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0OT 1 6 1984
Kurtz is
It's flattering to have something named
in your honor--a building perhaps, a schol-
arship, or even a child. But one UTPB
professor has the distinction of being the
namesake of an "old fossil."
The professor is Prof. Edwin B. Kurtz,
chairman of life science, and the "old
fossil" is Kurtzipites, a fossil pollen.
The Kurtzipites story began in 1960
when a former student of Kurtz's dis-
covered the fossil pollen. Discoverer
Roger Anderson, named the pollen to
honor Kurtz because of all of his help
while Anderson was a graduate student at
The University of Arizona, thus beginning
the saga.
Kurtzipites, because it is a fossil pollen,
was around long before Prof. Kurtz came
into being. As a matter of fact, the
Kurtzipites-producing plants seem to have
become extinct at the end of the early
Paleocene period.
Kurtz noted that even today little is
known about the pollen. Even the plant
from which it comes is not known, but
Kurtzipites is known as a strong refer-
ence pollen.
"The pollen grain doesn't decompose
for one thing. A rock can be dissolved
and the pollen grain will still remain,"
Kurtz stated.
Since 1960, other researchers found a
similar pollen, and not knowing that it
already had a namesake, attached different
names to it. Thus, it became known by
several alias names. In 1961, the pollen
was named Fibulapollis; in 1965 it took
the name of Aenigmapollis. Another
researcher in 1969 named the pollen
Coriaripites, and later in 1970 it was
named Aguilapollenites.
Kurtz stated that this was not unusual.
"Researchers all over the world make dis-
coveries and name those discoveries. In
other words, one researcher would not
realize that the pollen had been discovered
by someone else," he explained.
THE WINDMILL
Published monthly when classes
are in session by The University of
Texas of the Permian Basin News
and Information Service, Odessa,
Texas 79762. Distributed free to
students, staff, faculty, alumni and
friends of the university.
Managing Editor . . . Leland Martin
Associate Editor . . Debbie Bennett
Magnetic Keyboard Operators ....
Carla Usrey
Jetta Boyden
Photographer ........ Mike Floyd'old fossil'
Scientists reveal the little pollen known
by so many names has made its mark on
many parts of the world. According to
the July 1981 issue of the "Journal of
Paleontology," the fossil pollen has been
found in Alberta and southern Saskatche-
wan, Canada; South Dakota, Montana,
Wyoming, New Mexico, Texas, British
Columbia and Arctic Canada. Outside
North America, Kurtzipites has been
reported from sediments of the eastern
USSR and Japan.
With all this notoriety, would Kurtzi-
pites retain its original name? Or wouldnamesake
it lose its identity to one of the other
namesakes?
The final job was up to taxonomy.
Taxonomists took each discovery and
weighed its similarities and differences
in order to class the genus. Kurtzipites
had top priority. It might be said it's
the big daddy, or the head of the family.
Kurtzipites is now classified as a genus.
The other names are members of the
Kurtzipites genus and will be classified as
species under the genus of Kurtzipites.Outstanding students, prof
recognized a
Top students in UTPB's class of 1982
and the university's most outstanding pro-
fessor were recognized at the sixth an-
nual honors convocation recently.
Prof. James L. "Ray" LeGrande, co-
ordinator of criminal justice management,
was the recipient of the $1,000 Amoco
Foundation Award for Excellence inteach-
ing.
LeGrande, a faculty memberheresince
May, 1978, has worked with several police
departments both as an officer and admin-
istrator. He has been a public prosecu-
tor and taught at Michigan State Univer-
sity and Florida International University
before taking his current position at UTPB.
He holds a bachelor of science degree
in business from Central State University
in Edmond, Oklahoma., and a Juris Doc-
torate from the College of Law at the
University of Oklahoma. He has been a
member of the Oklahoma Bar Association,
The Missouri Bar Association, the Florida
Bar and the State Bar of Texas.
Student recognition was given to top
graduates in each academic discipline and
to others who had proven themselves aca-
demically. Among those recognized were
students listed in "Who's Who in American
Universities and Colleges," honor society
members, scholarship awardees and stud-
ents listed on the dean's honor lists for
the past year.
Taking individual awards for out-
standing achievement for the College of
Arts and Education were Susan Randle of
Midland and Elaine Howe of Odessa in
art; Sandra Slusher Bradford of Odessa in
government; Nancy Moore of Colorado
City in History; Marina Yvonne Platen
and Katherine Lunt of Odessa in the
humanities; Melissa Glasson of Andrews
in literature; Johnnie A. Moritz of Midland
in mass communications; Robin Newsom
of Midland in music.at convocation
In pedagogical studies, awards went
to Carla Sue Flippin in elementary student
teaching and to Victoria Head in secondary
student teaching. Both are from Odessa.
The outstanding award in psychology
went to Kimbra K. Salt of Midland. Mark
Nemitz of Odessa is outstanding soci-
ology graduate; Maria Vasquez and
Matiana S. Wiley, both of Odessa, are
outstanding Spanish graduates; and Zane
Harwell of Odessa is top speech graduate.
Outstanding students in the College
of Management included Stanley Filip of
Midland in accounting and information
systems; Lloyd Joe Glass of Seminole in
criminal justice and Camilla Carole Blain
of Odessa in management.
Outstanding students in the College of
Science and Engineering were John
Lambdin of Midland in chemistry; John
Francis Stevens of Odessa in computer
science; Cynthia Westherly Finlay of Mid-
land in earth science; Craig O. Daniel of
Odessa in life sciences; and Margaret Duval
of Odessa in mathematics.LeOGrande
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