Re: Palaima receives award

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Is the donor the actor Sterling Holloway (d.1992), whose voice graced many a
Disney film?>    Judy Hallett
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>Palaima to receive Holloway Award
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>May 2004
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>Classics professor Thomas Palaima to receive one of the oldest teaching=20=
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>awards on campus.
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>In 1970, Jean and Sterling Holloway endowed one of The University of=20
>Texas=92 first teaching awards to formally establish that students =
>should=20
>play a role in the selection of teaching awards.  Since then, each=20
>spring, a group of 10 students =96 five from the College of Liberal Arts=20=
>
>and five from the College of Natural Sciences =96 have come together to=20=
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>read and evaluate nominations made by fellow students and to select the=20=
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>recipient of the Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching.
>
>According to the Holloways, =93The person selected should demonstrate a=20=
>
>warmth of spirit, a concern for society and the individual, and the=20
>ability to impart knowledge while challenging students to independent=20
>inquiry and creative thought, as well as respect for and understanding=20=
>
>of the permanent values of our culture.=94  The award features a stipend=20=
>
>that was valued at $1,000 in 1971 and is adjusted every-other-year to=20
>have the same purchasing power.
>
>This year, Thomas G. Palaima, the Dickson Centennial Professor of=20
>Classics, will be honored with the with Holloway Award.  Palaima will=20
>join former Holloway laureates at a dinner in his honor on May 10.
>
>Palaima has been teaching at the university since 1986.  Of his=20
>teaching, one student said, =93He introduced to me a passion for life I=20=
>
>never yet witnessed in any pedagogue, let alone one from the Classics=20
>Department.  It was my sincere pleasure to be under his tutelage day in=20=
>
>and out, whether he was teaching me Greek or about life in general. =20
>His instruction has afforded me invaluable lessons about teaching,=20
>humanity, and the world around while at the same time, goading me and=20
>others to see the Greek language in such a way that I will never, ever=20=
>
>forget it or him.=94
>
>Palaima=92s lectures have been likened to =93watching someone ride a=20
>tilt-a-whirl at an amusement park=94 and his students appreciate his=20
>ability to keep a dead language alive and interesting.  As one said,=20
>=93He compares Bob Dylan to Homer, quotes James Brown to illustrate=20
>grammatical points, and translates bits of Elvis songs into Greek.=94
>
>Palaima says of his teaching philosophy: =93I have never had one and am=20=
>
>not going to invent one now.  The closest I can come to one is to state=20=
>
>a belief or feeling that teaching is a profession in the literal sense,=20=
>
>a way of declaring =91These things have meaning for us as human beings=20=
>
>and we are here to explore them together, to see them in new ways, to=20
>keep them alive and to share them with others.=92=94
>
>Former Holloway Laureates:
>
>1970: Dr. Clifton Grubbs, Economics
>1971: Dr. Richard Kraemer, Government
>1972: Dr. Stephen Monti, Chemistry
>1973: Dr. Charles Rossman, English
>1974: Dr. Vernon Briggs, Economics
>1975: Dr. John Trimble, English
>1976: Dr. James Vick, Mathematics
>1977: Dr. William Galston, Government
>1978: Ms. Denise Schmandt-Besserat, Comparative Studies
>1979: Dr. Oliver Radkey, History
>1980: Dr. Katherine Davis, Mathematics
>1981: Dr. John Zammito, History
>1982: Dr. Patricia Kruppa, History
>1983: Dr. Betty Sue Flowers, English
>1984: Dr. Norman Farmer, English
>1985: Dr. David Francis, Classics
>1986: Dr. Charles Holahan, Psychology
>1987: Dr. Mary Baker, French
>1988: Dr. George Wright, History
>1989: Dr. Alan Campion, Chemistry
>1990: Dr. Jerome Bump, English
>1991: Dr. George Forgie, History
>1992: Dr. Melvin E. L. Oakes, Physics
>1993: Dr. David A. Laude, Chemistry
>1994: Dr. Mia Carter, English
>1995: Dr. Michael Starbird, Mathematics
>1996: Dr. Raymond Davis, Chemistry
>1997: Dr. Henry Dietz, Government
>1998: Dr. John White, Chemistry
>1999: Dr. Eric Anslyn, Chemistry
>2000: Dr. Toyin Falola, History
>2001: Dr. Brent L. Iverson, Chemistry
>2002: Dr. Howard Miller, History
>2003: Dr. Mark Southern, Germanic Studies
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>http://www.texasexes.org/news_item.php3?id=3D185&AddInterest=3D1292
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><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger>Palaima to receive Holloway
>Award=20
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></bold>Classics professor Thomas Palaima to receive one of the oldest
>teaching awards on campus.=20
>
>
>In 1970, Jean and Sterling Holloway endowed one of The University of
>Texas=92 first teaching awards to formally establish that students
>should play a role in the selection of teaching awards.  Since then,
>each spring, a group of 10 students =96 five from the College of Liberal
>Arts and five from the College of Natural Sciences =96 have come
>together to read and evaluate nominations made by fellow students and
>to select the recipient of the Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in
>Teaching.=20
>
>
>According to the Holloways, =93The person selected should demonstrate a
>warmth of spirit, a concern for society and the individual, and the
>ability to impart knowledge while challenging students to independent
>inquiry and creative thought, as well as respect for and understanding
>of the permanent values of our culture.=94  The award features a stipend
>that was valued at $1,000 in 1971 and is adjusted every-other-year to
>have the same purchasing power.=20
>
>
>This year, Thomas G. Palaima, the Dickson Centennial Professor of
>Classics, will be honored with the with Holloway Award.  Palaima will
>join former Holloway laureates at a dinner in his honor on May 10.=20
>
>
>Palaima has been teaching at the university since 1986.  Of his
>teaching, one student said, =93He introduced to me a passion for life I
>never yet witnessed in any pedagogue, let alone one from the Classics
>Department.  It was my sincere pleasure to be under his tutelage day
>in and out, whether he was teaching me Greek or about life in general.=20=
>
>His instruction has afforded me invaluable lessons about teaching,
>humanity, and the world around while at the same time, goading me and
>others to see the Greek language in such a way that I will never, ever
>forget it or him.=94=20
>
>
>Palaima=92s lectures have been likened to =93watching someone ride a
>tilt-a-whirl at an amusement park=94 and his students appreciate his
>ability to keep a dead language alive and interesting.  As one said,
>=93He compares Bob Dylan to Homer, quotes James Brown to illustrate
>grammatical points, and translates bits of Elvis songs into Greek.=94=20
>
>
>Palaima says of his teaching philosophy: =93I have never had one and am
>not going to invent one now.  The closest I can come to one is to
>state a belief or feeling that teaching is a profession in the literal
>sense, a way of declaring =91These things have meaning for us as human
>beings and we are here to explore them together, to see them in new
>ways, to keep them alive and to share them with others.=92=94=20
>
>
><bold>Former Holloway Laureates:=20
>
>
></bold>1970: Dr. Clifton Grubbs, Economics=20
>
>1971: Dr. Richard Kraemer, Government=20
>
>1972: Dr. Stephen Monti, Chemistry=20
>
>1973: Dr. Charles Rossman, English=20
>
>1974: Dr. Vernon Briggs, Economics=20
>
>1975: Dr. John Trimble, English=20
>
>1976: Dr. James Vick, Mathematics=20
>
>1977: Dr. William Galston, Government=20
>
>1978: Ms. Denise Schmandt-Besserat, Comparative Studies=20
>
>1979: Dr. Oliver Radkey, History=20
>
>1980: Dr. Katherine Davis, Mathematics=20
>
>1981: Dr. John Zammito, History=20
>
>1982: Dr. Patricia Kruppa, History=20
>
>1983: Dr. Betty Sue Flowers, English=20
>
>1984: Dr. Norman Farmer, English=20
>
>1985: Dr. David Francis, Classics=20
>
>1986: Dr. Charles Holahan, Psychology=20
>
>1987: Dr. Mary Baker, French=20
>
>1988: Dr. George Wright, History=20
>
>1989: Dr. Alan Campion, Chemistry=20
>
>1990: Dr. Jerome Bump, English=20
>
>1991: Dr. George Forgie, History=20
>
>1992: Dr. Melvin E. L. Oakes, Physics=20
>
>1993: Dr. David A. Laude, Chemistry=20
>
>1994: Dr. Mia Carter, English=20
>
>1995: Dr. Michael Starbird, Mathematics=20
>
>1996: Dr. Raymond Davis, Chemistry=20
>
>1997: Dr. Henry Dietz, Government=20
>
>1998: Dr. John White, Chemistry=20
>
>1999: Dr. Eric Anslyn, Chemistry=20
>
>2000: Dr. Toyin Falola, History=20
>
>2001: Dr. Brent L. Iverson, Chemistry=20
>
>2002: Dr. Howard Miller, History=20
>
>2003: Dr. Mark Southern, Germanic Studies=20
>
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