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9/4/00

BERGER, REZELMAN, CANIA RECEIVE SLU AWARDS

CANTON -- St. Lawrence University faculty and staff received awards 
for outstanding service at the Convocation and Matriculation ceremony 
held on campus August 28, marking the start of the academic year.
	Piskor Professor of English Thomas L. Berger received the 
J. Calvin Keene Award, established in 1975 and given to a faculty 
member in recognition of "high standards of personal scholarship, 
effective teaching and moral concern." A member of the faculty since 
1971, Berger is a graduate of Dartmouth College, with a master's degree 
and Ph.D. from Duke University. A well-known Shakespearian scholar, 
editor and bibliographer, Berger was also cited by Vice President of the 
University and Dean of Academic Affairs Thomas B. Coburn, who presented 
the award, as a "unique, demanding and memorable classroom teacher," as 
well as the creator of satirical publications about campus life.
	The Louis and Frances Maslow Award was given posthumously to 
Betsy Cogger Rezelman, a fine arts professor who died in January of 
this year. The award goes to the faculty member who has shown "the most 
interest in and understanding of the education and welfare of the student 
body as a whole," and was accepted by Rezelman's daughter, Alexa. She had 
been a member of the St. Lawrence faculty since 1981 and was a collector 
and scholar of African art, as well as other subjects in art history. 
Presenting the award, Coburn said, "During her years with us, she built a 
career that satisfied both her love of art history and her great gift for 
working with people, particularly young people."
	Lisa M. Cania, associate vice president for University communications, 
received the John P. "Jack" Taylor Distinguished Career Service Award, which 
was established in 1995 at Taylor's retirement as dining services director. 
The award recognizes distinguished service to the University by an 
administrator who has worked at least 12 years at St. Lawrence and who sustains 
the high standards of performance exemplified by Taylor. A graduate of Wells 
College with a master's degree from St. Lawrence, Cania has been a staff member 
at the University since 1987. Presenting the award to Cania, President 
Daniel F. Sullivan said that she is "unfailingly responsive, a 'can-do' 
person in every area of her responsibility, willing to take on new 
responsibilities whenever asked, and asked often because she has such 
far-ranging and diverse skills."

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