Posted on May 16, 1997

Tuberculosis screening was continuing this week after a student was diagnosed with an active case of the disease on April 25, according to Sandy Mosher, director of College health services.

Most of the 150 “primary contacts” of the student have been tested. A handful of people have tested positive for TB, but county health officials are continuing their investigation to determine whether those people are infected, Mosher said. Positive readings are not necessarily connected with this case, she added.

TB is usually spread through the air only through close and prolonged
contact.

For information, call Health Services at ext. 6120, or county Public
Health Services at 346-2187.

Posted on May 16, 1997

A committee has been formed to conduct a review of William Finlay, director of the Yulman Theater. Members are Hilary Tann and Christie Sorum. Members of the College community are invited to submit written comments on his teaching,
scholarship or service.

Posted on May 16, 1997

“New York's Health Care System: Making the Transition to Managed Care and Competition,” a recent seminar sponsored by the Graduate Management Institute in the Nott Memorial, is to air Friday, May 16, at 10 p.m. on WMHT,
Channel 17.

An unedited three-hour version will air Saturday, May 17, at 4 p.m. on WMHQ, Channel 45.

Panelists included Dr. Barbara DeBuono, state commissioner of health;
Dr. Spencer Foreman, president of Montefiore Medical Center; Assemblyman Pete Grannis,
chair of the Assembly Committee on Insurance; and Robert Baker, medical ethicist and Union
professor of philosophy. Moderator was Ed Dague, managing editor and anchor of WNYT's
Newschannel 13. The show is to be introduced by Gov. George Pataki.

The program also is to air this month in New York City, Buffalo, Long
Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Watertown.

Posted on May 16, 1997

May 21-24, 28-31, 8 p.m., Yulman Theater. The Theater Department presents Blood Wedding, a Spanish tragedy by Francisco Garcia Lorca and directed by Prof. William Finlay. Tickets are $5 with Union ID. For more information, call ext. 6153.

Thursday, May 22, at 8 p.m., Memorial Chapel. Dr. Ruth
Westheimer, the psychosexual therapist who turned a small radio show into a world-famous
media empire, will give a talk titled “Sexually Speaking.”

Friday, May 23, 7 p.m., Reamer Campus Center Auditorium. Edward
Villella, founder and director of the Miami City Ballet, will give a talk titled
“Recollections of a Dancer,” a lecture and video presentation. He is the author
of a recent autobiography titled Prodigal Son: Dancing for Balanchine in a World of
Pain and Magic.

Posted on May 16, 1997

Independent acquisition consultant Robert Holland Jr. '62 will be honorary chancellor and deliver the main address at the College's Commencement on Sunday, June 15, at 10 a.m. in Library Plaza. Holland will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree.

Paul LeClerc, president of the New York Public Library and former associate professor of French at Union, will receive an honorary doctor of letters degree.
Bryn Mawr College President Mary Patterson McPherson will receive an honorary doctor of
letters.

A mechanical engineering major at Union, Holland has since gained an
international reputation for turning around the fortunes of troubled companies. He began
his career with an international management consulting firm, helping struggling companies
to thrive, and went on to lead a range of companies, from an automotive parts manufacturer
to Ben and Jerry's Homemade, the Vermont ice cream maker.