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Phoebe Lee lsn~t Just Actine

by Bill Ritter

Most peo pl e might be a bit apprehensive about temporaril y fillin g the shoes of a person like School of Nursing Dea n Irene Palmer. Afte r all , Palmer, almost sin gle-handedl y, started US D's Sc hool o f Nursing program and bu ii din g, and has devo ted th e las t fo ur yea rs to building a nati onall y– recogni zed sc hoo l fo r nurses. But Phoebe Lee- who takes over as Act in g Dean th is mon th as Ire ne Palmer takes a year off on sabba tica l– isn't " mos t peo pl e." " I reall y don't feel any ex tra burde n," she admits. " I've had lots of admini stra tive exper ience wi th the Ca lifo rni a State Universit y sys tem, which prepared me well. Beli eve me, it's a lot eas ier wo rking for a pri vate university because there aren't nearl y as many ch ann els to go through." Phoe be Ju ne Baker Lee has worked both sides of the fe nce in hi gher educa ti on. She has been a Professor of Nursi ng at USD since 1977, a Professor of Nu rsin g at Hum bolt State Uni vers ity and San Diego State University, and served as Acting Direc tor of San Di ego State' s Sc hool of Nursin g, and Chairwoman of the Hum bold State Department of Nursin g. Wit h tha t experi ence under her belt, it is little wonder that Dean Palmer se lected Phoebe as Acting Dean. But Phoe be Lee 's tenure will hardl y be one of inaction. She will not be a fi gure head. " I have two things to accompli sh, " she says. "F irst, we want to begin th e Nu rse Prac titi oner Program in the fa ll. This will enabl e sc hool nurses to obtain their Mas ter's Degrees and th eir Sch oo l Nu rse Prac titi oner License. Second, I want to begin mak ing long-range pl ans to ge t our Master's Program accredited by the Nati onal League for Nursing (the Bac helor 's program already is) . Both of these pro jec ts will take a lot of time and effort. " As Actin g Dean, Phoebe will sit in on USD Cabinet mee tings, and be responsibl e fo r administering the program and directing the faculty.

PHOEBE LEE . . . New Acting Dean of the School of Nursing, shown here with Dean Irene Palmer. Photo by Bill Ritter.

"The transiti on fr om coll eague to boss is the mos t difficult part of the job," Phoe be says. " It does put the professor in a di ffe rent role. But, fortun ately, thi s faculty is easy to work with." The mother of fo ur (twin 25-year old sons, and two daughters, ages 27 and 29) and the grandmother of a one-year old boy, Phoe be has her Master's Degree fr om UCLA, and a Bachelor's Degree fr om Stanford. And if the pressures of running the School of Nursing ever get to be too much to handl e, Phoe be has her share of escapes. - She enjoys tending her garden, and Ii kes to attend the opera and ball et. But her first love is football. A season ticket holder to the Charger games, Phoebe is an avid fan . "I

went through some grim psychological stress wh en the Chargers los t in the pl ayoffs, " she says. "But, ove rall, I reall y enjoy the games."

Hu~hes Named to Ener~Y Post

Dr. Author Hughes, USD President, has been appointed chairman of the Energy 2000 Task Force by San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson. The Task Force, formed by Wilson and announced during his January 8 "State of the City" address, will be responsibl e for undertaking "an assessment of the energy needs of metropolitan San Diego to the year 2000 and to make recommendati ons as to the necessary steps for mee ting those needs. "