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Darwin's
Finch
Unique birding in
Ecuador, Galapagos
Take the whole tour or
just the Galapagos cruise
Planned for your pleasure, a small and leisurely trip to
rarely-visited spots in Ecuador. Your guide: Paul Greenfield,
a resident, co-author and illustrator of the forthcoming
Field Guide to the Birds of Ecuador. Enjoy a spectacular trip
down the Napo River, spend 4 nights in a jungle camp,
make some special excursions from Quito.
Then on to a luxury cruise of the Galapagos Islands to
see the species that inspired Darwin's history-making
theories of evolution. First-class cabins in a smart new ship.
Dates for the entire tour: Oct. 3-19.
If you only have time for the Gaίapagos cruise, dates for
that are Oct. 10-19. Limited spaces, so write or phone now
for reservations and more details.
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tor Awards and their research interests
are: Professors Hector D. Abruna,
chemistry, for electrochemical techniques;
Paul R. Dawson, mechanical
and aerospace engineering, materials
and manufacturing engineering; David
F. Delchamps, electrical engineering,
linear and nonlinear dynamical systems;
Chris Heegard, electrical engineering,
bioelectronics;
Mafija Ilic-Spong, electrical engineering,
electric power systems and robotics;
Anthony R. Ingraffea, structural engineering,
structural mechanics; Clifford
R. Pollock, electrical engineering, tunable
lasers; Andy L. Ruina, theoretical
and applied mechanics, geomechanics;
Jery R. Stedinger, environmental engineering,
stochastic hydrology and ecosystems
management; Michael Thompson,
materials science and engineering,
rapid solidification; and Sally L. Wood,
electrical engineering, computer image
processing.
Composer Karel Husa, the Kappa
Alpha professor of music, has won the
first Sudler International Wind Composition
Competition with his Concerto for
Wind Ensemble. The $10,000 prize was
presented to him in April at the Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts where
Husa conducted the US Marine Band in
a performance of his concerto.
Husa is an internationally known
composer and conductor who is much in
demand as visiting lecturer and guest
conductor. He received the Pulitzer
Prize in 1969 for his Third String Quartet.
Husa is also the musical director of
Ithaca's Cayuga Chamber Orchestra,
which is performing his ballet, The Trojan
Women, with the Ithaca Dancemakers
May 12 and 13 at Willard Straight.
Prof. David F. Delchamps, electrical
engineering, is the winner of this year's
Award for Excellence in Engineering
Teaching. Earlier in 1984 he was named
one of the first national Presidential
Young Investigators Award winners.
Delchamps joined the faculty in early
1983 and was selected soon after as the
'83 winner of his school's excellence in
teaching award. This year's honor, for
the entire College of Engineering, is
sponsored by the Cornell Society of Engineers
and the student chapter of Tau
Beta Pi, Engineering honorary.
Susan H. Murphy '73, Grad, an admissions
and financial aid officer since
1978, is the new director of financial aid
for the university. She has been acting
director since last fall when William Bushaw
resigned.
May B. Hines, an administrator of minority
student programs on the Hill for