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<br />UNIVERSITY WATER NEWS
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<br />KIRVIN KNOX APPOINTED TO HEAD CSU'S
<br />AGRICULTURE AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS
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<br />Kirvin Knox has been named Colorado State's Associate
<br />Academic Vice President for Agriculture and Outreach
<br />Programs and Dean of the College of Agriculture, President
<br />Alben Yates armounced the appoinunent in November, Knox,
<br />who will asswne his new duties in February. will be the
<br />principal spokesman for the broadly dermed area of
<br />agriculture, This includes intercollege, Cooperative Extension
<br />and Agricultura1 Experiment Station programs. and programs
<br />specific to the College of Agricultural Sciences, Both urban
<br />and rural programs are included,
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<br />Knox was a professor in the Department of Animal Sciences
<br />and Director of the Metabolic Research Laboratory at Colorado
<br />State from 1964-72, He also served as visiting scientist with
<br />the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland; an
<br />NIH Pre-doctoral Fellow; and member of the Davis Tracer
<br />Team for Metabolic Research,
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<br />Knox now is Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Dean and
<br />Director of the College of Agriculture and Natura1 Resources
<br />at the University of Connecticut, He also serves as director of
<br />the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station and Director of the
<br />Cooperative Extension System there, He received a bachelor's
<br />degree in agriculture from California State University-Fresno.
<br />a master's in nutrition from Colorado State and a doctorate in
<br />nutrition from the University of California-Davis,
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<br />Source: CSU Comment 11121/91
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<br />JAMES HEANEY NAMED
<br />DEPARTMENT CHAIR AT CU
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<br />James Patrick Heaney. fonner Director of the Horida Water
<br />Resources Research Center, was recently named Chairman of
<br />the Depanment of Civil. Environmental and Architectural
<br />Engineering at the University of Colorado. Boulder. Heaney,
<br />born in Chicago, lllinois. received his BSCE from the lllinois
<br />Institute of Technology (sttuctura1 engineering) and his MSCE
<br />and Ph,D from Nonhwestern University (environmental
<br />engineering and water resources engineering and operations
<br />research),
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<br />After receiving his degree, Heaney worked for the
<br />Metropolitan Sanitary District of Chicago, the U,S, Public
<br />Health Service on the Colorado River Basin Project, as a
<br />consultant for the American Public Works Association, and as
<br />a senior research engineer for Battelle-Nonhwest, Richland,
<br />Washington, In 1968 he moved to Florida, accepting a joint
<br />appoinunent at the University of Horida, Gainesville in
<br />Industrial and Systems Engineering and Civil Engineering,
<br />Heaney became director of the Florida Water Resources
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<br />Research Center in 1979, He is a registered Professional
<br />Engineer in Florida, and is a member of nwnerous professional
<br />societies, He has been associate editor of the Water Resources
<br />Bulletin since \990. He served on the Water Resources
<br />Committee for the National Association of Universities and
<br />Land Grant Colleges for two years (1984-86), was President of
<br />the Executive Board, Universities Council on Water Resources
<br />(1983-84), and is currently a member of the Water Science and
<br />Technology Board, Panel on Sources, Wastewater Management
<br />in Coastal Areas,
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<br />Heaney's consulting activities since 1980 have included the
<br />Environmental ProteCtion Agency, the Office of Technology
<br />Assessment, the National Science Foundation, the Pecos River
<br />Commission, the National Oceanic and Aunospheric
<br />Administration. and the South Horida Water Management
<br />District, In \988 he participated in the development of a water
<br />plan for the State of Sao Paulo. Brazil and in 1989 was
<br />consultant to the University of Tunis on urban water resources,
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<br />SUMMARY OF WATER QUALITY
<br />DATA MANAGEMENT SURVEY NOW AVAILABLE
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<br />The Summary of 1991 Water Quality Data M anagemenl Survey
<br />is currently available to interested agencies or individnals
<br />through the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, The
<br />repon contains a brief sununary of survey responses from 200
<br />agencies that collect, use. or manage water quality data, The
<br />two-page questionnaire solicited responses on data management
<br />systems. water quality activities, types of data used, sources of
<br />data, and interagency activities, The repon presents nwnerical
<br />results of the swvey, with minimal interpretation of results,
<br />Interpretation and elaboration of the results will be included in
<br />the master's thesis of the swvey preparer, Laurel Saito. a
<br />graduate student at Colorado State University, This thesis
<br />should be completed in the spring of 1992. and also will be
<br />available on request.
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<br />CSU STUDENT AWARDED USCOLD FELLOWSHIP
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<br />Debby Miller bas received a $10.000 graduate research
<br />fellowship from the United States Committee on Large Dams
<br />(USCOLD), Debby. an insttuClor in the Civil Engineering
<br />Department, is working on her PhD, With her fellowship
<br />funds Debby will continue her basic studies related to the
<br />mechanics of unsaturated soils and their effect on dam
<br />performance, Debby's advisor is John Nelson. Professor of
<br />Civil Engineering,
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<br />Larry Stephens, representing USCOLD, presented Debby with
<br />a scholarship check at an October 22 award ceremony in
<br />CSU's University Club, The U,S, Committee on Large Dams
<br />is a nationwitle professional organization dedicated to
<br />advancing the technology of darn design. construction.
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