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Volume 10, Issue 19
Lehigh University Campus Weekly
February 26,1997
Erdogan elected to National Academy
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is the highest
honor accorded to engineers in the
United States,
but it did not
ruffle the modesty for which
Fazil Erdogan
is known.
Erdogan,the
G. Whitney
Snyder Professor
Erdogan of mechanical
engineering and mechanics,
placed a note in the mail box of
department chair Charles R.
Smith last week when he learned
of the latest honor in his 40-year
career.
"The note said, 'Thought you
might be interested in this,' and it
was attached to a letter notifying
him of the award," Smith said.
"This is a really prestigious
honor for the institution and for
Fazil. He is not a person who
actively seeks acclaim; he does his
work because he enjoys it and
because he feels he's making a
significant contribution to engineering and to society."
"I am happy," Erdogan said. "For
someone in my business, this award
is a crowning achievement."
"Fazil Erdogan enjoys the respect
and admiration of his colleagues on
the Lehigh campus to such a
remarkable degree that his election
[to] the National Academy of
Engineering comes as no surprise,"
Likins said. "Fazil's work has a rigor
and pure quality that sets him apart
from his peers, but in his personal
humility and good grace he is always
among friends." The Acad
emy advises the federal government
on issues relating to technology and
scientific research. Six others from
Lehigh have been elected, including
Pres. Peter Likins; Alan W. Pense,
provost and professor emeritus of
materials science and engineering;
John W. Fisher, director of the
Engineering Research Center for
Advanced Technology for Large
Structural Systems, Lynn S.
Beedle, University Distinguished
Professor of civil engineering;
Donald M. Smyth, the Paul B.
Reinhold professor emeritus of
materials science and engineering
and of chemistry, and Ronald S.
Rivlin, University Professor
Emeritus of applied mathematics.
Erdogan, who earned his Ph.D.
from Lehigh in 1955 and joined the
faculty in 1957, was honored for
his work in fracture mechanics. His
research into crack growth, or
propagation, was supported by
NASA and the National Science
Foundation from 1962 to 1994,
during which time 40 of his students earned Ph.D.s working in
that field.
Erdogan was one of 85 engineers
elected last week to the Academy,
which has 1,893 American members and 153 foreign associates.
- Kurt Pfitzer
This week at Lehigh
Reactions
to Graduate
Studies
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concert at
Baker Hall
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South Mountaineer
Patriot League
Tournament
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Blues singer-songwriter Chic Street Man (center) coaches students (left to right) Ayana Hipps '98, Aii Richardson
'98, Erik Kins '97 and Ayinke Hipps '98 in their preparation for "Spunk," an off-Broadway production for which Chic
provided the music. The theatre production of "Spunk" opens Feb. 28 and will run through March 6.
Zoellner Arts Center
First student theatre production shows lots of 'SPUNK'
TV program features
marketing instructor
On March 5 on A&E, the
"Wizards of Wall Street"
program, an hour-long piece
on Charles Dow, will
feature brief interviews
with Dale Falcinelli, a
marketing instructor at
Lehigh.
The program was
produced by Lou Reda of
Easton.
by Kathy Richards
Three stories by playwright and
anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston
form the basis of "Spunk," a production by Lehigh Theatre, Feb. 28-
March 6 in Diamond Theatre.
Directed by Ardencie Hall-
Karambe, theater instructor, the
show is set in the theatrical format
by George C. Wolfe and music by
Chic Street Man. The show received
positive reviews when it appeared
off-Broadway.
The stories are set in Harlem and
Florida during the 1920s-1940s,
exploring African-American life in
the rural south and the aftermath of
migration to northern cities.
"The blues was also a way of
storytelling with a message and a
sarcastic intent," Hall-Karambe
said. "It was created to make people
happy and tell the story. This show
allows you to clap your hands and
stomp your feet."
The play-set-to-music will feature
students Egan Davson '98,
Charlene Fergus '99, Sean Henry
'00, Ayana Hipps '98, Ayinke
Hipps '98, Ali Richardson '98 and
graduate students Dominigue
Jindayiganza and Kantis
Simmons. During his appearance
last month, Chic Street Man worked
with the students on musical and
performance technique.
Hall-Karambe, who specializes in
African and African-American
performance genre, said the stories
were controversial during their time.
They remained unheralded until
their rediscovery in the 1970s by
African-American writers and
educators.
Performances will be at 8 p.m. Feb.
28 (which is sold out) and March 1
and at 2 p.m. March 2. The March
4-6 performances will begin at 8
p.m. Tickets are $3 for Lehigh
students and children under 12, $6
for faculty, staff and LVAIC ID-
holders, and $7 general admission.
However, any student under 21
who brings a canned good for
donation to a homeless shelter will
be given a free ticket. For reservations, call the Zoellner box office at
7LU-ARTS.
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