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Show binquished Research Professorships Named ( ' , : 1 r"- I it i K i. University English professor Brewster Ghiselin and Dr. Louis S. Goodman, professor and chairman chair-man of the Department of Pharmacology, Phar-macology, today were named recipients re-cipients of two 1967-68 Distinguished Distin-guished Research Professorships. The announcement was made at the Monday meeting of the Board of Regents. Professors Ghiselin and Goodman Good-man were nominated for the Distinguished Dis-tinguished Professorship award by the University Research Committee. Com-mittee. The award is presented to a tenured faculty member from any of the University's colleges col-leges and departments in recognition recog-nition of significant creative and scientific achievements. The Distinguished Research Professorship consists of release from academic duties for one quarter to further pursue such creative and research interests as the recipient sees fit. Selection Selec-tion is made by the University Research Committee from nominations nom-inations submitted by faculty members, departments and colleges. Dr. Ewart A. Swinyard, chairman chair-man of the Research Committee said, "Professor Ghiselin was recommended for the award in recognition of his 37 years of distinguished service as teacher, teach-er, author, and poet. He established the Utah Writers Writ-ers Conference which he has conducted con-ducted for the past 20 years. He has authored several books including in-cluding "Against the Circle," "The Nets," and "The Creative Process," "As a teacher, Professor Pro-fessor Ghiselin has distinguished himself and inspired hundreds of talented writers in the state, Dr. Swinyard said. Professor Ghiselin received his AB degree from UCLA in 1927 and his M.A. from the University Uni-versity of California at Berkeley in 1928. He also spent a year of study at Oxford University in England before joining the University Uni-versity of Utah faculty in 1929. Dr Swinyard, speaking on behalf be-half of the Research Committee, said "Dr. Goodman has also distinguished dis-tinguished himself as a teacher, scholar, author and scientist. He has devoted his total effort to the University and the state for the last two decades with remarkable achievement and success." Dr. Goodman is the co-author of the standard text "Pharmacological "Pharmaco-logical Basis of Therapeutics" which is known throughout the world as "The Blue Bible." His discovery of the effectiveness of nitrogen mustard in malignant lymphoma initiated the present era of cancer chemotherapy. Dr. Goodman has held leadership leader-ship positions in virtually every major national and international pharamlogical group. The famous Utah researcher received his B.A. degree from Reed College in 1928 and his M.A. and M.D. degrees in 1932, both from the University of Oregon. Ore-gon. Dr. Goodman was a member mem-ber of the faculty at Yale University Uni-versity School of Medicine from 1935 to 1943, then spent a year at the University of Vermont before be-fore coming to the University of Utah in 1944. Dr. Louis S. Goodman, professor pro-fessor and chairman of the Department of Pharmacology, was also named as a recipient of a Distinguished Research Professorship. He co-authored the "Blue Bible." Jelin, English Vf been named M I 1967-68 Ditin- Pro reaJCh ofessor. Ned, Selin was re-ition re-ition o,Lthe award in 5 lnd writing |