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May 17,1994
A&S Dean Gunton
accepts post at
Kenyon College
By KATHY RICHARDS, Writers' Group
James D. Gunton, dean ofthe College of Arts and Science,
has accepted the position of provost of Kenyon College, Ohio,
effective July 1. Provost Alan Pense said he will consult with
members ofthe college faculty to select an interim dean as soon
as possible.
Gunton, who joined Lehigh as dean in 1988, said, "This is
one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make. I have been
very happy at Lehigh and believe that, especially with the
Zoellner Ails Center almost a reality, some truly great years lie
ahead for the university."
Kenyon is a small undergraduate liberal arts college with
strong programs in the social sciences and the humanities.
Gunton and his wife Peggy will be moving to Gambier, Ohio this summer.
Gunton, whose scholarly field is physics, was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. "As
difficult as it will be to leave Lehigh, joining an institution as highly respected
and as dedicated to the liberal arts as Kenyon was an opportunity I could not
pass up," Gunton said. "I am going to miss the many great friends I have made
during my years here. That will be the most difficult and painful price to pay for
this opportunity."
Before joining Lehigh, Gunton was director ofthe Center for Advanced
Computational Science at Temple University where, since 1970, he also had been
a professor of physics and director ofthe Institute for Surface and Interface
Science. From 1966 to 1968, he was a lecturer in physics at the University of
Western Australia.
During his tenure as dean at Lehigh, he published more than 25 scholarly
articles and has been continually funded by the National Science.Foundation. He
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Jim Gunton has given his abundant talents and energies to Lehigh
as our dean, and now he is stepping up to the challenges ofthe
provost's job at Kenyon. I expect to welcome him as a fellow president soon,
because that job will beckon to him before long. We are fortunate to have
benefitted from his leadership at Lehigh, and I feel personally fortunate
to have known him as a friend.
President Peter Likins
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has taught a course entitled "Physics for Poets" and currently teaches "Arts and
Science I: Choices and Decisions" for incoming freshmen. He also was .an adviser
to 22 freshmen during the past year, and throughout his career has advised more
than 30 doctoral and postdoctoral students. Continued on page 10
Five Tb Receive Honorary Degrees
Five outstanding individuals will
receive honorary doctoral degrees in
recognition of their lifetime
achievements at the University's
126th Commencement exercises on
Sunday, May 29. Nearly 1200
graduating seniors and graduate
students will be awarded degrees
during the Commencement exercises.
Pres. Peter Likins will confer
honorary degrees upon Commencement speaker Joyce Brothers,
George M.C. Fisher, Earl Kim,
Ardath Harter Rodale and
Baccalaureate speaker Phyllis
Trible.
Brothers, with 30 years of
experience, is considered by many to
be the dean of American
psychologists.
Well-known for
her work on
television and
radio, her shows
include Living
Easy with Dr.
Joyce Brothers
and The Dr.
Joyce Brothers
Program.   In
addition, she is
a regular columnist in Good
Housekeeping magazine and writes a
daily column that is published in
more than 350 newspapers. She is
the author of nine books which
include The Successful Woman,
Widowed, and How to Get Whatever
Joyce Brothers
You Want Out of Life. She is a
member ofthe faculties of Hunter
College and Columbia University in
New York City. Brothers is a
graduate of Cornell University and
earned a Ph.D. in psychology from
Columbia University.
Fisher is
recognized as
one ofthe most
admired
executives in
the electronics
industry. Prior
to Kodak, he
served as
chairman and
chief executive
of Motorola
George Fisher
Corporation, and worked in research
and development at Bell Telephone
Laboratories. He is on the board
of Brown University, the University
of Illinois Foundation, and the
National Urban League. He has been
active in U.S. and international trade
issues through advisory groups to the
U.S. Trade Representative and
Secretary of Commerce. He is a
fellow ofthe American Academy of
Arts and Sciences and was elected to
the National Academy of Engineers
in 1994. Fisher earned a bachelor's
degree in engineering from the
University of Illinois, and both
master's and doctoral degrees in
applied mathematics from Brown
University.      continued on page 2
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