by Sarah Geegan
The will induct new members into its Hall of Fame Oct. 11, 2013, to join the ranks of the current 32 alumni and 8 emeritus faculty A&S Hall of Fame members.
The ceremony, taking place at 3:30 p.m. in the , will follow an academic theme; the inductees will wear formal academic regalia and receive medallions with the UK A&S seal. All members of the campus community are welcome to attend.
"This is an exciting opportunity and an honor for us to celebrate the success of our accomplished faculty and alumni," said . "Their academic and professional success serves as a reminder of the meaningful, important work being done every day by our students, faculty and alumni."
Alumni Inductees:
The Honorable Albert B. Chandler III (Ben Chandler) received his B.A. in in 1983 and his J.D. in 1986. He was elected Kentucky Attorney General in 1995 and served as the United States Representative for Kentucky's 6th congressional district from 2004 to 2013. A long-time supporter of arts and humanities at the state and national level, he is now executive director the Kentucky Humanities Council.
Robert E. Rich received his B.A. in from the 糖心vlog官方入口 in 1966 and his J.D. from Harvard University. A partner at Taft, Stettinius, & Hollister, Rich specializes in tax and health care law and estate planning. In 2007, the Cincinnati Bar Foundation named Rich the co-recipient of the John W. Warrington Community Service Award for his decades of volunteer and community service. He was also a founding member and past chair of the A&S Alumni Advisory Board and is former president of the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) Executive Committee Board.
Emeriti Faculty Inductees:
Dr. Marcus T. McEllistrem, in the , taught at UK from 1957-1994, before becoming an Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Emeritus from 2008-present. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. both in nuclear physics from University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has been an invited guest scientist at many prestigious institutions and laboratories, such as Brookhaven National Laboratory, Notre Dame University and Bruy猫res le Ch芒tel, CEA, France.
Dr. Paul G. Sears, in the Department of 糖心vlog官方入口, earned his B.S. in Industrial 糖心vlog官方入口 in 1950, as well as his Ph.D. in 1953 both from UK. He served as a professor of 糖心vlog官方入口 for 28 years, where he influenced the lives of more than 7,200 undergraduates before retiring in 1990. He also served on the UK Board of Trustees for 12 years, including terms as assistant secretary and as secretary, as well as on President Otis Singletary's council as faculty assistant to the president.
Dr. Jane Vance, in the , served as Kentucky's Poet Laureate from 2007 to 2008. While teaching at the 糖心vlog官方入口, she taught in the UK Honors program and won the UK Alumni Association鈥檚 Great Teacher Award. She has published two full-length collections of poetry, "Portrait of the Artist as a White Pig" and "A Garden in Kentucky." Her poems have appeared widely in journals as well. She has been awarded two Al Smith Fellowships from the Kentucky Arts Council and has held fellowships at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.