March 21, 2001

Seven vie for Miss Southeastern crown
Erin Colleen Lyons, Miss Southeastern 2000, will crown her successor, one of seven contestants in the annual pageant, scheduled for 7 p.m., March 22, at Pottle Music Building Auditorium.
     Held at Southeastern since 1949, the Miss Southeastern pageant has been a Miss America preliminary since 1962. The pageant is sponsored by the Campus Activities Board.
     Admission is $5 for the general public and free to Southeastern students.
     The theme of the 2001 pageant, sponsored by the Campus Activities Board, is "Southeastern’s Angels,” said pageant director Jackie Dale Thomas, director of Student Development and Leadership Programming. Singer Charlotte Bennett, a 1984 graduate and former Alumni Association director, will emcee the pageant and will join with the Lionettes dance team in providing entertainment.
     Lyons, the daughter of Murray and Jan Hebert of Baton Rouge, will graduate in May with a degree in marketing.
     Contestants for the 2001 crown are sophomore accounting major Lamona Elmore of Baton Rouge; junior marketing major Monique Marie Larré of Metairie; junior psychology major Heather Nicole McLain of Husser; senior elementary education major Jessica Marie Young of Franklinton; freshman psychology major Shannon Marie Brewer of LaPlace; freshman family and consumer science major Annie Elizabeth Coats of Springfield; and sophomore health promotion and exercise science major Lauren Lennette Stogner of Violet.
     The contestants will compete in congeniality, swimsuit, evening wear, interview and talent categories. Miss Southeastern 2001 will advance to the Miss Louisiana pageant in Monroe on June 16.
     For additional information, call 985-549-2233.

President Sally Clausen, surrounded by representatives of Southeastern Greek organizations, administrators and representatives of Capstone, snips a streamer of multi-colored ribbons to officially "open" the Village, the university’s unique housing community for Greek organizations and other Southeastern students. The special ceremony took place at the new complex on March 15.

Golden Silence ceremony scheduled April 5
The Alumni Association will host "Golden Silence," a program to honor deceased Southeastern alumni, students and faculty and staff. The candlelight Golden Silence ceremony is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 5, in the Student Union Park.
     "We encourage the campus and the public to please let us know if someone from the Southeastern family has passed away so that we can honor them at the Golden Silence," said Alumni Relations Director Kathy Pittman.
     To include a name in the Golden Silence program, contact the Alumni Association at (504) 549-2150 or 1-800-SLU-ALUM.

Of Many Colors exhibit at library
The award-winning exhibit Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families will be on display March 26-April 6 at Sims Memorial library.
     The exhibit, sponsored by the College of Education and Human Development’s Office of Diversity and Multicultural Issues, offers a powerful and moving vision of the growing diversity of the American family.
     Under the auspices of Family Diversity Projects, Inc., the exhibit has been touring since 1993 and won a Multicultural Recognition Award from the Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement.
     Of Many Colors includes photos by Gigi Kaeser and interviews with 20 diverse American families formed through interracial relationships or transracial adoption. The exhibit celebrates the families as “20th century pioneers willing to risk disapproval and misunderstanding to find richness and value in diversity.”
     For additional information, contact the Celina Echols, coordinator of Diversity & Multicultural Issues, 985-549-3913, or cechols@selu.edu.

Bainbridge to present ethics lecture March 29
Father Brian Salvator Bainbridge, a Catholic priest from the Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia, will present Southeastern Louisiana University's annual James Livingston Memorial Lecture on Business Ethics at  7 p.m., March 29, in the War Memorial Student Union Ballroom.
     Bainbridge was appointed the first chaplain to the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, where he worked in the campus ministry for nine years. As Senior Australian University Chaplain, he established professional links with the United States, Europe and Asia.  He actively consults with various groups both within and out of the Catholic Church.
     Bainbridge has been an associate and visiting lecturer at the Wharton School, Abilene Christian University, and other universities.  He been an consultant for units of IBM, J. Walter Thompson, Australian Department of Health, Esso Chemicals of Australia, LEDARNA of Sweden, the Australian Taxation Service and major mining organizations.
     Bainbridge has also consulted with a number of groups concerned with implementing change.  He is known for his use of open space technology group work which improves organizational life through cooperation and interaction rather than through competition and confrontation.
     Bainbridge earned a Graduate Management Diploma and completed the Master of Business program at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
     The James Livingston Lecture Series on Business Ethics was founded in 1984 by Hammond businessman John O. Batson in memory of his long-time friend and associate James Livingston. Every year the series brings noted speakers to the Southeastern campus.  The event is co-sponsored by Batson, Southeastern's College of Business and Technology and Students in Free Enterprise.
     The lecture is free and open to the public.  For further information, please call the College of Business and Technology at 504-549-2258.

Summer institute for elementary teachers explores art history
Elementary teachers can attend “Get Smart About Art,” a special institute on incorporating art history in kindergarten
through sixth grade classrooms, this summer at Southeastern.
    Scheduled June 4-28 and conducted by Southeastern visual arts professor Kim Finley-Stansbury, the institute will
show how “Arts learning can become, through a natural web of interactions and extensions, learning across the
curriculum,” Finley-Stansbury said.
    Finley-Stansbury said summer institute is open to all public and private school kindergarten through sixth grade
teachers, including generalists, language arts, social studies, art, history, music, gifted and talented teachers, and to all
elementary level principals, school librarians and parish curriculum supervisors.
    Twenty-five participants will be selected based on interest, letters of applications and ability to contribute to the
institute. Applications are still available from the Southeastern Visual Arts Department, 985-549-2193, in Clark Hall.
    Finley-Stansbury said participants, who will receive a $500 stipend, should register, if eligible, for the Louisiana
Teacher tuition Exemption Program. They may take the course for graduate credit.
    The institute will take place from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Thursday. Teachers will be asked to attend a
pre-institute orientation in early May and a follow-up evaluation in October.
    For additional information about Get Smart About Art, contact Finley-Stansbury at 985-549-2193/2299 or
finlstansbury@selu.edu.

“Be ‘Berry’ Safe!”
The Drug and Alcohol Committee and Bacchus will give out t-shirts with the logo"Be Berry
Safe, Don't Drink and Drive" to students at the annual Strawberry Jubilee, scheduled for Wednesday, March 28, in the Student Union Park.
     “Each student who fills out a paper strawberry with an alternative to drinking will get a free shirt,” said Jenny Hollander. “The paper strawberries will then be posted on a wall in the Student Union. From the ideas generated, ten of the best alternatives will be chosen to be used for next semester's t-shirts.”

Southeastern hosts career conference for students
Southeastern will host its second career conference for students from 8 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, March 21, in the War Memorial Student Union.
     Entitled “Career Connections,” the conference will give participants information and insight on their major, career and future, said Brad O’Hara, vice president for student affairs. O’Hara said students can choose to attend sessions in four tracks: Pre-Professional, Alumni, Local Career Opportunities, and Professional/Personal Development. Fifty-minute concurrent sessions will begin each hour.
     Sessions will be held in the conference rooms on the Student Union’s second floor.
     O’Hara said the Pre-Professional track will feature separate panels of professionals and Southeastern alumni working in the fields of law, medicine and health science, including Southeastern College of Nursing and Health Sciences professor Barbara Moffett. In the Alumni track, Southeastern graduates will talk about their work experiences and offer job search tips. The Local Career Opportunities panel will be manned by Hammond Chamber of Commerce Director Jamene Dahmer and Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Vice President Willi Johnson.
     Two Professional Development Tracks are available, O’Hara said. Students can learn about resume writing from Southeastern Career Counselor Beverly Sellers, as well as interviewing skills and business etiquette. In a second panel, human resources professionals will discuss the job search experience from their point of view.
     Sellers said students are welcome to wear casual dress and to attend any and all sessions that fit their class schedules.
     For more information on Southeastern’s “Career Connections,” contact Sellers at 985-549-2121. Faculty are asked to encourage their students to attend.

Teacher Recruitment Day March 21
Approximately 75 students from Teacher Cadet programs at seven area schools will visit campus March 21 for the College of Education and Human Development’s Teacher Recruitment Day.
     The students are from Albany High School, Pine High School, Walker High School, Salmen High School, Bogalusa High School, Donaldsonville High School and Crowley High School, said education professor Julie Lester, who is coordinating the annual event.
     “It’s going to be a fun day,” Lester said. Gathering in the Cate Teacher Education Center Kiva from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., students will hear presentations about Southeastern from a variety of campus departments, including one on “The Art of Teaching.” They will exchange ideas with Southeastern education students, tour the Teacher Education Center and the Southeastern Lab School and experience a slice of campus life at the War Memorial Student Union.
      The Teacher Cadet program, which originated in South Carolina, offers high school juniors and seniors an innovative, hands-on course that allows them to "test drive" teaching. By exploring current issues in education and innovative teaching practices, the program encourages students to consider teaching as a career.
     Lester said establishing Teacher Cadet programs is one of the recommendation of Louisiana’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Teacher Quality. She said Southeastern currently has a pilot program with St. Tammany Parish that allows Teacher Cadet students to take an exam for three hours of teacher education credit at the university. The College of Education and Human Development hopes to extend the program to additional parishes.

“Scour and Devour” aims for a clean campus
Southeastern Louisiana University's Campus Grounds and Beautification Committee is joining forces with two student organizations, Roots and Shoots and the Dream Team, to sponsor "Scour and Devour," a campus spring clean-up, from 2-4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Tuesday, March 27.
     Committee member Laverne Simoneaux said "Scour and Devour" has two goals. "First, we want to prepare our campus for the City of Hammond's participation in the Clean City Contest," she said. "We also would like to promote pride of place on our campus."
     Simoneaux said all campus departments are invited to participate in the event. Sign up sheets are available in the Campus Activities Board office, Room 110 in the War Memorial Student Union, and the Student Organization Office, Student Union Room 111. For further information, Simoneaux can be reached at 549-3965.

Child identification program planned for Rock ‘n Roar
Little hands will be inked and young faces captured on film as the Southeastern Police Department photographs and fingerprints children of all ages at the Rock ‘n Roar Fest, Saturday, March 24.
     The KidCare Photo I.D. program will provide parents with a photographic identification card for their children. Campus police officers will also provide fingerprinting from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at their Rock ‘n Roar booth at the War Memorial Student Union.
     “This is something important for the parents to keep on record,” said UPD Sargent Pat Gibson. “No matter what age, from newborn to teenager, this is for every person who wants one.”
     Now in its fifth year, Rock ‘n Roar showcases Southeastern through educational and entertaining displays, games, a cooking contest and health fair, food, music, tips on genealogy, and children’s camps. The event, created by the Alumni Association in 1997, entertains and recruits teens coming to campus for the Southeast Louisiana District Literary Rally and provides the community with a day of family fun.
     For additional information about Rock 'n Roar, call the Alumni Center at 985-549-2150 or 1-800-SLU-ALUM, or visit www.selu.edu/roarfest.

Southeastern to host economic summit
The annual Southeast Louisiana Regional Economic Summit will be held at Southeastern May 3-4. The summit, scheduled for the University Center, will feature a faculty of national and regional experts addressing a variety of topics during the two-day program, including the impact of e-commerce on local economic development, business problems and opportunities associated with the Internet, eco-tourism, and trends in the food processing industry.
     Also planned are sessions involving a panel of area parish presidents discussing regional concerns and a panel of consuls focusing on international issues.
     The conference is being coordinated by Southeastern’s Small Business Development Center in cooperation with regional sponsors. Registration fees for the event are $75 for early registration prior to April 15 or $100 thereafter. Additional information can be obtained by calling the Small Business Development Center at 985-549-3831 or by visiting the summit’s web page at www.selu.edu/summit.

Samuel C. Hyde Jr. named endowed chair
Southeastern has named historian and author Samuel C. Hyde Jr., associate professor of history and director of the university’s Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, as the Leon Ford Family Endowed Chair in Regional Studies.
     The university’s second $1 million endowed chair, the Ford Family Chair was established through a $600,000 donation from retired 21st Judicial District Judge Leon Ford III of Hammond and his children, Leon Ford IV and Helen Ford Dufreche, and a $400,000 match from the Louisiana Board of Regents.
     An Amite native and Denham Springs resident, Hyde has a doctoral degree from Louisiana State University and bachelor's degree from Tulane University. He also studied for four years as an exchange student at universities in Germany, Austria, and London, England.
     A member of Southeastern's history faculty since 1992, Hyde received the American Association for State and Local History’s Certificate of Commendation for Pistols and Politics: The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810-1899, his 1996 history of the Florida Parishes' legacy of violence and anarchy. He also edited Plain Folk of the South Revisited, a collection of articles from Southeastern's 1996 Plain Folk of the South Symposium, which explored the history of "common Southerners" in the 19th century.
     Hyde also is the editor of Sunbelt Revolution: The Civil Rights Struggle in the Gulf South, which will be released by the University Press of Florida in 2002, and Carnivals and Conflicts: A Louisiana History Reader, which he co-edited with colleagues C. Howard Nichols and Charles Elliot. The book will be released in January 2002.
     Hyde has coordinated the university's acclaimed Deep Delta Civil War Symposium since 1994 and last year organized “Louisiana’s Florida Parishes: Continuity and Change, 1699-2000." The two-day symposium highlighted the unique culture and history the Florida Parishes and featured regional, national and international scholars, exhibits, folklife demonstrations, and musical performances, including the Piney Woods Opry Roadshow. LSU Press will publish a collection of papers from the conference.
     He is heading the revival of the Southeast Louisiana Historical Association and reorganization of the Gulf South Historical Association, which is now headquartered at the center.
     Judge Ford, a Hammond native, has had a long association with Southeastern. He is a graduate of Southeastern High School and received his bachelor’s degree from Southeastern in 1951 and his juris doctorate degree from Louisiana State University Law School in 1952. Ford’s children and his late wife, Ginger Fortenberry Ford, all attended Southeastern, and Mrs. Ford also was a member of the board of directors of the Southeastern Development Foundation.
     As a teenager, Ford, enrolled as a Civil Air Patrol Cadet during World War II, soloing in 1945 at the age of 16. He later spent three years on active duty in the U.S. Air Force, including a year in Korea where he served as Staff Judge Advocate of the 8th Fighter Bomber Wing.
     Known for his extensive collection of early area photographs, which he has often shared with the community, and for his enthusiasm for local railroad and aviation history, Ford is the author of “Hammond Army Air Field and Early Aviation in the Hammond Area.”
     The Ford Family Chair will promote and enhance the operations of the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, implement and expand teaching programs emphasizing southeast Louisiana’s historical and cultural diversity, enhance regional studies research programs and serve as a liaison between the History and Political Science Department and the center.

Faculty win statewide humanities awards
Two Southeastern faculty members, Richard Louth and Denise Tullier-Holly, have received statewide awards from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
     Louth, an English professor and director of the Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project, and Tullier-Holly, who teaches art at the SLU Lab School and in the visual arts department, will receive the “Special Humanities Award” during LEH’s annual awards ceremony at the Louisiana Governor’s Mansion in Baton Rouge on April 5.
     LEH said the Special Humanities Awards annually honors “individuals that have significantly contributed to Louisiana scholarship.”
     Louth has directed the Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project (SLWP) since its inception at Southeastern in 1992. A National Writing Project site, the SLWP is part of a national network of “teachers teaching teachers” about writing in all grade levels and disciplines. SLWP trains teachers through an annual summer institute and a variety of workshops and inservices. The program has also published several anthologies of students’ and teachers’ writing.
     Through the SLWP’s “Rural Voices Country Schools” program, which showcases good teaching and writing in rural schools, Louth also produced a radio program, “Everyday Epiphanies: Listening to the Rhythms of Louisiana Life,” that aired nationally on public radio. He has served as a scholar for LEH’s Prime Time Family Reading Program and led 17 sessions of the LEH adult reading program, “RELIC.”
     Tullier-Holly recently was named 2001 Louisiana Art Educator of the Year by the National Art Education Association. She has worked diligently to promote arts education and the value of art in everyday life. Through a LEH Humanities Outreach Grant, she and retired Southeastern history professor C. Howard Nichols presented last fall a series of special programs on the past and future of the historic downtown Columbia Theatre, a vaudeville theatre that is being renovated for the performing arts. In 1999, she directed an LEH-sponsored symposium on the importance of humor in art. Her SLU Lab School students’ works are being displayed March 12-18 on the Astrovision Screen in Times Square in New York City during National Youth Art Month. Tullier-Holly’s work will be displayed March 14-18 at the National Art Education Association annual convention in New York City.

Copyright workshops offered
Sims Memorial Library and the Center for Faculty Excellence are sponsoring two sessions for faculty and staff on copyrights.
     The sessions will be held from 2-3 p.m. in Sims Memorial Library Room 252. “Copyright Primer for Higher Education” is scheduled for Monday, March 26, while “Copyright and Distance Education” will be offered on Thursday, March 29.
     The sessions will be presented by Karen Jung, head of Access Services, and Beth Stahr, reference/distance learning librarian.
     For reservations, please contact the Center for Faculty Excellence at center@selu.edu center@selu.edu or ext. 5791.

Parenting to be focus of Family Life Conference
Southeastern’s College of Education and Human Development will co-sponsor “Building a Learning Community: A Family Life Conference” from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 27 at the University Center.
     Carol S. Lidz, associate professor and director of the School Psychology Program at Touro College in New York City, will present the keynote speech, “Let’s Think About It.” Lidz will outline a program she developed to assist parents in helping their preschool and kindergarten children develop a foundation for thinking, learning and literacy.
     The Family Life Conference, also sponsored by the Department of Human Development, Tangipahoa Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council and Louisiana Children’s Trust Fund, will also offer breakout information sessions on various aspects of child and family life.

Tennessee Williams Festival comes to north shore
The College of Arts and Sciences and Department of English will once again co-sponsor the Tennessee Williams French Quarter Literary Conference in New Orleans.
     The annual five-day celebration showcases national and regional scholars, writers, and performing artists. This year’s festival will be held March 28-April 1. Programs include panel discussions, theatrical performances, lectures, literary walking tours, musical performances and master classes sponsored by the university.
     Southeastern faculty member Tim Gautreaux will serve as a panelist at 1 p.m. March 31 at Le Petit Theatre in “Louisiana Renaissance,” a discussion on the rich cultural tradition of literature, music and cuisine in Louisiana. Also on the panel will be Jason Berry, John Scott, Michael White and moderator Lolis Eric Elie.
     Also participating are Southeastern graduate students, professor Tana Bradley, and members of the English department who will be promoting “Louisiana Literature,” the university’s nationally-acclaimed literary journal, at the festival.
     In addition, the acclaimed Free Associates Theatre Company will perform three improvisational parodies at the Southeastern Hammond campus. Southeastern students are welcomed to attend a free 2 p.m. performance at Pottle Auditorium on March 29 of “MedeaMorphosis: Greek Tragedy to Go,” a hilarious “tragedy” of gods, goddesses and colossal comeuppance.
     The public is invited to the second performance of the day at 7:30 p.m. with “BS,” an original improvisational parody of the highly popular television series “ER.” On Friday at 7:30
p.m. will be “Cast on a Hot Tin Roof,” based on collections by Tennessee Williams.
     The Free Associates evening performances will be held at Vonnie Borden Theatre. Admission is free for Southeastern students, faculty and staff, ticket prices for the general public are $5. Seating is limited. Tickets will be required at the door for all free and paid admission to “BS” and “Cast on a Hot Tin Roof.” Student tickets will be available at the “nameless” performance at the Student Union Theatre Wednesday, March 28 at 9:30 p.m. General admission and student tickets can also be purchased at Bayou Booksellers, 985-542-1124, at 204 E. Thomas St., Hammond.
     For additional information about the 15th annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, call 504-581-1144 or email info@www.tennesseewilliams.net. A web site is also available: www.tennesseewilliams.net

Literary Discussion Series focuses on Walt Whitman
Winborne Gautreaux (English) will moderate a discussion of Walt Whitman as part of the Brown Bag Lunch Literary Discussion Series on Thursday, March 23 from 12:30-1:45. Participants include English faculty Rebecca Hite discussing "Song of Myself", Dr. Jack Bedell commenting on verse form, and Dr. Mary Sue Ply talking about war poems. This event will take place in The Writing Center in D Vickers, Room 383. Anyone interested in Walt Whitman is welcome.

Coming up...
On display
    Through April 6: Elysium -- A Gathering of Souls, photographs by Sandra Russell Clark, and Cities of the Dead, art works inspired by New Orleans Cemeteries, Clark Hall Gallery, through April 6. Gallery hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., weekdays. 985-549-2193.
    March 26-April 6: Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families, Sims Memorial Library.
Thursday, March 22
    Women’s History Month: “Women in Holocaust,” Dr. Judith Fai-Podlipnik. Sims Memorial Library, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Saturday, March 24
    Rock and Roar Fest V, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Student Union Mall
    Danceworks: Reflections, choreography by OSCAR recipient Carolyn Fulton, 7:30 p.m. Vonnie Borden Theatre. 504-549-2133 for ticket information.
Tuesday, March 27
    Family Life Conference: “Building a Learning Community: A Family Life Conference”. University Center, 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Condolences
The Veterans Upward Bound staff was saddened by the recent death of Mrs. Evie Williams, who taught basic English Skills and provided tutorial assistance to VUB students for nearly 10 years. Mrs. Williams passed away on February 16. Southeastern family extends its sympathy to her family and friends.

Professional activities
Public Information Office graphic designer Melanie Cooper received a "Citation for Excellence" from the Greater Baton Rouge American Advertising Federation for her poster design for the the Concert Choir and Chamber Wind's concert tour, "...New Lands...New Spheres."
    Dr. Richard Louth (English) presented on "Public Engagement and Publication: Ways to Build Site Leadership" at the National Writing Project's Conference for the Rural Site Network at Orange beach, AL, on March 3. His panel also included presenters from Michigan and Louisiana. The Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project was represented at the conference by Louth and Teacher Consultants Beth Calloway, Dan Butcher, Joan Anderson, Lynne Vance, Karen Maceira, Tracy Amond, and Melanie Plesh. The conference was attended by teachers and directors from rural writing project sites across the country as well as by the National Writing Project's Executive Director.
     Dr. Martie Fellom (Music and Dramatic Arts) participated in the first annual college career seminar sponsored by New Orleans Ballet on Sat., Feb. 17. She presented information about the SLU dance program and met with high school students from New Orleans. Dr. Fellom also conducted a master class at the American College Dance Festival on March 9 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She attended the four-day festival with ballet instructor Janet Wade and 13 Southeastern students. Southeastern presented two works for adjudication.
     Drs. Bonnie Lewis and Dale Parent (Sociology and Criminal Justice) presented "Race and Ethnicity as Determinants of Health Status in the United States" at the Seventh Symposium of Bioanthropology of the University of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
     An article co-authored by Rick Simpson and Joe Morris (Accounting) entitled "Operation of Personal Residence Exclusion Rules Classified in New Proposed Regulations" was recently published in the March, 2001 issue of the Journal of Taxation.
     Gary Keown (Visual Arts) will present a paper at the Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE ) conference in Boston, March 21-24. Keown's paper, "Between Apples and Electronic Oranges," will explore the current issues of technology within the university studio art education environment. The panel is titled, "High Tech vs. High Touch: Look Ma, No Hands!" which will be chaired by Michael Aurbach of Vanderbilt University.
     Dr. Michael Kurtz (Graduate School) appeared in a television documentary, "Italians in New Orleans," which aired on WYES-TV, the Public Broadcasting station for the New Orleans metropolitan area. Kurtz discussed the mob lynching of eleven Italian-Americans in 1891 following their acquittal for the murder of Police chief David Hennessey. Kurtz also discussed the myths and legends about the history of the Mafia in New Orleans. Kurtz also has recently published a biography of controversial New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison in Scribner's Encyclopedia of American Lives. At the recent meeting of the Louisiana Historical Association in Hammond, Kurtz spoke to the luncheon meeting of Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honor Society, on "What Can I Do With a Degree in History?" Kurtz also participated in a panel discussion on the 25th anniversary of the publication of Ed Haas's biography of New Orleans Mayor DeLesseps S. Morrison. Kurtz also attended and participated in the meetings of the Nominations and Investments Committees of the association.
 

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