Ercole Canale-Parola, 83, professor emeritus of Microbiology, died March 29 in Amherst, following a brief illness.
Born in Frosinone, Italy, his early years were heavily impacted by the loss of his father at age 5, and the hardships of World War II. As a child, he witnessed first-hand the Nazi occupation of Rome, the aerial bombing of the San Lorenzo neighborhood, the partisan attack in Via Rasella and the triumphant entrance of American forces into the fallen city.
After the war, in 1951, he left his studies at the University of Florence to join his mother, who had moved to Chicago and
Otto Vogl, 85, of Amherst, professor emeritus of Polymer Science and Engineering, died April 27 at home.
Epidemiologist Lisa Chasan-Taber, an internationally recognized expert whose research explores how modifying behavioral risk factors can decrease disease rates in mothers and their offspring, is being recognized as a Spotlight Scholar.
Professor Max Page of the Art, Art History and Architecture Department, is one of three scholars nationally named to receive the Rome Prize for Historic Preservation and Conservation, awarded annually by the American Academy in Rome to honor “the highest standard of excellence in the arts and humanities.”
Karen Hayes, director of Research Communication and Outreach in University Relations, received the Massachusetts Women in Public Higher Education (MWPHE) 2013 Professional Development Award at the organization’s statewide conference in Wrentham on April 15.