Chancellor's Citations for the 2000-2001 recipients
The following people are recipients of 2000-2001 Chancellor's Citations:
Sandra Hurd, professor and chair of the Department of Law and Public Policy in the School of
Management, the University is indeed fortunate to be able to rely on your energy, expertise, and
dedication to students and learning.
Across campus you are known for your willingness to do much more than teach and write. It was
natural, then, for you to be chosen as the motivating force behind the residence hall learning
communities program. You helped to create the School of Management theme floor in 1996. This
success led to a broader effort toward developing learning communities including student affairs staff
and faculty from the University Writing Program, the School of Education, and the School of
Management. Your enthusiasm for this work stems from your strong belief that learning is best served
by blurring the boundaries between in-class and out-of-class work.
Your service to the University during your 25 years as a faculty member has also included your
direction of the Honors Program, the Freshman Gateway Course in the School of Management, and
the Management Scholars Program, among many other contributions.
For your dedication and your many contributions to the quality of the educational experience on this
campus, we are pleased to present you the Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contributions to the
University's Academic Programs.
Mary Jo Custer, director of student affairs, you are known for your deep commitment to students,
your compassion, and your infectious enthusiasm for your work.
For more than 20 years you have served the students, faculty, and staff of the University with
consummate professionalism. Taking on increasingly responsible positions over time, you carry out
your administrative, counseling, programmatic, and assessment duties admirably. You find time to
teach in the University Honors Program, advise the Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, and mentor interns
from the Higher Education Program.
It is, however, your dedication to students and colleagues that has won campus-wide acclaim. Your
friendliness and empathy are genuine, making you a very effective counselor and advocate. You are
known to tackle students' problems that no one else believed were solvable, achieving success more
often than not.
For your dedication to the highest standards of performance and continuous improvement, we are
pleased to present you with the Chancellor's Citation for Distinguished Service.
John Philip Jones, professor of advertising in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications,
you are considered one of the giants in your field, both for your work in the academy and for your
influential involvement in the professional arena.
One of the world's leading scholars in advertising, you developed two widely acclaimed statistical
measures: the advertising intensiveness curve or Jones curve and a measure of short term effects of
advertising. These techniques guided your research and writing of texts which have become standard
reference works for students and practitioners across the globe.
Your research has had a strongly positive effect on the Newhouse advertising department. Your
reputation attracts students from all over the world. You are an excellent teacher and advisor for both
graduate and undergraduate students, many of whom are drawn to the field through your highly popular
introductory course and by your willingness to guide them through their educational experience.
For your many contributions to scholarship and to the steady improvement of the academic life of the
institution, we are pleased to present you the Chancellor's Citation for Exceptional Academic
Achievement.
James Mulligan, West Zone special projects custodian for the University Physical Plant, you are a
highly valued leader and member of the team that ensures that the campus is a welcoming
environment for students, faculty, staff, and visitors.
In addition to completing all tasks assigned, you are known for your attention to detail and your
willingness to go beyond the expected. Your efforts extend well beyond work hours. Your contributions
to the Special Products Review Committee have set a benchmark now followed by the other zone
teams. You have willingly shared your expertise with your co-workers, introducing computer skills to
many of them as assets for completing their work and advancing their careers. Named recently to the
National Society of Collegiate Scholars, you are pursuing a master of business administration degree
through University College.
You have earned acclaim from your colleagues and supervisors for your positive attitude, team spirit,
and commitment to caring.
For your dedication to the highest standards of performance and continuous improvement, we are
pleased to present you with the Chancellor's Citation for Distinguished Service.
William M. Wiecek, Congdon Professor of law and recognized scholar in the field of American legal
history, your contributions to the College of Law have been instrumental in fostering student growth,
collegial relations, and institutional expansion.
Through your seven books and numerous other publications, you have achieved wide acclaim among
legal historians across the country. As a tribute to your national scholarly reputation, you were
recently selected to write the Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court, 1941-53. For the College
of Law you are not only a valued colleague but also a significant contributor to its development. With
Professor Chris Day, you co-chaired the committee that planned and implemented the new
MacNaugton Hall.
Students vie for seats in your classes. They know you as a man who loves knowledge and is
passionate about his teaching. At the same time, you challenge them to take a stand and then defend
their ideals.
For your many contributions to scholarship and to the steady improvement of the academic life of the
institution, we are pleased to present you the Chancellor's Citation for Exceptional Academic
Achievement.
Rafael Sorkin, professor of physics, you have earned an international reputation for your scholarship
and campus-wide acclaim for your commitment to teaching and collegiality.
Since joining the renowned theoretical physics group at Syracuse in 1983, you have been a key
contributor to its vitality and growth. Among your areas of research are topological and geometric
aspects of quantum gravity, foundations of quantum physics, the role of causality and microstructure
in quantum gravity, and stellar stability. Despite the diversity of your publications, your investigations
have a single unifying theme: that a discrete substratum, a causal set, underlies continuum space
time. The causal set program may hold one of the keys to resolving issues in cosmology.
In the classroom you are known as thoughtful and highly knowledgeable. At the same time, you can
explain abstract physical concepts in a way that stimulates students' physical intuition. You bring to
your department not only your thorough knowledge of physics but your intellectual curiosity in such
diverse areas as philosophy, economics, and linguistics.
For your many contributions to scholarship and to the steady improvement of the academic life of the
institution, we are pleased to present you the Chancellor's Citation for Exceptional Academic
Achievement.
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