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A new Day in cancer research
Delbert Day, CerE’58, Curators’
Professor emeritus of ceramic
engineering at Missouri S&T, has made
a name for himself in cancer research.
Now his name will be associated with
a cancer institute at Phelps County
Regional Medical Center.
In January, PCRMC in Rolla
announced the creation of the Delbert
Day Cancer Institute. Funded through
a gift from Day’s son and daughter-inlaw,
Ted and Kim Day, the institute will
allow PCRMC to work with the National
Cancer Institute’s Community Clinical
Oncology Program, which connects
local patients and physicians with
NCI-sponsored new treatments and
clinical trials for drugs. Through the
Delbert Day Cancer Institute, PCRMC
patients will have access to new
therapies and treatments.
An expert in developing specialty
glasses, Day is best known for co-
inventing glass microspheres, now
Briefly
W. Lance Haynes, professor of speech and media studies, was named chair of arts,
languages and philosophy in November.
James Drallmeier, Curators’ Teaching Professor of mechanical and aerospace
engineering, became chair of that department on Jan. 1.
William P. Schonberg, professor and chair of civil, architectural and environmental
engineering, received a NASA Engineering and Safety Center Honor Award for outstanding
leadership, technical insight and support of micrometeoroid and orbital debris protection
and damage prediction.
S.N. Balakrishnan, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and an expert
in developing missile guidance, was named Curators’ Professor of aerospace engineering
during commencement on Dec. 18.
Roger A. LaBoube, Curators’ Teaching Professor emeritus of civil engineering, was named
director of the Student Design and Experiential Learning Center in December.
The Career Opportunities Center became the career opportunities and employer relations
department on Jan. 1. The name change better reflects the services the department offers.
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Delbert Day, CerE’58 (right), and his son, Ted.
marketed under the brand name
TheraSphere, which are used
commercially in the United States and
Canada to treat patients with liver
cancer. The treatment consists of
injecting millions of the irradiated tiny
beads — each one about half the
thickness of a human hair — into the
main artery supplying blood to the
liver. The beads then deliver localized
radiation to malignant cells without
harming healthy tissue.
Business is
booming for new
degree program
Last spring, Missouri S&T became
the first university in the nation to offer a
master’s degree in explosives engineering.
The program, which is offered through
the mining and nuclear engineering
department, had its first graduates during
commencement:
• James W. “Buck” Hawkins,
MinE’10, MS MinE’10, of Seaman, Ohio
• Nathan Rouse, MinE’09, MS MinE’10,
of Willow Springs, Mo.
• Charles Zdazinsky, MinE’08,
MS MinE’10, of New Albany, Ind.