Marine Archaeologist George Bass Has Died
Father of Marine Archaeology,” passed away this week at the age of 88.
Bass was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Founder of the
Institute of Nautical Archaeology at
Texas A&M University.
“Since 1960, he has conducted shipwreck excavations and underwater surveys primarily off the Turkish coast. He obtained an MA in Near Eastern Archaeology from the Johns Hopkins University in 1955, followed by two years at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, and two years in the U.S. Army. In 1964 he received a doctorate in Classical Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania where he remained as a faculty member until he became founder of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) in 1973. This institute became affiliated with Texas A&M University in 1976. He has written and edited twelve books and over a hundred articles, five of which are featured in National Geographic. He has been awarded the Archaeological I
February 16, 2021
Harold “Hal” Bierman Jr., the Nicholas H. Noyes Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Management and Finance, who transformed the framing of investment decisions and mentored thousands of MBA students over nearly six decades at Cornell, died Feb. 12 in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. He was 96.
Bierman joined the Cornell faculty in 1956, serving for 59 years in the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management as a professor of finance, accounting and management.
Harold Bierman Jr.
“Hal was a longtime and beloved member of the Johnson and Cornell communities, and his influence and impact will live on,” said Mark Nelson, the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean of Johnson.
John McGowan
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John McGowan (Fellow, 2017–18), John W. and Anna H. Hanes Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Host: Marlene Daut (Fellow, 2016–17), Professor and Associate Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies, University of Virginia
In
Pragmatist Politics, John McGowan suggests that perhaps the best response to the cynicism and despair that permeate contemporary American politics is a return to pragmatism. Offering an expansive vision of what the United States should be, McGowan combines the thinking of philosophers like John Dewey and William James with the ethos of comedy to imagine what American life could be like if we more fully embraced values such as love, forgiveness, and generosity that are too often left out of our political discourse.
Shepherd elected to National Academy of Engineering
February 9, 2021
J. Marshall Shepherd (Photo by Nancy Evelyn/UGA)
Marshall Shepherd, the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Georgia, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer or scientist.
NAE membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.”