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University earth and planetary scientists are paving the way for a smooth Mars landing for the Phoenix mission — scheduled to launch in August — by making sure the set-down literally is not a rocky one.

Jeanette Lyles Caliguri, a licensed practical nurse at the School of Medicine from 1971-73, died Monday, June 18, 2007, at Des Peres Hospital. She was 75.

School of Medicine staff were honored for their years of service at two June 4 ceremonies.

Samuel Isaac Weissman, Ph.D., professor emeritus of chemistry in Arts & Sciences who worked on the Manhattan Project, died Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at 2 McKnight Place. He was 94.

Photo by Robert Boston(From left) Rosemary J. Lueck, Marge Boyd and Linda Susan Day admire Lueck’s certificate for 41 years of service to the University at the First Annual Length of University Service award programs June 4 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center.At the First Annual Length of University Service Award programs June 4, employees were recognized for 10 years of service through the 53 years of service by Marge Boyd, who retired from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in December.

Gilbert Riley Whitaker Jr., a faculty member in the John M. Olin School of Business from 1966-1976 and associate dean of the business school from 1973-76, died Thursday, June 21, 2007. He was 75.

Robert Clayton Mudd, visiting lecturer in political science in Arts & Sciences from 1978-1980 and instructor in University College during the late 1980s, died Thursday, June 14, 2007. He was 88.

The John M. Olin School of Business has received a major gift from the Bauer Foundation to establish the George and Carol Bauer Professorship in Organizational Ethics and Governance.

Photo by David Kilper(From left) Seventh-grader Sebastian Cooper of Jury Elementary School, eighth-grader David Wallas of Pattonville Heights Middle School, Bernard Harris, M.D., NASA astronaut, and seventh-grader David Tate of Fairview Elementary School build a raft using just two squares of aluminum foil and four drinking straws. Forty-eight middle-school students from various area schools were chosen to attend a two-week residential ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp, held on campus June 16-27.

Matthew Malten’s appointment marks the first time that Washington University has given a person the responsibility for campus sustainability.