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Show The Summer Chronicle - Page Three Wednesday, August 12. 1992 Former Middle East Center director dies V- -A' Khosrow Mostofi. University of Utah professor emeritus of political science, died Aug. 3. 1992 after a long illness. He was 71. Mostofi was director of the U.'s Middle East Center from 1967 to 1983. An internationally recognized scholar of Iranian culture, history and politics, he helped establish ; one of the nation's premier centers of Middle East studies. A native of Iran, Mostofi received a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Tehran in 1944. Mostofi came to the U. in 1949. He earned a doctorate in political science in 1958, then taught at Portland State College and the University of Khosrow Mostofi British Columbia. He joined the U. faculty in 1960. Mostofi became and American citizen in 1980 and retired from the U. in 1987. In 1983, the Utah Academy of Science, Arts and Letters presented Mostofi its Distinguished Service Award in recognition of "his intense devotion to high level scholarship, his committment to his studies as a teacher, and his loyalty as a citizen and public servant" He is survived by his wife, Nesrin of Salt Lake City, and brothers, nieces and a nephew, all of Tehran. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Simin, who died in an automobile accident in 1980. ampus Briefs U. seeks environmental proposals for U.S. border The University College of Engineering will accept proposals through Sept. 18 for research and development initiatives aimed at reducing air and water pollution and hazardous waste along the heavily industrialized U.S.Mexico border. The college will review the proposals as part of its administrative responsibilities as a charter member of and headquarters for the Southwest Center for Environmental n consortium Research and Policy. SCERP is a Protection Environmental the funded by Congress through multi-institutio- debate from page one compromise "where everyone gives a also recommended a task force that can establishing suggest "ways to expand insurance IRAs" pools,...establish health-car- e and look at other solutions. Eyre said it was necessary to "separate the symptoms from the cause." Health care is currently a type of competition. The solution would be to establish a "real market competitive system" to force non-mark- et prices to drop. "There needs to be more control over the insurance process," Leavitt said. Shea said the Utah Department of Health should be the lead agency to efficiently administer the different, services. A law exempting physicians from malpractice suits while they practice in a charity clinic would aid "physicians who want to be part of the solution," Eyre said. A state insurance pool could be created with state funds that would less than cost taxpayers health-car- e two-thir- ds their current insurance premiums, Hanson said. One issue candidates did agree on is the vital link among teaching, research and economic development for Utah. They advocated continued state funding of biomedical research at the U. Cook said Utah government should stimulate research possibilities for solutions to the AIDS, crisis. Candidates agreed there is a need for compassion and understanding in dealing with AIDS patients, and education about AIDS is necessary to eliminate fears and stop the spread of hatred. Agency. Ray Beckett, SCERP executive director, said Congress is another to expected appropriation for border region approve environmental studies in fiscal 1993. The EPA allocated $4 million in the last two years to support nearly 60 research projects. Much of the region's pollution comes from the 1,900 manufacturing plants that comprise the maquilla or border zone industries, employing an estimated 500,000 Mexican workers. Over the past two decades, the region's economic explosion has produced almost uncontrolled pollution, ranging from raw sewage in main waterways to improperly discarded and highly toxic industrial chemicals. SCERP was founded by the U. and three other universities with expertise on environmental issues New Mexico State University, University of Texas El Paso and Arizona State University. Other institutional members now include San Diego State University and Mexico's Institutio de Cuidad Juarez. Faculty at the member schools are eligible to submit research proposals. Major named director of Technology Transfer Office The University of Utah has named Thomas Major, associate director since 1989, director of its Technology Transfer Office, which helps faculty protect ownership of their investments and market those inventions to industry. Major succeeds Norman Brown, who resigned last fall to enter private business. A graduate of Southern Utah University, Major earned an M.S. degree in chemical engineering at Brigham Young University and an MBA at Southern Illinois University. The Technology Transfer Office evaluates, protects and markets university technology and negotiates licensing r--i agreements with industry. In fiscal 1992, with Major as acting director, the office reported a 30 percent increase to more than $1.3 million in revenues from the licensing of faculty inventions and new technology. Major was engineering manager at MAZE Exploration Inc., a small independent oil and gas company, from 1985 to 1987. He was an assistant vice president for corporate finance with E.F. Hutton from 1983 to 1985. 0900 Latest statistics show U. students' grades improve University of Utah students did better academically last quarter than they did during any of the four previous spring won't believe the prices on our special selection of "hurt" books (slight publishers' warehouse damage). There are lots of subjects to choose from fiction, literature and gift books -- and all at great prices. taou quarters, figures from the U.'s Center for Academic Advising show. A comparison of figures from spring quarters of 1988 through 1992 reveals this year had the highest percentage of undergraduates on the dean's list and the lowest percentage of students on academic probation, Herta Teitelbaum, Academic Advising director, said. In spring 1988, Jhe first year of reliable statistics, 12 percent of the undergraduate students met the dean's list requirement of at least a 3.50 GPA. By 1992, the spring quarter dean's list numbers included 14 percent of 17,773 undergraduates. - period, the percentage of all During the same 1988-9- 2 undergraduate students on academic probation those with less than a 2.0 cumulative GPA decreased from 7 percent to 6 0) Nothing Higher Than percent. Teitelbaum attributed some of the academic improvement to students arriving on campus better prepared. Stiffened high school preparation requirements for U. admission went into effect five years ago. "Completing a college prep curriculum helps ensure success," she said. "There's a reason why it's there." At the same time, Teitelbaum said her advising office is becoming more "intrusive" by strongly encouraging all students to meet with their advisers. "The U. is a complex place, with many requirements and many options. Although in loco parentis went out in the '60s, an upfront investment of resources in advising pays off in terms of retention and student satisfaction. Our student contact has increased 50 percent in the past three years." All new students are give the names of their advisers at orientation sessions. On a walk-i- n basis or by appointment, students can get advice about selecting classes, choosing a major and graduation requirements. Stop by the University Bookstore and adopt a "hurt" book. Young Alumni Day Mystery Sale 15 Saturday, August Special Hours: 9am - 5pm BOOKSTORE UNIVERSITY r i i i i i i i UTAH OF UNIVERSITY i i i i i i m r i r i CAMPUS i i m li l i ijr-rr- tt |
