The Lumberjack, April 5, 1979.

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LETTERS .... 4
ARTS ••••. 19
SPORTS .•. 21
AP~ 5 1979
Fronska,
lien hono----­in
recognitio
nquet
Two persons who spent nearly 90 years ser­ving
l\AC and the Flagstaff community were
honored at the Honors Recognition banquet
March 29.
Martin G. Fronske, a pioneer Flagstaff and
:\AC physician. and Agnes M. Allen, former
dean of arts and science were honored by NAU
J'rEsident J. Lawrence Walkup in the
Academic Center Student Union Ballroom.
Walkup formally named NAU's Health
Center in honor of Fronske. Also the Uruversi­ty
Quad dormitory was named in honor of
Allen.
Fronske came to Flagstaff in 1914 and in
treated more than three hundred students in a
major flu epidemic. He became the ~AU team
doctor for manv vears, and was a member of a
school board es.tablished to investigate starting
a local high school.
Allen came to Flagstaff in 1934 and eventual­ly
became head of :'\AU's science department
before becoming dean of arts and science,
which she served for many years.
Also at the banquet, Walkup inducted former
Arizona Board of Regents members Norman
G. Sharber. and Mrs. Margaret M. Christy.
into the NAU Academv of Fellows. This honor
awarded by ]\AU to persons in a managerial or
professional role in society who have given out­standing
service to ~AU in the improvement of
education.
This is the highest honor the university may
bestow on an individual which does not require
approval by the Arizona Board of Regents.
Sharber. of Flagstaff, was a regentfrom
to 1974. and Mrs. Christy, of Sedona. was a
regent from 1970 to 197:>.
Also at the banquet. Walk'up presented a cer­tificate
of appreciation to Donald L. Wolf.
director of the NAU Marching Band. The un­iversit~
· honored the band for its many hours of
service and entertainment to the NAU com­munitv.
Walkup also honored 13 NAU academic
departments and units for superior achieve­ment.
The criteria for this honor is service
rendered to students. records of the ac­complishments
of graduates, placement of
graduates and professional accomplishments
of facultv .
Chairpersons accepting plaques on behalf of
their departments were. Craig W. Sidles. psy­chology
: Charles 0 . Minor. dean. school of
forestry : James R. Wick. biological sciences ;
Augustus S. Cotera. geology : Joe F. Goetz Jr.,
accounting : Pat B. Curry, music.
Other departments honored were history and
political science. William · H. Lyon: jour­nalism.
Ray C. Newton: police science. Wesley
~-l!(llli-.-'Jiilllt'~~~·~t.tL'f~j.,J Brown Jr.: special education, Dale H. Harper;
· dental hygiene. LaNore Robertson; medical
radiography. Don Q. Paris: and microbiology,
Walter Appelgren.
Each department was presented with a
plaque commemorating the recognition of the
department and displaying a photograph of the
department faculty.
Walkup was joined by Ktecutive Vice Presi­dent
Virgil W. Gillenwater and Academic Vice
President Eugene M. Hughes in presenting the
plaques.
More than 400 people attended the banquet.