On Campus (August 4, 1989)

              On Campus
FOR THE UC SANTA CRUZ COMMUNITY
August 4, 1989
[Photograph] Harry Harootunian
New humanities
dean appointed
Harry D. Harootunian, who
chairs the Department of
History at the University of
Chicago, has been appointed dean
of the Division of Humanities and
professor of history, effective this
September.
"We are delighted with this
appointment," said Chancellor
Robert Stevens. "Professor Harootunian is a scholar on the
cutting edge of history and social
sciences. As an expert on the
history of Japan, he will bring a
Pacific Rim focus to our work, and
he brings, as well, considerable
administrative skills to this
important position."
Harootunian succeeds Hayden
White, professor of history of
consciousness, who has served as
acting dean since the post was
relinquished June 30 by professor
of literature Michael H. Cowan.
Cowan, who had held the position
for six years, plans to return to
full-time teaching and research.
An authority on Japan and the
Far East, Harootunian is the Max
Palevsky Professor of History and
Civilizations and a professor in the
Departments of History and Far
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Lick facility
rededicated
On Friday, July 21, Lick Observatory rededicated its
main building, following a
year of reconstruction for seismic
safety. The ceremony, which also
marked the reopening of the observatory's popular visitors program, was attended by more than
200 people.
Lick's main building was built
in 1888 and houses the observatory's 40-inch Nickel Telescope and
36-inch refractor in domes at each
end of the structure. The larger
dome suffered earthquake damage
in 1984, and, in a year-long project, that damage was repaired and
the entire structure brought up to
current earthquake safety standards. Handicapped access to the
facility was also improved, with the
addition of a ramp and elevator.
The reconstruction project was
completed under the direction of
the Madlem Corporation, with
campus principal engineer Richard
Eschenburg serving as project
manager and Ron Laub, superintendent of Lick Observatory,
coordinating on-site activities.
Robert Kraft, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and
director of the UC Observatories/
Lick Observatory presided over a
rededication ceremony, Introducing
remarks by Chancellor Robert
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[Photograph] CCC crew member Ed Whitman
(seated) and Literacy Writing Project
teacher Shoney Sien
CCC youth
exchange
This year, fourteen young
men and women are on
campus as part of the
second UCSC California Conservation Corps (CCC) Literacy Exchange Program. The program
provides an opportunity for young
people in the CCC to combine
university learning with their work
on CCC projects. In exchange for
working on the Campus Natural
Reserve area trail system, the CCC
youths are able to participate in
writing classes through the Literacy Writing Project.
The California Conservation
Corps began in 1977 as a work
program for people 18 to 23 years
of age. Its twin objectives are "the
preservation, protection, maintenance, and improvement of the
environment and youth development." Corps members work on
projects such as building back-
country trails and foot bridges,
habitat restoration, reforestation,
and wilderness fire-fighting. In
fact, corps members at UCSC had
to interrupt their work on campus
to battle the recent Big Sur fire in
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