McNeese State University - Log Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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World of change he College of Liberal Arts con- sists of the deparments of Communication and Theatre, History, Languages, Music, Social Sciences, and Visual Arts. The Col- lege provides specialized training in a vast number of specific fields of learning and profession. As in every curriculum, each new year brings changes. This year saw a remodeling of the mass communi- cations field. It was divided into three sub fields consisting of: Print and Broadcast Journalism; Advertising and Public Relations; and Broadcast Production and Performance. This change came about entirely for the benefit of the students, so that the faculty could concentrate on the in- terests of each individual. The year brought about another change in a much less fortunate way. Joe Gray Taylor, former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, died after a battle with illness. To fill this honored position, Dr. Millard Jones was ap- pointed by the state Board of Trust- ees for Colleges and Universities on January 4, 1988. Dr. Jones has been employed at McNeese since 1975 serving as As- sistant Professor (1975-1980), Asso- ciate Professor (1980-1987), Profes- sor (1987), and now as the new Dean of Liberal Arts. THESE DAYS, Millard Jones is slamming his books on a bigger desk after becoming Dean of Lib- eral Arts. 54 College of Liberal Arts ) He holds undergraduate and mas- ter’s degrees from Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Kansas at Lawrence. While at McNeese, Dr. Jones has served as Academic Advisor to un- dergraduate English majors, Faculty Advisor of the Kappa Sigma Frater- nity, General Editor of the Ten-Year Self-Study, and Vice-Chairman and Secretary of the Faculty Council. He has served as chairman on several committees, including the Com- mencement Committee, the Literary Rally Academic Display, and the Stu- dent Organizations Committee. He has also been a member of the Screening Committee for the Aca- demic Vice-President, the Education- al Board of The McNeese Review , the Directors of the McNeese Alumni Association, the Ad Hoc Merit Sys- tem Study Committee, the Depart- mental Curriculum Review Commit- tee, the McNeese Humanities Committee, and the McNeese- Alumni Presidential Search Commit- tee. Besides his involvement at McNeese, Dr. Jones is active in com- munity affairs. He has served as Di- rector of the Lake Charles Little The- atre Lecture Series, and he has been a Board Member of the Lake Charles Little Theatre. Dr. Jones has also presented many scholarly papers at professional meetings, and he holds memberships in several professional organizations. ¢ } R 4 . be P,

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Shearman awards note ourteen McNeese State University faculty members have been named recipients of Shearman Research sllowships. The Shearman Research Ini- tive Fund, established through a grant fom the Shearman Foundation in 1985, jovides financial support for faculty ef- iirts to create new knowledge or to shed ,yht on existing knowledge. | The fund stimulates faculty and academ- ti development through providing incen- ‘ves for research or creative efforts. , jin addition, the fellowships have funded o musical compositions for the synthe- zer, a libretto and the musical score for an (iginal opera, and a painting which has ‘ben exhibited nationally. It has helped in- ‘Jate seven research projects which have ‘ready led to grants, and another seven are ‘zing reviewed, Hebert said. Resultant proposals have been submit- ‘jd to the National Institute of Health, the “ational Science Foundation, the Bicen- ‘innial Swedish-American Exchange Board, and the Louisiana Board of Regents, as well as to other state and regional fund- ing agencies. Proposals for Shearman Fellowships are submitted to a Peer Review Committee consisting of representatives of each ac- ademic college and the library and chaired by the Director of Research Services and Sponsored Programs. The committee rec- ommends those considered most worthy of funding to the President. The 1987 Shearman Fellows and their projects are: Mary J. Binning, Department of Man- agement and Marketing, for “Information Processing by Children of the Content of Television Advertising: Cognitive Com- plexity and Alienation.” Mark S. Delaney, Department of Chem- istry, for ‘Transition Metal Coordination Polymers of Organic Diacids with Fibrous Structure.”’ Pamela J. Jenkins, Department of Social Sciences, ‘‘Prison Life and the Battered Woman Offender.”’ Heather Ryan Kelley, Department of Vi- sual Arts, for “‘Sublime Grandeur: Nine- teenth Century Romantic Sculpture.”’ Douglas W. McNeil, Department of Eco- nomics and Finance, for “‘Constraints on Physician Licensing Boards and the Public Interest.” Edward P. Meyertholen, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, for “Effects of Calcium on the Phosphoryl- ation of Bovine Rhodopsin.” Banamber Mishra, Department of Eco- nomics and Finance, for “Price Inequalities in Electric Utilities’ Rate Structures.” Roger S. Nasci, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, “Quantification of Trehalose in Mosqui- toes.” E. Davis Parker, Jr., Department of Bi- ological and Environmental Sciences, “Gene Expression in the Wasp Nasonia Vitripennis: Characterization and Develop- mental Patterns of Antioxidant and Cat- abolyic Enzymes.” Gerald J. Ramelow, Department of Chemistry, for ‘Identification of Point In- puts of Heavy Metals into Bayou D'Inde by the Use of Periphyton Biomonitors.” Joseph M. Richardson, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, for “A Study of the Coefficient of Thermal Ex- pansion of Concrete.” Daniel E. Sutherland, Department of His- tory, for ‘‘Culpeper’s Civil War: A So- cial Military History of the War Between the States.” Mattie Tolley, College of Nursing, “The Association Between Self-Concept and Self-Esteem and Teen-Aged Pregnancy.” Janardanan O. Uppot, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, for ‘Modification and Testing of Equipment to Determine Infiltration Rates of Soils in the Field.”’ DR. ROBERT HEBERT, Dr. Janardanan Uppot and Julie Northup accept the Shearman Research Fellows awards from Mr. William H. Shearman. The faculty grants have resulted in 13 journal pub- lications, according to Hebert. ) Faculty Honors 53

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Dr. Joe Gray Taylor ie Peed ea sOP OE Pare « | i L LLONIHSV M Historian, Scholar, Author, Teacher D. Joe Gray Taylor, former Dean of Liberal Arts, contributed much of his life and work to the advancement of McNeese State University. Following a brief illness, Dr. Taylor passed away on December 8, 1987. Dr. Taylor served the students, faculty and administration of McNeese, as well as the Lake Charles community and Louisiana, for 25 years. He was a noted historian, scholar, author, and teacher. He became head of the Department of History at McNeese in 1968, and became Dean of Liberal Arts in 1983. He was the recipient of the first McNeese Distinguished Teacher Award in 1979. Dr. Taylor dedicated much of his life to researching and writing books about Louisiana; these efforts include Louisiana: A Bicentennial History. He wrote several books on Southern history and the history of the d. S. Air Force. He recently completed a history of McNeese State University. In 1984, he received the Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History. In 1987, the Endowment for the Humanities presented Dr. Taylor with the Humanist of the Year Award. College of Liberal Arts 55