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National Science Foundation gives award to Pitt’s School of Information Sciences.… National Science Foundation gives award to Pitt’s School of Information Sciences.

Maria Masters, Senior Staff Writer

The National Science Foundation recently awarded a track in Pitt’s School of Information Sciences a $1 million scholarship that will support graduate students in pursuit of degrees in either information science or telecommunications networking.

According to James Joshi, an assistant professor in Pitt’s School of Information Sciences, the funding will pay for the graduate students’ $12,000 yearly salary, tuition and other allowances.

Joshi said that the NSF – a government organization that is a key source of research funding – granted Pitt money in the hopes of training people who can address the development and design of information systems regarding security issues.

The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have designated Pitt as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, according to a press release.

Joshi said that one of the main reasons why Pitt’s School of Information Sciences received funding was because of its high-quality curriculum, which includes challenging courses and hands-on projects.

Four distinguished alumni to be honored Oct. 19

Andy Medici and Jared Trent Stonesifer, Staff Report

Pitt will honor four of its alumni in a ceremony to be held Oct. 19 as part of a program that began in 2000. According to a University press release, the honorees will participate in a panel discussion and attend the opening of a gallery dedicated to the Legacy Laureate Program.

Derrick Bell graduated from Pitt’s Law School in 1957, according to Pitt, and is now a professor at Pitt and at New York University’s School of Law. Bell, an Air Force veteran, worked for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People before working for the U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare.

He was also Harvard University’s first tenured black professor.

Ellsworth T. Bowser graduated from Pitt in 1958 and again from Pitt’s Dental School in 1960. According to a press release, Bowser received the 2001 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award from Pitt’s School of Dental Medicine. He is a lifetime member of the Pitt Alumni Association and former president of the Dental Medicine Alumni Association.

Michael R. Grever earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1967 and his doctorate in 1971 from Pitt. Grever, according to a press release, is internationally recognized for his development of a new chemotherapeutic agent to treat patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Grever has held several positions at the National Cancer Institute and is also a part of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He currently serves as the chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and Public Health at Ohio State University.

Grever was also named to the peer-reviewed list of the best doctors in America in 2005, according to a press release.

Hakjoon Kim earned his doctorate degree in political science from Pitt in 1972. Since 2001, he has been the president and publisher of one of South Korea’s most respected daily newspapers, according to a press release.

Kim was elected to South Korea’s National Assembly in 1985, and he later served as the chief policy assistant and chief press secretary for then-President Roh Tae Woo.

Pitt nominates six for emeritus status

Andrew Macurak, Staff Writer

The University’s Board of Trustees nominated six candidates for election as emeritus trustees of the board, according to a press release. Among those nominated were Thomas G. Bigley, Frank V. Cahouet, J.W. Connolly, E. Jeanne Gleason, Earl F. Hord and Alfred L. Moye.

Bigley has been on the Board in various capacities since 1985. He served at Ernst ‘ Young, LLP for 25 years as a partner, senior partner and managing partner of its Pittsburgh office.

Ernst ‘ Young is a global professional consulting agency. Bigley was elected vice chair of the board in 2003 and held this position for three years.

Cahouet previously served as the chair, the president and chief executive officer of Mellon Financial Corporation. He has served on the board for 19 years. He also is the community representative to the University’s budget committee.

Connolly has been a trustee for 21 years. He is the retired senior vice president of H.J. Heinz Company, where he worked for nearly thirty years. The Board named him chair elect in 1994, and in 1995 he became chair and remained so for six years.

Gleason was a trustee for 12 years, ending in 2005. She also has served as a university director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Board. She is the retired executive director of the Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance, a nonprofit organization that promotes the arts in rural areas of the state.

Hord is the retired director of the Department of Economic Development for Allegheny County.

He previously has served as deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, president of Independence Bank of Chicago and executive vice president of Dollar Savings Bank in Pittsburgh. Hord was a trustee for 11 years, ending in 2005. He also was University Director of the UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Board.

Alfred L. Moye is the former vice chancellor for student affairs of the University and also has served as a professor of chemistry.

He is a retired senior university affairs consultant for the Hewlett-Packard Company, which he joined in 1984.

His career included positions at the Atari Institute for Education Research, Roosevelt University and the Office of Higher and Continuing Education under the Carter administration. Moye served as a trustee of the University for 10 years, ending this year, in 2006.

The full board plans to vote on the nominees at its October 27th meeting.