Veritas, Vol. 19, No. 15, April 16, 1979

              Vol. 19 No. 14 April 2, 1979
For Faculty, Staff and Friends of the University of Miami
Eight trustees elected, chairman reelected
The University of Miami Board of Trustees elected eight new trustees including two* designated alumni trustees during the annual election meeting March 28.
New regular trustees elected for one-year terms are:
Maxwell Dauer, Ph.D., professor emeritus, UM School of Medicine, a Miami Beach resident now associated with the Florida Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale;
Morton Ehrlich, senTor vice president/planning, Eastern Airlines;
Richard A. Elias, M.D., who is a
member of the board of governors, medical division, UM School of Medicine;
John Stephen Hudson, chairman and chief executive officer, Flagship National Bank of Miami;
Archie Lee Monroe, president, Esso Inter-America, Inc., Coral Gables; and
Nils Y. Wessell, president, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York City.
Alumni trustees elected for two-year terms are:
Donald V. Mariutto, president, Mariutto & Sons, Inc. and University Burger King, Inc., who is vice president of the UM Alumni Association, and
Francis P. Rouviere, D.D.S., immediate past president of the UM Alumni Association.
Milton Weiss, president, Financial Federal Savings & Loan Association, who has served as a trustee since 1971, was elected an emeritus trustee.
In other action, the board reelected
Johnson resigns
communictions
deanship
Dr. Josephine Johnson, chairman of the communications department, has resigned effective May 15,	1979,
according to Dr. Arthur W. Brown, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
She will resume teaching duties as professor of communications upon her return from sabbatical leave for the 1979-80 academic year.
During the sabbatical, Johnson will conduct research in England for a book she is planning on the experimental poetry of the British Isles.
Johnson became chairman of communications in 1973, and under her direction the department has grown rapidly, Brown said.
Concentrations in broadcasting, journalism, photo-communication, public relations, speech communication and television and motion picture now attract more than 400 majors. As a result of this growth, the department is actively recruiting additional faculty in broadcasting, journalism and speech communication.
In addition to her teaching and administrative responsibilities. Johnson is actively involved in community activities. She has played a Continued on page 2
Patrick J. Cesarano as chairman and Charles E. Cobb, Jr., and James W. McLamore vice chairmen.
Reelected to the executive committee of the board were McLamore, chairman, Don Shoemaker, vice chairman, Cobb, Edward C. Fogg III, R. Ray Goode, Melvin N. Greenberg and Neil Schiff. New members elected are Peter Storer and Richard W. McEwen. Ex officio members of the
executive committee are Cesarano, Stuart Patton, immediate past chairman of the board, and President Henry King Stanford.
The board also reelected the president and corporate officers of the University. Corporate officers are Dr. Clyde J. Wingfield, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs; Dr. John L. Green, Jr., executive vice president for administra-
tion and finance; Dr. Emanuel M. Papper, vice president for medical affairs; Dr. William R. Butler, vice president for student affairs; Edward G. Coll, Jr., vice president for development affairs; Eugene E. Cohen, vice president for special projects; Charles Capps, secretary; Bryce Dunham, assistant secretary; David Lieberman, assistant vice president for financial affairs, and Stephen N. Ashman, treasurer.
Dental, health maintenance plans will be offered
A pre-paid dental plan will be available for all full-time, regular employees on a voluntary basis with coverage starting June 1, 1979. Also on that date, two health maintenance organizations plans will be offered to full-time employees.
Information regarding the dental plan was mailed to home addresses by the Employee Benefits Office March 28. Included was a schedule of campus meetings to be held during the week of April 2.
Employees interested in enrolling in
Mary Ann Fletcher, left, and Janet Canterbury receive their awards.
Canterbury, Fletcher receive Brunson Award March 21
Janet Canterbury, M.D., and Mary Ann Fletcher, Ph.D. are co-recipients of the May Brunson Award for outstanding contributions toward improving the status of women at the University.
The award was presented March 21 during the sixth annual Women’s Commission administrators’ breakfast meeting.
In presenting the award, Associate Professor of English Dr. Phyllis Franklin cited them for their work with students, staff and faculty on the medical campus in the areas of programming, security and equitable treatment.
Both are associate professors in the medical school’s department of
medicine. Canterbury chairs the Women’s Commission’s Medical Affairs Committee and Fletcher is a member of the Commission’s Committee on Committees.
Also honored was Nedra McNamara, director of the UM News Bureau, for her contributions to women during her 30 years at the University, and Commission President Audrey Finkelstein.
Approximately 90 people attended the breakfast where Dr. Gloria Scott, vice president of Clark College, told the group a commitment to equality for minorities and women takes courage “to change appearance into reality.”
Named in honor of the second dean Continued on page 2
the dental maintenance organization, provided by Dental Health Inc. (DHI), should attend one of the scheduled meetings. The plan will be explained and questions will be answered by a representative of DHL
Two federally qualified health maintenance organizations, American Health Plan(AHP) and AV-MED, will be on campus during the weeks of April 9 and April 16 to explain their programs.
Material on the two plans will be mailed to home addresses by April 2. A comparison of the Aetna high and low option plans and the AHP and AV-MED plans will be included along with a schedule of campus meetings.
UM to host "Japan Today" cultural events
The University will be host to numerous cultural events in April as part of the “Japan Today” celebration of the arts and culture of that country. All events are open to the public without charge.
“Japan Today’’ in Miami is sponsored and organized by the Japan-America Society of South Florida. Miami was one of the cities designated for events by the Japan Society, Inc., along with Washington, D.C., Denver, Chicago, New York, Boston, and Los Angeles.
The schedule of events at the UM is:
Monday, April 9.7:30 p.m.—Japan’s Traditional Medicine: East vs. West, with lecturer Kyuuya Kogure, M.D., Jackson Memorial Hospital. International Lounge, Whitten Student Union.
8:30 p.m.—Japanese Foods: Healthy and Natural. Lecturer— Aveline Kushi. International Lounge, Whitten Union.
Monday, April 16. Noon—Displays of Ikebana and Bonsai will open in the International Lounge, Whitten Union. Ikebana International of Miami and Bonsai Club of Miami are in charge. Continued on page 2