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Retired professor receives high honor Sarah Kishler (<p OtttQCf* B&f} Efn&fWkt Last December, H. Royce Saltz man. a retired University profes sor and co-founder of the Oregon Bach Festival, n*< owed the Off} i or s Cross of the Onlor of Merit of the Federal Republic of Ger many. Salt/man was given the award for initiating "a cultural exchange that has brought together the musicians and musical heritage of Germany and America" with his involvement with the Oregon Bar h Festival The festival is a summer musi cal event, made up of more than 40 concerts, workshops, and Its lures. It operates largely under the jurisdn tion of the Universi ty. although it is essentially .1 self supported arts organization The award, which is Ger many's highest honor, is only one of the items on the long list of Salt/man's accomplishments Saitzman was from in Abilene. Kan. He received a bachelor's degree from Goshen College, a master's from Northwestern Uni versitv and a doctorate from I JSC Up i ame to Eugene in 196-4 and has served Ihe Uni versify as a music professor, leaching i lass es in choral literature, conduct ing and a now defunct master's program in church muau , as well as directing the University Singers, In the past seserai years, his work has been entirely m admin • strut i oii He served the St hooi of Mush both as acting and asso ciate dean from t‘t72to l'tH.t lie retired last year and now works at the Oregon Bach Festival on a part-time Iwsis SaUnman co-founded the (ire gon Bach Festival with artistit dirts tor Hi-lmuth Killing in l'eai Not only does the festival pro mote appreciation of classical mush bv providing concerts, but it has also given artists wonder ful tareer opportunities by com missioning composers and musicians It also brings interna tionally known performers to the Eugene area Snlt/.mnn said he thinks Eugene is « great home for the Bar h Festival for many reasons, including the ,n > css to the Hull (-enter and its fact lit or*. the pos itivft working relationship between the F.ugene communi tv and il»’ University and tin* 6k t Eugene i* small enough to have a warm, receptive atmosphere where a lot of support is found for such n festival I don't think a festival like tins could tin si I y flourish In New York or I .A Sal Oman said Outside of his commitments to the Oregon Hat h Festival. Salt* man enjoys tennis, golf and trnv eting all over the world He has served on juries for i hoir com [H>t it ions m such locales as Italy. (lermanv and the ( /ech Repub lic His large family. iru hiding four daughters and seven grandchil dren. is a very important part of his lift* His oldest daughter. Kathy Romev. is a choral cun du« tor at the I ’diversity of Min nesuta and worked on the Bach Festival’s staff last June when it celebrated its 25th anniversary People who have worked with Salt/m,tn invariably sav th>'\ feel lut kv to know tin !) an extraordinary man The currant director of University Singers, Professor Kh hard Clark, savs he has benefited from knowing Salt/man ever since Clark was one of his graduate students in 1W4 Sim e then, they have worked together on the same faculty and at the Oregon Bat h Festival, "He has been a real help and mentor, as well ns a good friend," Clark said "lie's a remarkable guy. a superb admin istrator and teat her and he's great with people This testimony tan be verified simply by talking to Salt/man, who t le.trly enjoys the i ontai t with people bis work brings to bun. tn fat t, he savs the involve ment with students and Hat h Festival audiences is what makes his work worth the time and energy Without any question, the greatest reward of my work is being able to contribute to other people's lives." Salt/man said SERVICE Continued From Page 1 but not without saying that wti are opposed to the killing inside the dirties as well." said Right to Life executive director Linda Harrington. Annabolle Kitzhaber, mother of Oregon Gov John Kitzhaber, read biographies of the those slain outside abortion clinics. "We needed to do this.” said Annnbelle Kitzhaber We need to turn away from violence and I'm delighted this (service) is happening." Also attending the ser vice was State Representa tive Kitty Piercy, who commented on the need to a< knowledge different opinions on the subjet t. "It is very important, no matter how strong your belief, to have respet t lor different opinions," Pien y said. The lives of Dr. David Gunn. Dr John Bayard Britton. James 11 Barrett. Shannon Lowney and Liannes Nichols, who were killed during anti abortion protests, were remembered at the service Friday. Sunday marked the 22nd anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision of Roe \ Wade Forester, activist George Shook will speak about timber sale in Siskiyous Tony Lystra Well-known forester and m Iiv ist George Shook will sjw.ik tonight about ,in old-growth tint her salo in tin* Siskiyou National forest. The fre« lecture arid slide show, sponsored by the Univer sity Outdoor Program, will begin at 7. id in the EMU Hen Linder Room, Shook. 53. earned his forestry degree from Syracuse University and has worked for the U S For est Servii e and private corpora lions. During the last 10 years, he has served as an advocate for ancient forest protection, align ing himself with Earth First and recently with the Siskiyou Regional Education Project. A projec t staff member. helpi Wilson s.inl Shook's lei lure is 1 "hiking trip of what a typical buckpui king trip in the Siskiy • OUS is like (Shook i takes you along the trail and shows you what’s thorn as w*i11 as different threats" to the region Outdoor Program 1 nviron niental Coordinator |on Kav mood contacted the Siskiyou Education Project after reading about the sale of a plot of old growth limber known as the Sugartoaf Sale in the Rogue River’ Med ford area The Sugartoaf sale is sur rounded by controversy las a use the tindMir is the first to sell after President Clinton enacted a plan to protect old-growth while ensuring a timber harvest Critic s have gnawed at the Sugnrtoaf Sain, marking it as Clinton % environmental and public; rotations blunder The s do of tint filit) acre plot of old growth, they say, is a valuable Wit tors hod, a I hod by an army of conservation activists So how did tho Sugar ioaf area soil tf tho (.Union plan guaran tors !tu> protrt lion of old grow th timber ? According to tho Fall lO'H issue of the f/eof/tvofers foumtil. a last-minute i la use was written into the President's Forest Plan allowing the harvest of.!! I0*H) timber sales, Raymond said the Outdoor Program sponsored ,Shook's let tore to help wilderness enthusi ast* and adventurers understand the environmental politics sur rounding Northwest forests Pullman campus will increase housing i i I. i.rv i\ . \ i f Washington State University has released a plan to increase stu dent housing on campus by more than 3,100 ixds in the next decade. The plan, intended to address expected enrollment increases, includes construction of four new apartment complexes and two residence hulls in the year 200.V Tite projects would increase student housing capui - itv from the current ti. iH? beds to 0.522. The plan released Friday incomes i project currently under construction (o build 130 apartments (or families and graduate students near the southwestern corner of campus. The apartment* are scheduled to open for the start of fait semester tn August. In addition. a til HI-bed resi dence hall would be finished by 1997. Also planned are a single student apartment complex in J'HHi, a ms ond rwsidem « ball in 2000 and two more apartment complexes in 2(X)J and 2003. The props ts would Ihi funded r !>V ms ennn ;rc>in hm s noosing ami timing system and would require no slain mono). said Sal ln> Giffen. vh <! president for business affairs Thu apartment . 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