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McdonnellJohn F. McDonnell retired as chairman of the board for McDonnell Douglas Corporation in 1997 after a more than 35-year career at the company. He was elected chairman and chief executive officer in 1988, a position he held until September 1994. From then until his retirement at the time of the merger with Boeing, he was chairman of the board. McDonnell led the company successfully through the early 1990’s when the U.S. defense budget and the aerospace markets were shrinking dramatically. In the face of a rapidly consolidating aerospace industry, he oversaw the merger of McDonnell Douglas with Boeing to create the world’s largest, broadest, and strongest aerospace company.

WertschJames V. Wertsch is Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts and Sciences and the director of international and area studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He also holds the position of professor in the Department of Anthropology at the university. Wertsch’s research is concerned with language, thought, and culture. For the past several years, he has focused on collective memory and identity in countries such as Russia and Ukraine, and he is now examining these topics in the Republic of Georgia.

In addition to a cross-disciplinary Washington University faculty steering committee, an external advisory committee headed by John C. Danforth, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former U.S. senator from Missouri, advises Wrighton, Wertsch and the McDonnell Academy.

A collection of quotes on the Academy.

In other action, the trustees received a detailed report from Chancellor Wrighton on the status of numerous University matters and initiatives.

“Haskin Ridge,” on the east side of the Husband Hill summit on the Red Planet, has been named for the late earth & planetary sciences professor.

Women runners claim third title of year The women’s cross country team claimed its third team title of the season, while the men finished seventh at the Border War Invitational. The meet was hosted by the University of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. The No. 1-ranked women tallied 78 points to claim the title, while DePauw University finished […]

Anne Margaret Baxley, Ph.D., Martin Kennedy, D.M.A, Nancy Reynolds, Ph.D., and Jessica Rosenfeld, Ph.D.

An open-enrollment brochure will be sent to campus boxes during the week of Oct. 17; changes must be received by the benefits office by Nov. 30.

The 45-foot long vehicle with a mobile television studio will be between Prince Hall and Umrath Hall on the Hilltop Campus Oct. 20.