THE CAPITOLIST
Vol. VII, No. 9
Klain Wins Jordan Teaching Award
Ambrose Klain, Associate
Professor of Regional Planning
and Social Science, has won the
James A. Jordan Jr. Memorial
Teaching Award.
He was elected during the
Student Government
Association General Election on
May 18, but the result was not
announced until last week.
The award, which is the senior
class gift, has been established in
memory of Dr. James A. Jordan
Jr., who died in a boating
accident on Lake Ontario last
summer. Dr. Jordan was
Associate Professor of
Humanities and Philosophy and
served as chairman of the
Faculty Council. He was an avid
sportsman, having been
All-Southeast Conference
halfback and All-American
honorable mention during his
undergraduate days at Georgia
Tech. He taught for ten years at
Emory University before coming
to Capitol in September, 1970.
Klain was selected by students
from a group of nine faculty
members representing the four
divisions of instruction. The
Teaching Award Committee,
under the auspices of the SGA,
nominated the following
teachers as finalists: Klain, Dr.
John Patterson, Dr. William
Lewis, Dr. Robert Bresler, Dr.
Cole, Prof. Wesley Houser, Dr.
F. Frederick Neubauer, Prof.
Ralph Frey, and Dr. Jefferson
Hartzler.
The Teaching Award,
according to the Committee,
represents a faculty members
who is an effective teacher,
displaying enthusiasm and
sincere interest in the above
average results of his teaching
efforts. "The award was granted
to Prof. Klain not only for those
qualities but also for his
unlimited concern and
humanitarian attitude toward
the individual student. By giving
him this award, the students of
Capitol Campus hope to show
Klain their esteem and
gratitude," the Committee
reported.
When Prof. Klain was told he
was to receive the award, he was
highly impressed. "I have been
teaching for over ten years," he
related. The day he was told of
the award he called his "happiest
day as a teacher. I knew Jimmy
Jordan well. It will be an honor
to receive the award which is
named for him."
A native of Czechoslovakia,
Klain received a degree in
engineering from the University
of Technology in Bruenn,
Czechoslovakia. During World
War 11, as a member of the
underground movement for a
Democratic Czechoslovakia, he
was arrested and tortured by the
Germans. He later escaped to
Russian occupied Poland, only
to again be arrested, this time by
the Soviets. He was sent to
Siberia, where he remained for
over two years.
He was finally released by an
international treaty which gave
amnesty to prisoners of war.
Only 10 percent of the 50,000
who escaped from
Czechoslovakia survived the
strenuous prison life. After
recovering from typhoid and
dysentery, Klain was inducted
into the Soviet Army, serving in
a brigade with other Slovaks. He
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fought against the Germans on
the Eastern Front, returning
home to find his family had
been killed in the Nazi gas
chambers.
After the Communist
takeover in 1949, Klain
emigrated to Canada. In Canada,
working for surveying and
engineering firms, he attended
night school to learn English. He
continued his education at Sir
George Williams University and
McGill University in Montreal.
During that time, he met his
wife, Phyllis Margaret Johnson,
who was Head Nurse at Queen
Elizabeth Hospital. The couple
now have two children.
Klain received his B.S. degree
from McGill in 1957. He earned
his M.S. in City Planning from
Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, in 1961. He was a
senior planner with the
Cleveland Regional Planning
Commission where he was
responsible for developing and
preparing studies dealing with
the Lake Erie waterfront, parks,
and general aviation routes in
the Cleveland area. From 1964
to 1968, Klain taught urban and
regional planning at Case
Western. He has been a member
of the Capitol Campus faculty
since 1968.
Presently, Klain is Editor of
the Central Pennsylvania
Planning News and Review,
which is a publication under the
American Institute of Planners.
He is the Secretary-Treasurer of
the local chapter of that
organization. At Capitol, he
teaches graduate courses in
planning and undergraduate
courses in social science, such as
`The City' and 'Man and His
Resources'. Many students in the
engineering program enroll in his
classes as well as social science
students.
"I would like to see more
credit given for real life
experiences, such as practice in
all programs," he advocates. "I
think more in terms of beginning
to educate a non-specialized or
non-expert person from our
colleges. I see a group of young
people who will acquire a
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reasonable background in liberal
arts, humanities, education and
technology."
"For example, such a man or
woman will have to understand
the ideas of Plato, Newton and
Kant and will have basic
knowledge in child psychology
and the mechanics involved in
developing a water sewage
treatment plant. Our society is
moving toward a service oriented
social system as the current
trends in the automation of
industry indicate," Klain
believes.
Prof. Klain is an outspoken
man on many subjects. One of
his favorite sayings is, "The
truth is always controversial."
He sees the teaching award as
not just a gift of recognition to
himself, but also to the students
without whom the award would
not be possible.
In his undergraduate courses,
he tells his students "technology
is not the answer to solve our
increasing urban problems. We
must present new ideas and
concepts to right thoSe wrongs."
He also believes that teachers,
"should not be afraid to be
evaluated by students. His basic
responsibility concerns the
student. I benefit from students
evaluating my teaching
methods." He continues,
"teachers must learn from their
students; if they don't, they may
be in the wrong profeSsion."
The James A. Jordan Jr.
Memorial Teaching Award will
be presented to Prof. Klain
during the ComMencement
ceremonies on June 24. The
permanent award, which will be
presented annually, is in the
form of a bronze plaque, on
which a likeness of Dr. Jordan is
sculpted. Klain will keep a
medallion, which is a smaller
version of the permanent award.
The award was constructed by
Capitol's Dr. Oliver LaGrone.
LePere Will
senate seat
Judith LePere has edged out
Evon Golphin for the remaining
at-large SGA Senate seat. The
vote was 63 for LePere to 62 for
Golphin.
In last Thursday's run-off
election, LePere received 50.4%
of the vote to Golphin's 49.6%.
The run-off was necessitated
when the two tied at 33 ballots
during the General Election on
May 18. LePere was sworn into
office with the remainder of the
Senate this past Monday.
Golphin has some comfort in
that she was elected President of
the Black Student Union during
an organizational a few weeks
ago. Steve Barry, this past year's
President, is the new
Vice-President
Lewis Named So Sc Head
Dr. William F. Lewis, Assoc.
Professor of Social Science and
Political Science, has been
named the new Social Science
Program Chairman.
He will assume the post now
held by Dr. James McAree, who
tended his resignation in April.
McAree will devote more of his
time to teaching. Lewis is a
former Chairman of Capitol's
Faculty Council and has served
as a member of the University
Faculty Senate.
Lewis believes the original
concept under which the Social
Science program was designed,
that of an innovative and
inter-disciplinary learning
process, to be a firm basis on
which the program can progress.
"It is time to evaluate what
we've done; to be sure the
original concept is working," he
states. "As time passes,
improvements are made. I want
to be sure that the original
concept is given a fair shake," he
continues.
A 1940 graduate of the U.S.
Military Academy, Lewis is
former Director of Research at
the National War College,
Washington, D.C. He received his
M.A. degree in International
Affairs from George Washington
University in 1964. He earned
his Ph.D. in International
Relations from the School of
International Service, the
American University in 1967.
He currently teaches courses
on the foreign relations of the
United States; a course entitled
`Western Political Thought'; and
others dealing with international
politics. As Program Chairman,
however, he wil teach only one
course a term instead of the
usual two course load. He was
one of nine finalists in the voting
for the James A. Jordan Jr.
Memorial Teaching Award.
Dr. Lewis stresses the
importance of building on the
past work of Chairmen Dr.
Stanley Miller and McAree. "I
want to be certain that we
do what we set out to do," Lewis
emphasizes.
He is very receptive to student
involvement in the program.
"Student input, at Social
Science Program meetings for
example, is a necessity." Student
aspirations in all fields will be
stressed under his direction.
The new Chairman plans to
place more emphasis on the
individual options in the
Program, giving them more
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viability. A promotion of public
policy internships, utilizing the
state capital of Harrisburg, is
under his consideration.
He will continue the "open
door policy" for easy
accessibility of students to see
the Chairman which his
predecessors instituted. Lewis
will officially assume the post of
Program Chairman on June 30.
Dr. William F. Lewis
"I look forward to a very
stimulating period for the Social
Science Program," he states. He
reviews the current situation in
the following manner: "We
embarked in 1967 on a new
Social Science Program which
was intended to feature
innovation and an
interdisciplinary focus. It would
not be surprising at this point if
our review reveals that our
current state is marked by
weaknesses as well as strengths.
We shall concern ourselves to
preserve the strengths and
minimize the weaknesses."
"It seems to me especially
important that we look hard at
the patterning of our
interdisciplinary efforts as
represented by the present
options. We should ensure that
they incorporate adequate
coverage, variety, and flexibility
as measured by the nature and
goals of our student body and
good educational practice," he
continues.
Lewis concludes his remarks
with the following statement: "I
feel very strongly that the
objectives of the Social Science
Program can be realized only
with the full participation of the
student body. Together, I am
confident that we can achieve
our goal for the Program and the
increase in student benefits
which that will mean."
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