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1998 Alumni
Association Award Winners
For Robert M. Halperin, PhB’47, the University has always been
a family affair: His mother Edna, brother Warren, AB’51, and son
Mark, AB’81, attended the U of C. And so, in the midst of a successful
business career, Halperin has dedicated much of his free time to
the University. Over the past two decades, he has led alumni and
development activities in Northern California, helping to raise
more than $25 million for the 1991–96 Campaign for the Next Century.
In the 1980s, Halperin put his expertise as president of Menlo,
California–based Raychem Corporation to use for the University as
chair of the physical sciences visiting committee. During the late
1980s, he helped to form the ARCH Development Corporation, which
adapts technologies developed by the U of C to corporate needs.
From 1990 to 1996, he served as national chair of the College Fund,
setting up the class agent volunteer structure, now the fund’s cornerstone.
He was also a member of the U of C Alumni Association Cabinet.
Now a life trustee of the University, Halperin has chaired the
President’s Council, and he currently co-chairs the Board of Trustees’
major gifts committee. Over the past 15 years, he has closely advised
presidents Hanna Gray and Hugo Sonnenschein. Despite having to fly
cross-country, Halperin has rarely missed a meeting of the Board
of Trustees, serving as its vice chair and on its centennial, financial-planning,
development, and presidential-search committees.
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| Thomas
J. Campbell, AB’73, AM’73, PhD’80 |
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Professional Achievement Citation
A fourth-term congressman, Campbell, R-Calif., has
helped to preserve more than five million acres of public
lands and to secure equal access to public education
for immigrant children. A professor at Stanford University
since 1983, he teaches economics, anti-trust law, and
international trade.
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| Gertrude
Himmelfarb, AM’44, PhD’50 |
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Professional Achievement Citation
Himmelfarb, a professor emerita of history at City
University of New York, a member of the Presidential
Advisory Commission on the Economic Role of Women, and
an expert on 19th-century Victorian England, was named
the 1991 Jefferson Lecturer by the National Endowment
for the Humanities.
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| Stefan
Heym, AM’36 |
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Professional Achievement Citation
An important dissident voice in the former German Democratic
Republic, Heym, now a member of Germany’s parliament,
wrote several novels portraying the reality of Hitler’s
Germany, including Hostages and The Crusaders. He also
edited Das Deutsche Volksecho, an influential German-American
newspaper published in the United States.
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| Vivian
Gussin Paley, PhB’47 |
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Professional Achievement Citation
A former University of Chicago Laboratory Schools teacher
and the only kindergarten teacher ever to win a MacArthur
fellowship, Paley has received an Erikson Institute
A- ward for service to children and authored numerous
books and articles on the development of new social
and moral environments in the classroom community.
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| William
A. Shack, AM’57 |
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Professional Achievement Citation
Shack, a professor emeritus at University of California,
Berkeley, and author of the first social anthropological
study of Ethiopia, is one of only two social anthropologists
to re- ceive France’s Chevalier l’Ordre National du
Merite. At Berkeley, he helped to increase the number
of minority and women faculty members and graduate students.
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| David
P. Watts, AM’77, PhD’83 |
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Professional Achievement Citation
An expert on mountain gorillas, Watts directed Rwanda’s
Karisoke Research Center after the death of its former
director Dian Fossey. Now a professor at Yale, he has
written many publications on mountain gorillas and the
endangered chimpanzees in Uganda’s Kibale Forest, and
helped Rwandan students become involved in research.
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| Christine
K. Cassel, AB’67 |
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Public Service Citation
A leader in the field of geriatrics, Cassel has called
attention to the importance of health care for the elderly.
During the 1980s, Cassel served as the leader of Physicians
for Social Responsibility, organizing the group’s educational
campaign on the medical effects of nuclear war, work
for which it won the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.
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| Abbott
B. Lipsky, PhB’34 |
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Public Service Citation
Lipsky devotes his time to education, health, community
development, and civil-rights issues in Cedar Rapids,
IA. A leader in the local Jewish community, he served
as the first chair of the city’s civil-rights commission.
Lipsky is also a long time volunteer for the Cedar Rapids
Board of Review, fielding and adjusting complaints related
to local tax grievances.
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| Robert
M. Weissbourd, JD’79 |
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Public Service Citation
A longtime community activist in Chicago, Weissbourd
is vice president of Shorebank Corporation, a development
bank holding company that encourages investment in the
inner city. Weissbourd also has been active for 20 years
in Chicago community and civic groups, promoting civil
rights and nonprofit agencies.
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| Arnold
J. Wolf, AA’42 |
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Public Service Citation
Rabbi Wolf has been active in Middle East peace talks
and issues of social justice in Chicago. He chaired
Breira, a Middle East peace project, and spoke at the
UN conference on Palestine. The former leader of KAM
Isaiah Israel synagogue in Hyde Park, he served as the
first Jewish representative to the World Council on
Churches.
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| Lisa
Boulden, AB’91, AM’92 |
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Young Alumni Service Citation
Recently named to the University of Chicago Club of
Metropolitan Chicago board of directors and a mem- ber
of the young alumni task force, Boulden created a paid
six-week mayoral internship program for U of C students.
She helped plan her College class’s 5th reunion, and
served on the SSA Alumni Association’s board.
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| Lisa
Diane Magnas, AB’88 |
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Young Alumni Service Citation
As its president, Magnas led the New York City Alumni
Club to a fourfold increase in volunteerism and created
a community service program. She also imported the Latke-Hamentasch
debate to New York, initiated alumni career networking
programs, and chaired her 10th reunion committee.
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| Richard
L. Bechtolt, PhB’46, AM’50 |
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Alumni Service Citation
A member of the Alumni Association’s Board of Governors
for 10 years, Bechtolt has encouraged giving among recent
grads. He chaired his 50th reunion and also won the
Alumni Service Citation in 1997.
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| Mary
J. Grimshaw, AB’38 |
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Alumni Service Citation
A U of C volunteer for the past six decades, Grimshaw
has especially contributed to the Oriental Institute,
where she helped steer its recent building project and
conducted an inventory of its collections.
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| William
C. Naumann, MBA’75 |
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Alumni Service Citation
A two-term Alumni Association president, Naumann focused
on new ways to engage alumni. As director and president
of the GSB executive program’s alumni club, he helped
diversify its activities.
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| Walter
Pozen, AB’53, JD’56 |
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Alumni Service Citation
For years, Pozen brought nationally recognized speakers
to campus. As the Washington, D.C., regional chair of
the Campaign for the Next Century, he set a fund-raising
record for the region.
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Robert Tully, AB’43, MBA’46 |
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Alumni Service Citation
A long-term member of the College Visiting Committee,
Tully has been vocal in issues of campus life. A GSB
corporate contact, he is also spearheading a campaign
for the U of C’s new athletic center.
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