Faculty News
Pease receives book award
English professor Donald E. Pease, who has taught at Dartmouth since 1973, recently received the Mark Ingram Prize from the University of Wisconsin for his book Visionary Compacts: American RenaissanceWritings in Cultural Context, published this year by the University of Wisconsin Press. The prize carries with it a cash award of $1,500.
Kolb receives Humboldt Fellowship
Jocelyne Kolb, assistant professor of German language and literature, was awarded a research fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
The foundation, founded in I960, annually presents as many as 480 young scholars from around the world with research fellowships in West Germany or surrounding European countries.. Starting in September 1987, Kolb will Use her fellowship to complete her book The Ambiguity ofTaste, a study of literature in European Romanticism, with emphasis on the sensation of taste in its literal and figurative meanings. She will also examine the romantic view of Shakespeare, together with interpretations of major Romanticists.
Kolb has taught at Dartmouth since 1979. She earned a B.A. from Smith College and a Ph.D. from Yale.
Meadows earns Hungarian medal Dennis L. Meadows, professor of engineering at Thayer School and director of Thayer's Resource Policy Center, received an award of commendation from Karl Marx University in Budapest, Hungary, in September. The award has been presented only twice before in the 49-year history of the university and is given to those who have made special contributions to Hungary's relations with the international scientific community.
In 1982, Meadows started his work in. Hungary by founding an annual meeting of academic leaders. Every September, scientists, environmentalists, and policy analysts meet to discuss world resource problems through a symposium chaired by Meadows. Four years later, Meadows expanded this international exchange to inc lude students, enabling 15 Dartmouth students to study at Karl Marx University each year. In return the Hungarian university sends its professors to Dartmouth for three to six months of study and research.
Hennessey to be UVM provost Professor John Hennessey will leave Dartmouth to become provost at the University of Vermont this summer, leaving his position as Charles Jones professor of management at the Tuck School. He will serve as UVM's dean of all the faculties, as chief academic program officer, and as chief budget officer for those programs.
Hennessey came to Dartmouth in 1957 and has held many positions here, including Dean of the Tuck School. He was also a leading candidate for president of the College during the 1980-81 presidential search. He has taught courses in undergraduate departments such as policy studies, religion, and psychology, in addition to Tuck. Hennessey has concentrated on organizational behavior and business ethics during his academic career. He said his interest in how people influence change affected his decision to accept the UVM position. As provost he will be involved in "enriching UVM's graduate work and seeking the next generation of leadership" for the university, he said.
