University President Dave Frohnmayer called the regular spring term= meeting of the University Assembly to order at 3:11 p.m. in 150 Columbia.= Minutes of the January 7, 1998 meeting were approved as distributed.

Memorials and Announcements. The president called on several= faculty members who wished to present memorials for five former and current= faculty members who recently passed away. Michael Fishlen presented a= memorial for his colleague Alan S. Wolfe, professor, East Asian languages= and literatures; a memorial for Carlisle Moore, professor emeritus of= English was presented by George Wickes; Susan Glaser presented a memorial= for Charley Leistner, professor of speech; Virpi Zuck presented a memorial= for Astrid M. Williams, professor emerita, Germanic languages and= literature; and Mary Rothbart prepared a memorial for her colleague Beverly= I. Fagot, professor of psychology. Members of the assembly stood for a= moment in silent remembrance of their deceased colleagues. Full text of the= memorials may be found as attachments to these minutes. There were no other= announcements.

Committee Reports. Marjorie Woollacott, chair of the Faculty= Advisory Committee, reported on her committee=92s work for the academic= year. A considerable amount of time and discussion was spent on the Process= for Change project. Additionally, the committee drafted a proposed= post-tenure review policy, which was under review by a University Senate ad= hoc committee that is due to report at the end of fall term 1998. Other= topics of discussion included the Riverfront Research Park expansions and= review, student conduct code proposed changes, university housing issues= and possible inclusion in the Process for Change, departmental ten-year= reviews, and the impact on faculty benefits with the merging of state= employee benefits boards (SEBB with PEBB).

Remarks from University President Dave Frohnmayer. President= Frohnmayer commented briefly on the "town hall" meeting that was held= several weeks earlier regarding progress in the Process for Change. He was= pleased with the significant numbers of persons who attended the meeting.= He noted that opportunity for input and suggestions relevant to the process= would continue throughout the summer as work toward its implementation= began. In consultation with the Faculty Advisory Committee, seven general= task forces have been identified to begin developing plans for implementing= solutions that emerged from the process.

Remarks from University Senate President Ann Tedards. Senate= President Tedards reported on the broad activities of the senate throughout= the academic year. She commended the number of faculty who served as= representatives on committees not the least of which were the numerous= senators who participated on issues definition groups and solution teams in= formulating the Process for Change. President Tedards noted that as that= process enters its third crucial implementation stage, the senate would= stay involved in the process ensuring that our educational mission and= academic freedom remain central to any proposed changes.

Acting in concert with recommendations from the Committee on Committees,= the senate began streamlining faculty committee structure in an effort to= make more efficient use of faculty time in service. In this regard, a new= Undergraduate Council was established. In other activities, the senate held= a special panel discussion to examine the relationship of faculty research= and teaching, during which the strong commitment among full-time faculty to= the link between teaching and research was eloquently portrayed.

President Tedards reported opening a direct dialogue with the president= of the student senate, and expressed her hope that periodic meetings with= future student senate officers would continue in order to strengthen that= connection. The University Senate also responded to concerns within the= university community about the status of the Riverfront Research Park,= which resulted in the appointment of a review committee by President= Frohnmayer. Similarly, an ad hoc senate committee has been appointed to= review concerns on the proposed changes in the post-tenure review policy.=

In concluding her report, President Tedards thanked her colleagues as= well as President Frohnmayer and Provost Moseley for their support and= confidence in the University Senate. She expressed confidence in its= continued good work next year under the capable leadership of incoming= president Jeffrey Hurwit, art history. Finally, she asked the members of= the Assembly to continue to stay vigilant, to participate in our= governance, and to assume personal ownership of the future direction of the= university.

New Business. Mr. Robert Zimmerman, chair of the Academic= Requirements Committee, moved to accept the Official Degree List, prepared= by the registrar, of students who have met all the requirements for= graduation in June 1998 and in Summer Session. The motion was unanimously= approved.

Adjournment. With no further business, President Frohnmayer= adjourned the meeting at 3:55 p.m.

Gwen Steigelman

Secretary of the Faculty

March 22, 1938 -- March 27, 1998

Professor Beverly Ione Fagot of Eugene died March 27,= 1998 from complications of breast cancer. She was 60 years old. She was= professor of psychology at the University of Oregon, where she received her= doctoral degree in 1967. She had served as director of academic advising at= the university from 1969 - 1977, while continuing the research and writing= on sex role development she had begun with her dissertation, and was a= member of the psychology faculty from 1978 until her untimely passing.= Overall, her affiliation with, and outstanding service to the university= extended over 38 years.

Beverly was born March 22, 1938 in Phoenix, Arizona. She graduated from= West High School in Phoenix in 1956 as the class valedictorian, and from= Occidental College, with high honors, in 1960. She obtained her Ph.D. in= psychology at the University of Oregon in 1967. During her graduate career,= she met and married Robert Fagot, also a professor of psychology. Her field= of expertise was child development, and throughout her faculty career, she= held a joint appointment at the University of Oregon and Oregon Social= Learning Center, a private psychology research institute in Eugene.

Beverly was a major figure in developmental psychology. Her extensive= research contributions can be summarized by the titles of some of the= grants awarded to her from the National Science Foundation, the National= Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute of Child Health and= Development. These titles are: The Construction and Content of Gender= Categories, The Process of Sex Role Development in Toddlers, The Process of= Fathering, and Origins of Mental Health in the Family.

Her research grants from the Center for the Study of Women in Society, an= organization at the university to which she devoted much time and effort,= were titled, Sexual Abuse and Sex Role Behaviors, and Child Behavior in= Non-traditional Families. In an autobiographical paper titled, The= Developmental Psychologists: Research Adventures Across the Lifespan, in= 1996, she summarized the recurring questions of her research life as,= "asking why some children have so much difficulty growing up and why boys= and girls are so different." In addressing the second question, she wrote,= "Children are unified beings who experience the contingencies of a= sex-typed world, who try to make sense of all they take in, who care very= much about their identity as girl or boy, and who strive to get it= right."

Beverly was a devoted teacher, training many graduate students in= psychology and related fields in child development. Her devotion was= returned in the great affection shown her by her students, friends and= colleagues. Beverly had begun her work through the observation of toddlers= and preschoolers at the swimming pool where she worked during the summers= of her undergraduate years. She provided many undergraduates at Oregon with= a similar experience, working as teachers and observers of young children= in the playgroups she organized in Straub Hall.

Beverly loved the outdoors. Skiing the trails of Oregon, hiking the West= from Canada to Mexico, kayaking and rafting, and riding a mule in the= mountains of Baja California she brought intelligence and generosity of= spirit wherever she went. She was an active member of Rock Art societies, a= world traveler, an inveterate reader, especially of mysteries and history,= and loved art and Shakespeare.

Beverly was deeply committed to improving the lives of children and= supportive of many organizations dedicated to the welfare of children,= including Birth to Three, Planned Parenthood, and the Eugene Relief= Nursery.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, Brian of Portland and Clark of= Eugene; a sister, Vicky Cooley of Manhattan Beach, California; a= granddaughter, Alexis; and her parents, Dorothy and Albert Fields of= Phoenix, Arizona. She is also survived by her many loving students and= colleagues.

Mary K. Rothbart, professor

Psychology

February 13, 1944 =96 January 21, 1998

Alan was born in Pittsburg, California on February 13, 1944. He grew up= in Boston and went on to study at Columbia University, where he received= his B.A. in 1966 and M.A. in 1971. He was a student of Professor Donald= Keene, who is perhaps the pre-eminent American scholar of Japanese= literature. Keene felt that Alan was the best student that he had had to= that time, but for differences of perspective Alan abandoned his pursuit of= the Ph.D. under Keene's tutelage. He spent 1971-74 in Japan engaged in= research and working as a translator in a number of commercial venues. In= 1974 he moved to Paris where for two years he was enrolled as a doctoral= student in the Institut National de Langues Orientales, Ecole des Hautes= Etudes en Sciences Sociales. During 1976-78 he was a Research Fellow in the= Centre de Documentation sur le Japon Contemporain. Also in these years he= worked as a teacher and coordinator of Japanese language programs at= private schools, and again as a translator. In 1978 he was coaxed back to= the United States by friends at Cornell University, where he began work on= his dissertation. In 1979-80 he taught at the University of Montreal as a= visiting assistant professor of Japanese history. He began his career at= the University of Oregon in the fall of 1980.

As was common in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures= during the 1980's, Alan taught both language and literature and carried an= average load of nine courses a year. But he soon began innovating within= the Japanese Literature Program, introducing a variety of cross-cultural= and film courses. As an active member of the Asian Studies Committee he= served in various roles and taught several interdisciplinary courses on= East Asia. For his training and strong interest in European literature and= theory, and his fluency in French language and culture, Alan also became= deeply involved in, and contributed in many ways to, the Comparative= Literature Program. Through the late 1980's he was both a co-director of= the Japanese Language Program in EALL and Director of the Undergraduate= Program in Comparative Literature. Also in this crowded decade he found the= time to speak at over forty professional meetings, and to hold editorial= positions on eight journals in his fields.

In 1987 the East Asian Institute of Columbia University admitted his= revised dissertation into their distinguished East Asian Series. His book,= Suicidal Narrative in Modern Japan: The Case of Dazai Osama, was then= published by the Princeton University Press. The leading scholars who= evaluated his book, both for the Press and for Alan's promotion and tenure= case, wrote very positive and often poignant statements of support. What= was touching in many of their letters were quiet comments to the effect= that Alan's work would transform the field of Japanese literary criticism,= and that they would have to reconsider their own work in light of it. He= was promoted to Associate Professor of Japanese Literature with indefinite= tenure in 1988.

During 1991-93 Alan served as Resident Director of the OUS Japan Study= Center at Waseda University in Tokyo. In 1992-93, in recognition of his= commitment to the Comparative Literature Program, his title was changed to= Associate Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature. His service to= the College of Arts and Sciences and the University included work on about= two dozen committees, many of them for several years, and very many= involving minority issues. In 1995-96 alone he was on nine committees,= including the Faculty Senate. And long overdue, in 1995 he was appointed= Head of the Department of EALL. He held this position with great pride and= did its work with uncommon energy and joy. But in early September, 1966 he= was diagnosed as having cancer and was constrained to take a medical leave.= He died at home in Eugene on January 21, 1998. Several weeks ago Alan was= selected to receive posthumously the Charles E. Johnson Memorial Award for= humanitarian service to the University.

Michael Fishlen, associate professor

East Asian Languages and Literatures

April 18, 1910 =96 February 1, 1998

Carlisle Moore, professor of English emeritus, dies in= an automobile accident in Eugene on February 1, 1998. He was 87 years old.= Carl led a full and happy life, 31 years of it as a member of this faculty,= and after his retirement spent 21 more years as an active participant in= the cultural life of town and university.

Carlisle Moore was born in Wayne, Pennsylvania, on April 18, 1910. He= earned all three of his degrees at Princeton University: B.A. 1933, M.A.= 1934, and Ph.D. 1940. Before the war intervened, he taught at Cornell= University and Eastern Michigan University for six years, 1936-1942. In the= latter year he joined the US Navy and was on active service in the= Mediterranean and in the Pacific for four years, attaining the grade of= lieutenant commander.

Carl was a member of the University of Oregon English department from= 1946 until his retirement in 1977. He was a specialist in Victorian= literature and a particular interest in Thomas Carlyle, about whom he= published a monograph and many articles. He also published and taught= courses on twentieth-century literature.

Carl will be remembered by his colleagues and students as a warm,= generous friend to all, and he will be remembered by many others as a= generous patron of the arts. He and his wife Barbara set up a fund to= benefit the English department which eventually led to the endowment of the= Barbara and Carlisle Moore professorship. Carl had the satisfaction of= seeing that the first occupant of the chair, Ian Duncan, shared many of his= own scholarly interests.

Carl was also very active in his support of the musical life of Eugene,= most notably as a founding member of the board of directors of the Mozart= Players and for a time president of the board. To express their= appreciation the Mozart Players dedicated their March 7, 1998 concert to= Carl Moore.

This memorial should have been written by Kingsley Weatherhead, who knew= Carl Moore long before I met him and knew him much better. Kingsley is out= of the country at the moment, but at least I can quote a few lines from his= memorial delivered at the service in Carl=92s honor at the First= Congregational Church.

"=85we shared many interests. It would be difficult not to share= interests with a man who was so excitedly engaged with music, art, and= literature. And he had a great sense of humor. By the time I met him he was= already established as an authority in Victorian literature, his main= interest being the old dyspeptic Scots curmudgeon, with whom I can imagine= he had nothing in common at all except a name, spelled differently=85. His= scholarly output was substantial. His output of goodwill was prodigious=85.= He knew much about his colleagues and the students, their work, their= successes, and their defeats. His concern was with their welfare=85. Carl= and his wife Barbara were one in their acts of generosity. Where there is a= list of donors or sponsors or a brass plate, their names are likely to be= inscribed=85. But there were so many other ways in which their kindness was= at work=85."

George Wickes, professor emeritus

English

January 23, 1998

I was stunned and saddened when I heard about Charley= Leistner's death, January 23, 1998. Charley was the area director of= rhetoric and communication when I arrived at the University of Oregon= Department of Speech in 1975.

Charley was my mentor -- before the word was widely used. He shepherded= me through my tenure years by keeping my focus on teaching and research. No= one else has influenced my professional life as much as Charley, and he did= it with humor, ease, and honesty.

He told me when I should stop worrying -- like when a senior professor= complained about my inability to take acceptable minutes at our area= faculty meetings. He told me when I should start worrying -- like when the= secretaries said I was aloof and removed. And he told me what do about= that: open my mail in the main office so I could be seen "hanging out," and= still satisfy my obsessive need for using my time productively. When I= reduced my appointment to .5FTE some people were terribly upset. But= Charley said it was okay -- and so it was.

Charley moved through life with calm and grace. I cherished his wry humor= and unflappable demeanor. After his retirement, I loved running into him,= even for a few minutes. I knew I could nestle into his presence and he= would make me feel welcome, comfortable, and accepted. I will miss him.

Susan R. Glaser, professor

Lundquist College of Business

July 27, 1898 -- October 16, 1997

Astrid Mørk Williams, Professor Emerita of German and Scandinavian= in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, passed away on= October 16, 1997 in Springfield, Oregon at the age of 99. Williams was a= member of the UO faculty from 1935 until her retirement in 1972.

Astrid Williams was born in Telemark, Norway and emigrated to the US with= her parents at the age of nine. The family settled in Portland, where= Astrid graduated from Jefferson High School in 1917. Upon graduation she= enrolled at the University of Oregon receiving her B.A. in 1921, with a= major in pre-med. The following year she was married to Joseph Charles= Williams. After the death of her husband eight years later, she returned to= the UO, this time to do graduate work in the Modern Languages Department.= There she taught German from 1931 to 32 as a Graduate Teaching Assistant= and earned her M.A. degree in June 1932 with a thesis on the Norwegian= author, "Knut Hamsun's attitude toward Modern Civilization." Norwegian had= been Astrid Williams's home language throughout her childhood and her= life-long occupation with Scandinavian literature anchored her emotionally= to the country of her ancestors.

Williams pursued her Hamsun studies while working toward a Ph.D. degree= at the Philipps-Universität in Marburg, Germany. Her dissertation,= Eine stilistische Untersuchung englischer Übersetzungen Knut Hamsuns= was published by H. Bauer Verlag in 1934. The following year, 1935, Dr.= Williams joined the UO faculty. For the next thirty-seven years she taught= German, Norwegian and Swedish languages and literatures at the University= of Oregon. In 1968, four years before her retirement, Professor Williams= was awarded by the King of Norway the St. Olav medal in recognition of her= many years of teaching Norwegian language and culture.

Teaching and students were Professor Williams's life. To ensure a= continued place for the Scandinavian languages on the UO curriculum, she= taught at times eighteen hours a week. As most of her courses were= electives, students taking them were usually highly motivated. Many were of= Scandinavian ancestry who wanted to learn about the customs and language of= their parents and grandparents. Long before the establishment of a formal= Fireside program, her students gathered frequently at her Fairmount Street= home, where she lived with her mother, to sample Norwegian cuisine and= culture. When interviewed in 1968, at the height of student radicalism,= Professor Williams noted that although the "campus hippie hadn't sought out= her courses, she had seen them in the Erb Memorial Union" and added that= "the couple of bearded gentlemen that she had had in her classes, had been= excellent students." She cared for each student as an individual and the= affection was clearly mutual. With her wit and intelligence, Dr. Williams= served as a role model for many an intellectually curious female student at= a time when the University had only a few women professors and few women= went on to pursue doctoral studies.

Dr. Williams took great pride in her dual-cultural background. Her life= had been enriched and given roots through awareness of both heritages, the= American and the Norwegian. In her own words, "a child who forgets his= original heritage and tries to become 150 per cent American loses much." It= was to a similar enrichment of her students' lives that she had dedicated= her life.

Virpi Zuck, professor

Germanic Languages and Literatures