9/19/02

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Charles Holcombe, UNI professor of history, (319) 273-5907

Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

UNI to Host 29^thAnnual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture in History

            CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The dynamic changes in 17^th century associated with political crisis, urbanization, new lifestyle attitudes and literary developments and growth will be the topic of the 29th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture in History at the University of Northern Iowa, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 25.

Chun-shu Chang, Richard Hudson Professor of History at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, will deliver the lecture in Seerley Hall, Room 115.  It is open to the public, free of charge.

Born in China, Chang completed his undergraduate historical work at National Taiwan University, and his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1964, and joined the Michigan faculty in 1966.  With an extensive academic focus spanning from 1600 B.C. to 1911 A.D., he is best known for Han, Song and Ming-Qing studies, according to Charles Holcombe, UNI professor of history, who is coordinating the Becker lecture.

Chang has written or edited 12 books and short works.  He is the first Honorary Professor of Chinese History in the People¹s Republic of China, has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and has directed several archaeological expeditions to northwest China. 

The memorial history lecture is given in honor of the late Carl L. Becker, a native of Reinbeck, and a distinguished scholar and teacher who became one of America¹s most respected historians.  He is most commonly known for warning people not to become slaves to weapons of mechanical power in fear they may, in the end, destroy themselves.

The Becker Memorial Lecture marks the first in the 2002-2003 History Lecture Series, sponsored by the UNI Department of History, UNI History Club and Phi Alpha Theta history honorary organization.  The Becker Lecture is supported by the Donald & Alleen Howard Endowment Fund, in the UNI Foundation.

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9/19/02

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Paul Rider, professor and acting head of the UNI Department of Chemistry, (319) 273-2437

Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

Sixth Annual Leland Wilson Lectureship to be held Sept. 26 at UNI

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- A chemistry lecture honoring long-time professor of chemistry and department chair Leland Wilson will take place on the University of Northern Iowa campus with a presentation by Becky J. Lewis, UNI chemistry alumnus, Thursday, Sept. 26. 

Lewis, in her 22^nd year at E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc. will deliver the Sixth Annual Leland Wilson Chemistry Lecture, "From Bench Top to Marketplace" at 8 p.m, in Seerley Hall, Room 115.  Lewis, who holds two patents in stretch fabric formation, will take her listeners through the process of creating stretch fabrics and continue through to marketing.  Her address is open to the public and free of charge.

Wilson, who died in 1993, was head of the UNI Department of Chemistry from 1968 to 1975.  He received the Centennial Outstanding Alumnus Award from Eastern Kentucky University in 1974 and the UNI Dean's Award for Superior Achievement in 1979.

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