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the previous year. The total
was double the outside support
in fiscal 1998.The $28 million
increase resulted in the creation
of at least fifty-four new jobs,
including lab technicians, research
assistants and associates, clerical
support, faculty members, and
biostatisticians.
Most of the money—79 percent—came
from federal agencies.
Industry-sponsored research
increased sharply, from $16.1
million to nearly $21.5 million.
Support from voluntary health
agencies and foundations declined
from $15.5 million to $14.1; state
support increased from $3.2
million to $3.5 million.
Museum of Anthropology
receives grant
THE MUSEUM OF ANTHRO-
POLOGY has received a grant
of nearly $55,000 to fund a new
computerized data management
program. MOA was one of two
museums in North Carolina to
receive grants from the Institute
of Museum and Library Services,
an independent federal grantmaking
agency.
The museum will use its grant
to purchase software and hire
staff to catalog its approximately
Leon Corbett (’59, JD ’61) and his wife,
Mary Lou (’59), attend the unveiling of
Corbett’s portrait at the Board of Trustees
meeting in October. Corbett, who joined
the law school faculty in 1968 and later
became vice president and counsel and
secretary to the board before retiring in
2002, was honored by the trustees for his
years of service. The portrait hangs in
Benson University Center.
25,000 archaeological artifacts
and 5,000 ethnological artifacts,
reorganize storage, and provide
public access to collection records.
Smithsonian honors
Lubin book
ART PROFESSOR AND
AUTHOR DAVID LUBIN was
honored by the Smithsonian
American Art Museum this fall
for his recent book, Shooting
Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of
Images. Lubin, the Charlotte C.
Weber Professor of Art, received
the museum’s 2004 Charles C.
Eldredge Prize for Distinguished
Scholarship in American Art.
Shooting Kennedy was published in
November 2003, the 40th anniversary
of the Kennedy assassination.
Lubin’s book explores iconic
images of Kennedy and his family
from 1953 to 1963 that permeated
American popular culture. “This
book blends dazzling style with
hefty intellectual substance in
its wide-ranging examination of
visual and popular culture during
the heady post-war era when John
Fitzgerald Kennedy achieved
political power, celebrity status,
and mythic martyrdom,” the
Eldredge Prize jurors wrote in
their citation.
Calloway professors
are honored
THREE ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
in the Calloway School of
Business and Accountancy have
been named to fill PricewaterhouseCoopers
endowed positions
for the next two years.
Terry Baker, who is also director
of the Calloway School’s graduate
programs, was named PricewaterhouseCoopers
Professor for
Academic Excellence. He joined
the faculty in 1998.
George Aldhizer and
Yvonne Hinson were
named PricewaterhouseCoopers
Faculty
Fellows. Aldhizer, who
teaches auditing and
financial accounting Baker
principles, joined the faculty
in 2001. Hinson, a
faculty member since
1997, teaches tax and
financial accounting.
“By providing the
resources to create these
positions, the partners
Aldhizer
and employees of
PricewaterhouseCoopers
have contributed vitally
and fundamentally to the
Calloway School’s core
purpose: strengthening
both the teaching and
scholarship activities of
Hinson
the accounting faculty,”
said Jack Wilkerson,
dean of the Calloway School.
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