1974 News, FSU Biological Science

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    Austin J. McInnis, who received his Ph.D. from the department under Dr. Robert B. Short was promoted to full professor at UCLA.

    Dr. A. Gib DeBusk hosted a departmental outing at his home on Lake Jackson that featuredvolleyball, horseshoes, swimming, king mackeral, and hush puppies.

    The departmental intramural softball team, the Seminole Vesicles, was undefeated as of mid-May. The team included Mike Kurek, Ken Heck, Mark Latch, Art Guy, Mike Rush, and Jackie Matustik.

    In October, the department's new scanning electron microscope arrived. EM service was interrupted for a week while the older microscope was taken out of service and the new one installed.

    In November, BioNotes announced that secretary to the associate chairs Elizabeth Harris had been hospitalized for tests. Fortunately, the surgery for which she was scheduled was not necessary, and she was able to return to work within a couple of weeks.

    Biological Science students elected to Phi Beta Kappa in spring of 1974 were
    Charles L. Crocker
    Joanne Brandt
    Thomas G. Bevis
    Andrea L. Goldstein
    Christine M. Graf
    Ralph F. Hamilton
    Kathleen Jones (Med Tech program)
    Jane M. Kuypers (Med Tech program)
    Robert S. Murrell
    Kenneth C. Nayfield
    Abigail V. Rayner
    Frank Walker
    Karen E. Anderson
    John C. Perry
    Thomas S. Ray
    John M. Spear

    Those invited to join the Phi Kappa Phi honorary were
    Steven Creedman
    Claudia Nash
    Thomas Ray
    Edward Soto
    John Spear
    James White

    Joseph F. Metcalf defended his doctoral dissertation in February.

    These students completed the B.S. in 1974:
    Richard L. Carlson
    Lawrence J. Dougherty
    Osasoy F. Edoh-Osagie
    Robin C. Fesmire
    Jeff Friedman
    Mary Beth Gibbas
    David P. Harlos
    Wanda Jean King
    Marcia Jeanne G. Lord
    Michael B. McAlister
    Maria C. Slaney
    Marsha A. Soby
    Patricia C. Valkenaar

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