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Volume 13, Issue 20
Lehig hWeek
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February 9, 2000
Williams named
vice provost for
research
David B. Williams, the Harold
Chambers Senior Professor and
chair of materials science and
engineering, has been named vice
provost for research and chief research officer, effective immediately. His appointment was announced by Provost Nelson
Markley, who said John Chen,
dean of the PC. Rossin College
of Engineering and Applied Science, would begin a search for
Williams' replacement.
In this new position, Williams
will work with Markley to establish a new office of research development, promote research and
faculty development across the
four colleges, establish strong
ties with industry and research
support agencies, increase research funding, and boost graduate education.
"Dave is the ideal person to
help lead Lehigh into the 21st
century in research," said
Markley. "I know he will provide
strong leadership since he truly
understands and appreciates
Lehigh's research strengths and
potential for increased cross-disciplinary study. I am confident we
will be successful enhancing
Lehigh's reputation for excellence
in scholarship."
"I'm looking forward to working
with the outstanding faculty we
have, starting new research programs and bringing in new faculty," said Williams. "I want to see
Lehigh research raise its profile
nationally and internationally.. .If
Lehigh hopes to be regarded as a
top national university, it has to
resume making research and
scholarship a top priority."
Williams is known internationally for his pioneering work
in electron microscopy. A fellow
of four professional societies in
the U.S. and the United Kingdom, he has received Lehigh's
Libsch Award for research and
Alfred Noble Robinson Award for
professional achievement. He
also brings his research into the
classroom. In 1997, he collaborated with Oak Ridge National
Laboratory to create a "virtual
laboratory" in which Lehigh students used the lab's microscope
even though it was several hundred miles away.
The first president of the International Union of Microbeam
Analysis Societies, Williams is coauthor of Transmission Electron
Microscopy: A Textbook for Materials Science, which was hailed by
reviewers as a "near miracle" and
as "the book that the world has
needed" and is now used in more
than 50 universities throughout
the U.S. He is also co-editor of the
acclaimed book linages of Materials and nine other textbooks or
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A tribute a la Walt Whitman
from a "Lehigh Grandson"
An in-class assignment to
imitate the writing style
of poet Walt Whitman gave
Brian McDonnell '02 the opportunity to honor the memory of his
grandfather in a special way.
The poem McDonnell wrote in
Prof. Pete Beidler's English class
is titled 7 am a Lehigh Grandson.
"My grandfather died over the
summer," says McDonnell, "and a
poem about him was the first
thing that came to mind."
Joseph Quinn
'34, an electrical
engineering major, worked as
an insurance
underwriter and
then as an engineer in the U.S.
War Department    during
litical science double major eyeing a law career, writes poetry as
a pastime.
"Brian really picked up on the
Whitman style," said Beidler,
"and said something that is very
moving."
-Rich Harry
Quinn'34
World War II.
"I first got my introduction to
Lehigh when I was younger when
my grandfather took me to Lehigh
football games," says McDonnell,
of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. "I was struck
by his love of Lehigh. I recall him
talking about his fraternity and
his classes. It's a good feeling to
be following in my grandfather's
footsteps. I'm proud to have been
accepted by the university."
McDonnell, a history and po-
IAMA LEHIGH GRANDSON
by Brian McDonnell '02
I carry traditions of old.
I am twenty years young and vibrant and energetic,
yet memories reside within me deep and old.
I transcend time. Time does not bind me .
My grandfather's spirit is invoked within me
as I walk the time-honored paths of Lehigh,
as I breathe in the air of Lehigh.
As I acquire the fruits of learning, his spirit is within me.
Tradition unfolds all around me.
I am the Marching 97, the fraternity chap along the hillside.
I am the essence of the bells that toll every hour
from the U.C. tower.
I am Lehigh and Lehigh is a part of me.
I share in the ageless traditions
and I am a forger of new traditions as well.
He is proud because I carry on what he loved.
I love him for who he is and was.
I am Lehigh-Lafayette on an autumn afternoon.
I am the afternoon spent with him at the game.
I am his spirit and ioue for his school, my school.
He is a part of me and I carry him always with me,
always here at old Lehigh, new Lehigh.
A world of job possibilities
A total of 71 students in the College of Arts and Sciences spent
the winter break exploring the
job market through Career
Service's Arts and Sciences
Externship Program.
The students were assigned to
44 hosts (usually alumni) this
year, said Robin Lipkin, a career counselor and program coordinator. Assignments included
Elektra Entertainment Group,
CNN's "Burden of Proof," InStyle
Magazine and Rodale Press.
Externs "shadow" a Lehigh
alum or mentor in the workplace
for two to five days, usually during a break in the academic year.
Kim Bullock '02, a computer
science major interested in e-
commerce, externed with
HotJobs.com Ltd., an Internet-
based recruiting solutions company in New York City.
"I learned that in working for
a startup company there needs
to be a lot of dedication and long
hours," Bullock said. "You are
able to see results quickly, and
you feel essential to the company."
Externships show students
the applications of what they are
Photo by Rob Upton
Jennifer Fleischer '97 (center left) leads externs Kim Bullock '02 (center right), Lindsey Mollen '00 and Dana Siomkos
'00 (both foreground) on a tour of HotJobs.com.
studying before they enter the job
market, Bullock said.
"Doing an externship is a
great way to make contacts that
may even lead to an internship
for the summer. If you do an
externship in an area, you'll realize if you want to work in that
area."
Bullock's host, Jennifer
Fleischer '97, majored in sociology/social psychology and mi-
nored in communications and is
director of advertising sales at
HotJobs.com.
"I wanted to offer an experience for students to learn about
what life is like at a startup
Internet company that actually
made it big," she said.
Andrew Mall '01, an arts-
engineering student majoring in
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The heart is an
on-line hunter
Cupid's place in Cyberspace appears assured.
Robert Rosenwein, professor of sociology and anthropology,
and Elisa Wiherin '00, a sociology major from Pottstown, Pa.,
are studying how romance blossoms on-line. Based on preliminary findings, they say people who
meet on the Net likely will develop
relationships that are more satisfying and intense than people who
meet the old-fashioned way.
"People are so enthusiastic
when describing how they've
talked for hours on-line,
Rosenwein says. "They didn't realize how attracted they had become to the person they were
communicating with."
Rosenwein and Wiherin have
interviewed 27 people, mostly
Lehigh undergraduates, who met
through the Internet. Nearly all
have developed a romantic relationship that continues. One couple
became engaged. The researchers
will compare these findings with
data gathered from people who've
developed off-line relationships.
Rosenwein speculates that
the intensity of on-line relationships stems from the lack of "inhibitors" that can occur during
face-to-face communication.
These include body posture and
facial gestures that might be interpreted as disinterest and
thwart an intimate relationship.
People who communicate online are also more likely to feel
"self-validated" by the other person —for example, by having their
e-mail messages returned quickly.
The lack of inhibitors and the
self-validation create a climate
in which on-line relationships
can blossom more quickly than
conventional relationships.
On-line romantics tend to continue talking on-line while moving forward with their relationship. "Sometimes, if they switch
to a telephone, they don't feel as
comfortable communicating as
they do on-line," Wiherin says.
Another preliminary conclusion: On-line romantics feel more
safe while seeking an intimate
relationship than do individuals
who seek romance the traditional way. "If someone on-line
feels their communication has
reached the point where it no
longer is acceptable, they can terminate the relationship simply
by ending the communication,"
Wiherin says. "You can't always
do that when developing a relationship face to face."
Rosenwein, who hopes to publish the research, says the study
is important because the Internet
has become such a powerful influence. "The use of the Internet
has grown more rapidly than the
telephone or any other communication technology in the history
of mankind."
-Rich Harry
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