October
31, 2003
Quidnunc
In Memoriam: Norma Adams '26, M.A.
'30, a professor emeritus of history at Mount Holyoke and
a noted medievalist, died October 11 at home in South Hadley.
Miss Adams, who taught at the College from 1942 to 1970, was an
authority on thirteenth-century relations between the church and
state in England and did groundbreaking research at Canterbury
Cathedral in England. She was remembered by former students and
colleagues across the country as a consummate researcher and an
inspiring instructor. "Miss Adams was always there for me,
to listen, encourage, and advise, always positive and optimistic.
I shall miss her," recalled former advisee Annie Williams
M.A. '68. Miss Adams taught both undergraduate and graduate
students in a variety of courses, many in her favorite field of
medieval English history. She served as a freshman and sophomore
adviser, chaired the history department from 1955 to 1958, and
was named a Mary Lyon Professor. Miss Adams received a doctorate
in 1934 from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Memorial
gifts may be made to Hospice Life Care, 28 Appleton Street, Holyoke,
MA 01040.
Geo-Gathering Three MHC geoscientists will
present their research at the 115th annual meeting of the Geological
Society of America (GSA) November 2-5 in Seattle, WA. Mark McMenamin,
professor of geology and chair of earth and environment, will
present "Russian Contributions to the Advance of Paleobiology,"
an invited contribution, and "Spriggina is a Trilobitoid
Ecdysozoan"; Michelle Markley, assistant professor of geology,
will present "Deformation Recorded by Argonite Pseudomorphs
in High Pressure Marbles of Syros, Greece"; and Alan Werner,
associate professor of geology, will present "Calibrating
the Sediment Record of Lake Linné, Svalbord, Norway: Preliminary
Results of a Modern Process Study," coauthored by Kasey Kathan
'04 and Emily Pratt '06, who both will attend the meeting. Approximately
7,200 geoscientists are expected to attend, making it the largest
annual meeting in GSA history.
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