LehighWeek Volume 02, Issue 13

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Volume Two, Issue Thirteen
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The Spirit Of The Holiday Season
A smiling Shon Scipio, 9, of Bethlehem, sits on Santa's lap during Lehigh's Operation Santa Claus. Playing the
jolly old elf is Dave Kindel. Helping him are Christine Havas (right), and Laura Ownes. All three are sophomores.
PHOTOGRAPH By JOE RYAN
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Campus Mourns Physics Chairman Frank Feigl
By Suzanne Fisher
Frank J. Feigl, chairman of Lehigh's physics department,
died suddenly of a massive heart attack on Saturday, Nov. 26.
at the age of 52, in St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem.
A campus memorial service will be held
Friday, Dec. 9, at 4:10 p.m. in Packer
Memorial Church. The Rev. Richard A.
Schware. Roman Catholic chaplain, will officiate.
Professor Feigl's unexpected death has
left the Lehigh community shocked and saddened. Sitting in his Sherman Fairchild
Laboratory office last Tuesday, Feigl's longtime friend and colleague W. Beall Fowler,
professor of physics, remembered a man
who was committed to his students. Feigl
"He took pride in his graduate students, especially the
many students who left here and did well. Their success gave
him the most pride," says Fowler.
Fowler and Feigl did post doctoral work together in 1965
at the University of Illinois. Fowler joined the Lehigh faculty
in 1966, and a year later Feigl came to Lehigh. The two often
collaborated on research. Feigl was a specialist in the field of
experimental solid state physics and electron spin resonance.
Fowler and Feigl's relationship when beyond that of coworker. "He was just a great guy, and a very good friend."
"I was chairman (of the physics department) for six years.
If I needed to sound things out I always knew I could talk to
him and get an unbiased and honest opinion," remarks Fowler.
"He was also a fun guy. There was lots of joking."
Just as he was respected by his colleagues, Feigl was also
a mentor to his students, says Fowler.
One of those students, Dan Xie, a graduate student in
physics, remembers one of Feigl's favorite lines when things
weren't going well, "He'd say, 'don't panic until I say
panic.'" Xie added that Feigl never did say "panic".
Another of Feigl's graduate students, Dave Kozuch,
recalled his teacher's energy. "You'd catch his enthusiasm,"
he said. "He was a very good motivator."
Feigl's students described him as always busy, yet having
the time to work with them and answer questions, even if it
meant working on Saturdays and Sundays.
Xie said that even though Feigl was not feeling well, he
came in to hear him make a research proposal on Nov. 22, a
few days before he died.
"Frank was a good friend, a distinguished scientist, a
beloved teacher, and in his role as chairman of the physics
Brochure: Teamwork
Key To Campus Safety
By Rita T. Malone
Lehigh University Writers' Group
Lehigh University has published a new brochure on campus security which stresses that safety is everyone's business.
It includes information on crime awareness and prevention,
campus housing, Lehigh's security staff and safety policies.
The pamphlet pulls together into one publication information which was previously available from different University
departments. It will be available to current students, faculty,
staff and prospective students in accordance with the new
Pennsylvania law, the "College and University Security
Information Act."
"No community can be totally risk free in today's occasionally violent society," the brochure states. "Crimes take
YOUR COPY OF WORKING TOGETHER',
Lehigh's publication on campus safety and security,
is included on Pages 5 and 6.
place in our society at large, and the problem does not magically disappear at the edge of college campuses....The vast
majority of incidents on college campuses can be avoided if
students recognize that they can become victims and take basic
precautions, such as walking in groups at night and keeping
residence doors locked."
Crime prevention is stressed to Lehigh students from the
moment they arrive on campus as freshmen during orientation
sessions. Continuing educational programs are held throughout
the year on such topics as safety awareness, self-defense,
building security, substance abuse, sexual assault awareness
and drunk driving.
Unlike many schools which have only recently begun
compiling crime statistics, Lehigh police have been reporting
criminal activity on campus to the Pennsylvania State Police
since 1981, using the guidelines established for the Uniform
Crime Report (UCR).
"As a matter of policy, the university generates these
reports for police purposes, not public relations purposes, and
therefore the categories and definitions used are those required
by law enforcement agencies," said John W. Smeaton,
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM LehighWeek
This is the final LehighWeek Issue for the fall
semester. The first issue of the spring
semester will appear on January 13,1989.
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