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FELICITATIONS

University Professor of Chemistry M. Frederick Hawthorne was named the 2003 winner of the Monie A. Ferst Award, which honors distinguished scientists on the national/international scene and is administered by the Georgia Tech Chapter of the Sigma Xi Society.... The divisions of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Pediatric Cardiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine have received a combined gift of $350,000 from the Heart of a Child Foundation to help further research on congenital heart disease.... A paper from the UCLA Center for Image and Vision Science, co-authored by Z.W. Tu, X.R. Chen, A.L. Yuille and S.C. Zhu of the Department of Statistics, was awarded the David Marr Prize at the 9th International Conference on Computer Vision in Nice, France.... History Department Chair Teofilo Ruiz was recognized by the U.S. Department of Defense’s National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve with a Patriotic Employer Award. Ruiz was nominated by Associate Professor William R. Summerhill, who is an Army Reserve officer. Ruiz has been “extremely supportive professionally and personally during my scramble to harmonize the competing demands of teaching, departmental service and my military service,” Summerhill said.

OVATIONS

Donald Jenden, professor emeritus in the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, was honored for 50 years of service with UCLA. A former chair of the department, he formalized its Ph.D. program and instituted an undergraduate pharmacology course. His research on the neurotransmitter acetyl choline is also internationally recognized.... The Archstone Foundation has awarded $50,415 to the Borun Center for Gerontological Research to develop Web-based training modules that will help nursing homes enhance their quality of care for residents.... Robert Bellanti, interim associate university librarian for public services, received the Factiva Leadership Award at the Special Libraries Association’s annual conference in New York.... Judith W. Boyette, University of California associate vice president for human resources and benefits, was recognized with a national award for the university’s efforts to provide equal treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex employees. Out and Equal Workplace Advocates presented her with an Outie Award for various achievements regarding retirement and medical benefits for same-sex couples and health benefits for transgender employees within the UC.

IN MEMORIAM

Orville L. Chapman, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, died of heart disease on Jan. 22. He was 71.

Chapman moved from Iowa State, where he became an instructor in 1957 and moved up the ranks to professor in 1964, to UCLA in 1974, on the heels of his successes in applying matrix isolation spectroscopy to the characterization of cyclobutadiene and benzyne.

His work at UCLA was but one part of a new effort in the synthesis and characterization of various types of strained, non-planar aromatic compounds.

Chapman received many national and international awards, including the Pure Chemistry Award and the Arthur C. Cope Medal from the American Chemical Society, the Havinga Medal from Stichtung Havinga, Leiden, the Netherlands and the Texas Instruments Foundation Founders’ Prize. He was also elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1974.

He is survived by his mother, Mabel; his wife, Susan; his two sons, Kevin and Kenneth; and three grandsons, David, Daniel and Timothy.

A memorial service followed by a reception will be held on Feb. 21 at 2:30 p.m. at Westwood Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory can be made to “UCLA Foundation/Orville Chapman” and mailed to the Chair’s Office, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, P.O. Box 951569, UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif., 90095-1569.

Richard A. Goodman, professor of management, died of cancer on Jan. 22 in Los Angeles. He was 65.

After launching his career in the aerospace industry, holding both technical and managerial positions with General Dynamics and Wright Air Development Center, Nuclear Reactor Branch, Goodman joined the UCLA faculty in 1966.

A major theme in his research was the quest for the sources of organizational effectiveness and competitive advantage. In his numerous works, he explored the roles of technology and technological development, as well as the culture and characteristics of organizations and societies.

While teaching a variety of courses in organization and management theory at UCLA and the University of Judaism, he also chaired the doctoral and master’s thesis committees of 16 UCLA Anderson School of Management students, and served on the dissertation committees of 55 other doctoral students enrolled in UCLA graduate programs.

Goodman also served on numerous campus and UC-wide committees and councils, including the University-Wide Council on Planning and Budget, of which he was chair at the time of his death.

He is survived by his wife and best friend Ann Pollack, an assistant vice chancellor at UCLA; two daughters, Diane (Jake Daniel) and Karen (Rene Monterroso); a son, Frank (Helaine Thau); two stepsons, Noah and Joshua Pollack (Dalit Baranoff); a brother, Peter; and numerous grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, his family suggests that contributions may be made in his memory to Antioch College, Office of Development and Alumni Relations, 795 Livermore Street, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 45387.

Samuel Kaplan, professor emeritus of pediatrics, died of cancer on Jan. 21 at the UCLA Medical Center. He was 81.

Kaplan graduated from the University of Witswatersrand School of Medicine in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1944 and completed his residency training before being awarded a scholarship to continue his postgraduate training in cardiology in London, England, in 1949.

He moved to the U.S. in 1950 to join the cardiology department at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and by his retirement from his position in 1987, he was recognized as among the top five most constructive and productive academic cardiology leaders in the U.S.

Since his arrival at UCLA in 1987, he strengthed the postdoctoral training program, and became the leader of a multi-institutional research program funded by a $9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects on the heart and lungs of HIV transmitted from mother to infant.

Some of Kaplan’s honors and awards include: election to Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical honor society, the Susan and Theodore Cummings Humanitarian Award from the American College of Cardiology, and the Cincinatti Pediatric Society Founder’s Award.

He is survived by his wife, Molly; his brother, Solomon; his sister-in-law, Marie; and his nephew and wife, Tony and Louise McKenzie.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be sent to the UC Regents/ UCLA Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical Sciences Development, 10945 Le Conte Ave., Suite 3132, Los Angeles, Calif., 90095-1784.

Norma Stoddart, research associate in chemistry and biochemistry, died after a 12-year-long struggle with breast cancer on Jan. 12. She was 59.

Norma grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland and attended the University of Edinburgh, where she was awarded a B.Sc. (Hons) in chemistry in 1966, and a Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1969.

Following postdoctoral research in endocrinology at Queen’s University in Canada and at Sheffield University in England, she devoted the next 10 years to raising her two daughters. She then returned to academic life in support of the research efforts of her husband, Fraser, in chemistry at the Universities of Sheffield, Birmingham, and California, Los Angeles.

Norma will be remembered for her down-to-earth common sense, dry wit, and generosity of spirit.

She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Fiona and Alison.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Norma Stoddart Prize for Academic Excellence and Outstanding Citizenship, open to all research students and fellows in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA.