News Scrapbook 1986-1988

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na 10na s wit I pac ages inclu e modern labor atory equipment and re- cearch support. r-or instance, llaly's lstilLtlO per la RicoslruZiOll<> Indus- tria lc, the giant state-owned industri- al holding company, is bu ilding a re- search and development facility to attract scientists to the poor Naples . 1a . ·11~anks in parl 10. American train- i 111g, 111 some 1ndustnes, other nations , arc now lC<;lrnologica lly competi tive . wnh American comp,1n1es for the first lime in the postwar era. As a result, some of the best American engineers and scientists arc being I

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non-Asian minoriucs arc vastly un- der-represented among American en- gineers and scientists. The number of women in these fields has been grow- ing, but not at a rate that would allev1ale the problem. The small number ol non-Asian minorities is particularly troublesome since they represent an increasing proportion of the degree-age populalion. Meanwhile, science education ex- perts worry that the nation's prepa- ratory schools are not equipping stu- dents with the technical skills necessary for pursuing scil'nllfic ca- reers. "Our pre-college system has essen- llally collapsed and 1s nol vaguely compcll11ve with that of other coun tries," says D. Allen Bromley, a Yale physics professor who served as vice chairman of the 1986 White House Science Council Panel on the Health of U.S. Colleges and Universities. "It's a nauonal disgrace." Concern about the problem has al- ready led to talk of eventual job- sharmg between industry and acade- mia. And a few companies are taking measures to deal with the problem now. The Digital Equipment Corpora- tion has become concerned in the last rnup <' of ' ars that a shortage of Amencan engmecrs could hurt its ability to grow, said Mark Conway, manager of D1g1tal's education in- vestment review board. The company now gives about $2 million a year m cash and equipment to support eng1- necrmg and science facully and stu- dents at both the umvers,ty and high school levels. And the National Science Founda- tion spent $27 million through 1986 sponsormg young tenure-track pro- fessors who remain at umversities.

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lore· •ners, tw,c the percentage ol th 1111d,1970's. The number ol lore,gn muthem.11,cs and computer science l'h.D ·sh.is also swell d, 10 roughly 40 p rccnl And foreign sc1rnt1sts and •ng1n rs now account for two-filths of th s who go on to post-doctoral re c,irdi, up from on •third 1n 1979. rhc d, amallc 1ump m the propor- tion or fort•1gners I a p, oducl of two convcrgml( tr nth. Students abroad rnntmuc tu v1 w Am nca' graduate engmr(•nng (Ind science programs as the best In th world, the right place 10 h at a 11me ol technolog,cal fer- ment. For 11(11 r. a r b commg a big ger factor on Am rican campuscs,in olllN d1sc1pllnes us well, including the socml SClt'llC('S and graduate buSl· nc, programs. But the trend 1s most dr,11n,111c 1n cngincermg and the hard s , ntcs. Meanwh1IP, tlw number of Ameri- can. earnmg advanced cngmrenng d gr s has been droppmg at an ,il,1rmmg rate mc th early 1970's, ,, , eflcc11on m p rt of the d t r1orat- 111g state ol tt•thnic·,11 11 a1111ng at the p1 -collci:e I vel Le ser decline have occurr d as w 11 m physics, rht•n11S1ry anti the oth r sciences. : r t 14' douhle-edgctl sword. It h, help d t United States to ma1ntam th super orny of II i,:rudu.itc cduc,1t1onal sy, t m nd to r mforce its mduslna' comp 11t1v ness. 13 tw n 1972 and 1982, the• proportion of for 1gn rs m tht· Amc-nc,1n science ,ind cngm<:er- mg work forrc grew to 17 percent, from 10 percent, for mstanec. But ult1mn1ely II represents a vul• nc, ,1h1lity should many ol the foreign- er lt•avc for home "It works agamst our nai,onal comp 11l1v n to train the manpow- er 111 our u111vers111 that returns

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·research proj cts. llut that represented only 70 per cent "In the last 18 months, Japanese"' of the fou ndation's potent ial allot- cc,mpanies lwvc started to ;1ct lvely mcnts, since many youni;\ rcsca rch- rccr11it U.S. engi1H'ers ancl scirn tists crs w rr unable to obtain requir ed to go to Japan," said Peter Cannon, matching funds from pr iva te sources. vice ')Jrcsident of research and chie f " Industry sort of knows th r is a scientist at Rockwell. "That's a prohlC'm now, but everyone wi ll bc- first." come awa.-c CJf It very suddenly whrn The Japanese companies would thC' shortages hit," sa id Sheldon "hke to get 011r Ph.D.'s, even for a l l101npson, di rector of applied re-' year or two," added l

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T IIE expected decline of the num- bl'r uf st11tlcnts in the pipeline roreshaduws a fierce recruiting h.1t1le among industry, governmenl and academia for students earning compuler science, nrnthcmatics and other technical fields. President Rea- gan's Strategic Defense lniliative in particular is cxpcctC'd to require vast The oft-stated fear Is that univcrsi- tics will lose out 111 such a compcti- lion. The crnnch will be exacerbated by a wave of rel irements in the late 1990's of faculty hired 10 tead1 the bahy boomcrs Ill the l9GO's. They will have to be rcplacctl as the demo- grnphic curve rebounds after 2000. "We don't sec where the new pea- pie will come from," said John 11. J\,loore, deputy director ol the Nation- al Science r-oundation. Women and ; advanced degrees in engineering, numbcrs of Ph ll.'s.

times it's just too much hllsslc." And the Reagan Admin istra tion's strin- genl effort lo prevent high technology from being trnnsfcrred abroad has lwd the effect of prohibiti ng foreign-' crs from working on advanc d pro-, jecls where thei r talent s would he a houn to A111crican industry. Evcntual- ly, those restrictions may have 10 be easetl to keep the nation's labora to- rics working, some in the science "So far, we've lucked out in that a significant number ol those forrign nationals have decided lo stay," said Roland W. SC'l1111itt, senior vice prcsi- clcnt and chief scle111ist al the General States has many resear ch cent ers. including our main f acility at G.E., that would have been dead in the waler had they nol been ava ilable." • establishment contend. Electric Company. "The United

with temporary visas - permanent immigrant Matus - has been nsmg sharply, 10 more than 80 percent for engmeenrig Ph.D.'s, for .example. More than two-thirds of the foreign engmeer doctorates arc from fas1- 3rowing Asian nations, and many arc leaving. Japanese and Ch111ese stu- dents almost all go home and anec- dotal evidence suggests that more Koreans arc returnmg. For their part, Taiwan and Italy reportedly have been wooing t~ci~ t~p rather than

another, we trained them and they can help U S. mdustry and universi- ties perform well.'' This 1s not the first lime, of course, that foreign sciem1sts have played a ma1or role in this country. In the 1930's and 40's, America's superior scientific base was partly built by an influx of top-flight European scien- tists, who moved here to stay. But today's foreigners are different. They are raw talent being trained here, and the number of Ph.D.'s among them

nome to compete against us," said S. \lien Hcinmger, vice president of re- ,ource planning nt the Monsanto Company. "The role ol lorc1gn Ph D.'s 1s com- ing under serious d1scuss1on in the science commumty," said Frank Press, president of the National Academy of Sciences. "There 1s a mixed view whether we should try to keep them. From one point of view we want to send them back, especially if they are from poor countries. From

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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 123,092) JUL 1

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F Olt -ffojalyn Fairbank, the up- coming Virginia Slims of San Diego will be omcthing of a homecoming. Anative of outh frica, Fairbank has Jived in Rancho Bernando for the pa t two y ars. At lea ·t she has

ny before he was 18. He now lives in Monaco. Said the father: "He plans to serve, we are only looking for the right moment. Perhaps next year." • • • DROP SHOTS - Terry Timmons has been added to the growing staff of teaching pros at the San Diego Tennis & Racquet Club. Timmons is part of a six-member staff. • !JSD tennis coach Ed Collins will host a three-day workshop for in- structors and those interested h teaching the game, July 31-Aug. 1-2. For information, contact Collins at 260-4803. • Mark Littrell of Oceanside re- cently won the regional champion- ship of Jantzen's $15,000 Fast Serve Challenge. Starting Thursday, h•~ competes in the finals at Maui, Ha- waii. Littrell's serve was timed at 135 mph in the regionals. He won the title three years ago. He is now the head pro at Fallbrook Tennis Club.

concrete, an effort to attract the tour's bigger names, who tend to avoid any clay not contained within Paris' Roland Garros Stadium. At least one observer, Jimmy Arias, regards the move as short- sighted. "It's stupid to rename this the U.S. Open Hard Court Championships," Arias told promoters. "The U.S. Open is the U.S. hard court championship. You're not fool- ing anybody but yourselves." • • • THE RED-HEADED ACTOR Who knows whether it's true or not, but according to Bild, West Germa- ny's largest newspaper, Boris Becker hopes to become an actor some day. Something about expanding his ho- rizons, it seems. Said Boris: "I don't want to be remembered only as a Wimbledon winner. You have to develop yourself, you can't live in the past. You must set new goals for yourself. "Perhaps I'll become an actor and maybe my movie will get good re- views. I'd be really happv then be- cause I would have achieved some- thing new." Also, the report quoted Becker's father, as ,saying that his son would volunteer for West Germany's mili- tary service. Herr Becker is not required by law to serve because he left West Germa-

as Martina avratilova, Chris Evert Lloyd and Steffi Graf have opted to skip San Diego. They will resurface the following week for the $250,000 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles at Manhattan Beach. For sheer marquee appeal, San Diego's ~6-woman field comes up short. But for players like Fairbank it provides a rare and welcome chance to win a singles title. "I feel like I have a good chance to wm," said Fairbank. "It's always nice to be home, but I can't relax or else I'll be in trouble." Fairbank, who holds a world sm- gles ranking of 21, reached the semi- hnals of last weekend's Virginia Shms of Newport (RI.) before losing to Wendy While. (White will also compete in San Diego.). San Diego's top seed is expected to be Lori Mc eil. an upset loser to Fairbank in NewR()rt's quarterfinal round. Second seed will be Kate Gompert, with Italy's Raffaella Reggi third and Fairbank fourth. Defending champion Melissa Gur- ney will be seeded sixth. Her finals opponent last year, Stephanie Rebe, may chose not to coinpete because of a strained stomach muscle. • • • IT' DO-OR-DIE TIME-The U.S. Davis Cup team - led by John McEnroe - faces a crucial elimina- tion match against West Germany starting Friday at Hartford, Conn. I

'It would have been more convenient to pick Florida (to Jive), but I felt San Diego was more my style' -Rosalyn Fairbank tennis in this country needs some support." Equally intriguing will be how McEnroe plays. Said Drysdale: "This is a critical juncture in his comeback. If he beats Becker, he may decide he can make it. If he loses, be may quit." ESPN will air the match live Fri- day night, and Saturday and Sunday afternoon. • • • NO MORE CLAY PIGEONS Mats Wilander's win last Sunday in the U.S. Clay Court Championships at Indianapolis ended a 77-year era. Starting next year, the event will be called the U.S. Open Hard Court Championship - for a very simple reason: The clay courts will be r~placed by

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Tennis owned a condommium ther Be- cau e of travel demand . he is able to spend only a handful of week each year In her dopted home. 'It wa a tossup between living in San Diego and Florida," said Fair- bank." who is un ure whether she will eventually seek U.S. citizenship. "It would have been more conven- ient to pick Florida, but I felt an Diego was more my style. It's more relaxed here, more like (her home- town of) Durban " Fairbank, an engaging 26-year-old, may not be among the world's most recognized players, but she figures to fare well m the $75,000 event, set for Aug. 3-9 at the San Diego Tennis & Racquet Club. As m pa t years, uch headliners

Boris Becker heads the West Ger- mans. Besides McEnroe, the U.S. team includes Paul Annacone, Tim May- otte and the doubles duo of Ken Flach and Robert Seguso. According to ESPN's Cliff Drys- dale, a U.S. loss would likely symbol· ize a nadir in the declining fortunes of American tennis. (The losing na- tion will be dropped to zone play next year, and thus unable to win the Cup.) Said Drysdale: "They must win or the team could be stuck in the trenches of South America for the next few years, which is unthinkable. If they lose, it will greatly set back the perception of the U.S.'s effectiveness as a tennis nation. "If they lose, it will finally make the U.S. sit up and take notice that

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341 ,840)

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(John Freeman's Tennis column appears every other Tuesday in The Tribune.)

/ New dor1ns due a 0SD i

Pl~ber_ More than 500 students at~- versity of San ~~go _ca~ look for- ward to new dorm1tones m Septem- ber when the $10.6 million, six-bui_ld· mg East Campus Student Housing Center opens. C.A. Larr,en Con truction Co. said the l54,000-~quare-foot project hes on 15 acres orth of Linda Vista Road just west of Via las Cumbres and 'across from the university's sports center Included will be 135 fully furnished two-bedroom, two-bath units and 21 furnished one-bedroom, one-bath units. Parking will accommodate 500 cars. Schoell-Paul Inc. designed the project to conform to t~e campus' Spani h Renc\lS ance motif.

Rancho Santa Fe, CA (San Diego Co.) Rancho Santa Fe Times (Cir. W. 500)

graduate of Elk Grove High School, graduaLed from the University of San Diego, June 14 with a bachelor of arts degree in biochemistry and cell and molecular biology. Smith, who maintained a 4.0 grade point average during her undergraduate studies, will be at- tending the University of San Francisco fedical school this fall to pursue a career as a physician. ~'\"S"'f Smith is the daughter of J<'ay Slater, a science teacher at Joseph Kerr Junior High School, and Robert E. Smith of Sacramento.

Encinitas, CA (San Diego Co.) Coast Dispatch (Cir. 2xW. 30,846)

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Elk Grove, CA (Sacramento Co.) Citizen (Cir. 2xW. 11,494)

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