UCSC Review Winter 1997

Three receive Alumni Association honors

An innovative teacher, a trailblazing scientist, and a supportive employee have won the three top awards given annually by the UCSCAlumni Association.

Carol Freeman, chair of UCSC's Writing Program and provost of Cowell College, won the Distinguished Teaching Award for 1996. A dedicated and inspiring teacher, Freeman has delighted in teaching writing to UCSC students and helped determine the curriculum for UC students systemwide.

Geoffrey Marcy won the Alumni Achievement Award. He is part of a team recognized worldwide for its success in finding planets around stars in other solar systems. (See related article this issue.)

Brenda Brown, an academic adviser at UCSC's Crown College, won the Outstanding Staff Award for her 25 years of personal service to students.

The three were nominated for the awards by students, alumni, faculty, and staff, and were selected by the UCSC Alumni Association Council, the association's governing body.

They were honored at a campus ceremony on February 1.