Colorado State University Hosts Symposium And Celebration To Honor Professor's 50 Years Of Service
Wednesday, March 11, 1998
FORT COLLINS--Colorado State University will host a
symposium and an evening celebration March 16 to honor a
professor whose 50 years of service have influenced the world's
international education and development programs.
Maurice Albertson, Centennial emeritus professor, has served
Colorado State as director of the Research Foundation, director
of International Programs and professor of civil engineering. One
of Albertson's most recognized contributions was his critical
role in the formation of the Peace Corps.
"We need to be motivated by service as well as by profit,"
said Albertson. "We serve best by finding out what people want
and helping them work to realize their dreams, not by going into
a country and telling villagers what they need."
Albertson has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the
United Nations Development Programme, the Agency for
International Development, UNESCO and other agencies on projects
dealing with water and sanitation, water resource development,
village development, small industry development and research and
education. Albertson continues to be active in education,
research and outreach at Colorado State.
"Maury Albertson's work has been enormously influential on a
global scale," said Neil Grigg, department head in civil
engineering at Colorado State. "His dedication to education and
to his fellow man is untiring. The programs Maury has initiated
continue to expand and help us address many of the international
challenges we face."
The International Education and Development Symposium will
run 1:30-5 p.m. in Room 228 of the Lory Student Center. The
symposium is free and no registration is required. Presentations
will offer insight into the start of the Peace Corps, the
evolution of Colorado State's international program, the foreign
aid program and the founding of the Asian Institute of
Technology. The program schedule follows.
1:30 p.m. - Loren Crabtree, Colorado State interim
provost/academic vice president will deliver the keynote address
titled "A Global View of Higher Education."
2 p.m. - James Meiman, former director of Colorado State's
International Programs, will review international projects.
2:15 p.m. - George Olson, former vice president for research
at Colorado State, will explain the history of the Colorado State
University Research Foundation.
2:30 p.m. - Martha Denney, director of the International
Education Office at Colorado State, will discuss international
education at the university.
3:30 p.m. - Fort Collins Mayor Ann Azari will discuss
international dimensions of Northern Colorado.
3:50 p.m. - Jean Griswold, former director of the
university's International Student Services Office, and Mark
Hallett, the office's current director, will discuss the history
and future of international students at Colorado State.
4:15 p.m. - Ed Shinn and Okechukwu Ukaga, both research
associates in the civil engineering department at Colorado State,
will discuss international economic and social development and
sustainable village-based development.
4:45 p.m. - Daryl Simons, professor emeritus of civil
engineering, will discuss international hydraulic engineering.
5 p.m. - Everett Richardson, professor emeritus of civil
engineering, will discuss international irrigation development at
Colorado State.
Albertson will give a talk at the evening celebration, which
will include a reception and dinner beginning at 5:15 p.m.
Registration for the evening program is necessary; cost is $10
for students and $15 for nonstudents.
For more information about the symposium or to register for
the evening program, call Bernie Shepard in the civil engineering
office at (970) 491-5049.
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