This year, seven emeriti professors from UVM were selected to receive the UVM Retired Scholars Award, which supports the ongoing scholarly and creative work of distinguished retired faculty.
Under the direction of the UVM Association of Retired Faculty and Administrative Officers, the program provides support for faculty to complete a research or creative project after full retirement from the university. With support from Tom Sullivan, UVM president, the program provides awards to cover expenses for travel to give a refereed presentation at a national or international conference; completion and publication of a scholarly manuscript under contract with a publisher; preparation of an artistic work in a juried exhibition; preparation of a performance in music, dance, or theatre; completion and publication of a literary composition under contract with a publisher; acquisition of research materials such as data sets for secondary analysis or support for field project research; or other well-defined expenses associated with a creative or research project.
The recipients of the award for academic year 2014-2015 are the following:
Howard Ball, professor of political science emeritus, plans to complete his book, Working in the Killing Fields: Forensic Science in Bosnia.
Lorraine Berkett, professor of plant and soil science emerita, will participate in the International Symposium on Innovation in Integrated and Organic Horticulture at the University of Avignon in June 2015.
William Davison, professor of art emeritus, will complete, publish, and distribute The Hours, his artist’s book collaboration with the late Professor Emeritus of English, T. Alan Broughton.
Berta Geller, professor of family medicine emerita, will participate in the meeting of the International Cancer Screening Network meeting in Rotterdam.
William Haviland, professor of anthropology emeritus, will publish his book, Floating Palaces, America’s Queens of the Sea: Maine Islanders and the Big Steam Yachts.
Patrick Hutton, professor of history emeritus, will publish his book, The Memory Phenomenon in Contemporary Historical Writing.
Daniel Lusk, senior lecturer of English emeritus, will publish The Veermeer Suite, a book of poems based on the paintings of Johannes Vermeer.