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program. Each month a selected number of assistants will be chosen from their departments for providing
outstanding services in teaching and research.
McDonald's will honor each assistant by awarding them with a $400 scholarship, along with recognition
in the Battalion.
McDonald's salutes these individuals for their teaching excellence. Congratulations!
P.K. Imbrie, originally from Miami, Florida, ia a Lecturer and Ph.D
atudent in Aeroapace Engineering. He earned hia B.S. and M.S. degreea
atTcxaa A&M Univeraity.During hia undergraduate career atTAMU, he
waa a member of the Corp of Cadeta and the Koaa Voluntecra. Currently,
P.K. aervea aa the academic adviaor to a Texaa A&M Corpa of Cadeta
outfit. He haa recently become the undergraduate adviaor in aeroapace
engineering for the aome 700 undergraduatea in thia program.
Aa a reaearcher, hia areaa of intereat include aolid mechanica, nonlinear
materials,experimental mechanic. Computational mechanica, and atruc-
tural analysis. He also served aa a supervisor at the Low Speed Wind
Tunnel for three years. Research responsibilities included work on two
major contracts sponsored by NASA Lewis Reaaearch Center and The
Air Force Office of Scientific Research. P.K. has authored/co-authored
ten publications pertaining to hia rcaearch.
Since 1984, P.K. haa taught 17 sections of three different undergradu
ate classes, primarily dealing with numerical methods to undergraduate
at Texaa A&M. P.K. and his students interact very positively. One of his
students commented, "Excellent preparation. I found him willing and
able to help outside of claas. One of my best instructors thus far."
Others have said, "P.K. ia one of the beat instructors I have had at thia
university. He cares a great deal about his students and he lets them know
he does" "Outstanding attitude...He haa spirit.
Timothy J. McGuire ia an instructor in Computer Science. He has taught
several different courses for the department ranging from the beginning
freshman courses to senior electives. His primary interests are in computa
tional science and engineering, symbolic computation, programming lan
guages, and applied mathematics.
Prior to coming to A&M, Tim taught at LeTourneau College. He did his
M.S. in Mathematics at Colorado State University.
Tim has earned an excellent reputation aa a teacher. He requires a high
level of work from his students and has consistently high course evaluations.
His students have a record of seeking him for later courses in their studies.
Tim expects to finish his Ph.D. in the next few months and is considering
both academic and industrial jobs. His advisor is Bart Childs.
Let's hope that his considerable talents in teaching are utilized in the
future.
Mr. Muhammad Shafi has distinguished himself aa an outstanding
graduate student and teacher with student teaching evaluations among
the beat in the Department. Typical student comments included:
"He presented me with a challenge. I learned a lot from the course
and it will help me as an engineer.”
"Shafi is the best Chemical Engineering instructor I have had. His
lecture is always well prepared, and I really enjoyed the class and
understood the material taught. Also, Shafi is always willing to make
time to help students and never gets tired of answering students
questions.”
He is also an outstanding researcher and one of the most outstanding
students I have worked with in my 27 year academic career.
Larry J. Mueller is from Yoakum, Texas, and came to Texas A&M
University in the fall of 1985 to study civil engineering. He received the
Distinguished Student Award for Academic Achievement at Texas A&M for
fall 1987 and spring 1989, was a student member of the American Society of
Civil Engineers and a member of Texas A&M's Symphonic Band for three
semesters. He developed a special interest in transportation engineering,
specifically, the materials used in this type of construction.
Larry was a lab assistant in 1989 for the Texas Transportation Institute.
He also worked during the Summer of 1989 as an Engineering Aid for the
State Dept, of Highways and Transportation/Dist. 13. He also worked for
three previous summers 1986-88 as a field inspector from the Resident
Engineer's office.
Larry has been a teaching assistant in surveying for one year and has been
a very conscientious, hard worker and is held in high regard by students.
Larry is a mature, dependable and hard worker. He applies himself to any
task assigned him and can be depended on to complete the assignment and
seek out additional work. He devotes a great deal of time to helping students,
carefully supervising and assisting their outdoor surveying work. He desires
to succeed as an engineer and is willing to make the necessary sacrifices.
The objective of his professional career is to become a registered profes
sional engineer and to work with an established firm of which he can be a
productive part.
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The Battalion
Tuesday, April 16,1991
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Phelps steps
down as coach
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) —
Six weeks after ending one of his
worst seasons at Notre Dame,
Digger Phelps ended his college
coaching career.
The flamboyant Phelps ended
months of speculation on Mon
day when he announced his de
parture from Notre Dame after
20 years of coaching the Irish to
some memorable victories but
never to a national
championship.
"For the last two decades it's
never been a job," Phelps said at
a news conference on campus.
"Every day, even with the ups
and downs, was like Christmas
Day, where you opened up the
present you wanted most."
Last season was anything but
a present. The Irish, hit by a rash
of injuries, fell to 12-20. It was
Phelps' worst season since Notre
Dame went 6-20 in 1971-72, his
first with the Irish.
Phelps, who led Notre Dame
to 14 NCAA tournament appear
ances but reached the Final Four
only in 1978, offered no regrets
and gave no indication that the
pressures of a losing season
drove him to step down.
"It's time to move into the
next decade," said the 49-year-
old Phelps, adding that he won't
take another Division I coaching
job but was leaving open his
NBA options.
Major League Wrapup
NL Standings
AL Standings
East Division
Team
W
L
Pet.
GB
Team
W
L
Pet,
GB
New York
6
2
.750
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Toronto
6
2
.750
Chicago
4
3
.571
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Qeveland
4
3
.571
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St. Louis
4
3
.571
IV2
Baltimore '
3
3
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2
Philadelphia
3
4
.429
2V2
Milwaukee
3
4
.429
IV:
Pittsburgh
3
4
.429
2V2
Detroit
2
4
.333
3
Montreal
2
6
.250
4
Boston
2
5
.286
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New York
2
5
.286
West Division
West Division
Team
W
L
Pet.
GB
Team
W
L
Pet.
GB
San Diego
6
1
.857
Chicago
5
0
1.000
Houston
4
3
.571
2
Oakland
6
1
.857
1
Los Angeles
3
3
.500
2V2
California
5
2
.714
114
Atlanta
2
3
.400
3
Kansas City
4
2
.667
2
Cincinnati
2
4
.333
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Minnesota
2
5
.333
4
San Francisco
2
5
.286
4
Texas
1
4
.200
4
Seattle
1
6
.167
5
Monday's Games
St. Louis 5, Montreal 4
Chicago 5, Philadelphia 4
New York 9, Pittsburgh 3
Houston 3, Atlanta 1
San Diego 3, Cincinnati 211-innings
Los Angeles 2, San Francisco 1
Monday's Games
Cleveland 1, Boston 0,13 innings
Chicago 6, New York 5
Baltimore 7, Milwaukee 2
Toronto 4, Detroit 3
Oakland 5, California 2
Seattle 8, Minnesota 4
Tuesday's Games
Philadelphia (Dejesus 0-0) at Chicago (Harkey 0-1),
2:20 p.m.
St. Louis (Hill 1-0) at Montreal (Mahler 0-1), 7:35
p.m.
New York (Whitehurst 1-0) at Pittsburgh (Tomlin 0-
0), 7:35 p.m.
Houston (Harnisch 1-0) at Atlanta (Leibrandt 0-1),
7:40 p.m.
Cincinnati (Charlton 0-1) at San Diego (Benes 0-0),
10:35 p.m.
Los Angeles (R.Martinez 1-0) at San Francisco (La-
Coss 0-0), 10:35 p.m.
Tuesday's Games
Kansas City (Appier 1-0) at Boston ParwiitM),
1:05 p.m.
Texas (K.Brown 0-1) at Cleveland (King M), 1J5
p.m.
Chicago (M. Perez 0-0) at New York (Eiland M|,
7:30 p.m.
Toronto (Wells 1-0) at Detroit (Gullickson M), 735
p.m.
Minnesota (Erickson 0-1) at Seattle (Holman 0-1),
10:35 p.m.
Oakland (Slusarski 1-0) at California (langatonl-
0), 10:35 p.m.
Magic NBA's best player
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is blown. Magic is no worse than
anyone else in the "Who, me?"
department.
His scoring continuously
hovers between 17 and 21 points
a contest. His rebounds are
always near eight a game.
The triple-doubles (double
figures in points, assists and
rebounds) are nothing new.
The thing that makes Magic
special is his uncanny ability to
spot the open man.
After routinely banging home
junior sky hooks, haltcourt
shots, game-winning fade
aways and clutch free throws for
over a decade, the 6-9 point
guard-scoring guard-power
forward-swingman-center will
finally be recognized for his most
valuable weapons, his hands.
Soon, he will break the NBA
all-time assist record, probably at
the hands of the defenseless
Dallas Mavericks.
Not since Bob Cousy dazzled
the NBA 30 years ago, has
anyone passed as smoothly,
with as much flair as Magic
Johnson.
Oscar Robertson, the all-time
assist leader at 9,887, passed as
effortlessly as Magic, but lacked
the tricks and opponent-
embarrassing moves.
Soon, Magic will retire and the
NBA will be a less than
interesting place without
Johnson making the no-look,
behind the head, cross-the-lane
pass, and off-balance, running
one-handers from 20 feet away,
Now it is time to give thanks
to the greatest passer and oneof
the greatest clutch performers o!
all time.
Even Johnson will admit that
Utah's John Stockton will
eventually break his record.
All Stockton CAN do is pass,
but he does it well.
But with free throw shooting
reminiscent of former Celtic
Ernie DiGregorio, long-range
shooting like former Denver
Nugget Dan Issel, and smooth
driving ability like George
Gervin, it's no wonder Johnson's
name is usually interchanged
with Robertson's when
discussing the greatest guard in
league history.
In this league of parity, Magic
still outplays the best of the
league's young players. Others
simply don't have the size,
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the big game when it counts.
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