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Obituary: Dorothy Burke, retired head of residence

Dorothy M. (Hopper) Burke, 102, of Amherst, a retired head of residence, died June 16.

Born in Highland, N.Y., she was educated in the Newburgh, N.Y., public schools and graduated from Cornell University in 1932.

She was married to James W. Burke of Waverly, N.Y., in 1932 and they were divorced in 1958.

She came to Amherst in 1935. From 1956-66, she was employed at the Amherst Journal Record, first as a stringer, then as assistant editor, and from 1964-66 as news editor.
 
Burke was hired by the Dean of Women's Office in 1966 as the first head of residence in Patterson House in Southwest.

Shabazz to be honored by UnityFirst.com

Amilcar Shabazz, professor of Afro-American Studies and faculty advisor to the chancellor for diversity and excellence, has been chosen by Springfield-based UnityFirst.com to receive its Common Ground award for “leadership, excellence and role model example for generations to come.”
 
Shabazz will receive the award on June 22 as UnityFirst.com, a communications consulting group that specializes in the online distribution of diversity-related e-news, holds its 2013 Common Ground Leadership Awards and Resource Reception at the MassMutual Center in Springfield. The program begins at 10:30 a.m.
 

Obituary: Paul Huner, alumnus, retired storekeeper in Athletics

Paul C. L. Huner, 80, of Amherst, alumnus and former storekeeper II in the Athletic Department, died June 14 at Linda Manor Extended Care Facility of complications associated with a decade-long struggle with dementia.
 
He was born in Medan on the island of Sumatra to a family of Dutch cigar tobacco growers.

Forced to return to the Netherlands by the threat of Japanese invasion in 1939, only to endure German occupation throughout most of World War II, his family did so relatively well by once again relying upon their agrarian roots.

Thereafter, he followed his father and older brothers in

Gershenson’s book on Soviet Holocaust films is published

“The Phantom Holocaust: Soviet Cinema And Jewish Catastrophe,” by Olga Gershenson, associate professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, was published last week by Rutgers University Press.
 
The work tells the story of unknown, forgotten or banned Holocaust films in the Soviet Union. Gershenson draws on archival research and in-depth interviews to tell the sometimes tragic and sometimes triumphant stories of filmmakers who found authentic ways to represent the Holocaust in the face of official silencing.
 
The book, which includes illustrations, is available in hardcover, paperback and

Obituary: Sophie Kahle, retired cook

Sophie Mary (Ostrowski) Kahle, 91, formerly of South Deerfield and Fruitland Park, Fla., a former cook at several campus venues, died May 28 at the home of her daughter in Deerfield.

Born in Sunderland, she attended Deerfield schools before leaving school to work with her parents. She later earned her G.E.D.
 
She married the late Bernard E. Kahle in 1942, and they lived together in South Deerfield before relocating to Fruitland Park, Fla., in 1985.

She began her campus service in 1970 as a departmental assistant and then an assistant cook at the Hatch in the Student Union.

Nagurney gives graduate commencement speech at University of Gothenburg

Anna Nagurney, the John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management at the Isenberg School of Management, delivered the graduate commencement speech in a June 12 diploma ceremony celebrating the master’s degree recipients at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Nagurney’s speech, “On Great Leadership,” emphasized the importance of innovation and creation, doing the right thing, making opportunities for others, recognizing the achievements of others, supporting diversity, and remembering where you come from.

Obituary: Conrad Heon, retired HVAC mechanic at Physical Plant

Conrad N. “Connie” Heon, 61, of Leeds, a retired HVAC and refrigeration mechanic at Physical Plant, died June 9 at Kindred Hospital in Springfield.

Born in Northampton, he was a lifelong resident of Leeds and was educated in local schools, graduating from Smith Vocational High School in 1969.
 
He was hired at Physical Plant in 1982 and retired last year.
 
He leaves his wife of 39 years, Madeline (Adams) Heon, his sisters Beatrice Emerson of Leeds and Theresa Eastwood of Shoreham, N.Y., and four nieces and nephews.

Donations in his memory may be made to the Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane

Three chosen as faculty-in-residence

Three faculty-in-residence have been selected for the coming academic year, according to Eddie Hull, executive director of Residential Life.
 
Alexander Phillips, English and Commonwealth Honors College, will reside in and work with students in Van Meter/Butterfield and its Creative ExpressionsSophoMORE Living-Learning Community.
 
Alexandrina Deschamps, of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, and Christin Glodek, Sociology, will reside in and work with students in the new Commonwealth Honors College Residential Community.
 
“These three faculty members will be the vanguard for re-launching the

Schweik given award honoring legacy of Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom

Charles Schweik, associate professor of Environmental Conservation and Public Policy, is one of three senior scholars worldwide to receive a new award honoring the late political economist Elinor Ostrom, the only woman to date to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
 
Throughout her career, Ostrom, who died in 2012, focused on demonstrating that “collaboration is possible, frequent and occurs among individuals of different rationalities and in different contexts,” according to the website for the new award.

Botelho elected to NCTEAR executive board

Maria José Botelho, assistant professor in the School of Education, was elected to the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research’s executive board as its newsletter editor.

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