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Vol. 19, No. 3 - Summer 2003
College community
Honors Mary Jo Kane,
professor of kinesiology and director of the Tucker Center for
Research on Girls and Women in Sport, was named Scholar of the Year by
the Women’s Sports Foundation. Frances Lawrenz,
professor and chair of the Department of Educational Psychology,
received the University of Minnesota Award for Outstanding
Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional
Education. Ann Masten, professor and director of
the Institute of Child Development, has been named a Distinguished
McKnight University Professor for the University.
Leo McAvoy, professor of kinesiology, and Alan Sroufe,
professor of child development, received the college’s Distinguished
Teaching Award. Charles Nelson, professor of
child development, has been elected a Fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. Jan
Reifsteck, adviser in the college’s office of Student &
Professional Services, was awarded the University’s John Tate Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising. Richard
Swanson, professor of work, community, and family education,
received the Outstanding Service Award from the Academy of Human
Resource Development and its book of the year award for his latest
book, Foundations of Human Resource Development. Swanson also was
inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of
Fame. Bonnie Warhol, office supervisor and
director of graduate studies assistant in the Department of
Educational Psychology, received the University’s 2003 Best Director
of Graduate Studies Assistant Award. In memoriam
Frederick Morey Chapman, professor emeritus of recreation and
park administration, died April 18. He was 79. Chapman received a
Ph.D. in recreation in 1958 and an M.Ed. in recreation administration
in 1949 from the University of Minnesota. Chapman, who
specialized in vocational rehabilitation, joined the college in 1953
and retired in June 1985. Chapman served as director of graduate
studies for the division of recreation, park, and leisure studies. He
sat on the board of directors of the American Association for leisure
and recreation, and for KIDS, Inc., the rural youth organization of
the Minnesota Farmers Union. Chapman was president of
the Minnesota Recreation and Park Association in 1955 and national
chairman of the American Recreation Society Hospital Section in 1954,
and authored numerous publications, including Recreation Activities
for the Handicapped. He received the National Therapeutic Recreation
Society’s Distinguished Service Award, the organization’s highest
honor in 1971. Book Drive celebration!
 Some of the children involved in the
University Literacy Initiative tutoring program enjoyed treats at
the on-campus picnic marking the conclusion of the Book Drive for Kids
sponsored by the Initiative and the college’s alumni society. Hundreds
of books were donated to the drive and corporate partner Barnes &
Noble Booksellers also donated $6,119 toward the purchase of more
books. Each child at the picnic received a book and the rest will be
distributed to children throughout the tutoring program.
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