yet no camaraderie
Exists among us,
So easy to describe the things that Isolated by the losses, each one
The 2019-20 edition of the Guide elude us: unique and self-identified.
to Lectures and Courses is now avail- The shape, the size, the color, some- In our frustration we watch and hope
able for distribution. Twenty-nine times even the smell. that nothing else will float away;
College members have listed their But they're gone. The words. Please let it only be our words.
lectures and courses in the current Not sense, nor manner, nor action,
guide. This guide can also be That small, that vicious bug..... nor recognition of you,
found online at http://emeri- You know, the one that can be poi- That desiccate to finally wisp away,
tuscollege.asu.edu/Guide2019. sonous that has the curled up tail that drifting, wafting, swaying with the
pdf/ looks like a lobster; winds
The cover art for this edition is Sun- it's brown and it stings- Into nothing.
flowers at the Desert Botanical Garden Is crawling on the bedroom floor; I
by Marie Provine. need help because I cannot crush it. Beatrice Gordon, originally published in
Questions about the Academy may I cannot name it. Emeritus Voices 2007
be sent to Gary Kleeman (gary@ What is it called? Help!
asu.edu).Emeritus College Newsletter
Spring 2019 Page 11
Spring Literary Musicale Cross’s recipe for preparing one’s
taxes and Don Nilsen’s review of
Participants and attendees gath- humor in comic opera and classical
ered in April for the Spring Literary music. Some were more serious, for
Musicale. As music had dominated example, Christine Marin recalling
in the Fall, so poetry and prose were the César Chávez Fast in Phoenix in
featured this time around. 1972. Winifred Doane combined re-
Original poems and those by alism with suspense, and Ed Stump
favorite authors were shared. Gus entertained us with his creation from
Edwards shared several of his an assignment from an Emeritus Col- Gus Edwards
works , asking questions about life’s big lege writing class he had attended.
issues. Donald Blumenfeld-Jones, Musical selections were provided
a first time participant, read a poem by Jo Cleland who played an ex-
by the recently deceased Mary Oliver cerpt from Hayden’s Cello Concerto
and then shared two of his own po- in C Major and Stephen Siek, who
ems, influenced by her focus on the played three Rachmaninoff preludes
natural world and its connection to that he will be playing at an upcom-
humanity. Aleksandra Gruzinska ing convention featuring Rachmani-
read a poem by Nobel Prize winning noff ’s work.
Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska in
both Polish and English. Comment- Alleen Nilsen & Winifred Doane
ing that poetry is music to her, those
listening took pleasure in her voice
and her expression in both languag-
es. Linda Stryker recited an original
poem influenced by T.S. Eliot’s Four
Quartets, and Harvey Smith used the
sonnet form in poems about Pythag-
oras and open heart surgery.
Some prose pieces were more Harvey Smith & Ed Stump with
lighthearted, for example, Carl Kathryn Corbeau Blumenfeld-Jones & Donald Blumenfeld-Jones & Linda
Harriet Maccracken Stryker
Una Plática conversation/discussion followed A central analytical concept de-
Mexican Workers: A the readings. veloped in this new anthology is the
Womxn's Perspective Gloria Holguin Cuádraz read from construct of “elastic supply of la-
"The Mobilization and Immobiliza- bor.” The concept allows us to make
by Christine Marin tion of "Legally Imported Aliens:" sense of how multiple sectors in the
Cotton in the Salt River Valley, Arizona economy (from agriculture,
Una plática is a shared conversation, 1917-1921." Emeritus College fac- railroads, and mining to construc-
a talk, a discussion. On March 22, ulty member Christine Marin read tion) organize their labor over time.
2019 an exciting, successful and path- from her chapter, "Mexican Miners, Each chapter examines a different
breaking event occurred through the Dual Wage, and the Pursuit of Wage period and different kinds of work,
partnership between La Phoenikera Equality in Miami, Arizona." Cristina and how different factors shape and
Writers’ Guild and the Fair Trade Gallardo-Sanidad shared her chapter, come into play with respect to the
Café. "Constructing Arizona: The Lives labor process they encounter. The
Una plática was organized around and Labor of Mexicans in the Valley status of the worker doesn¹t always
the 2018 volume Mexican Workers of the Sun." In addition, selected determine how they experience this
and the Making of Arizona, edited by excerpts were read from the chapters or the conditions and wages un-
Luis Plascencia and Gloria Holguin of two authors who were unable to der which they labor. Workers be-
Cuádraz, and published by the Uni- participate in the event, Anna Ochoa come deportable or fireable. (Gloria
versity of Arizona Press. The book O’Leary, who contributed "The Cuádraz).
was dedicated in memory of friend Morenci Miners Women's Auxiliary WE LOOK FORWARD TO
and colleague and esteemed ASU his- During the Great Arizona Copper SEEING YOU AT OUR NEXT
torian/professor Francisco Arturo Strike, 1983-1986," and Jean Reyn- PLATICA on November 9, 2019.
Rosales. Three of the seven authors olds, author of "Mexican American Saturday, at the Mercado Mexico.
whose chapters appear in the book Women Workers in Mid-Twentieth 8212 S. Avenida del Yaqui in Gua-
shared readings from the book. A Century Phoenix." dalupe, AZ 4:00pm to 6:00pmEmeritus College Newsletter
Page 12 Volume XIV, Number 2
Mission of The Emeritus College
The purpose of the Emeritus College is to give a home The Emeritus College at Arizona State University
and a focus to continued intellectual, creative and social
engagement of retired faculty with the University. The Dean – William A. Verdini (Supply Chain Management)
Emeritus College fosters and promotes the scholarly
and creative lives of its members, prolonging fruitful College Council
engagement with and service to the University and Jay Braun (Psychology)
community. The Emeritus College provides the Sarah Hudelson (Education)
University a continued association with productive Anthony Gully (Art)
scientists, scholars and artists who have retired from Elizabeth Lessard (Dance)
their faculty positions but not from their disciplines. Don Nilsen (English)
Ed Stump (Geology)
Linda Stryker (Astronomy)
The Emeritus College Newsletter © is published JoAnn Tongret (Music)
quarterly (winter, spring, summer and fall) by The Phil Vandermeer (History)
Emeritus Press of Arizona State University. Its content
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