Nurse given Dixon Award The Weber State College Alumni Association’s highest award was recently _| given to Dr. Leola L. Davidson, associate dean in the School of Allied Health | Sciences at Weber State. : The H. Aldous Dixon Award honors | college faculty or staff members who distinguish themselves in their respective campus position, who have met the needs -| of WSC students and have reached a meaningful measure of excellence in their career, said Edith Hester, executive director of the WSC Alumni Association. “One of the things the committee was impressed with was what she had done with the nursing department on campus as wellas her work nationwide in the industry and with students,” Ms. Hester said. Dr. Davidson has been associate dean since 1979. Prior to assuming her current position she served as chairman of the Health Food Fanatics department of nursing at Weber State for Health food enthusiasts exhibit a 10 years and has taught at the college since 1955. zealot-type of excitmentabout their Before coming to Weber State she was products, but in reality — those a nurse at Dee Hospital in Ogden, and at products are often anything but a hospital in Arizona. She was also a healthy. Dr. Clayton Parkinson member of the Army Nurse Corps. discusses what is and is not healthy about health food. ......... page 6. The Pursuit of Love Some find that the thrill of love dies once a courtship turns into a marriage. The reason, Says an English professor, is that people are in love with pursuit, not conee ee eae page 5. Alumni Hoopsters A few basketball stars of yesterday gathered recently at Weber State to review old memories and make some new ones.....page 9. Executive Editor Howard G. Noel Editor Craig V. Nelson Graphic Artist Karen Wimmer Comment is published four times each year: January, April, July and October by the Department of College Relations, 316 Miller Administration Building, Weber State College, Ogden, Utah 84408-1010. COMMENT is mailed to alumni, faculty, staff, the business community and friends of the college at no charge. Second class postage paid at Preston, ID. POSTMASTER: Form 3579 to: News and Public Information Weber State College Ogden, UT 84408-1010 (USPS 791-360) the state. Those outreach programs currently operate at Utah State University, Salt Lake Community College and at Southern Utah State College. She also developed a career ladder program to assist licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses. That program is offered Astronaut, four to honorary receive An astronaut and four Ogden community members with close ties to Weber State will receive honorary degrees from the college during Weber State’s 100th Commencement Exercises June 10. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, businessmen Jack D. Lampros and William J.. Critchlow, III, retired faculty member Dr. Walter R. Buss and Mary Wilcox Miller, wife of former WSC President William P. Miller, will receive Honorary Doctorate of Humanities degrees during the graduation ceremonies which officially begin the college’s centennial celebration. The five were named to receive the. awards by the college’s Institutional Council. Armstrong will also deliver the commencement address. “I’m really pleased with the choices,” said Richard Myers, council chairman. “They’re just good, solid, fine people that one can be proud of.” Myers said Armstrong’s decision to accept the honor was influenced by Weber State’s activities with NUSAT, the first COMMENT She earned her R.N. degree from St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Ky., her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Utah and her Ed.D. from Brigham Young University. Dr. Davidson is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, the American Association of University Women, the American Nurses’ Association, the National League for Nursing, the Utah Educators’ Association, Hospice of Northern Utah and many other professional organizations. She was named Nurse of the Year in 1976 by the Utah Nurses‘ Association, Woman of the Year in 1979 by the Soraptomist Club of Utah and received the Educational Administrative Award from the Utah Nurses’ Association in 1980. While at Weber State Dr. Davidson designed and implemented three cooperative associate degree nursing programs in as one-time programs in rural areas throughout the state. She has a large number of professional responsibilities, including accreditation visitor for the National League for Nursing, a member of the Board of Regents Advisory Committee on Health Issues, and many other appointments. She has presented seminars at professional workshops throughout the nation. Dr. Davidson will receive the award during Founder’s Day celebrations May 6. others degrees ating from the University of Florida with a degree in business. He was vice president and trust officer of First Security Bank where he worked for 36 years before retiring last year. He is an honorary member of the Weber State College Foundation Board of Directors, past president of both the American Institute of Banking and the trust division of the Utah Bankers Association. He is a past recipient of the WSC Presi- Neil A. Armstrong, Jack D. Lampros, William J. Critchlow, I, Dr. Walter R. Buss Mary Wilcox and Miller will receive Honorary Doctorate of Humanities degrees at graduation ceremonies. college-built satellite to be launched into space. WSC President Stephen D. Nadauld said the choice of Armstrong as a speaker is a fitting visual symbol to mark the college’s centennial celebration and its transition “from the horse-and-buggy to the space era.” Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, was born on a farm near Wapakoneta, Ohio. He began taking flying lessons when he was 14 and received his pilot’s license at 16. He was the command pilot on Gemini 8, which was the first manual space docking mission in history. He was also command pilot for Apollo 11, in which he became the first man on the moon. Since his famed space flight, Armstrong has served as professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati, chairman of the board of directors for Cardwell International, and test pilot for Gates Learjet Corporation. In 1952 he set a new altitude record for business jets (51,000 feet). Lampros is a native of Gainesville, Fla. He moved to Ogden in 1949 after gradu- Dr. Leola Davidson, a nurse educator at Weber State, will receive the WSC Alumni Association's highest award during ceremonies in May. dential Citation and WSC Distinguished Service award as well as many other awards and honors. Critchlow is a partner in the law firm of Parker, Thornley and Critchlow, Attorneys at Law. He attended Weber State College, University of Utah, and George Washington University. He has done post-graduate work at Northwestern University and University of California. He is a former vice president and trust officer at Commercial Security Bank, worked in the anti-trust division of the U.S. Department of Justice and as staff assistant to Congressman H. Aldous Dixon and for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. An active supporter of the arts, he was instrumental in securing the Bicentennial Historical Art Collection at Weber State College. He played a key role in the development of Fort Buenaventura State Park in Ogden. He is amember of the WSC Development Fund Board and drafted its articles of incorporation as well as assisting in organizing numerous other charity and foundation boards in the area. Dr. Buss began his career at Weber State in 1933 when he taught the first geography classes ever at the school. He retired in 1974. Dr. Buss served as department chairman and president of the faculty association while at WSC. He directed the “College on Wheels” geologic field studies pro- gram for many years, and has taken his students on field studies to many parts of Utah and adjacent states and into Mexico. He has conducted personal studies in Canada, New York state, Hawaii, and Samoa. Dr. Buss has also served as a rangernaturalist at Bryce and Zion National Parks, engineer surveyor for theState of Utah, and geologist and surveyor for the U.S. Forest Service. He is a past president and vice president of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters; and past member of the Utah Education Association, National Education Association, and Utah Conference on Higher Education. He is currently an honorary member, Utah Geological Society; member, Sigma Xi; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Fellow, National Council for Geographic Education; and member, Association of American Geographers. He is also a representative of the Junior Academy on the Council for the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. Mrs. Miller is the widow of William P. Miller, president emeritus of Weber State College. She assisted her husband with many of his presidential duties for the 19 years he served in that office. She was a key leader among the women faculty and staff during the largest growth period of the school, serving as president of the WSC Faculty Women. She has been active in her church, and is a volunteer at the McKay-Dee Hospital where she cares for children and infants in the “grandmothers program.” As the wife of President Miller, she personally catered the official receptions and socials hosted by the president. Ww